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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 7h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 13h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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sqooky from:me @skeet.best · 1d

jokes aside, can you imagine how you would handle it if you asked a human assistant "did you make all this up instead of actually doing any of the work", and that person responded to you with "good catch"

Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 1d

girl are you chatgpt because your KPIs are crazy

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Did you make up these numbers?
Good catch - I wasn't able to actually open and parse your CSV file yet,
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Sudden Deth ☠️ @youreacuntmate.bsky.social · 21h

Found the worst playground in England

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 29m

If this happened at a steel plant there would be talk of government bail out to secure jobs

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 2d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 37m

This stuff fundamentally doesn't respect that the audiobook is part of a literary and theatrical tradition that is thousands of years old. It's not a venue for a producer who wishes they were making radio plays to butcher a text with badly formatted scripts and actors who weren't in studio together.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Dec 26

Crazy idea, but for the cost of getting Bill Nighy to read the footnotes, could surely have taken the time to properly format Sian Clifford's script so there aren't moments where you can essentially *hear* the fact there was a pagebreak?

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 9h

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 7h

there's genuinely quite a lot of 'christianity is a religion for losers' stuff on the new right and well yes! that is the point! it was a faith of slaves and women, as the romans sneered.

Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 7h

Donald- So I just admit that I was wrong and I get to go into heaven?

Jesus- Yes my child. I paid the price for your sins when I died on the cross

Donald- But I have to admit I was wrong?

Jesus- Yes my child.

Donald- I like messiahs who weren't crucified.

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WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 6h

protests against this government should include white Boomer grandmothers who meet for pilates class, get a pitcher of mimosas & walk together to the public space

we need people in the street who think everyone can talk their way out of a speeding ticket, they're key to winning

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Jul 21

"Abu Ghraib . . . was a leak, and people were shocked. Now similar degradation in 'deportations' is being intentionally broadcast for the entertainment of half the country"

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/

The Politics of Humiliation

The politics of humiliation has moved to the center of the reactionary project under Trump II.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 3h

Lots of Thatcher stuff coming today, to mark her 100th birthday. Here's one of mine.

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Liberal Jimocrat @liberaljimocrat.bsky.social · 1h

It’s also probably not unrelated to the industry apparently forgetting how to make a decent sized season of television to a reasonable budget and timeline

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine invading an American city for fascism then getting recalled because the dear leader saw you on TV and thought you were too fat and unattractive.

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 15h

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

taskandpurpose.com

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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 13h

Cursing is rarely a symbol of low class. It's often a mark of high authenticity.

Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.

A little profanity can show that you're being real and you do give a damn.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14h

prince andrew: you see I had a long running warlord character dating back to when I first met Jeffrey in 1999. it's important to me to take on the role of a leader.

emily maitlis: but sir, the warlord wasn't included until the launch of fourth edition in 2007

prince andrew: ah um (profuse sweat)

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

whole thing is even worse than the headline when you think about what 'play' means here

“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 16h

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 1d

You wouldn't believe the number of morons on Twitter pretending that a temporary exhibition of vinyl stickers at Canterbury Cathedral is permanent graffiti, just so they can feel outraged. Then JD Vance joins in, because clearly this is an international crisis.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 18h

The "you wouldn't download a car" screen but it reads "you wouldn't scrape all the art ever made and use it to create an Anime titty generator"

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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 22h

The bold font seems to me vaguely threatening.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15h

This is a good catch. The statutory authorization supposedly being used to transfer R&D funds to regular payroll is, in fact, expired, just like the regular appropriations are also expired.

Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 16h

Not that Trump/Vought/Hegseth gaf, but among other ways in which the law says this may NOT be done:
A) The part of 8005 I've underlined in green says money transferred to another account is "available… for the same time period" as that other account; that other acc't expired on Sept 30.

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Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 1d

Top 5 Vampires:
-Dracula (Bram Stoker original novel)
-Alucard (Hellsing, who is also Dracula)
-Alucard (Castlevania, who is not Dracula)
-Dracula (Castlevania)
-The Count (Sesame Street, who they claim is not actually a vampire)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13h

Question: does ”visiting every baroque church in Europe” count as a “policy themed visitor trail” to you, and why/why not?

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14h

What policy themed visitor trail would you do upon retirement? I would pilgrimage to visit the 100 Rishi Sunak outdoor chess sets around the country. I genuinely think it would be one of those fun random things that would take me to places I’d never otherwise go to

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 12h

just play the Archers in assembly, god

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 16h

Kaleb Cooper, the breakout star of Clarkson’s Farm, has called for farming to be taught in schools so that children understand where their food comes from ⬇️

Teach farming in schools, says Kaleb Cooper — it saved me

The star of the TV series Clarkson’s Farm tells the Cheltenham Literature Festival that ‘everyone should know how to grow potatoes and other vegetables’

www.thetimes.com

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rojoguitarster.bsky.social @rojoguitarster.bsky.social · 1d

Priti Patel on the person that burnt the Koran - I fundamentally believe in free speech. Thirty seconds later on the Palestinian anti-genocide protestors - these "hate marches" are completely unacceptable.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 12h

It is pretty funny that he seems to genuinely think he needed the Nobel to enter heaven but a bunch of Norwegian Eurocrats damned his soul to hell and gave some Venezuelan lady his ticket to the pearly gates.

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 17h

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 12h

DnD starter sets are funny because they feel obligated to put a dragon in the dungeon but also start you out at level 1 and cap at like 5 or 6, tops, so it’s like uh… here’s a +99 sword of dragonslaying and the dragon is a suicidally depressed polio victim. So you’ve got a 50/50 shot.

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