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The Week @theweek.com · 4d

Democrats won every major election yesterday, sweeping the races to lead Virginia, New Jersey and New York City. theweek.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8d

Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.

“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”

Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”

It’s who our government is for.

Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 14d

Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?

Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC

The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 16d

At last, THE ROSE FIELD: The Book of Dust: Volume Three is here. Thank you Sir Philip Pullman for allowing us back into Lyra and Pan’s world one last time. I’ll never want to leave, but I’ll be forever grateful that you opened the universes for all of us. 🧭🌹
#books #hisdarkmaterials #thebookofdust

Picture of THE ROSE FIELD: The Book of Dust: Volume Three by Philip Pullman, with a striking yellow, rose, red, and orange desert scene with camels and dust clouds. The book sits atop a teal-colored sofa cushion.

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Michael Sheen Source @msheensource.bsky.social · 17d

Audiobook narrator Michael Sheen introduces 'The Book of Dust: The Rose Field' by Philip Pullman

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Audiobook Narrator Michael Sheen Introduces 'The Book of Dust: The Rose Field' by Philip Pullman

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Sam @mad5am.bsky.social · 15d

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Happy St Crispins day.

#shakespeare #henryv #stcrispinsday

Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21d

She alleged in the past that it was former Israeli PM Ehud Barak but we can’t know that for sure because Trump, Bondi, Patel and Johnson are hiding this person’s identity from the public by blocking release of the Epstein files.

Whoever it is.

For some reason.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 27d

‘Wait, this is happening to ME so we need to do something about it.’ -ancient Republican mantra

onion person @junlper.beer · 27d

just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, I paced in circles like a restless ghost.
The windows were frosted, allowing only a faint suggestion of daylight and nightfall, enough to remind me that time was passing, though I had little sense of how.
The shower water was always cold, and my only amenities were the steel toilet and sink fused together in the corner. It was a miserable existence. Yet, as I soon learned, misery can always be deepened
On September 7th, the warden's office saw fit to move me into something far worse, an even smaller cell, no more than seven by nine feet, coated in filth, reeking of neglect, and utterly devoid of natural light or ventilation.
In that suffocating shoebox, there is no room to walk, no hint of the sun, no trace of humanity. The silence is crushing.
The air feels stale. The walls themselves seem to close in. I keep asking myself: will this barbaric confinement ever end? Is this legal under our Constitution, or have I simply been erased from the protections of due process?
Most haunting of all, will I survive it? With no access to my family, no calls, no emails, and with letters that may never leave this building, I live in total darkness, cut off from the world I once fought to serve.
Let me be blunt: I find Warden Kelly's so-called "protection" not only unpalatable, but cruel and unjustifiable. My time here has opened my eyes to a truth far too many ignore: America desperately needs prison reform.

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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · Oct 4

Matt Chorley: Goodbye, Hyacinth Bucket

Patricia Routledge, one of the funniest people on television, has died aged 96

🖊️ Matt Chorley

Goodbye, Hyacinth Bucket

Patricia Routledge, one of the funniest people on television, has died aged 96

www.newstatesman.com

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Sam @mad5am.bsky.social · Oct 4

Listening to The Fate of Ophelia whilst looking at Ophelia by Millias in Tate Britain.

#Ophelia
#Lifeofashowgirl #Taylorswift
#hamlet

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Oct 2

Why is Mamdani constantly asked about Israel and Palestine, but no other candidate who parrots Israel's talking points is ever asked if they condemn a genocide, occupation, and apartheid?

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · Oct 1

Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.

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Sam @mad5am.bsky.social · Sep 20

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It's not often that I'm so engrossed in a book that I finish it in a day. That was superb.

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VOTING > PROTESTING @reesetheone.bsky.social · Sep 13

Mic drop.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · Sep 11

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Sep 11

We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.

Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Sep 10

Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 11

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Sep 11

Justin Webb just referred on Today to "platforms like Bluesky, where you can see the celebration of the killing" of Charlie Kirk.

What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Sep 11

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.

And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.

I refuse to sanitize him.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 5

On the same day in the Telegraph:

The Telegraph

Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · Aug 31

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival

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Sam @mad5am.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Last day of August.

#TaylorSwift

august (Originally Performed by Taylor Swift) - Karaoke Version

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Sam @mad5am.bsky.social · Aug 29

Spring 1 is incredible. It came up recommended on my Spotify. It took me a few seconds to realise it was a version of Vivaldi.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · Aug 22

One of my favorite albums ever is "Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons", a reinterpretation of all the pieces on "The Four Seasons", by composer Max Ritcher.
Sometimes he only uses a small part of the original piece, expanding upon it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IO...

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