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Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 6h

I dunno, Sally, sites working fine for me!

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 7h

WhatsApp is used by more than twenty-eight people!

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 20h

4 eva in r hartz

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 1d

Largest political parties in Europe according to polls

⚫ Far-right
🔵 Center-right
🟡 Center-liberal
🔴 Left

Antti Metsänkylä @antmetsa.bsky.social · 1d

Ei hyvältä näytä.

yle.fi/a/74-20186913

Yksi kuva näyttää, kuinka laitaoikeistosta tuli Euroopan suurin voima

Ääriliikkeet kasvavat sosiaalisessa mediassa ja digialustoilla. Niiden kautta amerikkalaiset kulttuurisodat siirtyvät Eurooppaankin.

yle.fi

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 16h

That's more like it.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 17h

👀👀👀

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20h

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 20h

Very funny considering this was about six months ago

bsky.app/profile/edzi...

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Apr 29

Under attack from Nate Silver, "the man who is always right"

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 19h

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 20h

4 eva in r hartz

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

World's gone mad.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1d

... National Trust Vegan Tampons

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Gray Frights! @clickgate.bsky.social · 1d

Shoutout to one of my fave tweets ever of all time

Martin Leahy tweets:

“There was a bus going through Béal na Bláth once and the bus driver announced to the passengers, 'This is where Michael Collins died' and someone on the bus said 'Tis a bad bend alright'.”

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𝚁𝚎𝚍 𝚁𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕 @rachrua.bsky.social · 1d

Bob Mortimer on WILTY reading a card that says “I once did the conga wi

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

also a sign of how far trump has checked out-there is zero chance in the old days he would countenance anyone else taking credit, even in a slip of the tongue

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

It wasn’t a typo.

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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 2d

Your periodic reminder that the greatest innovation of Crypto is to stop people out of positions at horrific levels when not even Auckland is in the office.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

"You transcend if you want to.
The lady's not for transcending."

Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

Fast ein Wellnessbrot

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

"What do you want for dinner, pizza or pasta?"
"Yes"

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

"It was good to spot it, because what you wouldn’t want to do is just to make some kind of egregious claim about somebody and it is defamatory"

But... it wasn't spotted and it was in fact broadcast... (and whether it was defamatory or not... You might think that; I couldn't possible comment.)

Sean Kemp @seankemp.bsky.social · 2d

Slightly amazed at his description of this as a ‘low-level mistake’. Just a completely untrue implication of Government corruption on prime-time TV. No biggie! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract

www.theguardian.com

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

"You know who else had the heart of a humanitarian?"

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

Oh!

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

"FirstBrands is a huge POS"
"A huge position? Well, it's quite large but we've had larger in the past"
#PlausibleDeniability

Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 2d

There are an awful lot of very well-paid credit analysts who got caught offside by this FirstBrands business.
I hope you've kept the emails where you said "this is a huge POS" and the reply from your boss when they overruled you.

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