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What? @midlymannered.bsky.social · 10h

Looking for a hobby? Try embroidery - off you toddle…

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 13h

The naked racism on display from the usual suspects over the train stabbings is outrageous.
You'd think white Brits had never committed a crime. Ian Brady, Fred and Rose West, Myra Hindley, Peter Sutcliffe, Harold Shipman and countless others would all pass the Matt Goodwin test of Britishness.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16h

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

The driver "managed to contact the control
centre at Network Rail and get the train
diverted onto the slow line", Calder says.

"That was absolutely crucial because this
train was scheduled to be travelling through
Huntingdon station on the tracks with no
platform at 125mph."

"It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere,
which would have been very difficult."

Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest
possible way" thanks to the "incredible
professionalism from the driver and the
police". Train drivers are trained on how to
take appropriate action, he adds,

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 16h

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Why do people buy pizza with EBT?

Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.

It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.

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What? @midlymannered.bsky.social · 19h

Standing by. Head implosion incoming… 🤯😵‍💫🕳️

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Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 21h

Same concerns with lawyers using AI

Guest, van Rooij and colleagues list a vast number of problematic aspects of AI technology in their paper. These range from the environmental issues (using vast amounts of energy and resources), illegal labor practices (such as plagiarism and theft of others’ writing), to risks of deskilling of students. Guest: ‘The uncritical adoption of AI can lead to students not developing essential academic skills such as critical thinking and writing. If students are taught to learn through automation, without learning about how and why things work, they won’t be able to solve problems when something actually breaks – which will be often, based on the AI output we now see.’

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 22h

Just why?

Populism often just comes down to hating women.

Latvia’s parliament votes to quit global treaty protecting women

Lawmakers voted to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention just a year after it came into force, with the move awaiting approval from Latvia’s president.

www.politico.eu

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Jeffrey AKA The Hairless Hippie @mojochefjeff.bsky.social · 1d

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
"... It isn't ICE. It isn't CBP. It's a Frankenstein force, stitched together from multiple agencies but loyal to none. Its purpose is to create a community response designed for social media clicks, rather than to keep communities safe..."
This is fascism

Opinion | The White House's sweeping overhaul of ICE is creating a Frankenstein force

The recent wave of ICE senior official reassignments has a clear motive.

www.msnbc.com

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 21h

This #cartoon was published in @prospectmagazine.co.uk #jobinterviews

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22h

🚨If you are one of nearly 14 million adults unable to access NHS dentistry in England sign this URGENT call for action to the Government, NOW

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 1d

America is the richest country on Earth with half a dozen companies worth $1 trillion or more… and yet regular people go hungry.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries

www.independent.co.uk

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Can citizens and journalists unite to hold back authoritarianism and protect democracy?

On 4th November at 7pm, join our live online event with:

- George Monbiot

- Nafeez Ahmed

- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

- Nick Lowles

Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope

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What? @midlymannered.bsky.social · 1d

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Alex True @interpolusa.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: The Trump administration quietly lifted sanctions on Wednesday against the Putin-backed Serbian leader
Milorad Dodik, after an intensive campaign on his behalf by Trump allies including @RudyGiuliani, @GenFlyn, @LauraLoomer & high-priced pro-Russian lobbyists.

Sanctions Lifted on a Putin-Backed Autocrat After Lobbying by Trump Allies

www.nytimes.com

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

Another good video from Ed!

This time about 5m home upgrades that will happen via the Warm Homes Plan.

And what go the Tories and Reform want? The want to cancel clean energy projects! It's backwards thinking from them.

www.instagram.com/reel/DQg7w1N...

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What? @midlymannered.bsky.social · 1d

Get a grip and find a hobby. Solid advice for the best/worst of us…

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What? @midlymannered.bsky.social · 1d

If only the beeb fussed at this level about you know who’s misdemeanour 😳