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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 7h

he likes to tell his immediate audience things that he thinks will impress or amaze them. he hasn't yet got to grips with the fact that anyone other than his immediate audience gets to know it all too.

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 8h

it all looks very much like Keir Starmer is doing as well/badly as Rishi Sunak was
www.statista.com/statistics/9....

UK quarterly GDP growth 2025| Statista

The UK economy grew by 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025, compared with 0.7 percent growth in the previous quarter.

www.statista.com

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 8h

is the content generated by AI at least guided and checked by humans? if so then it might not be quite so bad.

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 8h

ah but two things:

they seem to only value the lives of those who agree with them

they think that if they shout loud then that equates to a majority

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 1d

ahhh that made me giggle

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d

A rather utilitarian pub, this

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 1d

do they not realise that they are simply printing or putting behind a paywall stuff that chances are they readership already think and it doesn't actually convince anyone who isn't a right wing reactionary bigot?

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 2d

have you ever asked AI to explain how to abolish poverty? I did and had to follow up asking it why it didn't think the richest people should do anything and it basically said that they don't want to.

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 3d

the 50s? presumably that's the 1850s?

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 3d

rubbish! he could definitely ruin Britain... oh sorry, did you say RUN? ahhhh ok. carry on ;)

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 3d

call their bluff. if they close then someone else will replace them anyway because abusing people financially in this way is massively profitable.

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 4d

pretty sure the King doesn't want them and that they are not much of an army.

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 4d

I think he's died before but been sent back because neither Heaven nor Hell nor Elysium etc want the fucker

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 4d

if standards aren't being met will this make things better for students or just create a death spiral in quality at sub-par universities?

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching

Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching

Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met

www.thetimes.com

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 5d

i want to live in a world where flags are lowered to half staff for jane goodall

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 5d

it's true. but what Farage is not saying is not only are most of the apples in the cart rotten as well but the cart is too.

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 5d

'grossly irresponsible' yes. but 'utterly fucking wrong, the hate mongering arsehole' is what I would say.

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 5d

what I don't get about arseholes like Trump and Musk is that they treat others really badly then expect, no, demand to be loved.

utter and total and complete narcissists who want their narcissism to be shared far and wide.

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 8d

it strikes me that there is probably a law being broken in the process. if not then the shoddy legal basis for firearms is shite in the States.

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 9d

it'll just prove that he's not actually human

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 9d

could you give the scientific sources for this as there appear not to be any

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 10d

someone who in 50 years has failed to prevent one party from falling apart and is now joining another one which will inevitably fall apart as well.

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 10d

how can masked people who refuse to show ID be allowed to carry out any actions against people as they do without being arrested? the police should be intervening.

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 10d

if I see masked people abusing people, who won't show id when confronted with their actions I will assume they are criminals and take appropriate steps.
and oppose withdrawing from ECHR.

Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 10d

it could be said that it is then a failing which has been engendered in some people. it could still be a foolish failing but the foolishness is not necessarily in the incurious but in the system that encourages it.

I think you may both be right!

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Mike @mikeincj.bsky.social · 11d

those are not mutually exclusive