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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · 22d

Ten bucks for a bagel! Is there a tariff on that?

That's about eight quid in real money. I'd want it wrapped in gold leaf

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · 22d

I'm pretty sure that was actually still a barracks for the TA last time I was in Newcastle

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · 22d

Go watch "The Circle" with Emma Watson before you start wearing these things.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22d

Current wearables innovation is mainly invested in figuring out the right form factor to convince people to adopt an always on camera and mic.

Cutest AI Ever? This Wearable Kitten-Shaped Camera Won Me Over

The Looki L1 is a fascinating addition to the burgeoning landscape of AI wearables. Plus, you can buy one now for $199.

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · 23d

I still can't believe this is happening in the Western world in 2025.

"The land of the free"

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 23d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 23d

What do shootings at houses of worship across religions and denominations have in common?

LDS church
Catholic church
Baptist church
Evangelical church
Mosque
Episcopal church
Presbyterian church
Synagogue
AME church
Sikh temple
Unitarian church

It’s the guns.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of house of worship shootings in the United States - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · 23d

Farage is potentially a Russian asset

Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 24d

Nigel Farage's attendance record as an MEP was 748 out of 751, yet he turned up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian disinformation. Now one of his MEPs has admitted taking bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Why is this not all over the media?

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · 24d

How is any of this not a direct breach of the first amendment?

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · 24d

How long before the people take up arms against this?

In a country with virtually unlimited access to firearms surely it is going to happen eventually.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 24d

Happening now: at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago, Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and other CBP/ICE agents emerge to patrol Beach Street and escort a vehicle out.

They ordered people out of the street, walked to the end of it and then back to the fence.

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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 25d

In August 1934, Hitler ordered all top German military brass to one place and forced them to pledge an oath of loyalty to HIM and abandon their oath to the German people and their country.

Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 25d

youtu.be/-rFfFsmS6GM?...

If Hegseth ordering all 800 top military brass to DC at the same time makes you nervous, it should.

YouTube video by Cheri Jacobus

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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 24d

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tuckermaymysteries My name is Tucker May. In April I married the love of my life, Barbara Marques. Right now I fear for her life.

A week and a half ago she was taken by ICE at our properly scheduled green card meeting at the Federal Building downtown. At the end of what we were told was a successful meeting, the officer used the excuse of a broken copier to trick her into walking away from our lawyer. Once separated from her legal counsel, she was arrested. The reason for her detention was a missed court date from 2019 which my wife was never notified about.

We have been working with lawyers since that time to correct the situation. The Adelanto detention center has actively been keeping my wife from correspondence with her lawyer by delaying in giving her documents that were mailed to the facility.

Last night, she was taken from the Adelanto facility to an undisclosed destination despite our lawyer having filed a temporary restraining order to stop this from happening. They could be sending her anywhere in the world and we have no way of knowing.

I'm asking for help in bringing to the attention of media and authorities these multiple lapses in due process and proper procedure through the unwarranted deportation of a woman whose legal marriage has been duly recognized as legitimate by immigration through the 1130 petition process.

Please, if you have any contacts who could help, send them this information.

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 24d

The truth is not always beautiful nor beautiful words the truth

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24d

But I think it is important to acknowledge that the ideology of Trump2.0 is fascism and the 'fit' here is remarkable.

It is, as it were, 'early stage' fascism - the camps aren't death camps (yet), the masked goons aren't terrorizing citizens (yet), but that's where it will go if not challenged.

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Sep 16

Just make sure you turn up last

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Holy crap.

Angelique Kambeitz @youversion2.bsky.social · Sep 12

'In 2023, there were 77,813 outlets in the United States where guns could be purchased legally. That is a number similar to the combined amount of McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, and Wendy’s restaurants in the entire United States'

sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Those who want to send ‘em home, also want shot of the NHS in favour of private healthcare.

It serves their pockets to cripple the NHS.

sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Sep 12

I am so stressed right now.

We are about to undertake a journey, for a holiday we’ve had planned for months, but my wife is really in no fit state to do it.

She won’t stay at home because we risk losing the cost of the trip, but what cost will it take on her?

I hope it’s worth it.

sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Sep 12

I need a therapist ... Honestly I need someone to offload my life challenges to do I'm not dealing with them alone.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Sep 9

America is lost.

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Sep 7

Elk is a meat I've not yet tried. Is it akin to reindeer or venison?

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Aug 28

I rejected several candidates when they were caught in a similar lie.

If you lie on your CV, what else are you/will you lie about?

Don’t do it.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm a recruiter. Feel free to add fake academic grades and made up employment history on your CV & LinkedIn. Nobody ever bothers checking any of it. They just use AI to scan for keywords and go "yeah they'll do".

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · Aug 27

If got4o were a plane, the FAA would have long ago grounded it. If it were a car, it would be pulled off the roads.

We need way more attention on the very clear harms that many AI tools are exposing the public to.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · Aug 26

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.

Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

www.nytimes.com

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sailingbikeruk.bsky.social @sailingbikeruk.bsky.social · Aug 28

What a great description of Trump.

tammybuday.bsky.social @tammybuday.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · Aug 27

The way Tice keeps going on about this, you'd almost think he'd received £2.3m from people with links to fossil fuels and climate change denial. Oh, hang on...

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · Aug 26

All Reform did today was sound a massive dog whistle to morons. Exactly like he did with Brexit, Nigel Farage is promising things that make racist numbskulls come in their pants, but which are total fantasy and completely undeliverable.

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