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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 3h

that's fairly generous - what a car crash of a film!

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Mark's Music @marksmusic1977.bsky.social · 4h

#5DebutAlbums8084
Einsturzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981)

Tanz Debil

YouTube video by Einstürzende Neubauten - Topic

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 9h

I find @tomtugendhat.bsky.social's argument not just ludicrous, but dangerous. Due process is *absolutely* paramount in criminal law - not "whose side you are on".

We don't trample Separation of Powers just because you feel rightly angry and ashamed for being spied on *while Security Minister".

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: You build what's called a reverse bathtub. And it's not that uncommon, but it is actually a reverse—you, you seal it. The problem is, nature always wins. I know a lot about reverse bathtubs. I've done it, and it's something you only do in emergency

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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 10h

Hang on ... you're using lots of inconsitent stuff here. What you want is the labour compensation share of GDP and it's been.....

..... flat

So pay and benefits in line broadly with GDP since Thatcher and it is all rather unexciting

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 10h

This is such a good corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "working-age welfare spending is exploding/out-of-control" narrative that more & more people seem to see as an incontrovertible fact www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 16h

Seriously though, why as a customer facing organisation would you encourage people to use something you know may be wrong? why would you do that?

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 17h

‘Surprising’

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17h

I can’t remember whether our right-wing media was completely detached from reality before Brexit; Gove’s anti-expert rhetoric; Johnson’s blatant lies etc etc. I fondly imagine things were never this bad…

The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 17h

The UK is by no means a fiscal outlier internationally.

We are ‘middle of the pack’ on the scale of the deficit, and UK government borrowing is projected to fall by more than in other large economies.

Chart shows general government fiscal balance as a percentage of GDP in the UK and comparator countries (positive values denote a budget surplus). Title states: "In terms of borrowing, the UK is ‘middle of the pack’ among advanced economies."

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J Farrers @jfarrers.bsky.social · 19h

Thursday

two men are having a conversation and one of them says it must be thursday

GIF from Tenor

media.tenor.com

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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Mark's Music @marksmusic1977.bsky.social · 1d

#5DebutAlbums8084
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field (1980)

Bauhaus - Stigmata Martyr

YouTube video by TakeyamaShinji226

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Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 1d

The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

"...and that's Number Wang"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on tariffs: "We're allowed to do whatever we want. We just had presidents that didn't want to do it for whatever reason. Of the eight wars, tariffs are directly responsible for me ending 6 of them. 5 or 6."

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 1d

“Before we crack on with the meat raffle, could the owner of a yellow Vauxhall Corsa please move their vehicle? Dave from the mobile discotheque says he can’t get his van in”

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 1d

In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s favourite

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

as an outsider looking in, isn't this in the long term totally unproductive? It won't turn any dems into reps, but surely it will turn some of the reps in these blue states to voting dem. Trump seems to think that blue / red states are binary.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has declared a sort of war on half of us.

NYT:

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Bruce Gorrie @bsgorrie.bsky.social · 1d

Greatly amused by this post on our local group.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Israel sent back Greta Thunberg’s luggage scrawled with “Whore Greta”, an Israeli flag, and a penis.

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

add 2p onto income tax and call it the "Farage Tax" - then get him to explain to us exactly what the brexit benefits are

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social · 1d

literally the same level of spending as the UK Govt over the next 5 years

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI has pledged to spend $1 trillion in the next five years.

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

‘It’s worth looking up the word ‘foe’ in the dictionary.’

Kemi Badenoch challenges Keir Starmer over the collapsed China spy trial. The PM has the receipts of what she said in government.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

The 'protect our women thugs' standing outside Asylum Seeker residences threatening women with rape while the Police do nothing.

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 1d

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