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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 8h

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1h

I live in London, and the mayoralty of New York City makes no practical difference to my life at all, but my goodness it’s been a while since I rooted for anyone as strongly as I’m rooting for Zohran Mamdani

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Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 2h

“‘Maybe If Trump’s Parents Had Taught Him Better’: Gavin Newsom’s Wife Destroys the Former President in Scathing Speech” allchronology.com/2025/11/04/m...

“‘Maybe If Trump’s Parents Had Taught Him Better’: Gavin Newsom’s Wife Destroys the Former President in Scathing Speech”

If there’s one thing that runs strong in the Newsom household, it’s the art of the political takedown. On Monday, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the First Partner of California and wife of Governor Gavin …

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 4h

Kwasi Kwarteng, the former UK chancellor whose infamous “mini” Budget under then-Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered a crisis in the gilts market, is backing the launch of a bitcoin investment company.

www.ft.com/content/c5a6...

Former UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng backs bitcoin investment company

Ex-politician infamous for 2022 mini-Budget will become non-executive director of Stack Bitcoin Treasury

www.ft.com

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 3h

You wait months for an incoherent speech on the economy, and then two come along in the same morning! My SKETCH of Rachel Reeves vs Kemi Badenoch vs Reality.

Making a mess of a mess | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

To get one incoherent speech on the economy may be regarded as a misfortune. To get two in the same morning… well, it did at least move us towards an explanation of why people have to keep making them.

thecritic.co.uk

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2h

BOTD Robert Mapplethorpe!
Recommend the doc Look at the Pictures 👍👍
Also the drama via Ondi Timoner
More:
@wendyide.bsky.social: www.screendaily.com/reviews/mapp...
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mapp...
And, of course, here's Patti: pattismith.substack.com/p/rememberin...

Remembering Robert Mapplethorpe

Reading Just Kids for his birthday

pattismith.substack.com

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Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 2h

James Murray explains Rachel Reeves’ speech. Like the bloke who follows the elephant with a bucket and shovel. #C4news

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Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 2h

It’s not that Labour is bad at comms. It’s that the only people who don’t know it are Labour.

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Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 2h

Michael Burry (the Big Short chap) is shorting Nvidia and Palantir.

I am going long on canned goods and ammo.

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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 9h

Sir David Beckham, knighted for services to pestering for a knighthood. Sarong twat.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 4h

From 5 years ago 🤔

I suppose now he's got his knighthood he doesn't give a shit anymore. Probably going to eat a swan tonight too.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 5h

I'm almost tempted to pop back into The Bad Place to check out the Beckham poppy absence discourse

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Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 4h

The wacky world of tax. Alcohol helps.

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 4h

“Don’t stand there saying ‘I want to be clear’ when you’ve got a fog machine in your arm, spraying mist across the room.”

Rachel Reeves's pre-Budget speech was to ‘clarify’ expectations, while refusing to say anything concrete.

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