@briansmith950.bsky.social
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Another way of looking at this, of course, is that if you took the triple lock out of the equation, the benefits bill would very likely roughly be increasing in line with projected inflation *if that*
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Another way of looking at this, of course, is that if you took the triple lock out of the equation, the benefits bill would very likely roughly be increasing in line with projected inflation *if that*
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The Commons isn’t usually the place for sharp comedy, but today’s Budget delivered a moment that made even the frontbench blink.
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥
Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Commons isn’t usually the place for sharp comedy, but today’s Budget delivered a moment that made even the frontbench blink.
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥
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I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
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My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing…
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing…
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
“English folklore, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
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my boss is arguing against a local nas for data backups and saying we can just eventually use a cloud solution. as though we didnt just lose our only copy of our entire quickbooks database. like, last week.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
my boss is arguing against a local nas for data backups and saying we can just eventually use a cloud solution. as though we didnt just lose our only copy of our entire quickbooks database. like, last week.
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I get a headache just from watching him.
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I get a headache just from watching him.
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My entry for #WoodpeckerWednesday is this Pileated Woodpecker in my yard a few years ago in #Tacoma. #Birds #Nature #Photography
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My entry for #WoodpeckerWednesday is this Pileated Woodpecker in my yard a few years ago in #Tacoma. #Birds #Nature #Photography
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They could have taxed wealth but instead they've gone for the working class AGAIN and people are thanking them 🤣 country is fucked!
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
They could have taxed wealth but instead they've gone for the working class AGAIN and people are thanking them 🤣 country is fucked!
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The superior monorail
E K R A N O P L A N
One of the small cohort of companies which is capturing the home office's ongoing attention — and imagination 💭 — is REGENT out of Rhode Island. They continue to make steady progress in their development program of their unique hydrofoil/ground effect aircraft. | 🛩️ 🦆 ⚔️ ⚡️ 📹 📰 🥇 | 🧵 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The superior monorail
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If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
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Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
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If the world somehow got lucky and Putin was in danger of being deposed, Trump would commit U.S. troops to save Putin's regime.
You know its true.
You know its true.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If the world somehow got lucky and Putin was in danger of being deposed, Trump would commit U.S. troops to save Putin's regime.
You know its true.
You know its true.
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people on (different site) have been talking a lot about needing to walk fast if you live in NYC and maybe I should never leave my apartment again. I get it, I do. But it's not speed that's the problem. It's walking 4 astride and filling the sidewalk or stopping in the middle of (foot) traffic.
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
people on (different site) have been talking a lot about needing to walk fast if you live in NYC and maybe I should never leave my apartment again. I get it, I do. But it's not speed that's the problem. It's walking 4 astride and filling the sidewalk or stopping in the middle of (foot) traffic.
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I was thinking of deliberate policy choices but fair point, well made.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I was thinking of deliberate policy choices but fair point, well made.
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The two child benefit cap has been scrapped, the OBR hasn't been yet, but aside from that what major Cameron-Osborne policies still survive? Surely not that many (any?)
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The two child benefit cap has been scrapped, the OBR hasn't been yet, but aside from that what major Cameron-Osborne policies still survive? Surely not that many (any?)
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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Knowing your love of a pop culture founding myth, the A-Team opening begins by saying they're wanted for a crime they didn't commit.
The crime: robbing the bank of Hanoi
The defence: they were ordered to do so by US Command
The point: that order is *still illegal*: you cannot rob civilian banks!
The crime: robbing the bank of Hanoi
The defence: they were ordered to do so by US Command
The point: that order is *still illegal*: you cannot rob civilian banks!
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Knowing your love of a pop culture founding myth, the A-Team opening begins by saying they're wanted for a crime they didn't commit.
The crime: robbing the bank of Hanoi
The defence: they were ordered to do so by US Command
The point: that order is *still illegal*: you cannot rob civilian banks!
The crime: robbing the bank of Hanoi
The defence: they were ordered to do so by US Command
The point: that order is *still illegal*: you cannot rob civilian banks!
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In essence: juries are important for what decisions they prevent others from making.
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In essence: juries are important for what decisions they prevent others from making.
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The OG Simon's Cat film!
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The OG Simon's Cat film!
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MAGA family member (68m) is a professional hunting and fishing guide and one of his granddaughters (7f) asked me if I (N/Af) hunt and I said oh no I would be too afraid I'd accidentally kill one of Santa’s reindeer and then I left. AITA (yes Lololol)
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
MAGA family member (68m) is a professional hunting and fishing guide and one of his granddaughters (7f) asked me if I (N/Af) hunt and I said oh no I would be too afraid I'd accidentally kill one of Santa’s reindeer and then I left. AITA (yes Lololol)
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There are so many scared men rn and this tells me Jeff Bezos is one of them
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
There are so many scared men rn and this tells me Jeff Bezos is one of them