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Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
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Good morning!

Here's the full set from my 2nd live performance last Friday at Folkestone Techno Social. For some reason, the video and audio I recorded doesn't sync up So I will need to cut them up individually and upload it that way (unless someone knows how to fix the drift?)
#transmusic #edmsky
Faebop (Live) @ Folkestone Techno Social, Folklore 16th May 2025 [AV backdrop & audio]
YouTube video by Faebop Live
youtu.be
May 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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I couldn't help it.
I had to lay Facebook's stock price (blue) over top of Facebook's internal data of how much consumer sentiment (jagged line) had fallen off a cliff for Facebook which FTC had in its opening exhibits today.
2014 - 2021.

Monopoly power on display, Professors.
April 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Feel like spending lunchtime at the seaside? I just fixed a couple of local stations in this, so pick your destination, click the radio, and enjoy the sandwich & flask of tea vole.wtf/british-seas...
British Seaside Simulator 🏖️🚗
Fully experience the sights and sounds of the UK’s coastal resorts. Features Scarborough, Llandudno, Weston-super-Mare, Margate, Oban, Whitby & more.
vole.wtf
January 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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If you receive the state pension, you're on welfare.
It is a discretionary payment which may be increased/reduced/removed at any moment.
There is no pension pot.
You are not receiving "your" money back.
December 17, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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Excl: Government will move to scrap district councils in its devolution white paper on Monday, sparking the biggest local government reorganisation in 50 years

on.ft.com/3VBH0ui
District councils face scrapping in major overhaul of English local government
[FREE TO READ] Devolution white paper aims to create larger authorities and more elected mayors
on.ft.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process.

Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”

Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Turn2us PIP Helper
Use the Turn2us PIP Helper to learn how to manage each stage of your PIP (personal independence payment) application process.
pip.turn2us.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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Much love and respect to Mr Cook. Thank you. And he’s (as ever) on the money, ‘Give It’ is an absolute classic. I had a chat over email once with Kurt Wagner about the actual meaning of the lyrics… (but that’s a secret!)

youtu.be/Cje_fsAaeBI
'Dance For Ashley' with Fatboy Slim | House Culture Podcast | *SPECIAL EPISODE*
YouTube video by House Culture
youtu.be
December 9, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Wow, it is hard to imagine the wealth of the wealthy. Hard to see how you can't but become divorced from the reality of the many.
the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:

eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
Wealth, shown to scale
Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
eattherichtextformat.github.io
December 7, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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Does HS2 have a future?

And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
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Visualize Collider Bias with me. Wrote this for myself. To get an intuitive understanding of Collider bias without any regression equations and lines.

Hope it helps other learners as well!

medium.com/@saikrishna_...

#stats #rstats
Visualize Collider Bias with me
It’s 2020. You are a doctor. COVID19 has just picked up. You are going to face a flood of patients today.
medium.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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A reminder that my book "Failed State" is 40% off on Amazon during Black Friday weekend.

An FT and Economist book of the year and a great Xmas present for the politically curious...

www.amazon.co.uk/Failed-State...
Failed State: The Sunday Times bestselling investigation of why Britain is struggling
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www.amazon.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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The only scenarios in which I would not pay is if doing so offered additional prominence. But they seem far too sensible for that.
November 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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Ian Hislop for PM.....
November 21, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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A weasel walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “What can I get you?”

“Pop,” goes the weasel

😂😂😂😂😂
November 16, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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It has a name
November 13, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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Hi everyone.

The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.

We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.

We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.

I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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Genuinely one of my favourite record labels!
A whole bunch of Jalapeno Records fam have made their way over here to bluer skies 👋🏼

So we have wiffed up a "Jalapeno Starter Pack" to celebrate🥳

If that kind of thing is your bag.. please follow all & share widely 🥰

go.bsky.app/8TMfa4a

#music @jalapenorecords.bsky.social
November 14, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
November 14, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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This is incorrect and shows how little the average person knows about garment manufacturing. 🧵
November 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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They told us not to worry about spelling, because in the future there will be autocorrect.

For that, I am eternally grapefruit.
November 11, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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Greetings new followers! You may know me from the Bad Place, writing about authoritarianism in The Atlantic, for my (correct) views on bear arms from “Cunk on Earth,” or my books Corruptible and Fluke. Glad to have you here and not on Musk’s disinformation machine.
November 12, 2024 at 7:09 AM
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Followers on X: 250,000
Followers on BlueSky: 9.6k

But my last two identical posts have received more engagement here than there
November 11, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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you know one thing I will say is that: man, I'd really missed posting, I love posting so much, I love reading posts, I think I'd forgotten how good it can feel to be able to post to your heart's content without having to worry about invariably getting yelled at, we're so back
November 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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Lots of people have asked me about the Met Office coming to Bluesky. So here we are! It’s a bit of a test feed at the moment but we plan to ramp it up. Do follow.
Our first post on Bluesky? It could only be one thing 👀

Are you missing the blue skies and lighter evenings this week? It’s been grey and overcast for many…

But will it be more of the same for the next 10 days?
Find out in our latest YouTube video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgwz...
November 7, 2024 at 10:24 AM