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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 9m

You’re either an idiot or a Russian troll, or perhaps both.

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 1h

Bollocks

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 23h

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

This Is Fascism

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 19h

It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.

Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 2d

Well takes one to know one!

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Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 2d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦 Syrskyi: During September, the total losses of the Russian occupiers amounted to 28.5 thousand people.

Thanks to the successful actions of AFU, we manage to stop and throw back the enemy, who planned to seize the territory of the entire Donetsk region in early autumn.

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trump8ters.bsky.social @trump8ters.bsky.social · 3d

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 4d

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 4d

Bizarre isn't it.

I just can't. The Tory Party deserves to die.

DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 4d

Wait, what, so the UK Government, and the country in general, is only able to do one thing at a time? So if we do build a nuclear reactor, does that mean nothing else will get done for the next 15 years?

Oh and who cancelled HS2...

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 5d

The trouble is is that Jenrick is a whole different level of ghastly. Really is a race to the bottom

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 5d

Blow them all up.

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 5d

That’s some deep level insight there

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 5d

Russia is using donkeys for logistics supply in Ukraine

🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 5d

Logistics donkeys in Russian service

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 7d

Ai all week

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Irminsul, Composer @irminsulantifa.bsky.social · 7d

That's using the old noggin.

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Squeezy John @johnspiers.co.uk · 7d

It's been 5 years ... so I'm asking the question now ... what the fuck happened to Dido Harding?

You remember the one ... given £37 billion to implement test and trace during Covid with absolutely no accountability ... a test and trace system which never happened.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 7d

I mean it was at Dulwich College when his teachers realised he was a fascist racist neo-Nazi . So why are we surprised he still is one now.

www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...

Nigel Farage schooldays letter reveals concerns over fascism

Channel 4 News obtains a letter about Ukip leader Nigel Farage, from his days as a schoolboy, in which teachers are quoted as accusing him of being "racist" and "fascist".

www.channel4.com

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DJBurges @djburges.bsky.social · 8d

Do you think they’ll go after the countless other dodgy PPE companies now - they should of course