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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 9h

So great.

sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 10h

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 10h

Thank eff for Mamdani.

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 10h

While Venezuelans are getting extra judicially killed by Trump... Peace prize winner says:

We're grateful for what Trump is doing for peace, Nobel winner Machado tells BBC

María Corina Machado tells Trump of her appreciation for

www.bbc.co.uk

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 11h

Should have been Woody Allen.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 11h

OH FUCK NO

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The Oscar-winner best known for her collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds and The Book Club, has died

www.theguardian.com

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🦇🤘 Rigg-or mortis 🔶️🏳️‍🌈 @rigg.lgbt · 22h

Really interesting thread here

Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 1d

It occurs to me that the Doctor's polyethnic identity in recent times recontextualises Peter Davison's casting in quite an interesting way.
(For context, although you'd be unlikely to guess it by looking at him, Davison's paternal family is Guyanese. He has close relatives who are visibly Black.)

Peter Davison, a fair-skinned blond man, as the fifth Doctor, circa 1982.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 13h

Politics is actually quite simple when you have a moral compass.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 13h

Just.. thank fuck for Zack.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 14h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · 19h

I note the paperback is available online at an unusually reasonable price for an academic book, thanks to the @sunypress.bsky.social approach to marketing and pricing its books!

Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · 1d

Killing Children in British Fiction has now been out in the world for one whole year! Very grateful to everyone who has bought it, read it, reviewed it, or shared their responses to it.

Dominic Dean @drdominicdean.bsky.social · Jan 21

My book, Killing Children in British Fiction: Thatcherism to Brexit, is now out from @sunypress.bsky.social.

'An authoritative, acute, and insightful book...makes a powerful case for child killing as an index of our times' - @bobeaglestone.bsky.social.

sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 22h

*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 1d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 20h

Simpsons screencap. Mr Burns wearing an obvious false moustache. Caption: "Bonjour, je m'appelle Monsieur Unrocel."

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 21h

It really shows what automation of editing is doing to these news organisations.

Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 21h

According to the BBC here, I might be able to beat Kipyegon at something. Wonder what time second place was?

Last year's winners took home $60,000 (£44,603) - one of the largest prize purses in athletics.

The event also attracted some of the sport's biggest names, as Kenya's three-time Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Faith Kipyegon won the mile, crossing the finish line in four hours 17.78 minutes

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really into the struggling artists getting recognition thing too. But mainly my daughter really like the film a lot and I watched it on repeat for 2 weeks.

Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

This is a total banger but it's quite amazing that there's live versions without obvious autotune (sure, it's played lower here)
I definitely have Stockholm Syndrome

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

www.youtube.com

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

I love Tron, I loved Tron Legacy... there is no world in which I watch Ares.

Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

Somewhat glad the reviews backup what you'd expect from a Jared Leto film without watching

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

are you for real ffs

Trump’s might dragged Netanyahu to the table. The real prize would be keeping him there
Jonathan Freedland

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

That didn't take long. I thought we'd get a few days before everyone realised what's happened here

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

Machado issues her first statement since being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and makes a thinly-veiled appeal to Trump for US intervention in Venezuela:

María Corina Machado ©
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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

maybe if I give the people who have got this wrong all along more power to get things done maybe things will improve

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic while asking for some more speed from the engine room

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

www.theguardian.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

Announcements saying 12,000 jobs to be cut in our sector this year.

Going to have to keep the pubs open 24/7 in order to try and get this growth back. But who'll have the money to spend in them?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 2d

Too much sci-fi for them but it still amazes me that billionaires have this obsession with living long even in doomsday scenarios.