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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 40m

Is it just a 'this is always in the manifesto but since we've taken his formal powers away there's always something more important to do' thing, then

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 45m

I don't mean to sound like a bitch but the thrust of their actual policy in government has basically been 'we are content to let the king stay as long he does absolutely nothing'

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 47m

Sorry, since when?

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 1h

I think the first time they said they /had/ been dating but technically didn't confirm they were still dating which... yeah

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1h

Not earth shattering by any means, but this means that in the best case scenario for the Greens, SNP and PC in the 2029 election we could see a bloc of 100ish MPs open to the idea of granting referendums on independence to Scotland and Wales in the next Parliament

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 5h

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 1h

Remember when Tár dropped and all the hip media-literate millennial social media celebs queued up to tell us it was an anti-woke screed based off one scene while completely ignoring that the main message was 'Gen X celebs who complain about cancel culture are all massive hypocrites and creeps'? Yeah

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 1h

'millennials are all like this while zoomers are all like THIS' When's the last time you said no to your father

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 1h

Is there anything Bluesky won't turn into millennials uber alles

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 1h

JD Vance is 41 years old

ceej @ceej.online · 13h

I think the leak of the incredibly racist young republican group chat only furthers the argument that millennials were the only generation able to use the computer without going insane, mostly because the computer was once a place separate from the real world. but now the real world is also computer

ceej @ceej.online · Apr 28

that a bunch of billionaires have been irreversibly brainwormed by getting addicted to a glorified chat room adds credence to my theory that spending too much time on IRC as a child acts as a powerful inoculant to the worst impulses of an escalatory group dynamic

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 2h

Fantasizing about a future where AI is oppressed requires fantasizing about a future where AI is everywhere and is close enough to human to be meaningfully discriminated against. I think vanishingly few people currently believe that's true, but we're primed by sci-fi to expect it...and side with AI

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 2h

A lot of things click into place when you realise that, as much as people try to pretend otherwise, reducing immigration in the age of Ryanair is a significant spending commitment and therefore demands for lowering immigration or reducing migrants' rights are demands for a luxury good

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 2h

It's literally all predicated on the 'AI is inevitable' narrative bearing out lol

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 1d

But I am just a plain simple menswear guy

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 3h

This is doing nothing to dispel my long-held conviction that much of recent Silicon Valley innovation is largely about addressing the various ineptitudes of young entitled men

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 3h

I guess this time it's a completely unambiguous 'YES WE'VE BEEN BOYFRIENDS THE WHOLE TIME' but I hope they keep doing this once every few years just as a bit

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 3h

Wait, Dan and Phil came out /again/

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 12h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 18h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 15h

At this rate that will probably wind up being Farage, but I don't think it has to be

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 15h

I've said it before but the Westminster consensus is now so completely removed from reality, while also thoroughly convinced that it's actually in touch with the salt of the earth, that it's almost ripe to be toppled by whoever can muster the strength

Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 1d

“I think politicians are ignoring prices and bills and hoping we’ll forget about them and find something else to complain about…”

My report on how the flighty Westminster bubble forgot about the cost-of-living crisis, which certainly isn't over:

Energy bills rise while Westminster talks immigration

Why have our politicians forgotten about the cost-of-living crisis?

www.newstatesman.com

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 17h

I think it would have surprised even the most pessimistic if you'd told people during the 2024 campaign that a year into Government Starmer's team would be negatively briefing against the ECHR and Council of Europe for daring to question their assault on trans rights

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 17h

Phillips will probably pick up where they left off but that was my personal 'oh so the bubble is /bad/' moment

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 17h

On the medical research point, I note that Bayer completely pulled out of radiology AI in September because it wasn't generating the yuuuge profits they expected

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 21h

Fuck off!!!!

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 22h

Will argue till the cows come home that MPs can't change the law after the Supreme Court has made a ruling even if they want to and now this, she thinks we're all stupid

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 22h

Preet Gill is easily one of the most wilfully dishonest Labour GCs lmao

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