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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 3h

Have Reeves go on Chicken Shop Date. Get Starmer to play football with the Sidemen.

Make a TikTok reaction video with some Gen-Z TikTok celebrity no one reading this post has ever heard of.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 3h

Blaming Farage / Brexit isn't a bad idea (it's partially true!), but I hope they *actually* sell it. I mean, more than just saying it in the speech and repeating it on Laura Kuenssberg, and hoping for the best.

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 6h

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 6h

My theory is that one of the HIGNFY writers clicked on my profile to see my other posts, after seeing I posted the Euan Blair clip last week.

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 7d

(According to a Mumsnet post I just found, the Manning claim was apparently repeated on Times Radio earlier, though obviously I’ve not verified this and given I’m on my high-horse about fake news, I’m not going to take this as fact.)

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 6h

I think it was @cjayanetti.bsky.social who correctly observed they'd never be able to get away with a response like this if it was an error about a senior right-wing figure.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 6h

Here's how this week's HIGNFY apologised/corrected last week's error.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1d

I am pro-NATO because I am anti-imperialist.

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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 12h

Really quite shitty blaming "young producers" here I think. It's your job to train them and there should be someone experienced enough with some oversight who can stop really bad errors like this.

Especially on a show where a panellist of 35+ years is one of Britain's most experienced editors!

Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 12h

You didn't spot it. You broadcast the egregious claim and it was defamatory.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 13h

Looking forward to there being no hypocrisy given Reform's position on the Lucy Connolly case here.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man found guilty of threatening to kill Nigel Farage

The trial is taking place at Southwark Crown Court in London.

www.bbc.co.uk

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 15h

Absolutely superb work by this photographer.

Mikey Smith @mikeysmith.com · 15h

Donald Trump getting Gaza ceasefire over the line doesn't make him 'President of Peace'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Trump getting Gaza ceasefire over the line doesn't make him 'President of Peace'

He's been campaigning for it for weeks, and will doubtless see being passed over for the prestigious award as an unbearable snub. But in reality, he was never really in the frame - nor should he have ...

www.mirror.co.uk

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1d

I am pro-NATO because I am anti-imperialist.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

REAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ.

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

www.politico.com

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Andrew West @awest.uk · 1d

So glad we have the nuanced humanities to protect us from dogmatic STEM types

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1d

This is Guthrie erasure.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1d

This is funny (and I love The Wire) but this is cope. You may not like it but brainstorming ideas like this is something LLMs are pretty good at.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 1d

cc UK pollster friends

Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 1d

Me too!

(I’m still trying to get a British pollster on the show so I can ask them what this is like)

a group of women are standing around a table talking to each other . one of the women is wearing a pink shirt .

ALT: a group of women are standing around a table talking to each other . one of the women is wearing a pink shirt .

media.tenor.com

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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 2d

I'm attending a NATO conference today and someone has done the funniest thing possible with the name of their wi-fi network

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

Do you ever get the feeling there's too much content in the world?

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 2d

I still hate it, but it’s a hell of a lot more honest (and less contemptible) than the other explanations people have offered.

Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 2d

I do have some respect for Pete Davidson just going "they offered me a shitload of cash and I took it" rather than pious drivel about "changing attitudes".

Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 2d

ha ha ha

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

It's strange how this no longer counts as verifiable proof of life.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

Hell, maybe I'll join the party just so I can help,

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

Looking forward to the Labour candidate posting about having organised the most inexplicably popular door-knocking session ever.

Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 3d

But for who Chris Kamara?

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

This is a channel the algorithm recommends to The Abundance Agenda's YouTube account, in case you're wondering about our target audience.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

Do you ever get the feeling there's too much content in the world?

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

Still some room just above the Vauxhall badge for "Free the Postcode Address File".

Andrew R @excelpope.net · 2d

See yer da’s got a new car.

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · 2d

£2.7bn of stamp duty receipts in 23-24 came from properties worth more than £1.5m.

SDLT may be a bad tax, but I don’t think a pure tax giveaway to multimillionaire property owners should be a priority.

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