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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 9h

Is that a rhetorical question?

Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 9h

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 9h

How is everyone's evening going?

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, I need to have a look. I know there are options. Thanks :-)

Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks, I thought there might be something I just haven't bothered to check. I quite fancy a Trump style response as his tweets always make me laugh.

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 9h

I don't want to be rude. I have a fear of AI takeover, they'll remember this shit.

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 10h

I wish ChatGPT was less deferential, not everything I ask is an excellent question.

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 10h

Absolutely. And America shouldn't have supported General Zia while he ripped up Pakistan's secular constitution and turbo charged Pakistan's Islamist programme.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 12h

Go well, queen

in Looking for Mr Goodbar, a poor film but probably her greatest performance

in her lovely late-career rom-com, Something’s Gotta Give, opposite Jack Nicholson

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 12h

I don't think religiosity is that important to many in Reform, I think it's mostly useful on the fringes for bashing Muslims. It's perfectly understandable to be concerned though, these movements can end up going in dangerous directions those leading them didn't intend.

Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 12h

Jared Taylor met his English wife 40 years ago while she was researching the Ku Klux Klan for her PHD. Viewed with suspicion within white nationalist circles that she was really Jewish she asked SPLC to publish this letter in 2016. Remarkable. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

Setting the Record Straight: Longtime Partner of Jared Taylor Addresses White Nationalist Criticism

For nearly 30 years, Evelyn Rich, the longtime romantic partner of white nationalist Jared Taylor, has been attacked by white nationalists accusing her of being Jewish. Recently, Rich contacted the So...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13h

Washington DC is, by several measures, America’s most liberal city. It no longer has a newspaper that’s even trying to represent that in its op-ed pages.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 12h

Is that a rhetorical question?

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 13h

No politicians are popular, go and check

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 13h

It's +16 which isn't that bad (though historically not great). That will drop sharply if he's a government minister like it has for everyone that is.

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Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · 13h

Harsh but probably fair. It's why I was sceptical of Burnham before everyone else. bsky.app/profile/matt...

Matt @matthewblott.bsky.social · Sep 11

Andy Burnham may be a better leader than Keir Starmer but we really don't know as he's been playing politics on easy mode. Will he deal with all the awkward stuff any better? @womensportfeminism.bsky.social womansplaceuk.org/2019/07/20/d...