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　　　the　　　 ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · Jan 7

the internet is for me what playing in the street at night is for gen x

　　　the　　　 ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · Jan 7

“the internet is so unsafe for kids these days”

back in my day you could typo garfield and wind up on a porn site that would scream HARDCORE NAKED SEX VIDEOS at you

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 2h

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5h

Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss

PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.

PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.

Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV

Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss

Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse

www.thetimes.com

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 1d

You might have heard of 'dark kitchens' when a row of sheds in a car park churn out food for Deliveroo. They're unpopular and low margin. So the next big thing in London food is 'host kitchens' where local pubs, restaurants and kebab shops cook for big brands. www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

Why your next upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop

"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”

www.londoncentric.media

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Katieboo @k8tshires.bsky.social · 23h

Who on earth would do that*...

*innocent face 😇

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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 1d

Broken several laws there, right?

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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 1d

And an unmarked vehicle…?

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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 1d

To be fair the full idiom is “one bad apple spoils the barrel," which means one bad person can corrupt the entire group, so maybe he means that.

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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 1d

Why does humanity seem to repeat the same mistakes over and over? Past horrors fade, maybe because kids have never had first-hand experience, so the truth resides only in the memories of those who suffered the first time. Why do we keep letting this happen? How did we let kids get mullets again?

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Steve Parks @steveparks.me · 2d

Folks, that wasn't a 'just a nasty cold' after the return to school/work...

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 2d

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 2d

good god, more checking reveals that Newcastle, Wolves, Bournemouth, Fulham and Burnley are also nervously checking the geoblocks! Just under one third of the EPL are sponsored by gambling firms that aren't licensed in the UK!

Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 2d

just looked it up for something else, and it really is quite crazy that Everton FC turn out every week wearing shirts that advertise a gambling brand which handed back its UK licence in March while under investigation for a promotion featuring a porn star.

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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 3d

If someone put this in a fictional movie you’d think it were far fetched

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 3d

There’s a guy on here somewhere who does threads of headlines going back to 1700s sometimes basically showing plus ca change for any given moral panic….

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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 3d

For the record…

Truth social TOS says dms are not encrypted.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3d

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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RandyResists2025💙🔵 @resist2025.bsky.social · 4d

It is all intentional. They intend on starting a civil war.

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 4d

i’ve wondered whether the traditional tactic of peaceful resistance to shock the conscience of observers who see nonviolence met with force is still possible in a media environment where only novelty can get the attention of the people you need to be shocked, and portland seems to have an answer

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 4d

Maybe not the third one…

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 4d

I fundamentally disagree with Michael Heseltine on a great many policy areas.

But here he is very much calling a spade a spade, and I fully agree with him.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 4d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 22

Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

ICE's lies keep piling up.
ICE: 10 cars rammed ICE
Video shows: No cars rammed ICE
ICE: She boxed ICE in
Video: ICE boxed her in
ICE: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
ICE: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
There should be some punishment for this firehose of lies.

New details on Border Patrol shooting, alleged vehicle ramming in Brighton Park revealed in court

Prosecutors said two Chicagoans had been following a vehicle being driven by Border Patrol agents for 20-30 minutes before the alleged ramming took place.

abc7chicago.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 5d

Ah yes. FFS

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