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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 47m

My cat just caught me looking at videos of other cats and she’s really mad, how do I repair the damage

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 2h

One of the things that strikes me on visiting the US is how antiquated the banking is, in a lot of ways. No, I don’t have a Venmo, if I want to transfer money to someone electronically I use my banking app. I have no idea when I last used my cheque book. Why are you taking my card? I need to sign!?

Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 4h

“Much of what we think of as innovation in the US is just private duct tape applied to the country’s uniquely bad payments system. Stablecoins, for example, offer a way to transfer something like a dollar from one place to another, without a bank.” Great stuff from @bhgreeley.bsky.social

Why I have to buy doughnuts with cash

Powerful lobbies are hindering a digital transition by America’s huge network of some 4,500 banks

on.ft.com

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 8h

People keep telling me the UK is so over and they're going to move to Dubai and, like, fine. Go on then. Would you like directions to the airport?

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 8h

You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t

Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be

[FREE TO READ] Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 13h

It’s the Portland way.

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Rupert Stubbs @rupertstubbs.bsky.social · 19h

More weight to @garius.bsky.social ‘s idea that McCartney’s The Frog Chorus (“We All Stand Together”) is the perfect anti-authoritarian protest song…

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 20h

And there's a C.R.E.E.P. by The Fall although I'm not going to claim it was his best work.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

There was absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Jews in Germany deliberately sabotaged the WW1 war effort or organised a grand conspiracy to destroy Germany after the war. Zero.

Obvious point but worth bearing in mind during this ‘Great Antifa scare of ‘25’

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

The Pope has told journalists that Clickbait headlines are immoral (because they are misleading and therefore untruthful, if I've understood right). The headline of the Guardian's article on the subject is a thing of beauty.

Headline: You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 1d

A good explainer on the EES border system being phased in from Sunday...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is the EU's new border system EES - and how does it work?

The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

But I bombed all those random fishing boats! Does that count for nothing???

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

If you listen carefully, you can hear Trump crying.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

The most tedious thing on earth is someone having a big toot on the racism dogwhistle and then everyone on every channel spending time debating bad faith exculpatory readings. Yes, of course they didn’t say the bad thing overtly. That’s why it’s a dogwhistle.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

Given that he actually used to hypnotise people into *thinking* they had larger breasts than they had previously thought they had, I put it to you that you can't prove he didn't do that to Zia Yusuf tonight.

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Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 2d

If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

Ten out of ten and a gold star to whoever it was shinned up a lamp post in central Swindon and tied an Irish flag to it.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 2d

Books getting a nice wash as the Orkney mobile library is on its travels.

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2d

This is #BookyMcBookface sailing back from Rousay this afternoon. 💨🌊 #Orkney

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Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 2d

Where it’s legal to own a raccoon in the U.S.

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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo criticises wealthy elite living in ‘bubble of luxury’ as poor suffer

Pope Leo XIV has criticised how the wealthy elite live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while poor people suffer on the margins, confirming in his ...

dlvr.it

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 2d

Nature lovers and photographers! 🍂

The leaves are turning, the nights are growing longer… and it’s time for seasons to change on our profile.

Share your best autumn snaps in the replies, and we’ll pick a favourite to feature as our cover photo! 😍

A Crested Tit, with its bold spiky crest, stands on a lichen-covered branch. Its soft brown and white feathers blend into the natural tones of the landscape, while its bright red eye adds a pop of colour. Delicate cobwebs cling to the branch, creating a peaceful and autumnal scene.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 3d

The stair, which vanishes from your memory whenever you forget to actively concentrate on its existence, was ruled to be maliciously attempting to murder you, having deemed you unworthy of treading on it.

Read the full article on Patreon (if you dare): www.patreon.com/posts/139919...

Exclusive! Bottom stair absolutely trying to kill you

Image of woman who has slipped over on stairs

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

Much that I love about this chart, but my favourite is the teeny tiny bit of tax revenue we get from child actors, models and the like showing up in '0-9'.

Peter Allen @peterallen.bsky.social · 2d

Print and send this chart (from your newsletter on Tuesday) to every household in the country.

A graph from the FT showing government spending by age cohort. Over-70s have more spent on them than any other age cohort.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 2d

Coverage of Badenoch's speech was one of the worst examples ever of Westminster Brain and Lobbythink. A litany of nonsense applauded by a policy elite that can't even think three moves ahead. (1/3)

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

I really don't know what to do about a situation where a plurality of the group that (rightly!) takes up most government spending thinks that it is unrepresented in politics.

Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Hollow laughter

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 2d

Just received an emergency alert from the Polish state not to go into the woods and touch any capsules because they’re rabies vaccines for foxes. Well that’s my plans for the next week ruined.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 2d

Senior British thought leader's brains cooked by 24/7 exposure to American far right social media

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

'Remain campaigner now says Enoch was right'.

Morning.

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