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Dr David Robert Grimes @drg.bsky.social · 6d

Asked lots about this piece on Chronic Lyme disease, and disappointed in the @guardian (a publication I both subscribe and contribute to) for running it. Short thread explaining the multitude of problems with it, and why I consider it irresponsible to run as is..🧵

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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 1d

My local shop are not mucking around cheese wise

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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 1d

My local are not mocking around cheese wise

pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 1d

a man standing in front of a brick house wearing a white t-shirt that says helicopter

Alt: a man standing in front of a brick house wearing a white t-shirt that says helicopter

media.tenor.com

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 2d

An academic having to leave the orange US to escape very plausible death threats provoked by TP-USA, and to teach a course remotely on anti-fascism, is EXACTLY why the orange will NEVER merit a Nobel Peace Price (which is based upon supporting democracy and peaceful processes)

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 4d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 3d

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 3d

I have learnt a thing!

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 4d

Oh shit, ANTIFA is suiting up

From the sound of music. Seven children stand in a line inside a grand house, wearing identical light blue sailor-style uniforms with dark collars, neckties, and knee socks. They are arranged from tallest to shortest, standing at attention on a patterned rug with a staircase and ornate wall paneling behind them.

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 5d

“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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John86 @john86l.bsky.social · 7d

You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.

A club statement from Blackpool saying Steve Bruce has been sacked along with coaches Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks will take temporary charge.

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 10d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 9d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 9d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 9d

Not only an absolute icon, but the character of Kitty was the inspiration for the character of Julia Hartley-Brewer

hilaryonline.bsky.social @hilaryonline.bsky.social · 9d

Icon

Actor Patricia Routledge dress as the character Kitty, wearing a coral sparkly top, gold jewellery and a tiara. She’s holding a small sherry and pointing at the camera while frowning

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10d

PM of Albania, President of Azerbaijan and President Macron laughing about President Trump claiming he ended a war between their two countries

There are 4-5 countries between Albania and Azerbaijan depending on the route you take

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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 10d

But where are the copies of 50 shades of grey? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 Live In Short, Charity shop appeal: No more Fifty Shades of Grey!

Oxfam shop builds 'house' with a hundred copies of Fifty Shades of Grey books.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Martin Heneghan @martinheneghan.bsky.social · 14d

I think it’s revealing of the current trajectory of the UK political economy that universities are told they will be allowed to go bust despite employing significantly more people than JLR, and being the engine of many local economies.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14d

‘Moral hazard’ warning after £1.5bn government loan guarantee for JLR on.ft.com/42iBMHf

‘Moral hazard’ warning after £1.5bn government loan guarantee for JLR

Carmaker receives official backing after cyber attack that has halted production

on.ft.com

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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 16d

@tpbennett-llp.bsky.social Forton Services, a TPB project!

Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 16d

Get your Forton t-shirts here www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
There might be a prize for the furthest travelled Forton.

Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 16d

When in Croatia, wear your Forton Services T-Shirt @gailmyerscough.co.uk

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 17d

Okay so Harmon Northrop Morse, who first synthesized Paracetamol (which is also marketed now as Tylenol, etc), was described as “quiet and uneffusive” and had a “single-minded devotion” to his work.

No proof, but this may mean there is a NONZERO chance that it is actually AUTISM that caused TYLENOL

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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 16d

Yup

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17d

One of the big asymmetries in US politics is how Republicans getting more votes from men is a major crisis for the Democratic party that must be addressed, perhaps by abandoning some values, while Democrats getting more votes from women is a nonissue for the Republican Party, not worth discussing.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 19d

As Henry points out,a long piece about free speech in the UK that doesn’t mention the many, many people arrested for supporting Palestine Action and is entirely framed in right-wing talking points is a dereliction of journalism.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19d

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point

How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 20d

This photo is everything!!

(Alaa with his remarkable mother Dr. Laila Soueif, who spent nearly 300 days on hunger strike to secure her son's release)

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