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spookillumi @illumi.meme · Oct 12

sometimes i delete a post because i've grown as a person in those 45 seconds

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Johnimator @johnimator.bsky.social · 8h

Who missed this?
There must be a better way of charitable fund-raising.

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 11d

In its strategic report the company cited “unfavourable media coverage” as a potential risk to its business, warning that negative publicity for its service fees “could have an adverse effect on the size, engagement and loyalty” of its customer base. Let's hope so!

www.thetimes.com/article/1b9a...

JustGiving pays £25.8m dividend to American owner

The charity platform made the payment to the Nasdaq-listed Blackbaud after revenues rose by 9.7 per cent to £64.5m

www.thetimes.com

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 11h

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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Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 8h

Whether it’s Trump being fluffed by some doctor with no credibility, or Bryan Johnson’s claims of “having a biological age of 21” being unquestioningly reported, the press seem utterly unable to do any research before writing. These are not validated metrics. They are not real. It is meaningless.

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks for coming

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1d

dude seems really preoccupied by the Antichrist emerging from random things he doesn't like, which of course is very normal

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 1d

Lol US vs UK libel law.

Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Jeannette Vargas said the lyrics in Lamar’s Not Like Us, which refers to Drake as a “certified paedophile”, were a matter of opinion, which could not be “actionable defamation”.

on.ft.com/4ojA6pH Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

Judge throws out rapper Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar ‘diss’ track

[FREE TO READ] Jeannette Vargas’s judgment says ‘Not Like Us’, which calls the Canadian singer a paedophile, was a statement of opinion

on.ft.com

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Report back!

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Whats wrong with typhoo

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Instagram innit

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

In Henley, for a schools event for my new book for kids, and chatting to the great Gary Younge later

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'Nigel Farage [serving the interests of his Clacton constituents in Michigan] has claimed teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK election win, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors.' 1/2

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

I don't understand matcha. It's just... tea?

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

Read of the day: Can Japan satisfy the world’s thirst for matcha? just a great story from Harry Dempsey and @urbandirt.bsky.social reporting from Shizuoka and Uji www.ft.com/content/be14...

Can Japan satisfy the world’s thirst for matcha?

Booming demand is straining a supply chain that prioritises quality and cannot expand quickly enough

www.ft.com

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

I do wonder if Labour might look at the sorts of people dominating the discourse and dominating the content wars and maybe, just maybe, rethink the sorts of grey figures they routinely put up for interviews, instructed at that to be as cautious as possible. Things have changed. Their comms hasn’t.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 2d

Team Aniston on this one...

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jennifer Aniston says social media ‘has taken down a huge portion of humanity’

The actor condemns ‘runaway train’ of unregulated slander, baseless claims and deepfakes that have dogged her in recent years

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 2d

in the spirit of solidarity for @sathnam.bsky.social

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous!

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

Also in @thetimes.com, feature on photo booth photography

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 2d

The massive downsides of low immigration. Soon this could ve everyone's problem.

Japan has an ‘enshortification’ problem - on.ft.com/46Z0yhg via @FT

Japan has an ‘enshortification’ problem

An ageing workforce is affecting all sorts of professions

on.ft.com

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 2d

In the creative industries/the media and want to mentor? @artsemergency.bsky.social is looking for enthusiastic professionals

Although we have lots of great potential mentors, we are still short of applicants in the Merseyside region and we could do with more applicants in London working in the following career areas:

- Gaming and animation
- Fashion design
- Broadcast journalism
- Visual arts: illustrators / people with illustration experience or any experience relevant to character design
- Performing arts: musical theatre performers or people with experience in the musical theatre industry
- Film & TV - on screen
- Architecture and interior design

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 3d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 2d

Don‘t threaten us with a good time.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder of how Mrs Thatcher's Conservative party in 1983, an era featuring much more widespread racial prejudice in the public, approached the issue of race and national identity:

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