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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 5h

To dodge the accusations of hypocrisy: I believe in paying for websites I use, even if voluntary. Letterboxd, Wikipedia, etc.

I think the internet would be less of a - what’s the English word? - razorblade-studded toilet seat if there were healthier avenues for monetisation.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 5h

A lot of the responses to this are like, “I, personally, don’t believe in kicking puppies.” No, duh.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 8h

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 11h

It’s always worth remembering that this utterly horrific wave of mass death inflicted on some of the poorest people in the world was for literally nothing. It hasn’t even been for some monstrously cynical benefit to someone, it hasn’t saved money. It is just some of the purest nihilism imaginable

zatapatique @zatapatique.bsky.social · 11h

Even in this place, I feel the sheer scale of foreign aid being demolished isn't fully appreciated. As it stands, it is perhaps *the* most catastrophic change to preventable deaths in our lifetimes, and the salience - even in presumably friendly spaces - is basically zero

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 11h

Does this mean my wanting Phoenix’s wardrobe from the movie is also problematic? It’s not a cautionary tale about high waisted trousers, right?

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 18h

Not to go all FBPE but I feel like the post-Brexit purges - which simultaneously discouraged the recruitment of new pro-business, pro-free trade talent - precludes such a fracture. It seems more likely an election wilts them down to double-digit MPs, who happily align with Reform.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 18h

I certainly do resent interactions that amount to, “Well, you’re going to have to grow up and side with us versus this rabid dog we keep jabbing with a stick and then throwing chunks of human meat. Nothing we can do, we’re just the dog handlers, this is on you.”

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 18h

Stuck between feeling grievously betrayed by the Labour government and feeling like Polanski isn’t a serious person, which I guess is a fancy way of saying I’m leaning Lib Dem*?

*Or just totally despondent, depending on the day. So yeah, I guess Lib Dem.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 19h

I’m not an expert on geopolitics - but with this last piece of information, I will be.

Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 19h

Look, just between you and me: thanks for taking this bullet.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 19h

You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.

A mint green Fiat Topolino (i.e. a very small, compact car) on the streets of Florence. Ironically with a cherry red SUV in the background.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 20h

This article is absolutely bizarre. And what a disappointment Jonjo is.

Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 20h

Bizarre long piece giving airtime to guy who despite the headline obviously is playing over there for money, both- sidesing his Reform crime dystopian view of the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Jonjo Shelvey: Former Newcastle United midfielder says he hasn't moved to Dubai for money

About 75 fans watched Jonjo Shelvey's debut in the third tier of the United Arab Emirates - but he says he has not moved for money.

www.bbc.co.uk

Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 20h

“Not the car - *I* was on fire.”

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 1d

It’s marginally more excusable (less inexcusable) for the person who’s not in charge of the official opposition and whose primary concern is making noise.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 1d

I mean this disparagingly in both cases: he demonstrates similarly thorough thinking to Kemi Badenoch.

Both fall apart on the most superficial inspection. You get the sense both are making it up on the hoof on the basis of what they think will play well on social media.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 1d

Think I diverge from you quite significantly on the principle of this one (I don’t care for either politician specifically) in as much as it feels like saying you’re going to combat bigotry by making sure no gay, Jewish, woman, etc. representatives are fielded.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 1d

This does also remind me of my favourite bit of trivia: Fanta was invented in Nazi Germany. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social · 1d