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gotta agree with this. at some point we all have to contend with what good faith is actually for and extend it accordingly
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
gotta agree with this. at some point we all have to contend with what good faith is actually for and extend it accordingly
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everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
July 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
This opening ceremony is exactly what I’d expect and exactly what I want it to be.
February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This opening ceremony is exactly what I’d expect and exactly what I want it to be.
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Get Palantir out of the NHS
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Sadly, this is NOT satire.
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Sadly, this is NOT satire.
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🧵1/ Mandelson should never act as a legislator again. However, an Act of Parliament to penalise an individual is flawed on multiple counts. I see why Starmer wants this behind him, but we should have a proper discussion about addressing any failings in the existing regime and then fix them
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
🧵1/ Mandelson should never act as a legislator again. However, an Act of Parliament to penalise an individual is flawed on multiple counts. I see why Starmer wants this behind him, but we should have a proper discussion about addressing any failings in the existing regime and then fix them
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2/ All governments should consider how their actions might be abused by a future government from another party with a large majority. But they never do. If they did, we would have PR by now.
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
2/ All governments should consider how their actions might be abused by a future government from another party with a large majority. But they never do. If they did, we would have PR by now.
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for connoisseurs of local journalism traffic farming, this is the latest frontier – you reprint ancient facts from Wikipedia and present them as news, in order to create curiosity gap headlines that appear in Google Discover / Apple News
February 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
for connoisseurs of local journalism traffic farming, this is the latest frontier – you reprint ancient facts from Wikipedia and present them as news, in order to create curiosity gap headlines that appear in Google Discover / Apple News
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Oh.
February 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Oh.
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It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
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Prohibition never works and in fact drives harder drug use courtesy of the "iron law of Prohibition."
Everyone knows that in government but they're too scared of the tabloids to do anything about it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Everyone knows that in government but they're too scared of the tabloids to do anything about it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’ve never taken drugs or drunk alcohol, says Zack Polanski
Green party leader wants to legalise all drugs, regulate their use and not be ‘the fun police’
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Prohibition never works and in fact drives harder drug use courtesy of the "iron law of Prohibition."
Everyone knows that in government but they're too scared of the tabloids to do anything about it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Everyone knows that in government but they're too scared of the tabloids to do anything about it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Remember, the full Epstein Files are well over 6 million pages long.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
January 31, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Remember, the full Epstein Files are well over 6 million pages long.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
What you have seen so far is the *least offensive* 3 million pages.
Trump and his lawyers are hiding the other 3 million pages—and have made clear that they will never ever release them, federal law be damned.
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No fireworks. No parties. No flags. No celebrations.
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
a dirt road with a blue sky in the background and a gif from gifbin.com
ALT: a dirt road with a blue sky in the background and a gif from gifbin.com
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:56 PM
No fireworks. No parties. No flags. No celebrations.
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
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I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.
Reposted by Mark Owen
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Catherine O'Hara is as much of a "good in absolutely everything, no matter how good the thing itself was" actor as Philip Seymour Hoffman.
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Catherine O'Hara is as much of a "good in absolutely everything, no matter how good the thing itself was" actor as Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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It’s hard to imagine someone more universally enjoyed than Catherine O’Hara where the opinions range from “I like her and her work” to “I love her and her work” and that’s a pretty good legacy
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
It’s hard to imagine someone more universally enjoyed than Catherine O’Hara where the opinions range from “I like her and her work” to “I love her and her work” and that’s a pretty good legacy
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We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
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Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
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“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...