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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 3h

The biggest problem is that they gave it to Obama when he'd only been in power for 5 minutes. That was a mistake. Now Trump is correct to think there are double standards.

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 4h

Even if the Middle East peace process is a massive success, he'd not have got the prize this year, but he almost certainly will next year.

I hope he does win next year, as that will have meant thousands of people have been spared an early death at the hands of the IDF.

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 4h

Book burning is similar to flag waving.

I support the right of people to do it, but you've got to question why they want to do it.

If those reasons are to incite racial hatred, they've committed a crime.

AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 5h

Those making the criticism need to grow up.

It's like criticising the opposition for listening to government speeches. You have to be part of the debate to be informed.

AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 5h

This opinion is very odd.

The Heart could be seen as an endorsement, but not a Follow.

I think there's a time when the Heart seems inappropriate. Like "10k dead in Gaza". I want to show appreciation that someone is sharing, but a Heart?

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 15h

I've been writing for months that when Labour is interviewed, they consider it a success if they don't go viral.

When Reform is interviewed they consider it a failure if they don't go viral.

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 16h

It's his second time!

He took over the sinking ship of the Tory party too

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is laughing while sitting at a table .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is laughing while sitting at a table .

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 1d

Even Billionaires seem obsessed with doing things for money. Even the richest man in the world seems to only exist to increase his wealth.

Just own it. They offered you an amount you couldn't resist. We'll understand that better than BS.

AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 1d

I feel your pain.

Every day, between 2 and 4am, I wake up for about an hour.

I think it's normal now. I just factor it in to my routine.

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 1d

Time to learn some new skills!

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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 1d

Due to staff shortages, wizards are developing bad backs.

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 1d

Clegg isn't on the Meta payroll anymore, so why is he still shilling for the techbros?

Is he angling for another gig if he can prove he has no moral compass and will lobby for anyone that pays enough?

AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone can make a profit selling things you've stolen.

If that's the only business model for AI, they don't have a business.

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 2d

I listened to the whole speech:

Cliche, austerity, giggle (repeat x30)
End on an uncosted tax cut for the rich.
Wave, goodbye.

AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 2d

I have a couple of 4kg weights I use for training, they're not that heavy, but if that's the weight empty, I think they have a problem!

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 2d

The amount of e-waste created by Microsoft's policy to drop support for certain CPUs in Windows 11 is basically a crime against humanity.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 2d

It must weigh a ton!

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AdamT @adamt1966.bsky.social · 2d

Is it April 1st already?

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 3d

Tory party conference got you down?

Far-right rhetoric left you feeling scared for the future?

Then why not take a minute to enjoy eighteen (18) pictures of Ed Davey on a pumpkin farm with young carers 🎃🚜

www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...

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