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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 14h

But WhatsApp isn't public. The closest you get is joining a group.

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 15h

Why is WhatsApp talked about as social media, but the telephone isn't?

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 15h

Worth saying, but maybe journalists should focus on what the Reformatives say rather than what Keir Starmer thinks?

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 1d

Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 1d

A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 4d

There must be a limit to this approach because of finite resources. And whenever we get to that limit we're going to have all the problems you described.

Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 5d

When did people start trusting machines more than experts?

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 5d

People hate themsevles so much

Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 5d

A… remarkable @survation.bsky.social poll out today of voting intentions in Caerphilly ahead of next week’s Senedd by-election

Reform 42%
Plaid 38%
Labour 12%
Conservatives 4%
Greens 3%
LibDem 1%
#senedd #devolution

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 6d

Tuesday’s ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that has never seen one’ - 14th century, British Library, Sloane MS 4016, f. 50r

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 6d

A dick

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 8d

What does commons mean in an era where we can traverse the entire country in a day?

It's easy to argue the parish should have access to the common, what about someone in Norwich, what about someone from Wales and how can or should we differentiate?

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 10d

Also cats and their 💩

Tim Frasier @tfrasierdna.bsky.social · 10d

Leaf blowers are one of the most effective tools I've seen for turning your problem into someone else's problem.

Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 10d

I think I'm woke-curious

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 10d

I mean, this is really desperate shit, isn’t it? I am a great deal more woke-sceptic than pretty much all of Bluesky but I honestly can’t be bothered to care about the National Trust putting vegan tampons in the men’s toilets and neither should you

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 11d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 12d

What is it about Britain that you love?

Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 12d

This is disgusting. What it will mean is that people won't go to their GP and mental health services when they should.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 13d

This is truly brilliant. Such a way to communicate,
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 13d

Picasso could have seen JFK shot and listened to the Beatles.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 14d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 13d

Lots of people supported Enoch Powell

Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 13d

I shall just leave this here as were rubbishing the humanities again.

Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 14d

While our government is involving Palantir in every facet of government they could offer me an extra weekend day with my id card and it would still be a hard no.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 14d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 14d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 14d

My worry is he would actually normalise Reform.

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 14d

This is racism from the Shadow justice secretary.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 15d

But do we see problematic behavior?

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Seasonal Affectation Disorder @neutral.zone · 20d

You can't have it both ways. Either you want distributed, user-controlled moderation with all its tradeoffs, or you want a benevolent dictator and you're just shopping for one you like better. Pretending you can have the latter while demanding the former is just...

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Alan Bradbury @alanbradbury.bsky.social · 16d

a close up of the face of jabba the hutt from star wars with his eyes closed .

ALT: a close up of the face of jabba the hutt from star wars with his eyes closed .

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