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Alastair Duncan

@alasta1rd.bsky.social

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Experienced brand advisor. Podcast host for The Drum. In digital from the beginning. Politically interested. Former global ad agency ceo. SEND parent. Hackney. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TzQpQuBiaIinEkLzgyMUF?si=y1MWF7bg

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Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · Nov 6

Former Republican now living in the UK predicts a Trump victory for 'structural reasons' open.spotify.com/episode/6NAp...

Marshall Manson asks if America can ever make a good decision?

Politics for Drummies · Episode

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 12h

'give me the most French idea you've got'

'no, that's too French'

Guan Yang @guan.dk · 12h

France's postal service rolls out croissant-scented stamp 🥐

France's postal service rolls out croissant-scented stamp

France has launched a croissant-scented stamp to celebrate its emblematic flaky pastry, its national postal service, La Poste, announced on Wednesday.

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Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a ridiculous daily Mail article

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Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 20h

Fab

Michael Serafin-Wells @bipolarexplorer.info · 1d

Incredibly, there is a "new" track from Life Without Buildings - Sue Tompkins, Will Bradley, Chris Evans & @robertdallasgray.com . It is, as ever, utterly magnificent, and I burst into tears hearing it for the very first time. Pick it up on Bandcamp. errolshotwax.bandcamp.com/album/love-t...

Love Trinity, by Life Without Buildings

1 track album

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

The world's in a bad way, but now and then something goes right

Headline: "Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term"

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds like modern Life without Buildings @robertdallasgray.com

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

Get it now?

Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 5d

I thought the Queen died in 2022

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Queen pays tribute to 'legend' Jilly Cooper after author dies aged 88 – live updates

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 7d

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.

Farage is still silent.

It’s deafening.

#ReformRussianBribes

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Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 7d

+1 ☝️

Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 8d

Good to see Streeting so popular

Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 8d

The ‘over diagnosis’ narrative is such a cop out. We could say the same about cancer, which, according to the daily Mail (?) has doubled since the 1990s. Funny that, as people are living longer and diagnostics happen earlier.

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 9d

Which fictional police officer do you think would be most likely to get caught out by a Panorama sting operation saying something unacceptable?

Officer Gotcha from Jamie and the Magic Torch

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John Galt @4lusus2naturae0.bsky.social · 14d

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 19d

REVEALED: bombshell evidence of the link between Tylenol and autism.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 21d

Looking forward to listening to this.

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Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 21d

Why is BBC Any Questions platforming the bonkers right wing Sarah Elliot, wife of Matthew Elliot (of vote leave fame)?

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Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 21d

Well, what did you think was going to happen? Colombia and Panama kicked him out.

Gadget @gadget44027447.bsky.social · 22d

🚨🚨 Tommy Robinson has been arrested and deported on arrival in Columbia and Panama after he arrived for a holiday following his fusnraising efforts at the "Unite the Kingdom" rally.

This is literally countries refusing entry to a violent criminal. He should be all for this.

Alastair Duncan @alasta1rd.bsky.social · 21d

This is also seriously impacting families (particularly women) who are charged with school non-attendance for their child and fined, left with a criminal conviction and takes no account of the child’s circumstances, which in many cases, are extremely difficult - illness, anxiety, bullying etc.