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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 10h

'Declaration of loyalty' can fuck the fuck off. Absolutely diabolical.

Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 10h

#NowPlaying Night Flight - The Last Flight Remixes by Public Service Broadcasting #Deezer link.deezer.com/s/31hAtlF76g...

Night Flight - The Last Flight Remixes

Public Service Broadcasting - album - 2025 - 9 songs

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 11h

It's always people, who need to prove they're worthy, but what does a country do to prove it's worthy of citizens? 🤔

Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 11h

Poland’s interior ministry has proposed tougher rules for obtaining Polish citizenship.

They would increase the residency period from three to eight years and require applicants to take a test proving they are integrated and sign a declaration of loyalty.

Poland proposes tougher rules for foreigners to obtain citizenship

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11h

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.

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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 12h

How it started. How it’s going.

A scene from V For Vendetta: a multitude of protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks

A man in a frog suit facing down the agents of Babylon in Portland

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 13h

I had no idea MTV still existed 🤷🏾

Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 13h

It's nice that they're callin a spade a spade.

Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 13h

Le leader de Reform UK avait réagi à des vidéos du jeune homme qui souhaitait rejoindre le pays.

Royaume-Uni : un migrant afghan qui avait menacé de mort le chef du parti d’extrême droite Nigel Farage reconnu coupable

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Steve Griffiths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @cymry.bsky.social · 15h

Private Eye nails it

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Ankle-biting Meerkat @techk.at · 1d

Not sure if many know, but considering it is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, this might just feel fitting.

If you ever come across a website that does a CloudFlare security prompt, and it asks you to "copy" something - DON'T. This is an attempt to get you to run malware. It's becoming more common.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15h

One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/

Two beetles on a stick.
One beetle says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out to reveal that they are in a glass case with two scientists studying them.
One scientist says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out into space. Abouard a spaceship, two aliens watch the scientists on a screen.
One alien says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
The aliens turn to look out at the reader.

Text below the cartoon reads:
From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. Preorder it at www.tomgauld.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 19h

All my comics have happy endings!

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 2d

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 3d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 18h

I'm wondering if Trump is now going to call off his Gaza peace plan, now that (as he'll see it) it was all for nothing.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 19h

No, Nobla nie dostał, ale na apopleksję wciąż ma jeszcze szansę.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 23h

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1670

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

On już ma wystarczająco dużo powodów do pękania. Czas się przestać ociągać.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most insulting 'if' I have ever seen in my life. Don't you fucking dare to make it sound as if it's been considered, even jokingly.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

Even Jim Carrey made a better Riddler.

Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from people grumbling. That will never change.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine all those poor sods, having their streaks irrevocably ruined.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 1d

Consistency is seriously underrated.

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 2d

Nice recovery there.

Excited Im GIF

ALT: Excited Im GIF

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 2d

I found out about and managed to get to The Afghan Whigs concert because @rjbarker.bsky.social tweeted about getting ready to go out.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Gulf of Mexico ben Becalel @benbecalel.bsky.social · 2d

Of course, someone petty could also point out that RECORDS are nowhere near almost free, on the contrary, they're insanely expensive (also to compensate for the lack of mass CD sales), but thankfully I'm not, so I won't 😇

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