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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 2h

The Onion headline:

Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3h

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4h

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5h

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3h

"Eye-catching..." is kinda how much of the West has ended up in this clown car hurtling towards authoritarianism. I think it's time to acknowledge that.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 2d

Strong speech from Badenoch. Well delivered. Sharp critique of government. Focussed on politically fertile territory on the economy. Eye catching policy which will get a lot of v positive press attention.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4h

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags

It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 5h

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 4h

Christian Nationalists from the so-called 'King's Army' took to the streets of London's Soho to intimidate LGBT+ people. A clear sign of growing Christian Nationalist extremism in the United Kingdom.

Open-mouthed men and women in paramilitary style tracksuits stand in military foundation on Old Compton Street. They wear crucifixes and the label KING's ARMY. Overlaid is Humanists UK's headline: 'Christian Nationalist mob "King's Army" targets Soho, London's gay district'

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 8h

you know what fair

Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.

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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 5h

ChatGPT's guide to Winning At Work
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Climbing the corporate greasy pole, ChatGPT style: the Stephen Collins cartoon

If I tell you what you want to hear then you’ll think I’m a god!

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 5h

I think we can agree there was only one "immoral" group in Old Compton Street that evening - and that it was the blackshirts, not the ordinary Londoners going about their business in peace and freedom www.scenemag.co.uk/christian-ev...

Homophobic Christian evangelical group ‘King’s Army’ marches through London’s Old Compton Street

A 'Christian evangelical group' calling itself the 'King’s Army' has marched through Old Compton Street - the historic heart of London’s LGBTQ+ community - chanting religious slogans and accusing the ...

www.scenemag.co.uk

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Stephen Evans @stephenmevans.bsky.social · 8h

A mosque attended by the Manchester synagogue attacker was previously reported to the Charity Commission by @natsecsoc.bsky.social
over concerns of fuelling antisemitism and division.

I’m quoted in today’s Times:
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b613...

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 6h

If you're in Leicester, Northampton or Bristol I'm coming to see you next weekend and it would be great to see you there. They're all lovely venues and there are plenty of tickets available. Come along, have a laugh and meet some like-minded people! www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t... 2/2

Matt Green Tickets, Tour and Concert Dates – www.livenation.co.uk

www.livenation.co.uk

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 6h

dude seems really preoccupied by the Antichrist emerging from random things he doesn't like, which of course is very normal

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 7h

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 9h

NEWS! Fury as man who threatened to invade Greenland and who uses military against own people fails to win Nobel Peace Prize newsthump.com/2025/10/10/f...

Fury as man who threatened to invade Greenland and who uses military against own people fails to win Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump has once again been cruelly snubbed by the Nobel Peace Prize committee, despite what he insists was an “incredible” year of personal achievements in the field of “peace, which is very …

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

Second, the R&D claim, pitiful as it was, centred around a research project conducted with Abertay University.

Paul Malik at The Courier used an FOIA application to obtain Abertay's emails on the project - and discovered no project existed. Just preliminary discussions.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

Big development on our July storyabout a dodgy tax relief claim by Dundee United and tax firm ZLX.

The club made a huge claim for R&D tax relief which said that 24% of the players' time, and 80% of the chef's time, was spent on "research and development".

Not credible.

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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 11h

Lisa knows 🤨

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12h

'Nigel Farage [serving the interests of his Clacton constituents in Michigan] has claimed teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK election win, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors.' 1/2

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 6d

Great advice to Nigel Farage

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 22h

Please can I have a Nobel peace prize, I helped a friend of mine murder a bunch of his neighbours and now I’ve told him to stop, so I’ve definitely done a peace. Give me the prize immediately please, not that anything could possibly go wrong, but just give it to me now, or else.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22h

My answer: stamp duty is a terrible tax.

But abolishing it isn't great, because all that does is push up house prices, and perhaps the single biggest socioeconomic problem in the UK is the unaffordability of houses for most people.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22h

So the immediate effect of abolishing stamp duty is that house prices rise, with a disproportionate benefit for people in £10m+ homes.

Abolition would literally be handing them £1m+

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22h

The second, truer, answer: people who currently own very expensive homes.

The evidence is that stamp duty is economically paid by sellers - it reduces property prices.

(I went through the evidence for that here taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/09/s... )

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22h

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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