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Tranquility Press @tranquilitypress.bsky.social · 10h

If you want some amazing art, give @ncc-60205.bsky.social a look, they have done some amazing work for the Tranquility Press Projects!

A selection of Starships against a blue background

The Saucer of a Galaxy Class Starship being raised from the suraface of Mars

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 12h

Reminder that the best defence against authoritarianism is ALWAYS absurdism. It doesn’t matter how natty your jackboots are, nobody looks scary when oppressing Creatures.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 12h

When Farage told the people of Clacton that he would spend his time working I imagine they thought it would be for them and not for 12 companies.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20h

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 11h

How fab are these murals designs for murals, hopefully to go on bldings in Poznań!
Created by design students, these 2 show #KrysrynaSkarkek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, &
#ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!
I LOVE these images, do you?

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⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 1d

#GeorgiaProtests Day 315! ✊🏻🇬🇪🇪🇺

Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 1d

Georgia continues to protest.
Day 315

#GeorgiaProtests

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 13h

Tulips, Dutch

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 19h

Happy Publication day to me! 🥳
Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social

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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 17h

When politicians are absent, and regulators are asleep at the wheel (or worse), often the Courts provide the only possibility for citizens to enforce laws that Parliament enacted but then forgot about.

Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 17h

The factory farmers (Avara) are trying to disown the poo of their 23 million chickens while Welsh Water says fining them will make it harder for them not to pollute…..hilarious, desperate attempts to defend the indefensible.

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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 1d

Belarus and Russia share a customs union and near-seamless logistics.
Belavia can now legally source Western components - which can easily ‘leak’ across the border.

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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 1d

Belarus rarely makes Western headlines — but it should this week.
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
🧵👇

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna say it, not enough games about defeating Klansmen, Confederates or neo-Confederates.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 1d

Balls that was Early still...

Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 1d

Who needs an assassin's blade when Philip Sheridan rides down the Shennandoah Valley lighting shit on fire...

Alex @saintsopossums.bsky.social · 1d

This is the coolest idea, and I’m so mad that it doesn’t exist. I want to hidden blade Forrest on behalf of secret-assassin Grant, damn it!

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

YOURE FUCKING KIDDING ME

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 1d

I really wish he'd just take the hint and go work for a bank or something like Gideon does and not pretend anyone gives two shits what he has to say about anything anymore. Definitely in the Tony Blair end of post political life.

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Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social · 1d

The grocery industry would be much more profitable if only it didn’t have to pay farmers for supplies

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Nick @finch4077.bsky.social · 1d

How tf has no one made a biopic of that dude ? Dictionary definition of brave.

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Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 1d

8. Abebe Bikila 🏃🏿🇪🇹

🥇First Ethiopian to win an Olympic gold

Running barefoot, Bikila won the marathon at the 1960 Olympics in Rome and then became the first athlete ever to defend an Olympic marathon title, taking gold in Tokyo in 64

Oh and he broke the world record both times.
#blackhistorymonth

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Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 6d

For her actions, she was suspended from the team, and although the suspension was rescinded she made the decision to leave the team and not return.

Remember HER name. Ariyana Smith.
#blackhistorymonth

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Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 8d

🌟The most decorated 100m sprinter of all time.

Absolutely dusted the other parents at a school sports day race in 2025.

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Ethan @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 1d

Kirk’s death on September 10, 2025, exposed a chilling strategy of the Trump regime, to use this tragedy as a pretext for a war on terror, targeting the Democrats. But some close advisers resisted, revealing Striking coldness political calculations, from the wannabe Dictator.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

Oh what a shame, this is a great topic to explore.

There must be dozens of great game or movie concepts that haven't seen the light of day in recent years so as not to offend fascists. 😤

At least there is Indy. The last game was awesome and I never got tired of killing Nazis with a toilet brush.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 1d

Jeez, people are such dicks.

So, the Spy books by Andrew Cope (Spy Dogs, Spy Cats, and Spy Pups), *children's books*, had urls for the author's website as back matter.

The author lost the domains.

The new owner populated it with porn sites.

Surely there are limits? These are books for children.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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