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Gonz @gonz.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News doing a whole story speculating about what kind of end-of-the-world scenarios are driving billionaires to "doom prep" and build bunkers in remote locations, but they're missing the most likely reason: their fear that one day the rest of us will finally decide that we've had enough of them.

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gonz @gonz.bsky.social · 2d

Did a Kwasi Kwarteng write this?

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 2d

Opinion | The Tories will not navigate this path if they adopt a perpetual pose of defensive cringing and apologies for events more than three years ago

🖋 Kwasi Kwarteng

Read more: trib.al/UrEJZpq

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 11d

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 11d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 4d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 5d

Fucking hell

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 28d

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Nov 10

The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8d

Tommy Robinson invited to Israel by Amichai Chikli the Minister of Diaspora Affairs.

In the wake of the horrific Manchester terrorist
attack, Israel and the Jewish people stand firmly
with our allies in the United Kingdom.

On behalf of the State of Israel, I am proud to
host British patriot @TRobinsonNewEra who will
visit Israel in mid-October.

Tommy is a courageous leader on the front line
against radical Islam.

At a time when Jews across Europe face rising
antisemitism, it is vital to strengthen bonds with
allies who refuse to be silent.

He has proven himself a true friend of Israel and
the Jewish people, unafraid to speak the truth
and confront hate.

Israel will always stand with the Jewish
community and our allies worldwide. Together
with friends like Tommy Robinson, we will build
stronger bridges of solidarity, fight terror,

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 8d

In memoriam...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9d

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 9d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 9d

You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 9d

Horrendous news. No one should be targeted for their religion. My thoughts are with the families of victims and Manchester and Britain’s Jewish communities. Britain is your home, and there is no room here for anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic violence www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Manchester synagogue: Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect also believed to have been killed - police

The suspect was shot by police, who say his condition cannot be confirmed due to

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gonz @gonz.bsky.social · 9d

So the far-right is the result of the left being too much into identity politics (wokeism!), but also the left not being enough into identity politics (why no England flags?). Got it.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 9d

Horrific, what really else is there to say? Utterly contemptible and horrific.

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Manchester synagogue: Four people injured in car and stabbing attack at Manchester synagogue - suspect shot by police

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says it's believed the suspect is dead, and that the immediate danger appears to be over.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gonz @gonz.bsky.social · 9d

So jealous.

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 10d

Some great reporting here: “One of the most prominent YouTubers, Anthony Styles, 59, has since deleted his AJ Audits channel after it was revealed he is a convicted paedophile. He was known to frequent protests… where demonstrators claimed to stand for the “protection of women and children”

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 11d

Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.

Details here ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social

Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks

YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 11d

Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11d

Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge

Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK

www.thetimes.com

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 11d

“One Battle After Another” is a film about a young hero with a secret-but-evil father drawn into an unlikely desert adventure against fascists that brings a washed-up robe-wearing revolutionary out of exile joining a rebellion.

It’s basically a “Star Wars” film, is what I’m saying.

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 12d

100% tariff on movies that don’t have a banjo-accompanied car chase scene.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 12d

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

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Gonz @gonz.bsky.social · 12d

the cult in question

Members of the Guilty Remnant cult from the series The Leftovers standing in a field holding up signs that read "Stop Wasting Your Breath".

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Gonz @gonz.bsky.social · 12d

it's a fucking cult

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12d

Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones, says that "the progressive movement outside of the Labour Party" must understand that "populism on the left... risks taking us down a much darker path for our country"

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 14d

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

www.avclub.com

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 14d

It’s extra extremely disingenuous to try and defend the digital ID cards when they literal government has brazenly introduced them as a racist policy

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14d

ME ON A TRAIN: Oh no, I accidentally clicked a video with sound! Oh god, people heard a second of loud sound from my phone. I have torn the social contract.

EVERYBODY ELSE ON TRAIN: Shit yeah, train time, time to watch the loudest TikToks

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