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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16h

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BLOOD WORK: An Introduction

An Introduction to Blood Work

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BLOOD WORK @bloodwork.show · 3d

BLOOD WORK is live.

It’s time to talk about violence.

An Introduction to Blood Work

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 20h

Heterodox

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 23h

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 20h

You heard it here first folks: Listen to @bloodwork.show to hear my sonorous tones discuss the phenomenon of VIOLENCE.

(All credit to @gotitatguineys.bsky.social for working the production magic on that one tbf)

Bob @bobappleyard.bsky.social · 1d

started listening to @bloodwork.show

very important topic, excited to see what people have to say about it

but my first impression is that @gregk.co.uk has such a nice voice! not very sophisticated, i know...

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

John Carpenter’s The Fog
They Live
Christine
Suspiria
The Faculty
Signs
Death Becomes Her

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

Tony Hawk / Dave Gorman style novelty book about one American craft beer enthusiast’s quest to meet to the lass from the Boddingtons adverts on the telly

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

Imagining an American craft beer enthusiast coming here and ordering a flight and making extensive notes about his experience of Boddingtons

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

God it looks magnificent in the context of that tap board

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

I've been thinking a lot about life, existence, and meaning lately. Here's something I thought about yesterday. Whether you believe in a God or not, the NHS might be the closest thing we have to a secular church, where anyone can go in their hour of need. That is a precious and beautiful thing.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d

I'm now back home and will be receiving daily wellness checks and support as we decide on the next steps forward. Thank you to everyone for being so kind and caring to me yesterday. it was simple: So long as I was in that waiting room, the question was, "Do you want help?" And the answer was, "Yes."

Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

This morning I took myself to hospital because roughly 36 hours ago my brain completely stopped functioning and started instructing me that it was ‘time to leave’ and so I just needed to go somewhere that I could feel more certain that that wouldn’t happen, so now I am waiting for help.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

I will always steal valour from 6yos

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

This is a profound act of kindness

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

There are three versions with different endings only one of which is half decent, I think it’s the directors cut. They’re all pretty crap endings though so don’t sweat over it lol

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

Hit me

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

There is never anything to apologise for at a time like this

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

1408 is far from a perfect movie but I remain strangely fond of it, and I guess I relate hard to John Cusack screaming, “What do you want from me?!” into a hotel room fridge and a malevolent concierge repeatedly phoning up to ask in a friendly voice if you would like to check out yet.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

It has been 10 hours and an NHS waiting room is both the best and worst place for someone contemplating the Order of the world and when our time will come, but I just wanted to be honest and admit that I have been trying very hard and struggling, but I do hope I can keep trying.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

The attempt to find a silly way to phrase a very serious moment there probably gives some indicator as to how I’m feeling right now but I’m constantly torn over whether to present myself how I’d like to be or how I actually am and this week the invitation turned into a summoning and so that is that.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

This morning I took myself to hospital because roughly 36 hours ago my brain completely stopped functioning and started instructing me that it was ‘time to leave’ and so I just needed to go somewhere that I could feel more certain that that wouldn’t happen, so now I am waiting for help.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

It just doesn’t do what businesses want it to do, which is what all the hype men proclaimed it can/would do, and the deficiency is likely inherent to both how the tech itself works and the underlying economics, but nobody wants to say so out loud (yet).

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

As @edzitron.com (IIRC) put it, within 12 months of the iPhone releasing there were clear signs it was going to revolutionise society. It’s been three years with this stuff and despite businesses adopting it en masse, it’s mostly a hindrance for the workers and, for retail consumers, a silly geegaw.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

The story’s a bit more complicated than that. If I remember correctly, there was reporting a month or two ago which stated that business uptake of the technology had been incredibly high, and the issue was a lack of outcomes.

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Lukas Slothuus @lslothuus.bsky.social · 2d

The idea that Tony Blair should be let anywhere near Gaza is outrageous. Enough with the Atlanticist attempts to dominate the Middle East! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why Tony Blair just can’t kick the habit of imperial interference in the Middle East | Oliver Eagleton

The Blair-Trump fantasy for postwar Gaza shows the former PM still thinks that free enterprise can solve all the world’s ills, says associate editor at the New Left Review Oliver Eagleton

www.theguardian.com

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2d

You’re seeing what happens when Dems sacrifice single issues to they perceive as ‘unpopular’ or ‘unimportant’ trying to triangulate against Trump right now, virtually every single day: Trump dances in the end zone and becomes bolder while the Democratic base becomes increasingly demoralised.

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