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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 16h

He’s out of his fucking mind

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 18h

Post the good news when you see it…

Nature @nature.com · 23h

By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections

go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K

Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria

Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.

go.nature.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

A SSRS/CNN poll showing 61% people think Trump has gone too far using the power of the presidency and 57% think he's gone too far deporting immigrants.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 1d

"The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 17h

My publisher wants me to sell my book to an unidentified AI company with little notice and no legal documentation whatsoever. The price: $355. The upshot of the pitch: "if you say no they'll just steal it later." I am, not surprisingly, not cool with that. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

I am profoundly disappointed that, in an age in which human labor and creativity is being debased and the work of writers, artists, musicians, and filmmakers is being treated as disposable because some folks in the Bay Area have figured out a nifty new way to commit plagiarism, my publishing company is entering into this sort of arrangement. I suspect that it and other publishers are doing this because they're afraid that, if they don't, they'll be ruined. I feel like they need to understand, however, that the tech companies want to ruin them anyway. They're doing deals like this because they fear some short-term legal friction, but make no mistake: they are hellbent on destroying the publishing industry specifically and the concept of copyrighted creativity in general. If the publishers want to try to make a buck or two before they're put to the blade, great, but I don't see much of a percentage in negotiating to be the last one killed.

Needless to say I have opted out of this "opportunity." I also hereby opt out of ever working with Arcadia/Belt Publishing again. They can ask me why that is, but I'm led to understand that, in this relationship, one must blindly trust the other party when it comes to important matters and not to expect any answers to their questions. Believe me, though, that I have full confidence that it's the right move.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 17h

Hedgehog warnings ahead of bonfires and winter. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hedgehog warnings ahead of bonfire night celebrations

The RSPCA has seen a 74.6% increase in the number of Hedgehog admissions between 2022 and 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h

Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps:

The right defends economic power.

The left resists economic power.

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 16h

We have each other on here, at the very least. Other that that, it always gets better, always 👊🏻

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 16h

HUGE 🥰

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 16h

He’s an awful human and always was

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Cara is the darkness that binds them 🇵🇸 @geekpie.bsky.social · 17h

why do these people have jobs

Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: The UK Government accidentally leaked internal emails on the Huntingdon train stabbing to The National.

Number 10 inadvertently sent confidential materials to us - including lines prepared for ministers and info not yet made public.

www.thenational.scot/news/2559307...

No 10 accidentally leaks internal Huntingdon train stabbing emails to The National

NO 10 accidentally leaked confidential internal emails discussing the Huntingdon train stabbing to The National ...

www.thenational.scot

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

us citizen shot by ICE officer after victim said 'not cool, bro'/'hey those are kids' is almost like a daily story at this point.

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 1d

Barbecues! Everything you already didn't like about picnics, but standing up and with smoke in your face.

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Raubtier den Atem @freikampf.bsky.social · 1d

Ein Radfahrer fährt auf einem schmalen Weg entlang eines Sees, eingerahmt von hohen, dunklen Bäumen. Das Wasser im Hintergrund spiegelt sanft die warmen Farben des Ufers – goldene und braune Töne im Licht der tief stehenden Sonne. Die Silhouette des Fahrers hebt sich klar vom hellen Hintergrund ab, während der Vordergrund fast vollständig im Schatten liegt. Die Szene wirkt ruhig und ausgewogen, ein Moment zwischen Bewegung und Stille, Natur und Mensch, festgehalten in harmonischem Lichtspiel.

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 17h

It’s just kids behind the counter! They obviously weren’t told it’s supposed to be behind the scenes. The owner is a mate and I think she’s stopped that behaviour 🤣

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𝕯𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖗𝖔𝕲𝖔𝖙𝖍 @mi55lmunster.bsky.social · 17h

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Have a gander or just share, both appreciated 😘🖤

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 17h

That IS a proper tea, gotta say. My chippy still waters down the Sarsons spray bottles in full view of the punters which is of course a crime. Other than that, they’re great

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 17h

An actual chef told this story was true 👍🏻

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three spooks pam 🎃 @threesteakspam.bsky.social · 17h

been seeing this post everywhere today, sometimes credited (good boys) sometimes not credited (naughty boys)

can never understand why people see a post they like and think ha, cool. I’ll just crop out the person’s name who thought of this

three spooks pam 🎃 @threesteakspam.bsky.social · Apr 22

microsoft: before you sign in we need to send you a code

also microsoft: omg was that you that requested a code

also microsoft: omg someone just signed in to your account

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Helen @bambi-helen.bsky.social · 17h

If Keir can't muster up a strong speech tomorrow, as a former human rights lawyer, then my vote was wasted.

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 1d

A day ahead of its 75th anniversary, nearly 300 UK-based organisations have spoken out in defence of the European Convention on Human Rights👇

🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... via @the-independent.com

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75

Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry

Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty

www.independent.co.uk

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 17h

I’ve got Chicken Dinner #2 : The Leftovers. There’s a wonderful bubble & squeak aroma 😋

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 17h

*her

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John @johnrt.bsky.social · 17h

His arrival was foretold in the ancient muriels

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