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Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 3h

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 1d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Saki 🦄🪶✦Fae NTVtuber✦【NTVN】【V-Chunky】 @nightmaresakito.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful native woman flipping the bird in response to Monday, Oct. 13th, Columbus Day. “Fuck Christopher Columbus.” Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 13h

Brilliant spot on satire as always from @newsthump.com

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Ethan Jones @ethanjonesic.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski showing exactly how you take on Reform and shine a light on exactly who they are.

Perfect take down, best performance on QT for a long time, bravo @zackpolanski.bsky.social doing a great job.

This is the way to take on Reform and thank goodness it’s now happening.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Ghouls @julso.bsky.social · 1d

The Lunchbox

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck kind of attempt to lead by the hand even is this

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Ghouls @julso.bsky.social · 1d

6 more and Konsa joins this club

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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Ghouls @julso.bsky.social · 2d

Good. Die then.

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.

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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · 2d

Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

Pablo Picasso sitting at a screening of Willy Wonka

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · Sep 21

So one key part of the venture capitalists thinking taking over the world is as a mode of production they don’t understand the idea that people can decide not to buy a product

Trans Ferdinand: Robot Princess @emdashreed.bsky.social · Sep 21

Silicon Valley: We have invented The Plagiarism Machine, it will replace all creative endeavors!

Capitalism: Awesome, let’s get rid of all the creatives and use The Plagiarism Machine!

Also Capitalism: Oh no, all The Plagiarism Machine does is plagiarize, let’s get creatives to fix it!

Rest of World @restofworld.org · Sep 21

Most AI creative writing is… bad, so firms are on a spree hiring poets, novelists, and other humanities experts to try to fix it

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

Sakher has written for us at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk - it's so important to get the personal stories of those in Gaza, in their own voice, out there.

You can read it here --> northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

And please support him too.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

"Deported" is a very interesting way to say kidnapped, imprisoned illegally, abused, then released. 🤔

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love & barley 🐸🌶️🪏🎃 @loveandbarley.bsky.social · 4d

give greta thunberg a gundam

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 4d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 4d

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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 6d

The Green Party elected a new leader in Zack Polanski ad since then, Green Party memberships has surged.

Labour also started September beginning Phase 2 but it was marred by controversies, will they recover?

Both issues discussed in this month's Podcast episode

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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election

Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 10/03/2025 · 38m

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 4d

Pine martens released on Exmoor in 'positive sign for nature'

They are "back where they belong" after being relocated from Scotland, conservationists say.

www.bbc.com

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