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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

If the police in the UK were to shoot 2000 dogs a year (average 5 a day, per capita equivalent to US 25/day) there might be a revolution.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10h

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

scholars.unh.edu/unh_lr/vol17...

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 1d

The original post has been deleted or I've been blocked, so my recreation of the greatest political compass of all time.

Y Axis: Good Faith / Bad Faith
X Axis: Can Read / Can't Read

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 9h

presume I'm not the first person to say this but real cool that actual human adults can't get up to regular, legal human adult stuff online anymore but somehow the robots doing porn will be fine

real cool!

The Verge @theverge.com · 14h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 11h

This is one of several bad traits the current govt has in common with Sunak's. Nobody is impressed by constantly telegraphing your great (read bad) gambits that are going to turn your unpopularity around, especially when it's paired with ignoring the elephant in the room (cost of living).

Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 11h

No1 rule of great political strategy: constantly talk about your strategy, the fact it is a strategy, and that you wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't your strategy. People love this.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 13h

Part 2: I gave my presentation (partly) on how I'm not sure Games Workshop cares about people making GW style miniatures. Then in real time they sued someone for doing just that.

Oops. But also maybe not oops. On analog games as platforms.

stuckness.ghost.io/when-your-ac...

When your academic presentation is maybe wrong, or Games Workshop sued someone again

My presentation at the Games Workshop Research Day last weekend was on the Chapterhouse case. Very, very briefly: Games Workshop lost (most of) a lawsuit against a small manufacturer of conversion "bi...

stuckness.ghost.io

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 1d

There's a Goodness Gracious Me sketch based on the Indian dad who claims everything is secretly Indian in origin, and on this occasion he'd be right

Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 1d

lol they're doing the thing again

Serving in the U.S. Navy was one of the greatest honors of my life.
Happy 250th Birthday to the United States Navy.

INS Godavari (F20)+INS Brahmaputra (F31)+INS Beas (F39).jpg

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 13h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 10h

At what point of the US not having a government do the Belgians start to make fun of them?

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10h

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

scholars.unh.edu/unh_lr/vol17...

trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss...

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12h

Sam Altman one of a number of powerful men who have essentially risen to prominence because they’ve never been asked a single follow-up question

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · Nov 18

Day 18 #30DayMapChallenge
I 3D-printed John Snow's 1854 cholera map of Soho. It took ages.

3D-printed map of Soho in 1854. Black marks on top of the buildings represent deaths from cholera caused by infected water from the Broad Street Pump (note the missing handle!). Top-down view.

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 17h

As any article about Poland increases in length, the probability of it containing a mad detail tends towards 1

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 13h

It’s a res publica, not a democracy, say people who support the wealthy demagogue ruling without the senate or popular assembly and suggesting paying the army from private funds.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13h

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Conservative criticism of Labour I absolutely did not give enough intellectual houseroom to pre-election was 'none of these guys have ever created a job'.

Bo Jacobs Strom @bojs.bsky.social · 16h

Headlines going to the English requirements but I'd completely missed this part of the plans, yet another act of idiotic self harm. Completely incompatible with the government's stated aims on housebuilding, growth, etc.

The immigration skills charge is being raised by 32%

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 13h

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 17h

This is genuinely quite sweet: can't say he isn't following his passions. As with John Major and Gordon Brown - and in stark contrast to certain other former PMs I could name - it's gonna be much easier to like Rishi Sunak now he's out of office.

The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 20h

We’re pleased to partnering with former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty on Number Nation, a new initiative to conduct the UK’s largest ever study into attitudes to everyday numbers – in partnership with the Richmond Project, Purposeful Ventures and Public First

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 17h

I know it isn't the important point and I know it's tedious to repeat this but really - the Welsh language has equal status in Wales and government press offices should regularly get this right.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 20h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 17h

People talk a lot about bubbles/polarization while ignoring that when it comes to I/P you have two camps who are *literally speaking different languages*, where things like "Free Palestine" or "Zionist" or "globalize the intifada" can have completely opposite meanings depending on the speaker

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18h

Turning up to the "No Kings" protest with my "Actually maybe you need a king" sign.

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Membership of the committee scrutinising the assisted dying bill in the Lords has been announced.

It contains 7 opponents of the bill, 5 supporters and a neutral chair (Lord Hope).

lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/ItemOfBusine...

Appointment of Sessional Committee (without Sub-Committees) - House of Lords Business - UK Parliament

View details about this House of Lords item of business.

lordsbusiness.parliament.uk

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 15h

A coalition of journalists and media lawyers have warned Shabana Mahmood that government plans to give anonymity to firearms officers facing criminal charges will damage public confidence in policing and fuel online misinformation.

We echo their call to the home secretary to think again.

Anonymity for firearms officers will harm public confidence, Shabana Mahmood told

Senior media figures say hiding names of those facing trial would ‘ride roughshod over the principles of open justice’

www.theguardian.com

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 16h

I go back and forth on this one case in particular. Do I think Jeff Bezos would by a random newspaper just to destroy it? Yes. Do I think Jeff Bezos said to himself "I think I've got what it takes to be a hell of a newspaperman," tried it, fucked it with a fash pivot, and lost interest? Also yes

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 16h

2/2 Judge Smith's Order from today:

"Defendants’ new condition is not a good faith effort to comply with the order."

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(h/t @kyledcheney.bsky.social)

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16h

Remember when Republicans got mad that the federal government might be CENSORING political content on social media? Remember when they spent three years holding hearings trying to prove it happened? And threatened to jail anyone involved?

How times change!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15h

“But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”

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