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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 27m

Last night when I did a search for purple busses in the UK the AI summary told me they had them in Manchester.
They dont. They're mostly yellow with a few red/blue
It's also told me something didn't happen in a TV series while I was watching it happen

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 40m

Haven't seen this but did anybody challenge Yusuf, whose parents were immigrants, on his anti-immigrant stance? Why do we pussyfoot around this? Call out their hypocrisy

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 9h

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 2h

Too late to go back to sleep now so Good morning Bluesky

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 11h

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

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

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 10h

Purple is a bit out there. It's a while since I've been to York. I've been to Filey/Scarborough but they aren't purple

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 11h

ikea? Local charity shop that does furniture?

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 11h

It would be interesting if this works where "You shouldn't do this, it is unnecessary and violates your child's bodily autonomy" doesn't.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 11h

I thought "how odd, a purple bus, I wonder where has purple busses"
Got this. It's wrong. Manchester has mostly but not exclusively yellow busses

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 13h

The idea that Farage is in favour of people being taught to think critically may be the most ludicrous thing I've heard today

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 14h

*divan* drawer (overenthusiastic autocorrect)

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 14h

A friends cat once got shut in a Cuban drawer for a day partly because he never miowed

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 18h

We get some brilliant photos of politicians chosen to illustrate stories about them these days

Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 20h

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 18h

I'm a bit bothered at the literacy level of some media employees but I expect better of the BBC
That's not even the gist of what she said

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 19h

When did she say that? I (reluctantly) listened twice and didn't hear it. Does she mean "shored up?) and why are they asking her about political stuff? She seems to have a very superficial view of politics

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 19h

And it's still in date? Usually when I find something in the fridge, it usually 3 days past it's use by date

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 19h

I do wish they'd at least mention the idea that maybe employers need counselling about employing people with health issues at least as much as if not more than people with health issues need counselling about getting jobs

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 19h

Putting an unpopular & risky policy into place then going on holiday for 3 weeks is a bit, well, cowardly isn't it?

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 20h

I realise it's *supposed* to be or purports to be but if I were a vegetarian I wouldn't trust it & would end up reading all the ingredients. Vegetarian afaik has to be actually vegetarian. Plant based seems to leave wriggle room. It's the only reason I can think of for using it. I'm just suspicious.

Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 21h

To me it doesn't necessarily imply something is *only* plants, just that that's what they start with. (Like vegetable soup with bacon bits - to me that could reasonably be called plant based but not vegetarian)

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 21h

I don't think it should be banned. I think it's way too heavy handed. But I don't think vegetarian stuff should be called burgers. I think the issue is more than people may expect meat & not get it rather than the alternative
I also think "plant based" is a confusing term.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning Bluesky

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 1d

Do we think he actually believes this? Is he that disconnected from reality? Or is this just bad faith lying? Or does he even know the difference?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. That's kind. Things have settled down for now.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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