Sam
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'Fill the unforgiving minute...' It takes courage to change. Never give up. #HisDarkMaterials
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Likes: Books, TV, Movies, History, Science.
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Likes: Books, TV, Movies, History, Science.
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Democrats won every major election yesterday, sweeping the races to lead Virginia, New Jersey and New York City. theweek.com
📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Democrats won every major election yesterday, sweeping the races to lead Virginia, New Jersey and New York City. theweek.com
📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
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Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.”
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
It’s who our government is for.
Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?
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Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
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At last, THE ROSE FIELD: The Book of Dust: Volume Three is here. Thank you Sir Philip Pullman for allowing us back into Lyra and Pan’s world one last time. I’ll never want to leave, but I’ll be forever grateful that you opened the universes for all of us. 🧭🌹
#books #hisdarkmaterials #thebookofdust
#books #hisdarkmaterials #thebookofdust
October 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
At last, THE ROSE FIELD: The Book of Dust: Volume Three is here. Thank you Sir Philip Pullman for allowing us back into Lyra and Pan’s world one last time. I’ll never want to leave, but I’ll be forever grateful that you opened the universes for all of us. 🧭🌹
#books #hisdarkmaterials #thebookofdust
#books #hisdarkmaterials #thebookofdust
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Audiobook narrator Michael Sheen introduces 'The Book of Dust: The Rose Field' by Philip Pullman
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Audiobook Narrator Michael Sheen Introduces 'The Book of Dust: The Rose Field' by Philip Pullman
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October 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Audiobook narrator Michael Sheen introduces 'The Book of Dust: The Rose Field' by Philip Pullman
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Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD
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October 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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She alleged in the past that it was former Israeli PM Ehud Barak but we can’t know that for sure because Trump, Bondi, Patel and Johnson are hiding this person’s identity from the public by blocking release of the Epstein files.
Whoever it is.
For some reason.
Whoever it is.
For some reason.
October 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
She alleged in the past that it was former Israeli PM Ehud Barak but we can’t know that for sure because Trump, Bondi, Patel and Johnson are hiding this person’s identity from the public by blocking release of the Epstein files.
Whoever it is.
For some reason.
Whoever it is.
For some reason.
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‘Wait, this is happening to ME so we need to do something about it.’ -ancient Republican mantra
just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly
October 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
‘Wait, this is happening to ME so we need to do something about it.’ -ancient Republican mantra
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Matt Chorley: Goodbye, Hyacinth Bucket
Patricia Routledge, one of the funniest people on television, has died aged 96
🖊️ Matt Chorley
Patricia Routledge, one of the funniest people on television, has died aged 96
🖊️ Matt Chorley
Goodbye, Hyacinth Bucket
Patricia Routledge, one of the funniest people on television, has died aged 96
www.newstatesman.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Matt Chorley: Goodbye, Hyacinth Bucket
Patricia Routledge, one of the funniest people on television, has died aged 96
🖊️ Matt Chorley
Patricia Routledge, one of the funniest people on television, has died aged 96
🖊️ Matt Chorley
Listening to The Fate of Ophelia whilst looking at Ophelia by Millias in Tate Britain.
#Ophelia
#Lifeofashowgirl #Taylorswift
#hamlet
#Ophelia
#Lifeofashowgirl #Taylorswift
#hamlet
October 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Listening to The Fate of Ophelia whilst looking at Ophelia by Millias in Tate Britain.
#Ophelia
#Lifeofashowgirl #Taylorswift
#hamlet
#Ophelia
#Lifeofashowgirl #Taylorswift
#hamlet
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Why is Mamdani constantly asked about Israel and Palestine, but no other candidate who parrots Israel's talking points is ever asked if they condemn a genocide, occupation, and apartheid?
Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Why is Mamdani constantly asked about Israel and Palestine, but no other candidate who parrots Israel's talking points is ever asked if they condemn a genocide, occupation, and apartheid?
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It's not often that I'm so engrossed in a book that I finish it in a day. That was superb.
It's not often that I'm so engrossed in a book that I finish it in a day. That was superb.
September 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@suzieedge.bsky.social
It's not often that I'm so engrossed in a book that I finish it in a day. That was superb.
It's not often that I'm so engrossed in a book that I finish it in a day. That was superb.
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
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Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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Justin Webb just referred on Today to "platforms like Bluesky, where you can see the celebration of the killing" of Charlie Kirk.
What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.
What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.
September 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Justin Webb just referred on Today to "platforms like Bluesky, where you can see the celebration of the killing" of Charlie Kirk.
What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.
What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.
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The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
September 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.
I refuse to sanitize him.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
august (Originally Performed by Taylor Swift) - Karaoke Version
open.spotify.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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One of my favorite albums ever is "Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons", a reinterpretation of all the pieces on "The Four Seasons", by composer Max Ritcher.
Sometimes he only uses a small part of the original piece, expanding upon it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IO...
Sometimes he only uses a small part of the original piece, expanding upon it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IO...
August 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One of my favorite albums ever is "Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons", a reinterpretation of all the pieces on "The Four Seasons", by composer Max Ritcher.
Sometimes he only uses a small part of the original piece, expanding upon it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IO...
Sometimes he only uses a small part of the original piece, expanding upon it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IO...
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Millions of followers ≠ engagement. @theguardian.com has 1.4m followers on Threads with almost no engagement. On Bluesky, links can get 3–4x more clicks than likes.
The real question isn’t “how many followers do you have?” but “what kind of engagement do you get?”
The real question isn’t “how many followers do you have?” but “what kind of engagement do you get?”
August 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Millions of followers ≠ engagement. @theguardian.com has 1.4m followers on Threads with almost no engagement. On Bluesky, links can get 3–4x more clicks than likes.
The real question isn’t “how many followers do you have?” but “what kind of engagement do you get?”
The real question isn’t “how many followers do you have?” but “what kind of engagement do you get?”