Mr Peter Lyall
@missedmycue.bsky.social
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Piscean. Hazel eyes. I enjoy eating food that other people have made. I feel old. I look old. I am old. I don't have a favourite colour. Partial to using the word partial. Resides in NE England. I have been cutting my own hair since 1985.
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Not sure how much I appreciate people following me because I'm such a pretty boy and not following me for my factual observations.
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How is it taking them this long to work this out?
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Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.

Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
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On the other hand, these people ought to fuck off regardless of visa rules
Huh. If you say you’ll mess with indefinite leave to remain rules it turns out talented migrant workers start looking at their other options. This could never have been predicted!
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Russian tech workers rethink UK ties after settlement rules change
Digital entrepreneurs turn to US in search of higher pay and opportunities in test of Labour plan to lure ‘global talent’
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If they were willing to be known, those Americans speaking to camera would make for a powerful series of testimonials.
At one time, owning 150 different gimp suits was frowned upon.
But in today's society, people are more understanding and now realise that even slimy, evil weirdoes are allowed hobbies.
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It does make you wonder what a man this willing to hide the skeletons in someone else’s closet, has in his own…
If you put your ear against the Capitol, you can hear the sound of a man who will do nothing to challenge—and anything to justify—presidential violations of the Constitution, as long as the president is of his own party. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism
Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.
www.thebulwark.com
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View of Spennymoor, County Durham, painting by Robert John Heslop, 1907-88 (Durham County Council). #NorthernArt
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Not all knocker-uppers were men. Mrs Bowers, of Sacriston, County Durham, was a familiar sight with her dog Jack. She got up at 1am each day to wake miners, starting in world war one and continuing for many years (Beamish Museum).
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MI5 accept they have been "justly criticised by the courts" in this speech last week from their Director General.

www.mi5.gov.uk/director-gen...

ht @bricksilk.bsky.social
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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.

Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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this is why I stopped using spotify. I buy albums on Bandcamp fairly often. I love finding new music. I tune in to my university's radio station for shows that showcase genres I like, so I can find them on Bandcamp. If i decide I want a streaming service, it'll be Qobuz, probably.
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
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The WORST of a bad bunch, but still bought and paid for
"They've chosen Farage to build up as an ally who has the potential to be someone like a JD Vance figure," journalist Jane Bradley tells The News Agents.

"Sources told me that lawyers for the ADF in the UK effectively said he's the best out of a bad bunch"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-n...
Is Nigel Farage being used as a pawn by US Christian extremists? | The News Agents
A New York Times report suggests Nigel Farage is being backed by Alliance Defending Freedom – a conservative Christian group dedicated to rolling back rights of many groups in the US. What does this…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
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Last night’s amazing northern lights in Assynt, Scotland.
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
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Hello @ec.europa.eu,

You are still investigating whether X spreads lies and far-right propaganda, but you know all too well that Musk actively supports the fascist Tommy Robinson and the far-right AfD. How much evidence do you need?

#BanX if you don't want the far right to take over Europe!
Far-Right Activist Says Elon Musk Is Bankrolling His Trial Defense
Musk recently appeared by videolink at a massive London rally hosted by the anti-Islam activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
www.huffpost.com
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Again, we are in a moment where the U.S. government appears to be claiming the authority to kill anyone involved with the drug trade, without any warning or due process.

That potentially includes a LOT of Americans.
Another lethal strike, this time allegedly against a vessel affiliated with the ELN.

And no, the ELN is not like al Qaeda.

The ELN has not attacked the United States like AQ did on 9/11.

And Congress has not authorized the use of force.
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Just as you can not pick and choose when history starts to suit your own ends, once you set something big & awful in motion you cannot simply expect to halt it when it approaches your own moral limit of awfulness or ceases to serve your self-interest.
WSJ interviews a No Kings participant.