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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 5h

'Pope remains Catholic'

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 3d

Leave Twitter for Bluesky. Leave Bluesky for Mastodon. Leave Mastodon for Klerb. Leave Klerb for Chunk. Leave Chunk for Goobus. Leave Goobus f

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 10h

Dan Abnett Nobel Prize When?

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 11h

Whatever Andrew Neill furiously argues these days, GB News was always about providing legitimacy, funding and a bespoke platform for Farage and his allies. And this was obvious from day one.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14h

GB News pay party political leader Nigel Farage over half a million pounds. The TV channel pays him five times his MP salary - and as much as his other 11 further external jobs put together
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 11h

Will HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series produce the same impact, do we think?

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 2d

It's really important to understand that anyone who says we should be like the UAE fundamentally hates every principle western society has held or attempted to uphold since the French Revolution.

And at a less ideological level, they also just hate Britain.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 12h

Beers.

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Kav @shilpa.bsky.social · 12h

left: keir starmer winning the election and becoming the first labour prime minister in 14 years

right: keir starmer watches his first bollywood clip

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 12h

If they are allowed to conduct vigilante 'patrols' of the streets with impunity and hardly a word of criticism from the majority of our political class, then of course they're going to think they can directly target politicians' homes.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 12h

Masked gangs 'protesting' outside the homes of senior politicians is both reprehensible, and also the inevitable outcome of pandering to these people & their supporters in the paramilitaries

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Naomi Long: Justice minister condemns 'mob' outside home

Naomi Long said the incident was

www.bbc.co.uk

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 12h

See also 'Votes at 16, but soft block all adult content online'

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Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · 12h

NGL though, extending pub opening hours whilst simultaneously making it illegal for Nandos to do free drink refills feels very on brand for Starmerism

Fourth Crown War FPV Drone Operator 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 13h

Well, no, I don't agree with that. I do think people still like pubs and selling them pubs open late will be a popular policy.

But as others have observed, it's insane to combine this with the continued War on Sugar.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 1d

Why are the vibes so off with this government. The whole culture at the moment is about moderation and harm reduction, especially among the young and middle aged voters that Labour needs to cling on to if it's going to retain a coalition of support.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 12h

Hollow laughter

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

I...I'm sorry?

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

A brief summary of Conservative Party Conference 2025, then.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't know the BUF were back in town!

Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

The Rest is The Heat Death of the Universe.

John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d

One day, The Rest is History will stop.

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The Wonder of Tolkien @tolkienwonder.bsky.social · 1d

The first Silmarillion map. Drawn by Tolkien on an unused page from a University of Leeds examination booklet.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. Reading accounts of the first months of Barbarossa was a fairly eye opening experience, both academically and personally.

Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 1d

That latter fact seems monumentally unfair, doesn't it

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 2d

Lethal skewering this, in particular this paragraph skewering the idea that Handswortg is an integration failure when it is a multi-ethnic integration success story.

As Mrs Merton might say “what is it about this 9% white ward that led you to frame it as an integration failure?”

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 2d

Its 'presents lessons' based on both the last two years of conflict and the significant rise in anti-semitism in Europe, including the UK, that has accompanied the return of right-wing populism as a political force

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 2d

There is a fundamental paradox here that Stephen describes, which too few comrades are willing to take into account.

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 2d

This is an unsurprisingly clear-eyed piece from @stephenkb.bsky.social that I think deserves a read

www.ft.com/content/14d4...

Israel seems more important — and less desirable — than ever for British Jews

Amid rising antisemitism at home, our lifeboat abroad seems less attractive

www.ft.com

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Cam @camislike.com · 2d

Begging everyone to get rid of Spotify not just because of this but because they actively hate musicians to an extent even other streamers do not

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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