Paul McO'Smith III
@pavsmith.bsky.social
An autonomous anarcho syndicalist collective of the Borg. I am 3 of several...
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is it time to ditch the "manifesto"? it puts a government into a straightjacket where a simple enough fix like an income tax rise for high earners is impossible because 2 years ago we promised we wouldn't. such a pity the world and the economy aren't the same as they were 2 years ago...
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
is it time to ditch the "manifesto"? it puts a government into a straightjacket where a simple enough fix like an income tax rise for high earners is impossible because 2 years ago we promised we wouldn't. such a pity the world and the economy aren't the same as they were 2 years ago...
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waddle to gobble:
"that's the worst turkey neck i've ever seen..."
"that's the worst turkey neck i've ever seen..."
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
waddle to gobble:
"that's the worst turkey neck i've ever seen..."
"that's the worst turkey neck i've ever seen..."
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Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. Why do a third of children live in poverty?
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty? | CNN
Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.
edition.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. Why do a third of children live in poverty?
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
the responses on the right. wow. i suspect they are a carefully curated selection, but yeah, it's not getting easier for (young) women is it?
anyone like to guess the current relationship status of this guy?
1. single
2. single
3. single and very angry
anyone like to guess the current relationship status of this guy?
1. single
2. single
3. single and very angry
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
the responses on the right. wow. i suspect they are a carefully curated selection, but yeah, it's not getting easier for (young) women is it?
anyone like to guess the current relationship status of this guy?
1. single
2. single
3. single and very angry
anyone like to guess the current relationship status of this guy?
1. single
2. single
3. single and very angry
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We made a comic about an angel.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We made a comic about an angel.
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Apparently NSW Forestry is planning on finally making a profit - one it can't make from logging - by not logging forests it currently holds captive and claiming that as an offset for somewhere else beig put to the bulldozer. A system that always creates net deficits for nature.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Apparently NSW Forestry is planning on finally making a profit - one it can't make from logging - by not logging forests it currently holds captive and claiming that as an offset for somewhere else beig put to the bulldozer. A system that always creates net deficits for nature.
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
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It's been a decade now of Trump supporters being a complete waste of time to engage with. Their brains are broken.
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's been a decade now of Trump supporters being a complete waste of time to engage with. Their brains are broken.
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Ah yes, money launde-(!)-sorry'sorry, charities - charities as a concept remains a social ill.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ah yes, money launde-(!)-sorry'sorry, charities - charities as a concept remains a social ill.
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in november. seriously, this is not bushfire season.
well, apart from this year it seems.
well, apart from this year it seems.
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
in november. seriously, this is not bushfire season.
well, apart from this year it seems.
well, apart from this year it seems.
where did you find that??? we need a mine there, immediately!
278 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Botallackite:
- A copper chloride mineral
- Forms when copper deposits are weathered or exposed to salt water
- Can also be found around hydrothermal vents
- First described in 1865
- Named after Botallack Mine in Cornwall, its type locality #minerals
Botallackite:
- A copper chloride mineral
- Forms when copper deposits are weathered or exposed to salt water
- Can also be found around hydrothermal vents
- First described in 1865
- Named after Botallack Mine in Cornwall, its type locality #minerals
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
where did you find that??? we need a mine there, immediately!
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So let me get this straight.
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So let me get this straight.
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
I saw the crescent. You saw...
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I saw the crescent. You saw...
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While RFK Jr spreads conspiracies, California will stick to science.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
While RFK Jr spreads conspiracies, California will stick to science.
would you for a second consider buying one of these? omg... the malware and tracking that would come installed!
The Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay
The Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay
Trump Mobile has posted conflicting photos of the phone and scrubbed mention of its “Made in the USA” promise.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
would you for a second consider buying one of these? omg... the malware and tracking that would come installed!
David Lammy sets about rewriting Common Law and an attempt to remove the right to trial by jury.
is anyone out there clamouring for this?
fuck, it strikes directly at Habeus Corpus. we're right back to Star Chamber trials.
no. just no. this cannot happen.
is anyone out there clamouring for this?
fuck, it strikes directly at Habeus Corpus. we're right back to Star Chamber trials.
no. just no. this cannot happen.
MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases
MoJ considering ‘extreme’ proposal to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious cases
The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy.
In proposals that drew a swift backlash from senior lawyers, who said that they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”, the justice secretary has proposed that juries will only pass judgment on public interest offences with possible prison sentences of more than five years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
David Lammy sets about rewriting Common Law and an attempt to remove the right to trial by jury.
is anyone out there clamouring for this?
fuck, it strikes directly at Habeus Corpus. we're right back to Star Chamber trials.
no. just no. this cannot happen.
is anyone out there clamouring for this?
fuck, it strikes directly at Habeus Corpus. we're right back to Star Chamber trials.
no. just no. this cannot happen.
is he really still saying this?
at what point do his most clueless supporters finally realise he simply tells lies.
and at what point does Biden stop being the cause of every problem in the US?
at what point do his most clueless supporters finally realise he simply tells lies.
and at what point does Biden stop being the cause of every problem in the US?
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
is he really still saying this?
at what point do his most clueless supporters finally realise he simply tells lies.
and at what point does Biden stop being the cause of every problem in the US?
at what point do his most clueless supporters finally realise he simply tells lies.
and at what point does Biden stop being the cause of every problem in the US?
otherwise known as a "lie".
Turns out the deal Trump bragged about, the one where China would buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans by year end, was never an actual deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
otherwise known as a "lie".
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Nikola Tesla sues from the grave: "Get my name off that damned car!".
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Nikola Tesla sues from the grave: "Get my name off that damned car!".
no. wait. what?
an error of omission...?
an error of omission...?
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
no. wait. what?
an error of omission...?
an error of omission...?
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Do your job (25th amendment) or be prosecuted for treason and reap what you have sowed!
Remove
Trump
By
Any
Means
Remove
Trump
By
Any
Means
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Do your job (25th amendment) or be prosecuted for treason and reap what you have sowed!
Remove
Trump
By
Any
Means
Remove
Trump
By
Any
Means
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
i suspect what they really mean is that they're still going to live in the UK, but will be "non-resident for tax purposes".
SkyNews on the wealth tax, "Labour's Peter Kyle is worried about billionaires leaving the country"
Zack Polanski, "I hope Peter Kyle is more worried about the homeless people on our streets and the people using food banks"
Zack Polanski, "I hope Peter Kyle is more worried about the homeless people on our streets and the people using food banks"
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i suspect what they really mean is that they're still going to live in the UK, but will be "non-resident for tax purposes".