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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 12h

Just another grifting old Etonian.

rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 14h

No mention of #vendorfinancing
by Sir Starmer when he recently announced US firms pledge to invest £150bn investment in UK.
I wonder why?
#r4today

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The Infinite Money Glitch

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killerrabbit90.bsky.social @killerrabbit90.bsky.social · 1d

"Enshittification": Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/c... #tech #Google #Meta #Amazon #AI #BigBrother #Enshittification #CoryDoctorow

“Enshittification”: Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It

Writer Cory Doctorow returns to Democracy Now! to discuss his new book Enshittification, which explores the term he coined in 2022 to describe how online platforms like Facebook degrade over time as c...

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Flloyd Kennedy Thunder’s Mouth Theatre @flloydwith2ells.bsky.social · 1d

Well here we go, only 7 days left in our fundraising campaign, looking to raise enough to pay the voice actors for their adorable contributions. Here is the link to donate, and to share. Thank you so much! crowdfundr.com/aioySeason12 #crowdfunding #comedy #whatdidHelendothistime? #voiceactors

Am I Old Yet? Season 12 - the mini-series

Please support us as we dive into production for Season 12 of "Am I Old Yet?" audio fiction comedy/drama with a difference, in which an elderly woman attempts to negotiate life in the 21st c with humo...

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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 1d

#Thatcher & her acolytes knew the price of everything & the value of nothing during an orgy of greed.
Inexplicably, people repeatedly voted for her to sell off the very utilities they had once owned to a greedy minority who didn't believe in community.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 1d

World mental health day.

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on another obscure-media hunt! Do you know where I can get a nice copy of The Road Back from 1937 (or the 1939 reissue, or the 4K reconstruction from 2016)? There's a very blurry version on YouTube but SURELY someone has a cleaner version they can slip me!

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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 2d

Send this to
everyone you can.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

This is a bop
Know your rights.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 2d

Hilarious.
1. Trump can't do sums.
2. Journalists aren't challenging him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

There are now one or two of Elon Musk's Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every single day.

According to Smithsonian astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, that figure is only going to keep climbing.

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Elon Musk's Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky

Multiple Starlink satellites from Elon Musk's SpaceX are falling to Earth every single day, an astronomer warns — and counting.

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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed. They were deliberately set up to have no power over the profiteers.

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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 2d

I've often wondered wtf Ofwat is for & why successive governments never bother asking that question.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 2d

No mention that Mandelson asked Epstein to set up a meeting with Dimon in 2009 on #r4today

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EXPOSED: Starmer, Epstein, Mandelson & the REAL Prime Minister

YouTube video by Double Down News

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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 3d

Cracking Charles Laughton biography. Bought mine from a second hand bookshop many moons ago.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Bernard Rose Photography @brpimages.bsky.social · 4d

The Galeón Andalucía leaving Liverpool today @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social @scousescene.bsky.social #GaleónAndalucía #Liverpool

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d

A source within MI6 has revealed that MI6 are unhappy with the Palestine Action ban because they are not terrorists and the drain on staff is making the UK more vulnerable to actual terrorist attacks.

End the ridiculous ban.

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for sharing this @barristersecret.bsky.social Please share this widely! Call out lies by politicians all the time!

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

COLLINS: Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell -- is that something you're open to doing?

TRUMP: Who are we talking about?

C: Ghislaine Maxwell

T: I haven't heard the name is so long. I can say this -- I'd have to take a look at it ... I will speak to the DOJ

C: She's convicted of child sex trafficking

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 5d

I guess this simply confirms that my Rebellion! project, exploring and celebrating the importance of peaceful protest as part of our cultural identity, in the face of draconian anti-protest legislation, has never been more timely.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 5d

That's quite a hook. You've got me -
Kenneth Williams, David Frost, Brian Clough, Tony Blair...
Sheen is a chameleon actor.

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rjcruthers.bsky.social @rjcruthers.bsky.social · 5d

Might be simpler if journalists just compared Farage's grifting Brexit campaign rhetoric with the post-Brexit reality.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5d

The state we're in

UK full-time employee median wage, £30,816.
4.5m jobs pay less than the real Living Wage.
1.17m workers on zero-hour contracts.
34% of Universal Credit claimants are in work.
16m Britons live in poverty.

Can't build economy on poverty.

Must increase worker share of GDP.

The government must ensure fair distribution of income

'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'

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