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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 4h

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 16h

"'Investigators think that radioactive dust was released into the environment after PMT inadvertently smelted scrap metal containing cesium-137. “Because it’s airborne, the contamination can be carried by wind,' said Bara Khrishna Hasibuan, a senior adviser to Indonesia’s Ministry of Food Affairs."

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 16h

Woah this is nuts! 🦐☢️

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 16h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 16h

Mangione will end up walking, or with a greatly reduced sentence because of the politicisation of of his trial by Bondi/Trump etc al.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

trib.al

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 21h

😂

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 22h

My uncle used to throw an absolute wobbler about people eating on the train. He would go first instead to avoid them.

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 22h

So true

Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 22h

No wonder his liver enzymes were high.

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, Dan is right, I really was talking tangentially to this subject and had earlier seen a pepper ball be shot at someone's head, but pepper balls aren't tear gas. I confused everything

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

For GB News' ideological backers, it's money well spent.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1d

Keep in mind somebody was shot the other day just for doing something like this.

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

It's clear most Trump supporters have no idea the videos are fake.

Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World

Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism.

gizmodo.com

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, amazing.

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

One side effect I did notice is feeling a bit fed up for a day or so after jab but it's artificial and you know it mainly.

Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

I asked AI.

Low energy neutrinos can "pass through light years of lead without interaction" the higher the energy of the neutrino, the higher the probability of interaction with another particle. So there might not be an actual definitive answer.

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, of course you do, and sorry. I just think it's a mad fact as for the answer to that, I have no idea.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

To sustain his rage against "Antifa," Trump summons a team of proven fabulists and conspiracy theorists including the notorious inventor of the Pizzagate conspiracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

SORTOR: I took this flag from the man that was burning it in the street

TRUMP: Do you know who he is?

SORTOR: Oh yeah

TRUMP: So why don't you give it to Pam. Give it to the attorney general and we'll start prosecutions

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

All true and no disagreement from me but if people are protesting in close proximity to an out of control de facto secret police they are already putting themselves at risk. I mean a bullet proof vest won't stop a bullet through your head.

Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

If you removed all of the space inside atoms etc. you could fit the earth and its contents (us) into a cube the size of a sugar cube. There's a lot of space for neutrinos to slip though

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great video about flock's AI road cameras.
youtu.be/Pp9MwZkHiMQ?...

Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras

YouTube video by Benn Jordan

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 We wrote about Flock rolling out "distress detection" that monitored human voices on their gunshot detection devices & asked how it was lawful under eavesdropping laws.

Now, they've changed the ad to replace a "SCREAMING" alert with a "DISTRESS" alert. See below:

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

An add for flock raven with the title "safety you can see and now hear" with an alert for someone "screaming"

An add for flock raven with the title "safety you can see and now hear" with an alert that says "distress"

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

He's still on the twig though

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

Protons, that's a different matter.
youtu.be/mD4J5VUwiAs?...

What if you put your head in a particle accelerator?

YouTube video by Kyle Hill

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Rob L @robll.bsky.social · 1d

I knew a kickboxer from Kirkcaldy. She was quite the girl.

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