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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 2d

ANTIFA: anti fascist
ANTINA: anti nazi
ANTIGA: anti gestapo
ANTIMA: anti maga

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 3d

As a fan of Norman Rockwell and a believer in the goodness of my country, this one hits hard.

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 3d

My heart goes out to the brilliant US scientists being fired. But if your field is AI, think of Edinburgh.
www.ed.ac.uk/news/eu10m-p...

€10m project to accelerate AI use in UK | News | The University of Edinburgh

A new multi-million-pound European project is set to boost adoption of AI among businesses and researchers across the UK to help unlock untapped economic and scientific potential.

www.ed.ac.uk

Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 4d

There are three versions of the USA: Before 1860; from 1860 to 2024; and now is Trumpland. We'll see how long the U (United) will last.

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 4d

Most voters want to rejoin the EU. Why not Labour?

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 5d

How about putting the rate up to 40% like the rest of us py?

Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 5d

Can I get a version with slimy Rylan edited out and just clever Alice?

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 7d

Here in the UK we hope to keep our best talent, now that trump has made the USA unattractive.

Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 9d

The real culprit is all of us burning fossil fuel and having giant SUVs, but lets find a scapegoat so we can avoid guilt.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 9d

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 11d

If the USA were rational, the UK could position itself between EU and US. But not with these isolationist nutters.

Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 12d

We need the TSA to call in sick all at the same time. The only way to force Trump to end the shutdown.

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 13d

"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 14d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 14d

The Dems are standing up now! Refusing to allow doubling of health insurance premiums. And Trump will cave when the air traffic controllers all call in sick because they are not getting paid.

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 14d

The only time diamonds are a good investment is when you need to sew them in the hem of your coat

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 15d

So did Rembrandt. You are in good company!

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 16d

Also responsible for the surge of small boats with asylum seeker -- the "Farage Boats"

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 16d

Bring back Angela Raynor!

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 16d

How about less time arresting grannies protesting genocide? That should free up some police time.

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 16d

And this is why we must fight like hell to stop Farage doing to UK what Milei has done to Argentina.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 19d

Fill Up Fair Cloth with Mutton

Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 19d

I always feel venison is a different category. Deer are not factory farmed. With no wolves they ravage the forests, so they need to be culled anyway.

Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 20d

I was taught by Feynman. How crystal clear it all was as he explained, and yet the homework was difficult, even with 3 of us together.

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Roy Williams @roydavidwilliams.bsky.social · 20d

He's 81, so hopefully will be gone soon

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