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Stone Cold 𓅃 @bisexualmorpheus.bsky.social · 1d

Yer da’s been decorating the zafira

POV: you are stuck in London traffic behind a 2008 Vauxhall minivan adorned with various right wing slogans including “RIP LONDON KHAN AND STARMER GAVE FCUKED YOU! HONK IF YOU HATE EM!” & “Starmer stop the boats”. The license place is “RIP BE” and there are pictures of a demonic looking Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan adorning the bumper and rear window. England and Union Jack flags fly from the rear windows

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 2h

Can't stop laughing at 'the uncaring maw of a MRI'

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6h

in which a cop fails to understand the concept of “magnets” during a deeply stupid mistargeted raid, and loses his loaded rifle to the uncaring maw of a MRI

www.dailynews.com/2024/09/28/l...

LAPD officer lost rifle to MRI device during bungled raid, lawsuit alleges

Van Nuys medical imaging company alleges its constitutional rights were violated by officers who mistargeted the business for an illegal pot operation.

www.dailynews.com

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 2h

I've said it before: anyone who runs down the job that teachers do, even for such nakedly political reasons rather than from any real place of conviction, (a) should try surviving even a fucking WEEK of it themselves and (b) should then go to the bottom of a well.

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 2h

Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 2h

Makes sense

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WIRED @wired.com · 3h

NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 3h

I'm sure there are some lovely rescue doggies just waiting for a lovely home like yours x

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🔨🪜 📻 roofer sound 📻🪜🔨 @rufushound.wtf · 3h

Listen, we all know it's a long shot, but:

Does anyone have a motorbike I could use for a couple of months?

November - December

It's entirely the wrong amount of time to buy/rent/lease one for so, on the off chance that someone has one just sitting around, could I borrow it?

Feel free to RT x

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 4h

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

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 1d

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 1d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 4h

Rian Johnson on top form talking about whodunit mysteries and taking a lot of his inspiration from Agatha Christie #LFF

Rian Johnson on stage at BFI Southbank chatting with the host about murder mysteries

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 8h

Would the Royal Albert Hall movie + live orchestra series suit her?

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 9h

Albert trying to convince me he’s not been fed.

Albert the cat sat longingly next to his food bowl with a spot of food on his nose. he’s getting very raccoony looking

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 9h

Look at him, he's obviously wasting away

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 9h

Once saw a guy skid over on a banana skin and it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen

You've let everyone down, but most of all you've let yourself down

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 1d

A cool charity in Hoxton that teaches & gives disadvantaged kids skills in filmmaking has asked me a question:

Any female animators want to take part in a mentorship programme they run?

They've been doing good work for 25+ years.

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 9h

Days after we revealed that it had been months since Farage last updated his register, he has done so - adding £190,000 worth of earnings going back as far as early May in some cases

The update is registered 3rd Oct - the day we went to his team for a right of reply

Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 5d

Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user

Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

observer.co.uk

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 9h

We don't have enough neon signs in this country

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 9h

People are just fed up with politicians in general, and there seems to be little appetite among them to try and increase trust

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 9h

Interesting set of results here

My biggest takeaway from the linked article is that 'no party/don't know' is now the biggest response to almost every question on which party you trust most on various issues, with the exception of:

Immigration (Reform most trusted)
Environment (Greens most trusted)

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 10h

Britons living in working class households are more likely to see Reform UK than Labour as best representing working class people, though more say that no party does

C2DE 'working class' Britons
Ref: 22%
Lab: 15%
None: 30%

All Britons
Lab: 22%
Ref: 19%
None: 28%

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 10h

This is me every morning and yet my drinks routine is basically muscle memory at this point

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 10h

Me: *drinks Red Bull*

Me: *drinks strong black coffee*

Also me: Why am I anxious?

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Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com · 12h

I see the bros are all over LinkedIn this week, clutching their cappuccinos and defending Revolut’s Nik Storonsky for fucking off to Dubai, arguing we need to tax startup founders less.

Because apparently if we don’t subsidise billionaires, they’ll flee.

a large yacht is docked next to a smaller one

ALT: a large yacht is docked next to a smaller one

media.tenor.com

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 10h

It is insane that we're expected to care about someone who already has more money than he could spend in several lifetimes, yet somehow he shouldn't have to give any of it up

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 22h

I write full time largely because of one thread about getting high with the Irish president. As cringe as it is to admit, my entire life has been massively enhanced by Twitter and ketamine over precisely the same time that those two things have proven less beneficial for Elon Musk.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 10h

a close up of a man 's face with a blue eye

Alt: Surprised blink guy

media.tenor.com

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