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Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 2h

It delivers a result that all voters complain about because FPTP is unsuited to multiple parties, the British electorate don’t “get” it and trust in democracy is further eroded as they blame politicians rather than themselves

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Josh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 2h

What’s your biggest fear or concern about the next UK General Election?

Let’s see if we can help in the replies 🙌

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Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 2h

It delivers a result that all voters complain about because FPTP is unsuited to multiple parties, the British electorate don’t “get” it and trust in democracy is further eroded as they blame politicians rather than themselves

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 9h

Two people check tide times with ChatGPT, almost die.

uk.news.yahoo.com/restaurant-b...

Restaurant boss saw two people about to do something deadly so he grabbed his megaphone

He ran out of the restaurant and warned the pair to turn back

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 2h

Amen

Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 6h

This is, in a nutshell, why the public are impossible to appease on immigration: no matter how cruel you are, they always want more because they don’t know anything about the status quo.

The blame for this is solidly with the media, and especially the BBC who appear to know no more than the public.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 7h

All very amusing, but especially this:

"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."

www.politico.eu/article/labo...

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 2h

Clippy, am I too old to learn Linux

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 5h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 3h

This is really good :)

Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 3h

It’s back!

My round-up of free things to do in London returns and there’s plenty happening across the city this weekend.

London has so much to offer without spending a penny.

Drop your suggestions in the comments and I might include them next week!

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Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 3h

Quite apart from anyone’s opinions on LBR or starmer, there is no GOOD reason for reform to be this far ahead in polls

Their leader isn’t popular, they have no record apart from woeful councils & they don’t have any credible offering

So that leaves the BAD reason. We all should be upfront about it

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5h

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll showing labour and greens neck and neck.

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Matthew Champion @matthewchampion.bsky.social · 6h

a hall of fame editor’s note

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Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 4h

There is a lot that might be wrong with the film - I haven’t seen it.

But I think the name itself is an under-priced part of the equation

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 1d

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

gizmodo.com

Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 4h

Call me Obvious

But I am so in

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5h

The rank obliviousness to the inherent paradox in his abject fucking stupidity is so next level as to be almost a thing of wonder.

will be first in the queue
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Trump could offer refugee
status to Europeans who
oppose migration
US president advised to prioritise those
who have been *targeted for peaceful
expression of views online'

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 9h

The Renters' Rights Bill is maybe the best thing that a government has done for prospective owner-occupiers in a loooong time and it is deeply funny to me that the government is sort of in denial about the fact it has this effect.

99 Kaninchen? In dieser Wirtschaft? @aremay.bsky.social · 9h

Viewing properties now, and there's so many ex-landlord properties coming onto the market. The same colour carpets, the same conversion of living rooms to bedrooms, the same weird kitchen designs. Lots of them with very obviously painted over problems.

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Alison @alisondennison.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah I too was worried where I'd park my car when I was a student. Also whether I had enough wardrobe space for all the crowns, top hats, monocles etc

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 9h

Fewer parking permits for students sparks safety worries

Owners of large cars would be also charged more to encourage them to switch to smaller vehicles.

www.bbc.com

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 9h

I like this. More please!

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 11h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 11h

The UK is by no means a fiscal outlier internationally.

We are ‘middle of the pack’ on the scale of the deficit, and UK government borrowing is projected to fall by more than in other large economies.

Chart shows general government fiscal balance as a percentage of GDP in the UK and comparator countries (positive values denote a budget surplus). Title states: "In terms of borrowing, the UK is ‘middle of the pack’ among advanced economies."

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11h

In today's least surprising news

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Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 9h

Talk about damning yourself with your own words

Sheesh

What are we supposed to do with it? Use it for the LOLZ?

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 10h

‘Surprising’

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 10h

‘Surprising’

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Sean MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 9h

Just like he did with the curry (he STILL has it as his pinned tweet) Dan Hodges has lost his mind about the china thing over on X

Like, proper musk-like raving

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 1d

OpenAI’s strategy is very clear, it’s trying to get people - especially young people - so reliant on its products intellectually & emotionally (& now sexually!) that going without them becomes unthinkable. And they need signs of that strategy working to keep the funding flowing in

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 1d

this is one of the best articulations of the AI bear case I've read

most of the AI companies are also massively wealthy and profitable hypercorps, but OpenAI specifically is a bomb planted at the heart of the American stock market helpfully labeled "this is a bomb"
prospect.org/power/2025-1...

The AI Ouroboros

Nvidia and other companies are paying startups to buy their products.

prospect.org

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1d

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

The president freely admits he's using your tax money to repress you and interfere with your free choice of representatives. He's looking into the camera and telling you he's a tyrant bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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