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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Next Up: Letitia James
Molly Roberts
Monday, October 6, 2025, 9:59 AM
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It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

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Pamela Weaver @pamelaweaver.bsky.social · 2d

Screen shot of a typo in a post reading: Patient has an insulin pimp.
Some has shared this, saying: Pretty sure that's the opposite of a sugar daddy.
I have no idea who came up with this, but how could you not share.

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Mark @shockabuku.bsky.social · 2d

They both walked in together, or was it two separate occasions?

Mark @shockabuku.bsky.social · 4d

Loved it! Thanks @slapstickfest.bsky.social

Slapstick Festival @slapstickfest.bsky.social · 4d

Our view from the audience feat. #ArthurSmith

#StandUpComedy #TheHexagonReading #StandOutStandUp

Arthur Smith doing stand up at The Hexagon, Reading for Stand Out Stand Up

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 6d

I wish ppl really understood how much we are being robbed r

Please read this

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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Paul @bingowings14.bsky.social · 8d

For what I lack in imagination I more than make up for in something else.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 8d

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

northeastbylines.co.uk/region/tynes...

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Hey Bluepals.

Today I launched a Crowdfunder with the amazing @gracequantock.bsky.social

The aim is to get Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness" into health centres across the UK.

Please share / support this. I'd really appreciate this.

Ta.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...

The front cover of Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness".

Here's a picture of Grace with her very ace medical alert and response assistance dog Wilfie. Grace is holding a pile of her books.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14d

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

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

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark @shockabuku.bsky.social · 14d

Beautifully done. No notes. x

Mrjimbob @mrjimbob.bsky.social · 17d

Why hasn’t anyone written a song about the Windsor Castle Trump Banquet? They have. Me. Brand new song. ‘Not Your President Not My King’. Watch, share, like, or cancel me. (Contains swear words)
Full video here.
youtu.be/JKC_9v6y7-U

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 19d

Two years later, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel are canceled‼️
It’s part of the pattern we’ve seen before; discredit the critics, control the media, and chip away at dissent until only obedience is left‼️Stewart’s words were a warning and it’s happening now‼️

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 19d

Lads lads lads talking pictures is repeating eurotrash
MY GOD

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 20d

I'm not asking for any special treatment. If you hated my book, you hated my book.

But if you're one of the hundreds who gave it a 5-star review on Amazon, would you mind adding it to Goodreads to counter the organised right-wing attack on me?

#BabysBreath

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 20d

More on this. In the last hour my average score on Goodreads fell from 4.9 to 4.2

It's probably impossible to prove anything. But it shows the techniques free speech absolutists use to silence opposition. And all because I presented some data.

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 20d

On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world.

10 mins later a right winger linked to my book.

10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all.

But that's how it works.

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 20d

UPDATE: The set is being released in 4K, Blu-ray and DVD.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 20d

"The Nazi regime quickly targeted German universities for restructuring according to Nazi principles.."
United States Holocaust Museum perspectives.ushmm.org/collection/h...

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Meta Resister @metaresister.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you Michael Eisner

Michael Eisner (@Michael_Eisner):

“Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The ‘suspending indefinitely’ of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, ‘Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.’ By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.”

10:17 AM · 9/19/25 · 208K views

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Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com · 22d

got bored. made the test card clown

A photo of my handmade Bubbles the Clown from Test Card F

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 22d

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 23d

If you’re in or near Frome come along to my first preview of my new show tomorrow. It’s a great little venue and should be a really fun night. wegottickets.com/event/665015

Matt Green - stand up comedy

Night River Presents: Matt Green: Legitimate Concerns (preview) Following a sold out show with us last year, online comedy star Matt has moved house and the world is in chaos. But we can still laug...

wegottickets.com

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Mark @shockabuku.bsky.social · 23d

When you're working the audience, be careful not to ask "where are you Frome?" Unless no-one shows up, of course.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24d

A gigantic image of Trump and Epstein was also displayed on the grounds of Windsor Castle ahead of Trump's state visit.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24d

This is how Britain is welcoming Trump for his state visit at Windsor Castle where he will meet King Charles tomorrow morning.

Quality work, @ledbydonkeys.org.

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