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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 17h

I could ask you "such as?" and you'd come back with a bunch of tedious examples of things that I know to be crap in substance, and I'd have to spend time writing skeets and you'd end up ignoring them or blocking me; shall we take all that as read instead?

It's Friday and I'm tired.

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 21h

Proud Internationale-ist

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Bartiromo attacks Mamdani for pointing out that tourists aren't traveling to the US as much because Trump is brutalizing people: "You just heard that. He wants illegals and internationalists to come here, particularly ahead of the World Cup."

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely rare to see Labour doing good things, but this is a very good idea to pass into law; credit where credit's due

Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 2d

Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.

My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

Man, getting what you wanted seems so much less fun 😢

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

I do wonder if Labour might look at the sorts of people dominating the discourse and dominating the content wars and maybe, just maybe, rethink the sorts of grey figures they routinely put up for interviews, instructed at that to be as cautious as possible. Things have changed. Their comms hasn’t.

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so sorry mate ❤️

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

You literally use any symbol - like that team - that isn't the George's Cross.

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes it's good to blink a bit and realise these people are in charge of globally important institutions

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him

Alt: fry from futurama holding a fist full of dollars and saying "shut up and take my money"

media.tenor.com

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

Look at my doggo, surrounded by his treasure hoard

A picture of a brown mini poodle on a parquet floor surrounded by three socks

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

*bangs candelabra on altar* ANTIPOPE ANTIPOPE ANTIPOPE

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 1d

Cool so the dwp squad is gonna scare vulnerable people away from seeking assistance

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible that in the same week the government can take the free refill soda out of your obese swollen mitts because you can't be trusted, and at the same time waggle their eyebrows and go "have another pint and cheers to growth growth growth"

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 2d

Look, I just wanna get this out ahead of what you're going to hear: it's an honour to be nominated, especially in such esteemed company as Vincent Racismè and Guillaume Bitpièce de Monnaie

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d

*LECORNU SAYS MACRON TO BE ABLE TO NAME NEW PREMIER IN 48 HOURS

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 2d

Debt secured by GPUs that drop precipitously in value once used is a great idea, like securing your loan with the value of a new car thats about to leave the lot

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 2d

US Supreme Court: "This is fine actually that law is invalidated because *waves out window* oh look a dog"

Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 2d

Round and round the money goes!

bsky.app/profile/tech...

TechPowerUp @techpowerup.com · 2d

NVIDIA to Fund Musk's xAI Chips in $20 Billion Investment Round

www.techpowerup.com

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 2d

I get to post my favourite graph again!

A slide showing successive obr forecasts of economic productivity being massively wrong over time; every year they project productivity to rise by 20% in 5 years but instead its almost flat

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 2d

AI cares not from whence the capital flows, only that it flows.

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 2d

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI - on.ft.com/4o3RheA

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

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an arch on @anarchonbury.bsky.social · 3d

Today my doctor told me it will be at least another six months until I can get the surgery on the NHS.

I am not exaggerating: I will be homeless and probably dead long before then. My situation is completely dire.

an arch on @anarchonbury.bsky.social · 16d

I've been quiet for a while. It's been due to a number of factors, the most prominent of which is poor health.

I need surgery, and I'm stuck in limbo. Please help.

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £6500 to help cure James' disease. – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to help cure James' disease.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 3d

The purpose of a system is what it does.

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 3d

Alt-right blogger, alt-right poster, alt-right YouTuber

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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matt’s slutty lil halloween name @windows98support.bsky.social · 3d

The Hills Have KPIs

Courtney 🐙 Lovecraftian 🐙 Actually @hexadecibelle.fyi · 3d

the blair witch project manager

Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 3d

i know what you did last quarter

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 3d

tbf boomers driven insane by racist facebook pages is a *prime* tory demographic so might as well start with some "eighties parents will remember this!"

Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao I got blocked, turned out comment isnt so free after all

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Wooferendum Black Bloc @trufflehog.bsky.social · 3d

It's like you're applauding the 1980s Republicans for politely talking about "forced busing and states' rights" because that's ok at dinner parties. You either do that because you cannot hear the dog whistle, or you do but they're your friends, and tossing them out is impolite.

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