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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 8h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11h

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 7h

Once went to the The Ring (US remake, which I was annoyed to find way scarier than brilliant original) in massive screen cinema - maybe 500 seater. Only other person was a little old lady. Who gently coughed “ahem-hem….HEM” at random but persistent intervals from just behind me. I did not finish it

Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 9h

Dear god this cannot be right 😭

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 15h

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll respect Mr. Bean when he serves his country

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 18h

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 21h

More water bills rises announced today, on top of those already planned.

Privatisation without competition, arguably the worst of both worlds

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 19h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 19h

Do you know what, I haven’t heard anyone mention Russell Brand in any capacity for months, so it’s not all terrible news

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 1d

ברוך הטוב והמטיב

May this truly be beginning of a real ceasefire, and the beginning of permanent peace and *true justice* for everyone in the land.

May the memories of all those annihilated in the genocide, all those slaughtered, be for a revolution.

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 20h

“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”

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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 22h

Its fragile and there are so many buts - but amid all that right now: huge relief

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to create a docile, obedient nation, first attack the arts so you deskill children of critical thinking. Once you’ve done that the people can be moulded as their rulers please. Beware this barbarism. It’s a path to demagoguery and authoritarianism

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 1d

You know what’s shit?
Shakespeare. Chaucer. Brontë. Beckett.
You know what’s a waste of brain processing power?
Poetry. Rhetoric. Drama.
You know what’s pointless?
Structure. Narrative. The power of speech. The ability to communicate. Boooooring

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Heaven forbid that young people should ever understand their own culture

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 1d

The last 15 years of politics can be summed up as “our media are obsessed with nationalism & ‘foreign invasion’ so we’re going to make the country as shit as possible so no one wants to come here anymore.”

HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 1d

Right wing parties "People coming here must integrate"

Also right wing parties "

A headline saying the Tories want to curb students taking degrees such as English

Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, here’s a thing. I thought the 🇵🇸 demos yesterday were insensitive and disrespectful, held on the anniversary of Oct 7. It wasn’t a good way of marking that IMO.
THAT DOESNT MEAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL. People need to be able to inconvenience & annoy others’ politics without being arrested

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

My wider family: we have Irish, Welsh, an Iraqi Jew, Zulu South Africans, a Zimbabwean, English, North Americans, and an Iranian. We all have a hoot & think Nelson was cool, because we love each other and we live in a culture that allows and celebrates that

Everyone needs to get their shit together

Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 2d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 1d

“And we hate that, so that’s why we won’t let any more of them in”

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Kate Arthurs @kate-arthurs.bsky.social · 1d

Open call to Bristol-based practitioners making art in the public domain, involving technology. Watershed are looking for mid-career artists ready to take their practice to its next level, for the Dreamtime Fellowship www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu... @wshed.bsky.social

Dreamtime Fellowship 2026

The Fellowship is a partnership between Watershed and Jerram Foundation, a fantastic opportunity for self-led professional development, offering the chance to research, test and develop new artwork in...

www.watershed.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 2d

Really feeling my limitations today. So frustrated that my mind and body just can’t do what I want them to. Learning to breathe out and accept reality and whatnot but sometimes it just fucking sucks

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Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 4d

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