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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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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

jesus fuck what the hell we sold out in just under 24 hours

oh my god

what

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 1d

This should scare the hell out of Labour, Reform, Tory and all the political class.
This didn't happen overnight. I've been banging on about it for years.

For people who have no wealth, no inheritance, there is no longer a route to security anymore.
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It's now almost impossible to work your way to riches, says report into growing wealth gap

The Resolution Foundation's analysis of the country's wealth gap comes seven weeks before the chancellor delivers what's expected to be a tax-raising budget, though the government seems reluctant to p...

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 1d

🚨A Message from our editor-in-chief Matt Kelly

Read full story: buff.ly/dY1tJVa

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Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 1d

Whoops! Seems the ONS has overestimated govt borrowing by £3bn. Rare bit of good news for Rachel Reeves.

Story by @guardianheather.bsky.social

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

Rachel Reeves given extra £3bn for budget after VAT error fixed

ONS says public borrowing estimates have been out by £200m-£500m a month since January

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 1d

Which Union would you rather be part of?

Unabhängigkeit ist Unvermeidlich

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 1d

I agree. I've seen Putin described as risk-averse; I don't think that's right. He takes risks that other leaders wouldn't, but only when he assesses that the likelihood of an effective response is low. The West has yet to change his assessment that he can keep pushing us back.

Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 1d

Here is @nigelgould-davies.bsky.social on Russia’s disruption campaign against Europe. I’m not sure I would be so optimistic on the Kremlin being worried by US & EUR behaviour, but the conclusion is unshakeable: absent a serious response, this will get much worse.

www.iiss.org/online-analy...

Screenshot from linked article, saying Western officials are puzzled, but they shouldn’t be.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 1d

Because there's so much awful stuff to write about, I decided to write my latest column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about something interesting and removed from all that: the discovery of a blue pigment in a Neolithic artefact.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...

How did cave artists get a brand new pigment?

The discovery of traces of a blue pigment on a stone shaped into a shallow dish at a Palaeolithic site in Germany is quite a find

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Still I'm sure it'll be fine. It's not like those expectations are based on a completely unproven product with deranged costs and hysterical levels of hype.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

BANK OF ENGLAND FPC: RISK OF A SHARP MARKET CORRECTION HAS INCREASED || EQUITY MARKETS ARE PARTICULARLY EXPOSED SHOULD EXPECTATIONS AROUND AI BECOME LESS OPTIMISTIC

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Altnaharra @altnaharra.bsky.social · 1d

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Bath Street Collective Custom Build Portobello

Bath Street Collective Custom Build: Portobello property development design by John Kinsley Architects: Edinburgh flats near the sea, new apartments images

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Scottish Land Commission @scottishlandcom.bsky.social · 1d

🛠️ Four families, one shared vision.

Bath Street Collective Custom Build in Edinburgh shows what’s possible when residents lead the way in housing.

Read the full case study in our Governance Guide: buff.ly/YTTRApA

📸 Image credit: John Kinsley Architects

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 1d

LIVE SCENES FROM WALES
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Lewis Miller @lewgmiller.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of discussion judging importance of degrees neglects this. Many disciplines cross-subsidise others. Just like with international student fees, someone will have to pick up the cost if there is government intervention.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

At some point these imbeciles are going to realise that arts courses are *funding* the courses they do like and if they cut those places unis will just go bankrupt so no maths or science either.

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 1d

@boston.gov onboarded all their agencies to Bluesky to engage with Bostonians. Whether it's broken sidewalks, missing signage, or community issues, they want to hear from constituents. With little to no engagement on X, their actual interactions on bsky have increased. Engagement > follower count

Boston Parks Department @parks.boston.gov · 1d

#DidYouKnow our Fall Fitness Series with @publichealth.boston.gov is back? 🍂💪

Register today for free in-person fitness classes at a park near you: boston.gov/fitness

Fall fitness graphic - boston.gov/fitness

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 1d

A fine piece of writing there from Sam Leith

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 1d

Many of the planned improvements are largely cosmetic.

Can Labour’s plan to fund deprived communities see off Reform? What the evidence shows

Many of the planned improvements are largely cosmetic.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch’s only achievement is to have shrunk the Tories to a low-wattage Faragist think tank and warehouse storing future parliamentary candidates for Reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 1d

Whereas stealing artists’ work is killing their industry, so…

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.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

It's properly unconscionable that the Home Office has created this situation. It should never have been allowed to happen and once it did happen it should have been immediately reversed.

The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: The metropolitan police
arrest a man for carrying a copy of our magazine. This is a threat to both journalism and freedom to protest

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 1d

You can't have a successful economy by kowtowing to bigots who want to close the country to the rest of the world. It'd be nice if a politician had the brains or guts to point this out.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

Wilful ignorance of how trade and migration actually work in a globalised economy.

The idea that the (short and long-term) movement of people -especially between India and the UK - has nothing to do with trade and investment is (obviously) wrong.

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Simon Holledge @holledge.bsky.social · 1d

VOI GANGS? "The new Voi bikes in Edinburgh already being used by gangs to get around and attempt to steal bikes. A masked gang attempted to steal my bike ..." Presumably the gangs don't give VOI their credit card numbers. How does this work?
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Masked Edinburgh gang on new cycle hire bikes 'use power tool in shameful act'

The gang, all dressed in dark clothing and wearing balaclavas, reportedly targeted a bike in broad daylight as one youth - armed with a power tool - started cutting through the lock in front of shocke...

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