@bluegrm.bsky.social
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It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
@bsky.app If I have to hand over private personal information to Epic Games to use your service, I’m out of here.
What a mess the UK gov is going to make of UK citizens’ access to the internet, affecting free speech, information freedom and smaller businesses.
www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/o...
What a mess the UK gov is going to make of UK citizens’ access to the internet, affecting free speech, information freedom and smaller businesses.
www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/o...
Selling your digital soul to use Bluesky's DMs is the law
Opinion: Getting carded is one thing. A full strip search? Welcome to Britain
www.theregister.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@bsky.app If I have to hand over private personal information to Epic Games to use your service, I’m out of here.
What a mess the UK gov is going to make of UK citizens’ access to the internet, affecting free speech, information freedom and smaller businesses.
www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/o...
What a mess the UK gov is going to make of UK citizens’ access to the internet, affecting free speech, information freedom and smaller businesses.
www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/o...
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Flying saucers, invented by communion wafer manufacturers and containing a product brought back from the Crusades (sherbet), are surely the most intensely Tradcath sweets in existence
April 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Flying saucers, invented by communion wafer manufacturers and containing a product brought back from the Crusades (sherbet), are surely the most intensely Tradcath sweets in existence
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Basic math, numbers from 2024:
US exports to Canada = $349B
Canada exports to US = $413B
Population Canada = 40M
Population US = 340M
Canada pays $/per capita = $8,725
US pays $/per capita = $1,214
US-Canada trade largely favours US, when considering population size. No "US trade deficit". CQFD
US exports to Canada = $349B
Canada exports to US = $413B
Population Canada = 40M
Population US = 340M
Canada pays $/per capita = $8,725
US pays $/per capita = $1,214
US-Canada trade largely favours US, when considering population size. No "US trade deficit". CQFD
April 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Basic math, numbers from 2024:
US exports to Canada = $349B
Canada exports to US = $413B
Population Canada = 40M
Population US = 340M
Canada pays $/per capita = $8,725
US pays $/per capita = $1,214
US-Canada trade largely favours US, when considering population size. No "US trade deficit". CQFD
US exports to Canada = $349B
Canada exports to US = $413B
Population Canada = 40M
Population US = 340M
Canada pays $/per capita = $8,725
US pays $/per capita = $1,214
US-Canada trade largely favours US, when considering population size. No "US trade deficit". CQFD
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Voltaire: "Would you prefer to be ruled over by someone evil or by someone stupid?"
USA:
USA:
a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
media.tenor.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Voltaire: "Would you prefer to be ruled over by someone evil or by someone stupid?"
USA:
USA:
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Andrew Marr asking pertinent questions about Palantir & NHS 👇
😳discusses revolving door (who needs NHS England when all your data bigwigs have joined Palantir)
😳cf this week’s secretive US digital trade negotiations, led by Palantir-linked Manselson
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
😳discusses revolving door (who needs NHS England when all your data bigwigs have joined Palantir)
😳cf this week’s secretive US digital trade negotiations, led by Palantir-linked Manselson
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
March 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Andrew Marr asking pertinent questions about Palantir & NHS 👇
😳discusses revolving door (who needs NHS England when all your data bigwigs have joined Palantir)
😳cf this week’s secretive US digital trade negotiations, led by Palantir-linked Manselson
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
😳discusses revolving door (who needs NHS England when all your data bigwigs have joined Palantir)
😳cf this week’s secretive US digital trade negotiations, led by Palantir-linked Manselson
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
I think the least anyone who cares can do is not go on holiday to the US for the foreseeable future. For work it’s a bit more complicated.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US
Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gig
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I think the least anyone who cares can do is not go on holiday to the US for the foreseeable future. For work it’s a bit more complicated.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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in retrospect it's kind of funny that sci fi was like "imagine a world where robots gain sentience, but humanity refuses to grant them personhood" but in reality every loser techbro loser thinks chatgpt deserves more rights than like, actual people
March 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
in retrospect it's kind of funny that sci fi was like "imagine a world where robots gain sentience, but humanity refuses to grant them personhood" but in reality every loser techbro loser thinks chatgpt deserves more rights than like, actual people
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Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
March 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.
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America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..
March 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..
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Sadly, it’s time to revive this 2017 TIME cover.
March 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sadly, it’s time to revive this 2017 TIME cover.
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This is resistance.
Former NFL Kicker Arrested At City Council Meeting After Slamming 'Nazi' MAGA Movement
Now that's resistance.
www.comicsands.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is resistance.
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The greatest slur against capitalism I can think of is that Elon Musk is apparently the best in the world at it.
February 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The greatest slur against capitalism I can think of is that Elon Musk is apparently the best in the world at it.
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"Six months of red lines and rejection have dashed hopes that the new U.K. prime minister really wants to walk back the more extreme elements of the Tory Brexit settlement." www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Brussels lowers its expectations for Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset
EU officials and diplomats believe improvements to the cross-channel relationship are possible, and still happening — but slowly.
www.politico.eu
February 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"Six months of red lines and rejection have dashed hopes that the new U.K. prime minister really wants to walk back the more extreme elements of the Tory Brexit settlement." www.politico.eu/article/brus...
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January 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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I love that every single time I use the computer something breaks or is already broken. My headphones I use every day aren't connecting, no reason. My camera cuts off at random. Every time I sit down my monitor turns off, due to something with my chair's hydraulics (??). i'm so tired of the computer
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I love that every single time I use the computer something breaks or is already broken. My headphones I use every day aren't connecting, no reason. My camera cuts off at random. Every time I sit down my monitor turns off, due to something with my chair's hydraulics (??). i'm so tired of the computer
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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This redditor is onto something
January 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This redditor is onto something
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At both an intellectual and a political level, I am not equipped to conceptualize how to oppose the next administration when the president can promote shitcoins and millions of Americans respond by eagerly exchanging real money for pretend money
January 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At both an intellectual and a political level, I am not equipped to conceptualize how to oppose the next administration when the president can promote shitcoins and millions of Americans respond by eagerly exchanging real money for pretend money
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The radicalisation of much of the right in Britain far exceeds that of the left under Corbyn. (I say that as a staunch critic of Corbyn).
It's essential that decent Conservatives speak out, if they don't want the likes of Cummings, Oakeshott and Jenrick to prostitute their tradition to an arsonist.
It's essential that decent Conservatives speak out, if they don't want the likes of Cummings, Oakeshott and Jenrick to prostitute their tradition to an arsonist.
January 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The radicalisation of much of the right in Britain far exceeds that of the left under Corbyn. (I say that as a staunch critic of Corbyn).
It's essential that decent Conservatives speak out, if they don't want the likes of Cummings, Oakeshott and Jenrick to prostitute their tradition to an arsonist.
It's essential that decent Conservatives speak out, if they don't want the likes of Cummings, Oakeshott and Jenrick to prostitute their tradition to an arsonist.
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todays satirical diary from @hugorifkind.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
todays satirical diary from @hugorifkind.bsky.social
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WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos.
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos.
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...