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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · 8d

You saw the death and harm wreaked by the pandemic as a chance to steal our money. How dare you?

Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 8d

It's easy to mock this stuff, but see also Farage whining about Reform being described as racist, through lens of "but that puts us at risk!" Funny how suddenly a bunch of right wingers have hit upon "criticising us is basically incitement to violence", wonderful times

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

Baroness Mone accuses chancellor of 'inflammatory' language

Her comments come after a firm linked to the peer was ordered to pay £122m over a Covid-19 contract.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 24

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · May 19

This is a must read for anyone who is interested in the truth about how the DWP has been directed to behave towards vulnerable and disabled people and to then cover up the tragic consequences of cruelty. By the Tories of course but also by New Labour.

www.thedepartmentbook.com

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · Mar 18

We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jan 25

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 23

Almost as though they've chosen a side.

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 23

Hey Rachel - we've found £24 billion or you.

You're welcome.

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🇨🇵 Clare Price-Jones 🇪🇺 @clucksky.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 22

They test what they can get away with on the folk who are least able to protect themselves.

If we don't stop them, the range of groups they say are 'not like us' and need to be dealt with get bigger just as the groups they call us that they say need protecting get smaller.

There is only one race

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 22

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 22

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 22

They test what they can get away with on the folk who are least able to protect themselves.

If we don't stop them, the range of groups they say are 'not like us' and need to be dealt with get bigger just as the groups they call us that they say need protecting get smaller.

There is only one race

Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Jan 22

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John McGowan @jmc223.bsky.social · Jan 21

Grey Heron on a frozen pool - Blakedown Worcestershire UK - 20-01-23 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Jan 19

I'm hoping to get my hands on some nonsense-cancelling headphones by noon tomorrow.

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 18

It shouldn't be possible to apply these five striking adjectives to a UK Prime Minister and still create the impression that you are holding back and that many many more could be applied and you would still sound reasonable. Your choices are good though tbf.

Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Jan 17

He lied & lied & lied & lied & no-one in the NHS will ever see him as anything other than a grasping, greedy, crooked, venal, narcissistic charlatan.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Half of new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson will not be built for decades

Exclusive: Labour to announce removal of many of 40 planned projects as costs spiral to estimated £30bn

www.theguardian.com

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · Jan 18

Adam McKay, Step Brothers director, checking in

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Paul White @paulwhitephoto.bsky.social · Jan 17

The Wester tip of Gruinard Island in beautiful Wester Ross, north west Highlands of Scotland
#gruinard #scotland #highlands #landscapephotography #photography#sea #seascapes

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · Jan 16

I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

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RIP David Lynch

People might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of, or because of, his suffering. I like to think that van Gogh would have been even more prolific and even greater if he wasn't so restricted by the things tormenting him. I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

—David Lynch

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 15

A few MZ references. Those are some spindly forks 😯

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 15

That's a great ride. I did it from Galway up to the North West 200 in 2014. Rained every day but that's why the place is green. Enjoy.

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · Jan 15

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation. When the company announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its fact-checking partnerships, the company also instructed teams responsible for ranking content in the company’s apps to stop penalizing misinformation, according to sources and an internal document obtained by Platformer.

The result is that the sort of viral hoaxes that ran roughshod over the platform during the 2016 US presidential election — “Pope Francis endorses Trump,” Pizzagate, and all the rest — are now just as eligible for free amplification on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as true stories.

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 13

Pretty decent list that. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Will Trump get credit for Biden’s successes?

Preparing for the Trump Regime Part 2.

open.substack.com

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Clive Parry @clivepbass.bsky.social · Jan 10

I had a yellow '78 F2. The rattle from the cam chain tensioner was its only fault and that was minor. Mr Honda loved them apparently.

Niglom @niglom.bsky.social · Jan 10

75, traded my Kawasaki 250 for a brand new Honda 400/4. Cost a fortune, £609. Rode it out of Charlie Freeman's felt like a king. Few months in, crashed. Hard.

Rebuilt it. Ace Bars, bar-ends, Dunstall pipe – sounded meaner than it was. Riding home from the Pub each night at a screaming 10k rpm.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Jan 8

AOC is the best

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Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social · Jan 7

Thank god Joe Rogan and Andrew Tate have prepared Gen Z alpha males to die in battle for the annexation of Greenland

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