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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 12h

The Daily Express doesn't know the difference between "principals" & "principles".

And its political illiteracy is even worse. Putin is nothing to do with communism - he presides over a gangster capitalist kleptocracy.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 3h

I can see the Greens doing a ‘Reform’ to Starmer’s Labour.

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 17h

🇬🇧 The brexity Telegraph are raging because EU countries are going to enforce their laws in relation to british “overstayers”

Or “ILLEGALS” as Reform, Blue Tories & Red Tories generally like to call them

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 9h

Cartoon. Two people in lab coats, one is showing the other a beaker. The person on the left says "Can| bortow
your chloroform?". The other person replies "Go ahead, knock yourself out"

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5h

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 7h

The real tragedy is that peace just isn’t as profitable.

‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries training Sudan’s child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

www.theguardian.com

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 7h

Who can blame them. He’s such a nice guy.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 13h

"The very people who pledged that Brexit would result in surging levels of non-white immigration, now froth with rage that their promise came true." open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?

We have the receipts, Nigel...

open.substack.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 8h

So the business model is dependent on theft.

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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Paul S-H @pauls-h.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted with the choice of the global parkrun board to appoint Lil Duggan CEO

www.parkrun.com/news/

parkrun | parkrun Global appoints Elizabeth Duggan as permanent CEO

www.parkrun.com

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 11h

Is it safe to jet wash a dog? Ours rolled in fox shit and the small is atrocious.

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 13h

They’ve almost finished the livery

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19h

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

momentummag.com

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 13h

They pack the rooms in, don’t they. We stayed in the one in Oxford and there wasn’t enough floor space for our bags.

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 13h

Well, that doesn’t happen often…

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Artist: Louis Valtat

Painting of a woman riding a bicycle on a seaside boardwalk. She's wearing an old-timey bathing costume.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

We have let cars break our brains. Seriously.

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 1d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, this one made me smile.

Trump Explodes with Rage after Gavin Newsom Wins Nobel Peace Prize

The committee recognized Trump with a "certificate of participation."

www.borowitzreport.com

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 1d

That he kept his job after saying that says plenty about the state of the Conservative Party.

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Sir Jack Caramac @jackcaramac.bsky.social · 1d

"Hello Wiggy, have you been having a nice time?"

"Yes, Gobert, I've Geen Grinking Gots of Geer and Geing a Git Gascist."

"Good for you, I'm going to shit out a lot of Far Right clichés & run down the judicial system to prepare for leadership."

"Ge-ing a Gunt as usual, then."

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

What a delight to learn that most people aren't in fact raging LGBTQ-phobic shitweasels

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 2d

Is it really as bad as the photos suggest?

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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 2d

Cameron's cowardice and Johnson's treachery did this. The centre right destroyed and replaced by fascism.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride's big speech.

#ToryPartyDeath

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 2d

Rory Stewart, because he’s open to debate but from the landowner side of countryside politics.

I’m intrigued by Dominic Cummings, though I don’t know much beyond his role in Brexit and his reputation as a strategist.

With Irish unity now a real possibility, Gerry Adams would be fascinating.

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