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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 59m

Historic antifa, here storming nazi defences at Normandy

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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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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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23h

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.

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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 3h

The Trump Show - sick.

Wonderful if the slaughter now ceases and hostages are released but thousands and thousands were allowed to die by an unhinged narcissist who could've ended this human tragedy long ago.

Trump isn't worth the Nobel Peace Prize.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Marco Rubio interrupts Trump with handwritten note on Gaza deal

Note from secretary of state says ‘you need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first’

www.theguardian.com

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 2h

America but same principle. Don't forget, the tech bro's who own these things are all dead set against socialism, and here it is giving them a free service which is stretching the public tax to the limit.

Nothing exists without the public paying for it.
futurism.com/future-socie...

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 3h

Thing is, they're right to be worried. Older folk have comprehensively let them down and created a world that's increasingly hard to live in.

Francis Sealey @globalnet21.bsky.social · 3h

‘It’s a lot of fear’: the rise of ecoanxiety on the frontline of climate breakdown

As study shows 78% of UK under-12s worry about the issue, people in their 20s around world share their experiences

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s a lot of fear’: the rise of ecoanxiety on the frontline of climate breakdown

As study shows 78% of UK under-12s worry about the issue, people in their 20s around world share their experiences

www.theguardian.com

Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 3h

Time for a massive windfall tax, it's time for the banks to pay us back for all the help they had.

Big Issue @bigissue.com · 3h

The UK's four largest banks (HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, and NatWest) are on track to report record £48 billion profits in 2025.

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks?

www.bigissue.com

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 3h

Where does he hear this shite?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Blythe Goes Cycling 🚴‍♂️🚏🚍 @blythegoescycling.bsky.social · 3h

Lets be honest, taking a bicycle on a train is an absolute pain in the arse, even folding ones. It’s difficult to get them on and off, the storage is extremely poor, and buying tickets is way too complicated.

It didn’t need to be this way, that used to put them in a guards van. Wide doors, simple

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 3h

Doesn't that mean your industry is based on theft and therefore actually criminal in basis, and that therefore it should be killed?

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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 3h

Not 'could' - it HAS decriminalised bike theft. But it's been this way for years, have y'all just not been paying attention when we've been complaining that cops won't even check security footage? BTP see cyclists as a nuisance.

Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 16h

British Transport Police's decision to not investigate bike thefts outside train stations where bikes have been left for more than two hours is really concerning. It could effectively decriminalise it.

Together with Lib Dem colleagues I've written to the BTP to get clarity.

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 3h

So there's no plan to bring Israeli leaders to trial for genocide then?

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13h

You can lock up as many people as you want for chanting or protesting against genocide.

You will never scrub away the truth about that genocide - or your own complicity in it.

You are just ensuring that you will be damned all the more for what you have done.

Government could crack down on pro-Palestinian protest chants, PM says

The government needs to

www.bbc.co.uk

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13h

“We’re in the fight of our lives, and the future of our democracy is on the line. Politics has become more fractured and divided. We’re losing support to both sides. Trying to out-Reform Reform doesn’t work”
@lucympowell.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Lucy Powell tells Labour it can’t sugarcoat how badly things are going

Frontrunner for deputy leadership addresses rally as opponent Bridget Phillipson pledges ‘second Labour term our children deserve’

www.theguardian.com

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 3h

Its hard to think many people will want to go and spend even more money for even longer at pubs.

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 13h

Black currant sorbet is exactly as simple as you think it'll be. Water, currants, sugar, cook and serve, make it just a little too sweet because when chilled you numb the flavour a bit, freeze, stir, freeze, stir.

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 13h

Also, I make black current sorbet which I layer with vanilla. Home made vanilla ice cream can be other worldly good.

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 13h

Lemon sorbet layer ed with vanilla with flecks of chocolate (ideally dark) is my go to.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 22h

There is nothing Badenoch cares more about than hating trans people so of course she has to throw that in and of course she does it in the crassest, thickest, most nonsensical way possible

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22h

Badenoch: "While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China built five nuclear reactors."

A perfect summary of conservative idiocy. Glorifying authoritarian post-communism for its efficiency while vilifying democracy for seeking nuance and respect.

It is the Right who hate their own countries.

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 1d

I think the problem here is that many Tories get qualifications without actually learning anything so, as such, they see education as a means to N end. Learning is of value just in itself.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 1d

Good god this is mealy mouthed nonsense. You have a Fellow who hates this country, speaks and acts against it, speaks and acts against science, has created a forum specifically where the most harmful anti science nonsense is spread.

THROW MUSK OUT, for heaven's sake.

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 7d

"I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish." Read the full statement from the President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith: royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...

A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society

A statement from the President of the Royal Society regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.

royalsociety.org

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Rejoin Campaign @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 1d

The only good thing Brexit did was to destroy the Tories - and it’s now dragging #Labour into the political abyss. Ah shame!

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 1d

...including of course recipes (I picked some yesterday and we had soup).

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