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Gareth
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Bitter/realistic northerner. Lawyer inspired by Lionel Hutz, She-Hulk & Ally McBeal
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althistorian.bsky.social
OK all this Epstein and Trump stuff sounds bad, but you have to remember the other option was a black woman with a weird laugh, so can you really get that upset with the voters?
December 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
gwinch.bsky.social
A real athlete would show how well they can do in their specific sport, even if the financial awards are minimal. A failure-turned-grifter does this
gaudipern.bsky.social Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 7h
Fun fact: The US pays Olympic Swimmers an annual stipend of $40k and an additional $37.5k per gold medal earned at the Olympics. Last year this fifth-place collegiate swimmer made more than Michael Phelps did at the height of his career before his endorsements, all for the low price of spewing hate.
daniellibit.bsky.social Daniel Libit @daniellibit.bsky.social · 9h
NEW: Riley Gaines, the former collegiate swimmer turned right-wing media figure, made $474,313 last year from the conservative nonprofit org, the Leadership Institute. More striking than her total comp was the way it was structured.

For @sportico.bsky.social 👇

www.sportico.com/business/med...
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 2d
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:

⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year

Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
In Covid's Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee. A New Yorker Best Book of the Year; An Economist Best Book of the Year; A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
gwinch.bsky.social
Reform’s limit is 25%. That’s nowhere close to being a win in a General Election
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d
YouGov have Reform on 25% in both their first poll of 2025 and their final poll before Christmas. The only significan sustained gain across 2025 was Green Party +7, at expense of Labour

Reform 25% tp 25% (-)
Labour 26% to 20% (-6)
Cons 22% to 19% (-3)
LibDems 14% to 15% (+1)
Greens 8% to 15% (+7)
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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leftoutside.bsky.social
Observer piece better than @thetimes.com. But do any of these demands sound deliverable? Who is working to stop these people killing themselves because their demands are totally unmeetable (and delusional)? prisonersforpalestine.org/read-our-let...
20th October 2025 To the Home Secretary, We are writing on behalf of prisoners for Palestine in Britain, regarding their false imprisonment as a direct result of the UK’s direct involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. After exhausting all legal avenues to win our basic rights, you leave us with no choice but to take drastic action. On Sunday 2nd November 2025, to commemorate the anniversay of the Balfour declaration, we, Prisoners for Palestine, will begin an open ended hunger strike, and other prisoners may join the hunger strike if the demands are not met. It is morally and legally imperative that the government immediately fulfils the following demands in order to end the hunger strike: 1. End all censorship We demand to be able to send and receive communications without restriction, surveillance, or interference from the prison administration. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right that is vital for prisoners, whose voices are already systematically silenced. Censorship inside prisons is a tool of control used to punish resistance. Letters, phone calls, political statements, books and all other forms of expression must be respected. 2. Immediate bail We demand that we be released from custody while awaiting trial. Holding people on remand, in some cases indefinitely, is a deliberate abuse of power, used to punish prisoners before they have even faced a court or been convicted of any crime. Some of us will have been imprisoned for nearly two years without a conviction. The right to a fair trial must include the right to prepare for it in freedom, not behind bars. 3. Right to a fair trial We demand the right to a fair trial, which cannot happen until all relevant documents related to our cases are released in full. This includes all meetings between British and Israeli state officials, the British police, the attorney general, Elbit Systems representatives, and any others involved in coordinating the ongoing … 20th October 2025 To the Home Secretary, We are writing on behalf of prisoners for Palestine in Britain, regarding their false imprisonment as a direct result of the UK’s direct involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. After exhausting all legal avenues to win our basic rights, you leave us with no choice but to take drastic action. On Sunday 2nd November 2025, to commemorate the anniversay of the Balfour declaration, we, Prisoners for Palestine, will begin an open ended hunger strike, and other prisoners may join the hunger strike if the demands are not met. It is morally and legally imperative that the government immediately fulfils the following demands in order to end the hunger strike: 1. End all censorship We demand to be able to send and receive communications without restriction, surveillance, or interference from the prison administration. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right that is vital for prisoners, whose voices are already systematically silenced. Censorship inside prisons is a tool of control used to punish resistance. Letters, phone calls, political statements, books and all other forms of expression must be respected. 2. Immediate bail We demand that we be released from custody while awaiting trial. Holding people on remand, in some cases indefinitely, is a deliberate abuse of power, used to punish prisoners before they have even faced a court or been convicted of any crime. Some of us will have been imprisoned for nearly two years without a conviction. The right to a fair trial must include the right to prepare for it in freedom, not behind bars. 3. Right to a fair trial We demand the right to a fair trial, which cannot happen until all relevant documents related to our cases are released in full. This includes all meetings between British and Israeli state officials, the British police, the attorney general, Elbit Systems representatives, and any others involved in coordinating the ongoing … 20th October 2025 To the Home Secretary, We are writing on behalf of prisoners for Palestine in Britain, regarding their false imprisonment as a direct result of the UK’s direct involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. After exhausting all legal avenues to win our basic rights, you leave us with no choice but to take drastic action. On Sunday 2nd November 2025, to commemorate the anniversay of the Balfour declaration, we, Prisoners for Palestine, will begin an open ended hunger strike, and other prisoners may join the hunger strike if the demands are not met. It is morally and legally imperative that the government immediately fulfils the following demands in order to end the hunger strike: 1. End all censorship We demand to be able to send and receive communications without restriction, surveillance, or interference from the prison administration. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right that is vital for prisoners, whose voices are already systematically silenced. Censorship inside prisons is a tool of control used to punish resistance. Letters, phone calls, political statements, books and all other forms of expression must be respected. 2. Immediate bail We demand that we be released from custody while awaiting trial. Holding people on remand, in some cases indefinitely, is a deliberate abuse of power, used to punish prisoners before they have even faced a court or been convicted of any crime. Some of us will have been imprisoned for nearly two years without a conviction. The right to a fair trial must include the right to prepare for it in freedom, not behind bars. 3. Right to a fair trial We demand the right to a fair trial, which cannot happen until all relevant documents related to our cases are released in full. This includes all meetings between British and Israeli state officials, the British police, the attorney general, Elbit Systems representatives, and any others involved in coordinating the ongoing … 20th October 2025 To the Home Secretary, We are writing on behalf of prisoners for Palestine in Britain, regarding their false imprisonment as a direct result of the UK’s direct involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. After exhausting all legal avenues to win our basic rights, you leave us with no choice but to take drastic action. On Sunday 2nd November 2025, to commemorate the anniversay of the Balfour declaration, we, Prisoners for Palestine, will begin an open ended hunger strike, and other prisoners may join the hunger strike if the demands are not met. It is morally and legally imperative that the government immediately fulfils the following demands in order to end the hunger strike: 1. End all censorship We demand to be able to send and receive communications without restriction, surveillance, or interference from the prison administration. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right that is vital for prisoners, whose voices are already systematically silenced. Censorship inside prisons is a tool of control used to punish resistance. Letters, phone calls, political statements, books and all other forms of expression must be respected. 2. Immediate bail We demand that we be released from custody while awaiting trial. Holding people on remand, in some cases indefinitely, is a deliberate abuse of power, used to punish prisoners before they have even faced a court or been convicted of any crime. Some of us will have been imprisoned for nearly two years without a conviction. The right to a fair trial must include the right to prepare for it in freedom, not behind bars. 3. Right to a fair trial We demand the right to a fair trial, which cannot happen until all relevant documents related to our cases are released in full. This includes all meetings between British and Israeli state officials, the British police, the attorney general, Elbit Systems representatives, and any others involved in coordinating the ongoing …
December 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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t0nyyates.bsky.social
I really hope that the Starmer leadership do not change their minds on Brexit [SM/CU/Rejoin]. It would re-toxify the mission to rejoin de jure or de facto. Much better and more credible for a new leadership to ditch the old red lines and admit that we could not 'make Brexit work'.
December 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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redscharlach.bsky.social
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
The sun rising over the London skyline this morning, only it’s a very cloudy sky and the sun is visible only as an orange streak of fire that coincidentally seems to be emanating from the spire on the top of St Paul’s dome
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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dly.bsky.social
Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
wow, seeing Jake Paul get beaten half to death, true terror in his eyes, really improved my whole outlook on life
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
gwinch.bsky.social
... But that would mean they'd actually want it to occur, instead of looking for excuses to stop it...
jpspencer.bsky.social JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · 4d
If this is the case, ministers could jointly make a policy decision that this is a tram - and thus help speed up its delivery again.

There is no law that I am aware of which says alternative modes of transport must be considered.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politic...
Civil servants could turn mayor's West Yorkshire tram plan into bus network
Civil servants could overrule mayor Tracy Brabin and turn the proposed West Yorkshire mass transit system into a bus network, The Yorkshire Post understands.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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postleftwatch.bsky.social
Michael Tracey and Matt Taibbi teaming up to defend Jeffrey Epstein
Michael Tracey: "To mark today’s (supposed) release of the “Epstein Files,” Matt Taibbi and I have launched a new collaborative series to examine various aspects of this sprawling mega-narrative that virtually everyone else in the media has chosen to steadfastly ignore. Here’s the first installment" Matt Taibbi: "On a day when everyone is hunting for The Great Answer in the Epstein files a reminder from ⁦Michael Tracey⁩ about what’s not there yet. Part 1: https://www.racket.news/p/five-craziest-things-about-the-epstein "
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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paulkirkley.bsky.social
My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
gwinch.bsky.social
TIL that roast veggies were unknown in the US until the early-90s 🤨🤨🤨
stephenjudkins.bsky.social Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d
This sounds like a shitpost, but there was a 1993 NYT article about the novel technique of roasting instead of boiling vegetables
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
meanwhile, the Twitterati are calling for a ban on all travel from Europe
Amy Mek @AmyMek President Trump must act - now. It is time to impose a travel ban on most European countries, because Europe is no longer exporting tourists and allies - it is exporting the consequences of Islamic mass migration and civilizational collapse. We just saw it again. The man who carried out the attack at Brown University has been identified by police as a 48-year-old Portuguese national, whose last known address was in Miami, Florida. He was in the United States on a student visa. He was reportedly shouting the ISLAMIC WAR CRY - "Allahu Akbar" while killing two students at Brown and injuring many others. And the media wants you to believe this is an isolated incident. It isn’t. What they refuse to tell you is that Europe is already lost, not just the UK, Germany, France, and Sweden, but far beyond that. Spain is gone. Portugal is being overtaken. Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, and large parts of Ireland are following the same path.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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therealbrent.bsky.social
Very cool!
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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joelhs.bsky.social
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)

Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
"Moderator: What do you think of Adolf Hitler? Ashley: I think he was a great leader, to be honest. I think what he was going for was terrible, but I think he showed very strong leadership values. Andrew: I’m in favor of a strong executive. I think we should have a stronger executive branch. I don’t think we should be killing people or doing mass genocide, obviously, but I do think we should have a strong executive. I feel like one of the biggest problems Trump is running into right now is all these little courts, they want to throw up little blockages against everything he’s trying to do, whether it be his tariffs or deporting people. So I’m very pro-strong executive, strong leader, strong man. I support national sovereignty, and Hitler was a nationalist. He was like, we have to take Germany back for Germans. And I feel like we should do that in America. We should take America back for our native population. So, I’m not an expert on Hitler by any means, but as far as nationalism is concerned, I’m all that. Brice: I myself am actually Jewish, ancestrally. I’m Christian by faith, but Jewish by blood. I’ve actually read Mein Kampf. The end conclusions that he came to: absolutely abominable. But I strangely understood where he was coming from as far as wanting to improve the national state of Germany."
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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samwhyte.bsky.social
A gay friend of my dad's came back from holiday, having seen NFL and excitedly declared, "I've discovered 'Rugby: The Musical'"
December 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
gwinch.bsky.social
As someone who lives in London but is originally from Lancashire, I would like to have my say on dickheads preventing easier visits to/by my family
cathfletcher.bsky.social Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 8d
As someone living at the cancelled Manchester end of HS2, I would also have liked the chance to share my opinions
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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aphclarkson.bsky.social
Starmer has manouevred himself into a position where he looks naive and weak towards Trump whereas those across the political spectrum from the Greens to LibDems to even some pre-2016 Tories asking how the UK can prepare for a post-American world look like the realists.
December 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
gwinch.bsky.social
The implication of this, is that defamation law in England is less favourable to Claimants than that of certain US States…
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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jamesrball.com
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”

That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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dancredentials.bsky.social
Screenshot from Food and Wine, recipe for Dirty Martini Baked Potatoes “Give baked potatoes a boozy upgrade with gin-soaked olives and blue cheese” Don Draper as a knit sweater wearing, shamrock sporting Irishman pitching the idea on a display board “potato that gets you drunk”
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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nberlat.bsky.social
Like, Yglesias likes transphobia, wants Ds to abandon LGBT people and immigrants. He's a white populist with a wonk hat. of course he feels comfortable on musk's site.
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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explaintrade.com
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.

The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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conspiracybull1.bsky.social
Your reminder if you left Twitter you made a justified call
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM