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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 15h

Today we are horrified that people used to sooth babies with gin and morphine. Future generations will feel the same about us giving tablets to toddlers, smartphones to preteens and social media access to teenagers.

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Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 10h

yes you are wasting your life doing what you’re doing and we do not want to pay you for it in any way but it’s incredibly important that you allow our computers to have a look.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 16h

These images are separated by one day

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

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Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 12h

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 16h

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back to saying I’m Jesse @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 8d

i think girls are gross but i'm also feeling these weird things when i look at them?? making an entire politics around this rn

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Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 15h

This is why i think a state education is so important. The imminent threat of violence really teaches you a thing or two about consequences.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 18h

ok. can we also do The Glasgow Review of Books? @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social

Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 21h

they have one thing right, degrees as they currently stand are a ‘rip off’, but the solution should be free tertiary education so that people are able to study all of these subjects that enrich society in ways far beyond ‘makin money’.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22h

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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Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 21h

ooft. worst cat wake i ever had was i woke up to what sounded like a person being murdered in my hallway. ran out and found the cat with a mortally wounded frog pinned to the wall. turns out frogs scream in a really harrowing human like way. awful.

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Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 23h

right enough this definitely looks like a violent insurrection. call in all the military for the guys dressed in inflatable woodland creature outfits.

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Elon Musk 🇺🇸 Parody @elonmusk-parody.bsky.social · 1d

Will never be understood

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 1d

living life correctly.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

Thatcher sounding like Zack Polanski here

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 3d

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mike @staykinduniverse.swifties.social · 3d

my unpopular opinion:
most unpopular opinions seem like just an excuse to be mean.

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Nebojša Vučinić @neshavuc.bsky.social · 3d

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Al Mac @innsegall.bsky.social · 3d

how wonderful! well done.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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