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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 41m

It’s so lucrative to smash up European companies that the Kangaroo People need a bigger nest.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 57m

Macquarie hunts for new Europe headquarters amid squeeze on top City offices on.ft.com/4mUlHig

Macquarie hunts for new Europe headquarters amid squeeze on top City offices

Australian investment group considers Canary Wharf and City locations for its 2,000-plus London staff

on.ft.com

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 49m

"Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for growth". What a deeply unserious country we are. By all means do it. But don't link it to growth while you are letting universities die.

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 49m

Yes, I agree. But I think there’s also a stages-of-grief thing where a lot of people are still at Denial and don’t believe the United States died.

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 54m

There are two wars, one of which is kinetic (the other one might turn kinetic too).

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 1h

“The principle is that Europe has the right to govern its own digital space according to its own laws. If the EU cannot enforce its own laws then it is a vassal to Washington and to Silicon Valley, with Trump as its overlord” 👍 Well said Johnny Ryan.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 1h

It’s probably time to write obituaries for Tesla. My view on its legacy:

- Getting the car industry to chase it down the dangerous touchscreen rabbit hole
- Undermining the importance of safety engineering across industries
- Creation of faith based engineering - it works if people believe it works

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 1h

I’m old enough to remember when analysts queued up to say that Tesla’s valuation was justified because it was going to completely dominate the car market. Ah, good times.

*actually they weren’t good times: it was bloody infuriating watching idiots fool people into funding the world’s worst human

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3h

Tesla's pared-back Model Y comes as the company falls behind in the race to make affordable EVs.

Why Tesla’s Cheaper Model Y Is a Disappointment

The pared-back car comes from a company falling behind in the EV race. Plus: African farmers’ opportunity.

bloom.bg

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 5h

Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem, who famously revealed her own ignorance at a Senate hearing when she defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 4h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h

The nominative determinism of this specific atrocity is off the charts here.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 6h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 9h

Wow, tell me more about Weimar Germany and what came after?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

"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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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 9h

They created a fairy tale land for one grandpa and he's having the time of his life. His entire reality is like that thing where the brain releases a bunch of euphoric chemicals when it's dying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 9h

The dementia is increasingly obvious.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Are you going to work with your administration to designate antifa a foreign terror organization?

TRUMP: You mean anti-terror?

Q: Antifa

TRUMP: Antifa?

Q: A foreign terror organization

TRUMP: Would you like to see it done? I'd be glad to do it. Does everybody agree? It sounds good to me

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Zack Fox 🦊 @zjfox.bsky.social · 9h

It'll be wild when Charlotte Church reveals she's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 9h

You'd think there would be more interest from the US media that Trump is simply delusional - at best being fed complete fabrications by his team, at worst in serious cognitive decline and unable to recognise reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

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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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 10h

FUN FACT: The current population of India is 1,467,229,354 as of Wednesday, October 8, 2025.

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h

TESLA SELLS 61 CARS IN INDIA IN SEPTEMBER 2025

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 10h

lol

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 11h

Subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz349bs

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10h

Absolutely made up.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11h

Softening up the public. If they’re saying they’re talking about it, they’re going to use it.

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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