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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Jun 9

Any chance that there are some patriotic former techs willing and able to decapitate and save the republic

Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · May 13

Take some time today and read this incredible story, by @hettieobrien.bsky.social and then tell me you don’t want to read a whole book about it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones

The long read: With his brilliant mind and impeccable credentials, it’s little wonder that wealthy clients trusted him with their fortunes. Then they started to get suspicious

www.theguardian.com

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · May 13

It is outstanding and I am left wanting to read a great deal more about the worlds Jones inhabited - the one he created, the one he wanted access to, the one he was fleeing from and the one he has now ended up in.

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · May 13

This is the best long read so far this year, and possibly the best of the year. Hettie O’Brien knocks it lit the park. So many threads it feels, still to pull on.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Apr 4

Kamala Harris: There were many things that we knew would happen.. I’m not here to say I told you so

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Mar 10

Do you think he turned twitter off to escape the memes

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 26

wahay!

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Feb 17

When you see a piece of steel cling to a magnet you don't need to understand the science. The force is there. You can see it. It's the same with President Trump and Vladimir Putin.

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 12

Get fucked you little bitch

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 11

Nah. He’s the 21st century Bob Maxwell.

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 11

The hollowing out has just begun. The US will remain as a facsimile of itself while the world around it collapses and reforms. The Grim Century has begun.

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 11

They are plausibility machines, not intelligent machines, being tasked with delivering a product - accurate information- that they are not designed for. Hooray!

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 11

Well, it’s awkward when you’re extorting yourself to have other bits of you trying to intervene. L’état c’est Trump!

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 10

Ripe for the wrecking and the robbing.

Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 5

Yeah this is an easily provable falsehood.

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 5

The read access only defence has now dragged in and implicated the WH directly, little wonder they are panicking

Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 2

So say we all!

Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 2

11 years ago today, we lost this one.

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 2

Do Something Bluesky is as embarrassing as Do Something Twitter. You should have voted for Kamala.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · Feb 2

I see some people (and not going to call out anyone specifically) lamenting that there's nothing Democratic members of Congress and Senators can do, since MAGA allies hold all the levers of power. I don't think that's right. While formal power (and blame) lies in MAGA hands, there are options

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 2

lolol nope

Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 2

if only people had voted for Dems up and down the ballot. The time to do something was the election, sparky.

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 2

I’ve always liked you

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · Feb 2

The absolute banter outcome of all this is Musk does a load of illegal stuff, falls out with Trump and doesn't get a pardon before President Buttigieg assumes office in 2029.

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Feb 2

Just thinking about your excellent tome again today. wish I hadn’t read it in a way because now I feel even more unhinged reading of Trump’s Brexit style fuckwittery

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Kingy @kingy.bsky.social · Jan 21

The ADL is broken.

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