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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 37m

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 30m

I'd definitely spend it more responsibly than Netflix lmao

Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 55m

Old Tories be like "I believe in free markets and fiscal responsibility so fuck the poor"

Young Tories be like "fuck the poor, and also here's why the Habsburgs did nothing wrong"

Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, and it turns out the guy with the umbrella is definitely a new breed of activist

Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 1h

Just under half of my monthly expenses is rent

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 2h

Rent is too damn high

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 2h

It's almost like young people don't just want to stay married to people they hate like their boomer forefathers did. Who'd a thunk it.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

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.

buff.ly

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 2h

We are a country being run ghoulish morons

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 2h

Tbh I still think Wales is a de facto colony. If we aren't allowed to own our own land (see the Crown Estate), if they're still taking our water, and if the UK thinks it can simply dump nuclear waste on our land without much consequence, well then what else are we?

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 3h

Whoever invented that app has committed actual, unironic barbarism. We're looking at genuine cultural vandalism.

Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 3h

Why tf does Ofcom even exist?

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 15h

OFCOM attacking and persecuting LGBT media.

If only they acted against GB News with such zeal! Though we know why they don't!
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/07/l...

Ofcom rules LGBTQ+ station doesn't broadcast enough LGBTQ+ content

The boss of an LGBTQ+ radio station said an Ofcom ruling that the station does not broadcast enough LGBTQ+ content is "baffling".

www.thepinknews.com

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 11h

If you think about it Jason Blum saying "AI is here to stay" is actually encouraging because we know for sure that he's gonna be wrong. He thought M3GAN would become a new Superman-tier franchise and then 2.0 (which he produced) flopped. If he was wrong about his own damn movie he's wrong here.

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Rayna @queenrayna1337.bsky.social · 12h

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 12h

In case the John Fettermans of the world are still having trouble following any of this: this is MAGA, Trump's people, openly identifying themselves with the Nazis. They are fascists, and that is why they are making anti-fascism a crime.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 13h

A little chilly after going out at night but also wait holy shit I hope you get through this ok

Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 14h

Ok so is Netflix some kind of money laundering machine because how can they afford to give the Duffer Brothers as much as $480 million to make slop?

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 14h

All episodes in the final season of 'Stranger Things' will reportedly be over 1 hour

• Between 90 to 120 minutes
• Budget per episode is $50M-$60M

(via Puck News)

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 16h

oh huh so you're telling me that a dodgy site with no whois record and no contact info in a undisclosed location isn't complying with age-verification rules on your small island nation.

go figure

"These books contain a link to a website to find out more about the character (identified on the back or inside page). This link has now been compromised and takes users to a pornographic website with no age verification."
A statement issued on behalf of Cope and Puffin said: "In some editions of the Spy Dog, Spy Cat and Spy Pups series there is a reference to the author Andrew Cope's former website for the series which was owned and managed by him.

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 18h

LMFAO

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 18h

Challenge coins are just participation trophies for domestic abusers

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5d

I have a whole collection of challenge coins from various people, and this is hands down the dumbest fucking coin I’ve ever seen.

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 19h

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I haven't heard much mention of AI during conference season. If the literal Bank of England is saying it's a bubble that's soon to go burst maybe that's a sign of something that maybe Labour should be paying attention to.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 20h

I miss when the Hero Wars ads didn't look like AI slop and were just incomprehensibly weird

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 21h

Mark my words, in the next five years this place will become what Twitter is now: a fetid swamp of reactionary bilge that nobody with any sense wants to be near.

Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 15d

Um.

Just um. Yeah.

This is a problem.

Is bluesky safe?

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Lav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 23h

Love how Badenoch's idea of what the Tories stand for is literally just the same as Rishi Sunak's Tories but meaner, shittier, and somehow even more inept. This is not a party capable of staying relevant as a national party, I'm more convinced than ever that it will be gone by the end of the decade.

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🔻Bela Lugosi's Dad (Even More Spooky) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇮🇷 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 23h

God forbid the Guardian actually add any context to any of this by pointing out that it's all lies.

Badenoch confirms Tories would cut welfare spending
Badenoch turns to welfare.

Right now, there are six and a half million working age adults claiming benefits instead of working.

You heard me right – six and a half million.

That is the entire population of Cardiff and Belfast and Glasgow and Manchester combined being paid to sit at home all day.

We cannot expect people to get up and go to work and pay more and more in taxes to subsidise millions of others not to work …

We have done the hard work, and we have a plan to cut welfare spending.

First, British benefits for British citizens. It is common sense that you should not draw out of a system that you haven’t paid into.

Second, we will restrict benefits to those with the more severe mental health conditions, not anxiety or mild depression. Yes, these challenges are real and people should get support, but they cannot be treated as a reason for a lifetime of work.

And third, we will restrict Motability vehicles to people with serious disabilities. Those cars are not for people with ADHD.

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