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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 2d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 1d

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values. The only thing I can say to the British government is this, how can I believe what you say but I see what you do?
www.channel4.com/news/israels...

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...

www.channel4.com

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MarulaTee @marulatee.bsky.social · 2d

Agree. Enjoying the bright mornings, sunshine and fresh air. The damp doesn't work too well with Afro hair I will admit, but I'll take to braiding my hair and an ability to buy my own house 😍

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 2d

Jon Adams, The New Yorker

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MarulaTee @marulatee.bsky.social · 2d

Midlander - Londoner, & wannabe Mancunian here. I lived & worked in Soho & watched the decline. It was my favourite place in all of London when I first moved. 6 months in Manchester. It makes me feel even sadder for Soho, but selfishly, happy that I moved somewhere that gives a shit about community

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 2d

its so funny our current moment is like 10 big companies pretending theyre building agi while knowing they are not and none of the other guys are too, but if they admit it then the investor dollars stop. big game of fraud chicken

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry I keep talking about this but I’m genuinely alarmed by the growing narrative that poverty is a cause of racism. First it’s super insulting of people on low incomes. Second it normalises & excuses racist takes. And third it deters real action on racism by shifting the whole focus to economics.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2d

Also an important lesson for cis White folks (straight men especially): Your threat of withholding support or allyship means less than nothing to anyone historically marginalized. It's literally the baseline assumption we work from. You're not "showing us," you're just confirming our expectations.

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 3d

that's not a very nice way to refer to London museums

Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 4d

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
www.popsci.com/environment/...

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 3d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Around the outside @around-the-outside.bsky.social · 6d

It's like a Fast Show character

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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 6d

“And in this respect, I’m coming to understand the AI hype machine as part and parcel of the fascistic project. That’s not an analogy. I’m not saying AI is similar to fascism, or parallel to it. I’m saying AI is fascism.”

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 6d

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

AI is fascism - Halifax Examiner

Eventually, fascism runs its course, just as the AI hype machine will. It's just a question of how much damage will be done before it's over.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Kara McNair @karamcnair.bsky.social · 6d

I’m legit excited to learn that there are workplaces banning it!

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Jul 31

help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help

From r/chatGPTpro, 25 minutes ago: chatGPT blocked at work

Today my job decided to block the site. I use chatGPT to create SOPs (standard operating practices) and power points and polish my emails. What should I do now four question marks. It has 0 upvotes and 20 comments

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MarulaTee @marulatee.bsky.social · 7d

Every accusation is an admission. Every single time.

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Melinda Magpie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 Free Link, free Palestine @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 7d

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

An older Black femme, laying in a hospital bed. She's smiling and holding a pink, lavender and yellow dragon stuffie.

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Rick Whodied: Vampire Hunter. @durrellb.bsky.social · 7d

Pussyfooting around racists is the main reason why we are where we are right now. Too many people too scared to call a spade a spade, and now it's digging all our graves.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 13d

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 8d

102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons

27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries

31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts

You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7d

i wouldn't call myself an expert on capitalism or anything but this does indeed seem like something of a problem

CNN @cnn.com · 7d

The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a recent report.

Most companies aren’t seeing a return on AI investments. This tech CEO wants to change that | CNN Business

The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last month. O...

www.cnn.com

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 8d

What is she contributing?

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8d

Krishnan Guru Murthy, "Isn't it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor who is working 60-70 hours a week that in order to get settled status he's got to volunteer?"

Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country"

Labour have gone utterly bonkers

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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 8d

"Actually, it's only Fascism if it comes from the Fascist Region of Italy. This is just Sparkling Authoritarianism."

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Erika (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @erikasgarden.bsky.social · 9d

This is THE most Labour response to people leaving them for the Greens I've ever heard

Address the reasons people left and change strategy? ❌
Be more transphobic and racist to attack a party to your left? ✔️

Pathetic
These morons are why Farage will win in 2029

LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 9d

Bella Sankey, the leader of Brighton and Hove Council, has urged Labour members to “get over” their “squeamishness” over attacking the Green Party.

labourlist.org/2025/09/labo...

Labour must ‘get over squeamishness’ about attacking Greens – council leader – LabourList

Labour members need to "get over" their "squeamishness" about attacking the Green Party, Bella Sankey, the leader of Brighton and Hove Council, has urged, warning…

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Camarón 🇵🇸 @mickeymarxclub.bsky.social · 9d

Funny how your solution to getting beaten by Reform is to adopt their policies, but that's not the solution when you get spanked by the Greens. Almost like you're a right wing party

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 9d

Breaking some myths about asylum, once more:

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 9d

Labour saying “You might be a brain surgeon, but unless you also give your time for free to help native people, you aren’t fit to live here.”

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 9d

Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Under the proposals, legal migrants will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community to be granted permanent settlement status.

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