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Mike Gow 高英智

@mikeygow.bsky.social

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China Studies academic Research focus on CSR, business ethics, consumerism, propaganda, citizenship in Contemporary #China BA (Nottingham Business School) MSc PhD (Bristol School of Politics, Sociology and Intl Studies) All posts in personal capacity

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · Nov 10

Umberto Eco wrote about the 14 Common Features of #Fascism

Eco grew up in Mussolini’s Italy, experiencing first hand the rise of fascism.

It’s not a revolution, but by infecting society with anger and resentment, and by dividing people

The #MAGA Edition

#thread🧵

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 7h

Shut it, old man. Before I decorate the Bascule Bridge with a new colour called “Hint of Brian Brain”

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting absence of an English flag there.

British 🇬🇧
Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Northern Irish

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 8h

Sometimes the colours just choose themselves….

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 8h

I’m disappointed that no one has commented that the footprint logo has six toes.

Subtle wit is lost on you people.

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 11h

I’ve only got five toes.

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 11h

The boy wanted Bolognese and “that tomato salad shit you made”.

Bruschetta, my child. It’s called Bruschetta.

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 14h

I’ve taken time out of my day to help design a new logo for your clothing brand, Brian.

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 15h

Wonder how many of these buy-to-let landlords are #Reform voters.

Expect the Venn Diagram looks almost like a single circle ⭕️

#Immigration #Asylum #Refugees

thenegotiator.co.uk/news/regulat...

Landlords are deserting private rentals for asylum contracts

HMO owners are increasingly opting for Home Office-backed deals that offer guaranteed income and reduced management responsibilities.

thenegotiator.co.uk

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 15h

😂

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a Jack Woolskin apparently

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve been worried a lot that this is right. Gold is skyrocketing in value because the world is losing faith in the role of US as guarantor/backstop of global economy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Ingots We Trust

Are soaring gold prices telling us something important?

open.substack.com

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 16h

Better. Yet also very, very grim.

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 16h

It’s already been published

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 16h

Back by popular demand, a treat for #Everton BlueSky during the international break!

It’s the latest instalment of….

THE WOOLFINDER CHRONICLES!

Starring @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 16h

No. No. Something darker.

Very much darker.

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 16h

Mick Hucknall should burn in hell.

Ruining the lives of gingers for nigh on 40years

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 16h

You’ve just unwittingly given WoolfinderGPT some inspiration for a new instalment of The Woolfinder Chronicles

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 16h

With the international break, I wonder if #Everton fans would be interested in an instalment of The @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social Chronicles?

Something topical. Perhaps in a different artistic style….

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 17h

The Six Degrees of Ed Gein.

The Kevin Bacon of serial killers.

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 17h

Chalk that up as a win! 😂

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 17h

That isn’t an HR or disciplinary issue.

It’s a crime.

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 18h

It must have been something else. It cannot have been Beard Papa.

That is impossible.

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 19h

Interesting.

I watched that Ed Gein series on Netflix and it’s clear to me he was also a loving and caring man who was simply “misunderstood”

Brian Woolfinder @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social · 21h

Despite being a psychotic maniac I do have a tender side. On my walk yesterday I saw a snail on the path heading towards the road so I picked it up and placed it on the lawn of the nearest garden. It's now out there munching away on bedding plants . Good karma that.

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 19h

💯

Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 19h

The headline should read “Prosecution dropped due to lack of any evidence of China national security threat or espionage activity”