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Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social · 6h

This seems bad. Craven, abject and despicable are all epithets that also spring to mind.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6h

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 10h

Why not? A little mid-19C slang from The Swell’s Night Guide (1846): ‘Your doss gorger cracked a wid about you to me, and said she must give you the shoot.’ ‘Shoot! what for?’ roared poor Fuzzy [...] ‘Why because you made a dunniken of your cupboard, and used to lag in the coffee pot.’

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 11h

How could we forget Tina. Well done, Niall and everyone who works with you. Some good news, thank you.

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 11h

A very big day for the street dogs

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h

The Geat X-Tinction.

From an in-house chat app to the most dangerous social media site in history.

The magical flight and tragic decline of twitter.

And why I left.

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/07/t...

The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter

Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk

bylinetimes.com

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18h

Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 16h

I’m getting sick to death of the relentless self-promotion of so-called ‘creatives’ on social media.

By the way you can buy my posters here:

www.edwardphilips.co.uk

Edward Philips - Posters, Prints, Wall Art - Vintage Bird & Rail Posters

Edward Philips Art for original posters and prints to brighten up your home or office.

www.edwardphilips.co.uk

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 1d

Are these people born preternaturally stupid, or do they volunteer for imbecility. GTFU FFS!

Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 1d

If it's October it must be GDoS Update time. And so it is: #36. A few notes (and a pic of an invaluable supporter) here:
jonathongreen.substack.com/p/gdos-updat...

GDoS Update #36

New material 1 July - 1 October 2025

jonathongreen.substack.com

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 2d

Damn right! And looked round various databases (hoped Australia might have been there early). It seems the unassailable winnah!!! I used to love JC's column in 70s. The books, however, passed me by. (Prefer Surtees if I need naughtiness in the county racing set).

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 2d

You will not be surprised to hear that I just added the Guardian headline to GDoS.

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Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 2d

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, here is a legible take:
c.1977 (ref. to 1960s) in Gay News (London) 2-15 June 23/1: We would zhoosh [‘fix’] our riahs [‘hair’], powder our eeks [‘faces’], climb into our bona [‘nice’] new drag [‘clothes’], don our batts [‘shoes’] and troll off [‘cruise’] to some bona bijou [‘nice, small’] bar

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 3d

Then there's this much quoted memory from Gay News:

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 3d

GDOS has the verb from 1970. Polari, natch. Labelled ‘West End [of London] Homosexual Slang.

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 3d

Fanny, perhaps, but have you yet encountered Johnny? Her, there is no other word, hubby.

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you. We aim to please.

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 4d

Believe it was the Barbican, bombed flat 29/12/40. Used to walk the dog on the walkways of its Brutalist 60s relacement. Searched for pre-war pix; very few.

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 4d

Indeed. I once, long years ago and from a train, saw a tree - mid-field, mid-England - truly submerged in magpies. Far beyond any counting rhyme. I was at a total loss.

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 4d

That's a relief. I nearly saluted.

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 4d

‘Mother of mercy, is this the end of Ricotta?’ asks the ‘Al Capone of Cheese’ (should've been the 'Little Cheeser' surely). I'm sorry, I can’t resist. There are doubtless superior lines therein, but I am so looking forward to T. Pynchon's new novel ‘Shadow Ticket’, delivery promised five days hence.

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