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charlotte2153.bsky.social
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones

You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
steverattner.bsky.social Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 10d
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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ladybroseph.bsky.social
Yay! Try the entertainment of @nafmcpodcast.bsky.social

We watched a hidden gem that new generations are rediscovering,
Emmett Otters Jug Band Christmas.

Thank you @thenatewolf.bsky.social & @murrman5.bsky.social for making every week a holiday.

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December 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
Farmers' anger grows as Australian beeffloods into Britain Meat imports surge 80pc as free- trade deal sparks criticism over impact on local producers
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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soapachu.bsky.social
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
Manchester Evening News headline 'Anthony Joshua to lose £32m prize money after Jake Paul victory' and then goes on to clarify that this just means he'll pay tax like a responsible UK citizen.
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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apod.shinyakato.dev
🔭 Jupiter and the Meteors from Gemini

Image Credit & Copyright: David Cruz

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Jupiter, the Solar System's ruling gas giant, is the brightest celestial beacon at the center of this composite night skyscape. The scene was constructed by selecting the 40 exposures containing meteors from about 500 exposures made on the nights of December 13 and 14, near peak activity for this year's annual Geminid meteor shower. With each selected exposure registered in the night sky above Alentejo, Portugal, planet Earth, it does look like the meteors are streaming away from Jupiter. But the apparent radiant of the Geminid meteors is actually closer to bright star Castor, in the shower's eponymous constellation Gemini. In this frame that's just a little above and left of the Solar System's most massive planet. Still, the parent body of Geminid meteors is known to be rocky, near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon. And the orbit of Phaethon itself is influenced by the gravitational attraction exerted by massive Jupiter, in concert with planets of the inner Solar System.
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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murrman5.bsky.social
NEW @nafmcpodcast.bsky.social w/ THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS
-pterodactyl
-Argentina
-like an ape
-I hope it gets pee on it
-two ingredients
-Brent’s guys
-bat sword
-quiz, ratings and medals

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December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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jamesomalley.co.uk
Very grim read.

novaramedia.com/2025/12/18/m...
Meet the YouTubers Terrorising Britain for Clicks | Novara Media
A new generation of cry-bullies, wind-up merchants and far-right doomsayers is coming to a town near you. Simon Childs profiles some of the biggest ‘auditors’ taking over the internet.
novaramedia.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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matthewholehouse.bsky.social
Britain could have joined Erasmus five years ago; an agreement on funding was completed between negotiators but vetoed “at the very last minute” by Boris Johnson. From Stefaan de Rynck’s book
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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matthewdownhour.bsky.social
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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thenatewolf.bsky.social
Ep. 132 of
@nafmcpodcast.bsky.social
is out now - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

Join me, @ladybroseph.bsky.social and
@murrman5.bsky.social
as we indulge in our endearment for each other
December 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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theonion.com
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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ladybroseph.bsky.social
All the friends already know, this is a top episode of @nafmcpodcast.bsky.social celebrating the iconic Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Join us if you will

Yukon Cornelius @thenatewolf.bsky.social
Hermy @murrman5.bsky.social
Rudoph's girl @ladybroseph.bsky.social

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
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December 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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london.gov.uk
London is becoming a cycling city.

As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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davekeating.substack.com
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.

This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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jim.londoncentric.media
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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rutgerbregman.com
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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shieldaig.bsky.social
Upper Loch Torridon and the Torridon Hills (some of them). 07:45 this morning.
A still sea and snow capped mountains.
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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ddiamond.bsky.social
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Autism and Vaccines QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PAGE 2 OF 9 | ALL PAGES J For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS • The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. • Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. HHS Research on Plausible Biologic Mechanisms between Vaccines and Autism HHS will evaluate plausible biologic mechanisms between early childhood vaccinations and autism. Mechanisms for further investigation include the impacts of aluminum adjuvants, risks for certain children with mitochondrial disorders, harms of neuroinflammation, and more. * The header "Vaccines do not cause autism" has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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bencoates1.bsky.social
Is it milk?
A handy guide to measuring like a Brit.
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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atrupar.com
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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timbale.bsky.social
Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
This paper examines the impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) in 2016. Using almost a decade of data since the referendum, we combine simulations based on macro data with estimates derived from micro data collected through our Decision Maker Panel survey. These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. These large negative impacts reflect a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources from a protracted Brexit process. Comparing these with contemporary forecasts – providing a rare macro example to complement the burgeoning microliterature of social science predictions – shows that these forecasts were accurate over a 5-year horizon, but they underestimated the impact over a decade.
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
NEW

A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC

The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak

By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)

(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM