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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 7

In which the candidate for Chancellorship of Cambridge University, having undermined the Humanities with the 'Browne Review' & helped triple tuition fees, muses on the pleasures of private jets. www.netjets.com/en-gb/lord-b...

Interview With Lord Browne | Celebrity Stories | NetJets

Our large clientele includes many businessmen and celebrities. We talked with Lord Browne about why he joined NetJets and how it has made his life better.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 7

haha, this is very funny.

'Let's turn our racist article into a referendum on whether we like race categories, that will sort it'

Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · Jul 7

The New York Times is trying to reverse-engineer a pretext for their Mamdani piece; the product of what I'm imagining was a very panicked editorial meeting

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...

We Want to Hear From You: Are You Frustrated by Census and Racial Categories?

www.nytimes.com

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · Jul 7

do you feel comfortable telling an organization that grants anonymity to a eugenecist who hacked a university admissions office the answers to these questions

NYT questionnaire asking readers:
What is your race or ethnicity?
What is your name?
What is your email address?
Where do you live?

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 6

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 6

yes me too, like longing for monsoon

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 6

Words I never thought I would say while domiciled in Britain: thank goodness for the rain

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 6

Wow. Figures. Pure evil.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jul 5

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

$The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.$

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 5

Exactly this. It's not that Rod Liddle isn't scum, everyone knows he is. But our government thinks this kind of thing is okay depending on who says it.

М П @whereistherent.bsky.social · Jul 5

Is it any wonder younger people in particular are losing faith in democracy, when you say something as hateful as this and still have half the government attend your garden party.

Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 5

If it speaks like a terrorist....

We all know what Brighton is code for.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 5

it absolutely is

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Tired and Angry @dndnerd69.bsky.social · Jul 5

Liddle: “Nuke the left, Nuke the Queers”
UK Government: “Crickets”

#UKPolitics

Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 5

If it speaks like a terrorist....

We all know what Brighton is code for.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 5

If it speaks like a terrorist....

We all know what Brighton is code for.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 4

Gwendolyn--and her 'scowls'

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 4

Oh, god, Mallory Towers, the stuff of nightmares. And I still devoured that stuff. Remember St Clare's?

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 4

Spot on. More than one head of department.

Catherine Sloan @csloanox.bsky.social · Jul 4

I always think of “head girl feminist” as a particular type, beloved by authority, seen by teachers as the ultimate in fair minded and responsible, but a total bully to anyone not like herself….

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 4

We should just be given a list of the people who are allowed to say things while the rest of us stay quiet.

Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · Jul 3

Bob Vylan update: apparently calling for the mass killing of young people is fine if it’s in the Spectator.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 3

News for those who weren't paying attention. Better late than never.

Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 @emgeekay.bsky.social · Jul 3

“…from 1834, "mass killings, disease, sexual violence, exclusion, linguicide, cultural erasure, environmental degradation, child removal" as well as assimilation contributed to the "near-complete physical destruction" of Victoria's Indigenous community.”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians

It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.

www.bbc.com

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's amazing. Really, the criminals are running the prisons.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · Jul 3

David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · Jul 3

This is just straight up antisemitic.

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Jul 3

Tim Davie staff email:

"I deeply regret that such offensive and deplorable behaviour appeared on the BBC and want to say sorry – to our audience and to all of you, but in particular to Jewish colleagues and the Jewish community."

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · Jul 3

This conflation of 'the Jewish community' with the military of a foreign sovereign power, while sadly predictable from Davie is one reason why millions of people around the world no longer trust the BBC's news and current affairs output.

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Jul 3

Tim Davie staff email:

"I deeply regret that such offensive and deplorable behaviour appeared on the BBC and want to say sorry – to our audience and to all of you, but in particular to Jewish colleagues and the Jewish community."