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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 25m

Cheung finished with this moving song:

“You pushed away the severe storm.
You made us believe, C̶o̶m̶r̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶K̶i̶m̶ ̶J̶o̶n̶g̶-̶i̶l̶ President Donald Trump.
We cannot live without you.
Our country cannot exist without you!”

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 34m

🇺🇸 The White House has lashed out at the Norwegian Nobel Committee after it awarded the peace prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and overlooked US President Donald Trump.
➡️ u.afp.com/Sm6b

Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 1d

Is this totalitarianism?

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 1d

Business analyst, data scientist, data analyst

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 3d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 2d

That radio needs a wipe down.

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 2d

I arrived back in the UK this morning and was startled to discover the entire economy has reoriented around the production and sale of flags.

#ukpol #flags #vexillology #ANationOfVexillologists

Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 2d

Following the time honoured The Price Is Right strategy, I’m going to go with 100,001 members.

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 2d

He’s doing one an hour like that fourth plinth thing a while back.

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 4d

Rosemonde Kouassi saved Sunday.

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 4d

ABSOLUTE CINEMA.

A moment for THAT Rosemonde Kouassi game-winner 🎥

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 4d

Probably helpful that DC United played with 9 for most of the game.

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 5d

wow, when did "debate me!" become a valid response?

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 9d

perennial reminder that most other countries don’t regularly shut themselves down

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 14d

This seems massively undervalued. Congratulations to the billionaires involved for making more billions when they sell their shares.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14d

Just in: TikTok US will be valued at $14bn under Donald Trump’s deal to force a split from the social media app’s Chinese parent, vice-president JD Vance said on Thursday. on.ft.com/4pIhukC

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 15d

Neat argument that desire rather than misinformation is the driver of fascism. "Fascistic Dream Machines" by @clairelwilmot.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines

Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 16d

Clickbait-style headlines like this need to stop.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Is paracetamol safe during pregnancy and does it have links to autism?

US president’s claims around painkiller also known as Tylenol contradict scientific consensus

www.theguardian.com

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 17d

Mine is a convicted pedophile whose Octopus Energy account was put on hold due to bad credit.

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 23d

I'm very sad to have missed the festivities today. They kept giving me work to do at work 😢

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 26d

Injustice. The first yellow was incredibly soft.

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 26d

Whinging about BBC bias? When did he become a member of the British political class?

Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 26d

Somebody needs to do a study on the number of Leeds supporters on Bluesky. Is this platform radicalizing football fans?

Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 27d

Why does confidential data often mean being subjected to the worst user experience imaginable? Surely there are better options than a janky remote Windows installation. #databs

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 29d

Yesterday I bought the dip and became an American citizen.

Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · 29d

Peter Mandelson was either going to be sacked or the first president of a new American republic. Let's see how this plays out.

Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · Sep 8

Good column on its own terms but the way out of this crisis isn’t through the traditional political horse race.

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is the best advice for the Democrats that I have read

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com

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Rory Lawless @rorylawless.com · Sep 8

You may know this already but just in case you don't (and for the people at home) whack a "-ai" (no quotes) at the end of the search to suppress the nonsense AI summaries.

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