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Wrath of God Bot @wrathofgodbot.bsky.social · 2h

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 2h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 2h

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 2h

Many such cases!

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 3h

Amazing what impact a fusilli tariffs can have

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h

‘A fatal blow’: Italian producers fear effects of Trump’s ‘war against pasta’

US president’s threat to impose 92% tariffs targeting major manufacturers put family-run firms in the firing line as well

www.theguardian.com

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 3h

Sensible policies for a happier Britain

Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 4h

Given that the productivity crisis has unfolded as Britain has drunk less maybe the solution is to get pissed at work more

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 1d

There's something very "Ford Prefect" about a process that arrives at "Harper Collins" as a sensible name for a pornbot

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 1d

Ah but do you get pornbots like Jonn?

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 12h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 14h

More engagement than most of my posts get tbf 😛

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 14h

He dislikes wind power so much he’s tilting at windmills

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19h

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 20h

Happy to report that Maisie Cat seems to be doing a lot better after her weekend at the vet. She’s been a bit tired the first couple of days back but more like her old self again today.

A ragdoll cat sitting on a cat tree, her fur slightly lumpy due to being shorn at the vet

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 1d

Also ours was wooden except for some huge knotted climbing ropes which got wheeled out by apparatus on the ceiling. A large part of the fun was being allowed to engage in the Thunderbirds-esque transformation of the hall into full Apparatus mode

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 1d

Counterpoint: The Apparatus was in use in our primary school, but very sparingly. When it came out it was the best day ever.

Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 1d

Been to the youngest’s harvest assembly.
Theory: every primary school built pre about 1980 in Britain has some version of this equipment. It is referred to as something like ‘the apparatus’.
No one has any memory of it ever being used.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that this week the Conservatives announced they want a “British ICE”

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 1d

This is legitimately gobsmacking

Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes you think 'oh it can't really be that bad can it' and then you click on the link and it turns out it is exactly that bad www.bbc.com/news/article...

Council demolishes play area after noise complaints

Parents in a Derbyshire town say their children are 'devastated' they have lost the facility.

www.bbc.com

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 1d

What could possibly go wrong?

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

more and more I am convinced a good share of why Trump 2 is so much worse than before is because of what Elon did to Twitter. it's like those group chats where people gassed themselves up to join ISIS, scaled up a millionfold

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Kav @shilpa.bsky.social · 1d

charlie and the chocolate factory remake but with granda joe from instead of grandpa joe

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 1d

He is kind of a Disney prince tbf

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 1d

This isn't funny, FPTP systems only do this when they're VERY distressed

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 1d

Damning with faint praise, surely. An atom bomb is transformative…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"You are a transformative president" -- I regret to inform you that Mark Carney is kissing Trump's ass

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

This guy needs to be put in team with Danny Kruger.

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Andrej @tepid.meme · 2d

Haha, just as I was reposting an old one…
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Andrej @tepid.meme · 2d

“Is there anything to be said for the Malthouse Compromise?”

The “say another mass” scene from the Father Ted episode Speed 3, with “say mass” on the chalk board replaced by “Malthouse compromise”

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