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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

History repeats.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5d

perfect

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · 8d

The world we live in.

Tony Lastname @rivernewstc.bsky.social · 8d

😎🌵🪴 too real to be funny, but...

Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · 21d

I'm on the train.

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Sep 2

A very useful word.

Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Sep 2

An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 24

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Jul 29

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” Groucho Marx

Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Jul 28

'You just can't underestimate the magnitude of this achievement.' Sorry?

Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Jul 28

Yes, but today's twelve-year-olds will be sixteen by then, not twelve.

Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Jul 7

Spot on.

Wayne Smith 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @wayneesmith.bsky.social · Jul 7

An image with a black and white background and a Latin American immigrant and a title Schröinger's Immigrant. On the left, it reads, "Lazily collecting all the welfare." On the right, it reads, "But also somehow taking all the jobs."

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Jul 7

And that c) it provides nothing but fake knowledge, useful for cosmetic purposes only.

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy 24th birthday to the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes, formed on this day in 2001 in Dublin, and thriving almost a quarter of a century later. En avant! @uksdn.bsky.social

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jun 24

A Cartoon from The New Yorker buff.ly/CPA8BSH

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jun 17

Sting slams Brexit as an ‘act of folly’ during French TV appearance

'We're only just beginning to understand how stupid it was”

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Aussies3 @aussies3.bsky.social · Jun 17

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Jun 10

'If you want to control a people, create an imaginary enemy that appears more dangerous than you, then present yourself as their saviour.' Nobody says it better than Chomsky.

Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · May 26

Has he woken up to the bleeding obvious?

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · May 21

Absolutely agree with that. Mind you, the point made in the previous message about Thought for the Day is completely understandable too. At about 0747 hrs every morning the national grid heaves a sigh of relief as millions switch off for three minutes.

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · May 3

I have an almost visceral loathing of the man's politics and negative style, but I have to say that he made the most gracious of speeches tonight.

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Apr 26

The good old days.

American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · Apr 26

"No more than a liter of wine a day" - In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption was 140+ liters/capita, France launched the campaign "Santé Sobriété" to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became chief designer. #WineHistory #wine

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Apr 24

Perfect!

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Apr 23

In case you hadn't noticed:

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Apr 19

Here’s a poem about the time I went online to buy an Easter egg and spent an absolute fortune.

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Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Apr 18

Frightening.

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · Apr 17

In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

Tim Unwin @unwint.bsky.social · Mar 30

@uksdn.bsky.social Here’s wishing a wonderful couple of days to all delegates at the SDN annual conference.

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