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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · 14d

Wow, you think they will?

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Sep 7

Great idea, senior Labour figures

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Jun 16

Kings and queens.

Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · Jun 16

Things that turn out to be a lot more scarce in real life than you’re led to believe as a child, through kids’ books, TV, illustrations etc. I’ll start.

WINDMILLS.

I must have been a teenager by the time I saw one in the flesh. (Prob does not apply if you’re from East Anglia or the Netherlands.)

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Jun 14

I think he might be overpowered in real life.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · May 19

I wrote misle at school once, that saved me.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · May 13

This is really true for me. It's not that I don't recognize each one, it's that they all blur into one very quickly and it reduces how bad it all seems.

🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · Jan 10

A lot of people who are incredibly shrewd critical thinkers when someone posts a cute but improbable story, have a hard time recognizing when they’re being snowed by every piece of propaganda and outrage manufacturing they see in the news and online.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · May 12

This is a clear description of the situation. I am a pragmatic voter but this is no way for Labour to succeed.

Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · May 12

This week’s column is on what increasingly defines western democracy, being held hostage by centrist governments with threats of a worse alternative

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Welcome to the era of ‘hostage politics’, where Labour is apparently your only hope | Nesrine Malik

First it was the Conservatives and now Reform. The only thing the government has to offer is that it’s the least worst option, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 15

Podman tries quite hard to choose innocuous names, but I did have to look at this one twice.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 13

Sure no problem

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 13

Ok, thank you, let me know if I might have a chance. I'm happy to take them all that helps.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 12

Did these ever go? I would love them and I'm very happy to donate generously.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 5

But what happened to Russia?

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 5

This is really important to remember. If exactly the same things happened under a democratic president there would be constant self-righteous fury. And I find it hard to express how hypocritical it is.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Apr 4

The totalitarian levels of bad faith and disingenuousness from MAGA is funny at one level but also deeply depressing because it’s the foundation for all this and until it cracks, I’m not quite sure how we get out alive.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 4

But. Supposing it was all going to come crashing down, the first two days might look like this.

Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 4

This is basically equivalent to what Liz Truss did, in that it just makes no sense, but if you're in charge of the biggest economy in the world you might be able to ride it out.

Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 4

This is basically equivalent to what Liz Truss did, in that it just makes no sense, but if you're in charge of the biggest economy in the world you might be able to ride it out.

Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Apr 2

I'm very conscious that this is my job now.

Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Mar 28

But then I suppose they made this whisky in 2013.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Mar 18

This is great.

Cllr Anna Railton 🌹 @annarailton.bsky.social · Jan 26

✅ Hate "No ball games" signs
✅ No longer policy
✅ Took them down
✅ Recycled
✅ Not 12ft tall so need a new plan for this last one 😭

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 11

I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Mar 4

The Times crossword is straightforward and keeps to the rules, but it varies in difficulty and can be quite hard. Azed is not for beginners!

You should really try the Times Quick Cryptic if you want a starting place.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Mar 4

This looks like the best case scenario now.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Feb 28

That is exactly how I think of Trump. It's a good way to explain his behaviour.

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Feb 15

It is all deeply hypocritical, and it's important to remember that when presented with endless pseudo-intellectual defences.

Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Feb 15

“Under Donald Trump’s leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will defend your right to offer it in the public square – agree or disagree.”

But the AP is banned from the Oval Office for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

JD Vance’s Munich speech laid bare the collapse of the transatlantic alliance

The US vice-president was hypocritical and insensitive, but bracingly clear in his resetting of relationships

www.theguardian.com

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Will Rogers @wllrg.rs · Feb 15

This is sophistry, finding ways to say indefensible things in plausible ways. Trump doesn't bother, but that's basically all that's left for Republicans. So that's what they do.

It seems that Vance rather enjoys it.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Feb 15

Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.

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