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There’s an LRB piece from last week that tots up the damage to the public sphere and the economy from Cameron through to Sunak. It shocks. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Tom Crewe · Carnival of Self-Harm: Good Riddance to the Torieswww.lrb.co.uk It would be a mistake to think that what has happened to Britain since 2010 is an accident, an unforeseen side-effect...

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On the looming Tory civil war that isn't really a civil war because only one side actually fights so the result is kind of knowable in advance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Civil war, what civil war? The so-called Tory moderates never even put up a fight | Rafael Behrwww.theguardian.com By pitching only to Reform voters, Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives have given up even trying to be a party of mainstream Britain, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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I would say a subscription to @thequietus.bsky.social is worth it just for the playlists alone but simply paying for art and culture that sits outside the mainstream is worth even more.

We need 450 new subscribers to survive & thrive Help us get out of this phase of near constant existential threat that has plagued us for 15 years Everything is explained here. Please share if you agree buff.ly/4aW4i2J

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Werner Herzog! Wild Things! Impossible Buildings! Robot Birds! All now available online as exclusive prints from MacgregorEtc: www.tdmacgregor.com/shop/tom-gauld-prints-at-macgregor-etc

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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he is 'a very innocent man' after jury finds him guilty of 34 felony offenses.

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First a rigged election, now a rigged trial. Donald Trump is SO unlucky.

List 5 famous people you've met, one is a lie. Peter Shilton Ed Miliband Frankie Howerd Wayne Sleep Neil “Razor” Ruddock

List 5 famous people you've met, one is a lie. Shaun Edwards Andrew Farrell Owen Farrell Jason Robinson Ellery Hanley

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Suddenly remembered the time we asked Fence readers to give us the best, worst and most remarkable lies their parents ever told them. One of my favourite ever @thefence.bsky.social moments. If you have any to add to the collective canon, please do.

Why do I suddenly feel a hot anger like the heat of a million suns?

Kuenssberg: What could possibly go wrong for Keir Starmer? A lot, actually

Kuenssberg: What could possibly go wrong for Keir Starmer? A lot, actuallywww.bbc.co.uk Labour's leadership is bouncing - but there are plenty of potential pitfalls between Starmer and No 10.

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Very proud to make my @defector.bsky.social debut with this essay about Zionism, the uses and misuses of Holocaust memory, and Magneto

The Judgment Of Magneto | Defectordefector.com Somewhere beyond death, in a realm of judgment and pain, a concrete labyrinth filled by countless names, a man walks. He is Jewish, and has been made hard and cruel by his experiences in the Nazi deat...

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For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today.... This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine. 🧵

@seamas.bsky.social happy birthday to the greatest most relatable ketamine in work story of all time :)

I cannot recommend Gail’s stuff highly enough. Buy it!!

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s really hard being a small business at the moment. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards Take a look and please repost gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

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The judgement of Magneto: defector.com/the-judgment...

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"Is Magneto A Zionist" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12239 pages of heated debate,

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I once punched a goose unconscious. The goose started it. Walked nearby the next day and it looked fine. It's the only fight I've ever been in, and in a pathetic way I'm a bit proud of it, but don't want to tell anyone in case I get given an embarrassing nickname.

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Lost my job today :( - A summary of my skills below I live in the Kettering area and can work remotely. Can start immediately! If you're a creative business, I'm your ready-made creative assistant. Sell online? I have the skills & experience to hit the ground running. #JobSearch

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Liz Truss: the most extraordinary Prime Minister ever? (Live stand up clip) youtu.be/vwKNmA8xcY8 A little snippet from my tour show in March 2024…

Liz Truss: the most extraordinary Prime Minister ever? (Live stand up clip)youtu.be As Liz Truss is in the news again for her seemingly endless book promotion, I thought I'd share a short clip from my 2024 tour show Matt Green: That Guy all ...

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Today marks the 44th anniversary of the single most sanity-warping print error ever committed to print. The gnawing, eldritch, Lovecraftian horror of this Peterborough Standard society page from April 18, 1980. Theremony at tremony at the liremony indeed.

Has Kuenssberg really never seen this sort of thing before?! I would say a political editor of a major media outlet in the UK would have noticed by now that top Labour MPs get regularly roasted by the press. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Are Rayner's troubles a sign of what's to come for Labour?

Are Rayner's troubles a sign of what's to come for Labour?www.bbc.co.uk Angela Rayner is seen as a major asset for Labour but a police probe will cause problems for the party.

Been terrorised by this numpty this morning. I think the brighter mornings mean much earlier thoughts of biscuits.

Reskeet with a banger picture of your cat.

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Domestic violence is a kind of small-scale terrorism. What OJ Simpson did to Nicole Brown Simpson was not the event of one night—it was a years long campaign that thousands of women suffer at other men’s hands. Read Andrea Dworkin’s memorial to Nicole: evergreenreview.com/read/in-memo...

In Memory of Nicole Brown Simpsonevergreenreview.com Evergreen Review

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Tbf, if someone told me Finbar was autistic I wouldn't be surprised. The prawn ritual alone would be enough for a Dx... never mind his Paprika checking and not letting food touch... (he has different bowls for different types of food and will not eat off the floor!)