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Immigration and asylum rows are another sign of Brexit's total failure. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. Brexiters said they just wanted UK to set its own system & that would "drain the poison" of these debates but they're more psychotic than ever chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/immi...

Immigration and asylum rows are another sign of Brexit’s total failurechrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com <a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>

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🎄 BOOSTER THREAD FOR MAKERS 🎄 Every year on X I did a thread to boost people making cool things that might make good Xmas pressies. If you create things, reply with: - description - picture - link to buy And I will boost you. Non-creators, boost this thread and buy the cool things! MERRY XMAS

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Yes.

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com is this true?

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I feel it’s time to rewrite my Rules for Criminal Plots for this new platform. Rule One: look at the shoes. If the new co-conspirator is dressed shabby like the rest of you but his or her shoes are neat and well-maintained, they’re a fed. /1

Say it with me: even if you’re the Indian government, the hit man you’re trying to hire is ALWAYS THE FBI cc @gabrielmalor.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/n...

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Such a gorgeous shop and a good cause! Look at all the lovely things.

As a small business I can’t compete with #BlackFriday Instead I’m going to donate 10% of my net sales to charity. Please #shopindependent this #Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk

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Classic 👍🏻

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All plaudits and praise to @statsgeekclare.bsky.social and Pouria for UKHSA COVID Dashboard From Sir Chris Whitty 👏 👏 👏

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A brief thread - in response to claims by Dominic Cummings on the other site - on why compliance with international law isn’t yielding to a lawyers’ over-expansion of the concept of “rule of law” but a matter of reality.

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The only way you'll stop the mainstream media platforming facists is to switch off and don't support the freakshow. It no one buys it, then @itv and the rest of them will get the message. Farage is toxic.

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“If you’re angry about THIS, but not about THAT—“ Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea

Have people who object to pronouns in email signatures never met anyone called Chris Alex Sam Ashley Morgan Reese Robin Frances Phil Charlie Terry

Really interesting article on attempts to use less gendered language in Fr/Ge/Sp/It

What’s in a word? How less-gendered language is faring across Europewww.theguardian.com A contentious vote in the French senate is only the latest battleground in the culture war over inclusive language

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Its because Ann can't stand fuckwits and tells them to their face.

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Early in the pandemic I wrote a note for @politicsgenderj.bsky.social on the lack of women in UK Gov daily press briefings shorturl.at/gixKS MacNamara's testimony reminds us why we continue to study & campaign for diverse representation across decision-making bodies gendersky 🌐 shorturl.at/lstBT

Boris Johnson’s No 10 was toxic, sexist and devoid of humanity, says ex-civil servantshorturl.at Helen MacNamara tells Covid inquiry of ‘macho’ culture where ‘hundreds’ broke rules on a daily basis

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Watching people on tv talk about how losing a girlfriend and losing a job are stressors that can play a part in motivating a mass shooter and nobody’s talking about the fact that women lose jobs and relationships too and it literally almost never ends in mass murder.

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Yea, the owner of the site talking white genocide with a descendant of Robert E. Lee was my personal last straw.

i get why some people still feel the need to stay engaged on twitter for their audience but...man

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Help Historic England find ghost signs this Halloween historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...

Ghost Signs | Historic Englandhistoricengland.org.uk Historic England is inviting the public to share images and information of ghost signs across England on a new online map.

Thing is, you’d think people wouldn’t be stupid enough to put money in a Elon Musk Bank but the Banks themselves were stupid enough to loan him $13 billion. So maybe there’s just more stupid people out there than I realised

If he thinks social media regulation is onerous... www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/2...

Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bankwww.theverge.com Musk wants your “entire financial life” on his platform.

What Were Elon Musk’s Lenders Thinking?www.theatlantic.com That being in business with the richest man in history was a good bet. They could still be right.

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If there’s one thing you should read today it’s this. A damning indictment of the Home Office and the Government’s approach to the asylum system. Very first line of the report: “The Home Office's failure to process asylum claims efficiently has led to unacceptable costs to the taxpayer.”

Asylum system: Doubts and concerns raised around Government's approach to backlogs - Committees - UK...committees.parliament.uk <ul> <li>Current plan’s impact on vulnerable people not thought through and could lead to serious consequences</li> <li>PAC highlights huge challenge in clearing backlogs and unacceptable costs ...

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Here's my effort to get Bluesky codes to those on the old site who want to come here: a page where people can either donate unused codes or request a code. If you could share this around, I'd appreciate it - I'm not over there, & this is the best I can do right now. ❤️‍🙏 mrhennessy.com/blue-sky-cod...

Blue Sky Codesmrhennessy.com Are you on the dead bird site and looking for a way to Bluesky? Here’s a way to help you escape and start building a new, positive online experience. I believe in the power of community, and …

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Thursday.