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Everyone watching any Bond movie: this is utterly unrealistic, no one would stand there and say exactly how they were going to do some awful thing, the Incredibles even made a joke about monologuing.
Everyone experiencing reality: Oh. Oh, I see.
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Sorry for what? In detail
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Makes a change for a security person, it used to be a sea of balloons on Twitter on 1st January
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Seems it's also my Bluesky birthday today. Many stars aligning
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Two charts that have not aged well statistically and demographically. With this being my eldest's first GE vote I can tell you that this matters www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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How did you feel the day after the referendum, then when you found out the vote had a lot to do with people staying home because they assumed it was a done deal? www.bbc.co.uk/news/politic...
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One perspective on making your choice today. I know someone who won't vote. That breaks my heart. Many political animals tend to cynical pragmatism, but it does matter
They couldn't find me on the voter roll for the locals. It started to dawn on me what not having my vote would feel like
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Things that matter. Shame we have this to remember, but it is still so important we get out and vote. My eldest's first time, after living through decisions she had no influence over that hit her and her peers hard.
bsky.app/profile/simo...
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Potential foreign state interference says... Mr Sunak.
I guess getting out to vote tomorrow is the best thing we can all do www.thetimes.com/article/9a6b...
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Farage's star power, says the independent. The now not so silent silent majority says Mr Farage www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Interactive poll of polls showing a 20 point Labour lead as of Monday, plus Reform on 16%. Anecdotally my teen has seen Reform related posts flooding Instagram which conflicts directly with what she sees and hears in college. It was a rapid change
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Folk are being accused of hyperbole like they were with Roe Vs Wade
A trend of fewer rights for the majority, harsher sanctions for push back (unless you have deep pockets for legal action), more autonomy for large firms and the executive. On the Chevron Deference www.hklaw.com/en/insights/...
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Worthwhile related read. Also look out for Ruth Ben-Ghiat's book 'Strongmen' (ruthbenghiat.com) to put all this into historical context bsky.app/profile/erik...
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'We are dismantling protections for your rights and freedoms, trapping you in conditions preferred by us and our allies. It is for your own good. If you don't push back there will be no need to get violent'
From head of a think tank that architected Project 2025. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 2/2
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Taking the selective quote apart. This is going to hit people who are or have been impacted by domestic violence, the same as many Trumpist narratives have 1/2
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Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...
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Mississippi is the poorest state in the US.
Even though the state gets federal welfare funds, it is difficult to get welfare.
The money was all getting stolen, and they got away with it.
Now the journalists who exposed the story are facing a lawsuit and jail.
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“ai” edtech company collapses after taking six million dollars from the Los Angeles school district to develop an “educational friend” platform.
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53% of children followed from birth through age 15 experienced some form of (mostly temporary) housing insecurity. All children who experienced any level of - even temporary - housing insecurity had worse physical & mental health outcomes, with more housing instability correlating to worse health.
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It's because Farage is saying it's convenient scapegoating for woeful performances. More generally though it makes sense to support concerns about electoral fairness this time. It didn't when they suppressed the reports in 2016 / 2019.
Why would Russia and others not have a crack at causing chaos?
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Is this because Starmer has said he'll knock off at 6 on Fridays to spend time with his family?
Good. He should. In fact, perhaps he should do that every day.
We need a PM who's human and normal, not some kind of fucking sleep-is-for-wimps sociopath.