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Over here from over there

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Thames Water placed in special measures due to ‘significant issues’

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LeithMotive's avatar LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social
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You read this? www.wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/
I think that's one prong of criticism, there are others. Not least that 'intelligence' at least as understood in human history up to now, has been a biological phenomena.

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Watchdog launches investigation into Defra over approval of bee-killing pesticide under Tories

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Pavel's avatar Pavel @spavel.bsky.social
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Well this is grim

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mike's avatar mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social
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I get the feeling you have encountered left of centre administrations before 🤔

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Moby Dick's avatar Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social
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Humph! in my poor, insignificant opinion, I regard this as queer.

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Mine will be doing her civic duty this evening

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Popehat's avatar Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
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/8 At any rate, congratulations to the Federalist Society for an achievement beyond the reach of the British, outside the grasp of bloody civil war, impossible to Nazis and Soviets and terrorists: defeating the American idea.

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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very much reflective of the lack of any real survival instinct among journalists that they think the big story today is whether biden will step down

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Kevin M. Kruse's avatar Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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“What makes you so confident you should be president?” is an actual question a reporter shouted at the incumbent who just warned about a reckless court decision that imperils democracy

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Chris Kendall オトクラット's avatar Chris Kendall オトクラット @ottocr.at
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“Hungary takes the reins” - “Hungary at the helm” - etc etc - once again please I beg you stop confusing ‘presidency’ ie chairing meetings with actual executive power. Hardly any of the EU’s many, many presidents or presidencies actually involve any executive role, they chair meetings, THAT’S ALL

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Simon Wren-Lewis's avatar Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social
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New post: Why tactical voting in this election could change the nature of the UK’s political debate
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/07/why-...
If the Tories become the official opposition under a Labour government, socially conservative issues will dominate the UK political debate. Plus ça change.

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“Hurricane Beryl has officially become the strongest June Atlantic hurricane on record & it has accomplished this feat *east* of the Lesser Antilles. It’s going to be a very long season” - Eric Webb

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Mary Gillis's avatar Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social
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Remember when a group of crypto bros bought a copy of 'Jodorowsky's Dune' for $3 million (around 100x more than it was worth) thinking they could turn it into NFTs and an animated series because they didn't understand what copyright is?

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‘History shows that all Labour victories are hard earned’: campaign chief’s iron formula

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Ian Boudreau's avatar Ian Boudreau @iboudreau.bsky.social
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The thing with these guys is they view communications media (speech, fiction, film, TV series, drama, you name it) as data transmission and nothing more. The Great Gatsby is a list of events and characters and if you can cut that down to 500 words, you're maximizing something.

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Stunning near-infrared view of Pillars of Creation in Eagle nebula.

Observed by JWST's NIRCam, processed by STScI/ESA/NASA, enhanced by Gabriel Villarroel.
www.astrobin.com/iibgux/
🔭 🧪

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Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion

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Make this the last inaccessible election for blind people in UK, campaigners demand

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Warnings over lethal and contagious strain of mpox as children in DRC die

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The gardener who took a Canadian city to court for the right to not mow his lawn

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Justin Mikulka's avatar Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social
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A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) described China’s drive towards renewables as “extraordinary”, with the country commissioning as much solar capacity last year as the entire world did in 2022.

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Kieran Healy's avatar Kieran Healy @kjhealy.bsky.social
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As always what strikes me in these cases is that the sheer *value for money* of political bribery is just incredible.

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Moby Dick's avatar Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social
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Heaven have mercy on us all—Presbyterians and Pagans alike—for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 's avatar Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social
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50 years ago, high on barren Dartmoor, a high stone wall was erected around a sluice gate. Built for safety, it kept sheep outside an area the size of a football pitch. It's now a rich, lush cloud forest *teeming* with species. Trust in nature. 🌎

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mike's avatar mike @vacantlot1.bsky.social
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Picking up garbage in an orange jumpsuit?

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Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms

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I'm feeling edgy about all the people telling pollsters they are voting for Reform just switching to the Tories when the crunch comes

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As the saying goes - it doesn’t matter if you think climate change is real because your insurance company definitely does: wapo.st/3KhD381 (gift link)

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The epilogue will be a mildly agitated insurrectionist Reform voter attempting to storm Parliament while dressed as a badger

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National Service Shit is what, volunteering at Thames Water?

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You can't be sent to jail for not doing a thing that doesn't exist, so in this one instance James Cleverly is correct. Well done, Einstein.

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Reform are too woke to represent offensive racists

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