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@synvuk.bsky.social

Lawyer, former Trade Union official, activist, dilettante, general wise cracker, malarkeyist and shenaniganiser. Pithy remarks, quips, likes and general tomfoolery are not endorsements...

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I am so proud of you, Bukayo. ๐Ÿฅน Bukayo Saka. 2026 Socrates Award winner. ๐Ÿฅ Funded 120 life-changing surgeries for children in Nigeria ๐ŸŒ Sponsored 100 pediatric surgeries across Kenya, Rwanda & Tanzania ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Housed 26 displaced families after the Turkey earthquake (1/2)

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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You donโ€™t fight fascists by pretending their โ€˜concernsโ€™ are โ€˜legitimateโ€™.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social

The immigration doom loop, summed up here by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Corporate Welfare Rolls-Royce closing in on ยฃ200m govt subsidy to fund development of new engine. Free money. No means-testing. Govt not taking equity stake, money not repayable. RR had operating profit of ยฃ3.5bn in 2024-25, will hand up to ยฃ9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. archive.ph/r18wm

ft.comRolls-Royce nears taxpayer subsidy deal to develop new engine in UKCompany hopes for state backing of up to ยฃ200mn to put towards engine for short-haul aircraft

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Iโ€™m from Ukraine. I watched the place where I grew up in Donbas turn into a battlefield. I lost my home. I lost the life I once knew. I lost pieces of who I used to be. But I havenโ€™t lost hope. And I still dream of going home one day๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #ukraine #ukrainians #ukrainiangirl #war #ukrainerussiawar

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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

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Also: NO TRAITORS NO PATHOLOGICAL LIARS NO CONVICTED FELONS NO ADJUDICATED RAPISTS NO PEDOPHILES NO RUSSIAN ASSETS NO ORANGE ATROCITIES NO EPSTEIN/MUSK BUDDIES NO PUTIN PUPPETS NO MAKEUP-WEARING MAN-BABIES NO BLOWHARDS WITH ZERO SELF-AWARENESS BRONZED BRAGGARTS and NO ARROGANT A-HOLES

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"An investigation uncovered more than 130 official suppliers in the UK willing to sell cloned number plates" This is such a clear example of where the UK is good at creating laws, and often terrible at enforcing them. Laws are pointless if they're not implemented and *seen* to be implemented.

theguardian.comNumber of cloned number plates on UK roads at record high, data showsMore than 11,400 drivers last year were fined for offences they did not recognise as RAC says system needs reform

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You may be happy with the populist right attacking immigrants now, but their agenda is tax cuts and rolling back the welfare state. That means the crosshairs are going to land soon on the โ€œundeserving poorโ€ and your skin colour wonโ€™t save you or the ones you love.

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Badenoch tells PMQs "all of the gas" from Jackdaw "goes into the British grid". This is misleading - the grid is connected to Europe, so once gas goes into the "British grid" it's often sold abroad And anyway, it would only produce 2-6% of UK gas output at peak. Bald men fighting over a dirty comb.