Another day, another plan originating from the UK that would involve the EU making wholesale changes to its own internal and external arrangements to suit the interests and political preferences of a neighbouring non-member state.

Simon Usherwood@simonusherwood.bsky.social · 11h ago

Nick Boles on his plan for a European confederation. Paper with Demos coming later www.thetimes.com/article/8459...

These people are bending themselves into a pretzel rather than signing up to Freedom of Movement of people Because racism and xenophobia is now the default in British thinking

Simon Usherwood@simonusherwood.bsky.social · 11h ago

Nick Boles on his plan for a European confederation. Paper with Demos coming later www.thetimes.com/article/8459...

LSE are advertising a tenure track position on IPE with a specialism in global environmental politics - rare to see these positions come up, particularly those in GEP link to application form below

Taking out a huge loan to buy a company then saddling the company with the debt used to buy it is some scam-ass shit.

Mini Moog: Dad, Dad, write this down. I don’t want to forget this idea. So now this lives on my ipad’s Home Screen.

This is the natural end point of Gordon Brown apologising to Gillian Duffy

Pascal Jacquemain@jacquep.bsky.social · 23h ago

Rosindell is mad as a box of frogfaces.

Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!

Contrary to what we are constantly told voters think, I think Spain’s regularisation policy is brilliant, that it is an excellent signal to the rest of Europe, and that other EU countries including my own (Belgium) should institute similar policies.

Belgium defeated the USA at the World Cup and the world cheered. Now Belgium has defeated AI. You’re welcome, world 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇪🇺🇧🇪🇧🇪

Frédéric Moreau@goodclimate.bsky.social · yesterday

AI is not a fan of Belgian French. Dites « septante », « drache » ou « fricadelle », l’IA vous punira www.lesoir.be/763218/artic...

10/10, no notes

Cracking thread about something I knew absolutely nothing about.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS@dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d ago

Penicillin was not, in fact, the first antibiotic.

Need orders on my shop. Waits..

Ayna Smoking a Cigarette

ALT: Ayna Smoking a Cigarette

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This is what happens when anti-racism norms erode, and elites bear a lot of the responsibility for norm erosion, as they have disproportionate power to set and enforce norms

Charles EP Murphy@cepmurphy.bsky.social · yesterday

news.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest

It is discernibly cooler in my room than outside, which means that I have won the heatwave.

Once again Trump is doing exactly what he would be doing if Putin had grotesque photos of Trump in compromising positions.

CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterday

U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters

If financial & other markets were operated by people in gravy-stained polo shirts with a B&H hanging from their lips trading between goes on the puggy in Ladbrokes, instead of rich people in expensive suits who are friends with MPs & ministers, they’d be accorded the respect they *actually* deserve.

Can we, Bluesky users, just appoint someone we trust to tell us when the US-Iran war is actually over so we can ignore all the bullshit coming from DC on it until then?

This is a leftist bubble where we only talk about serious left wing politics and everything else is frowned upon.

Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · yesterday

One thing I’ve learned these last few days is that cows love blackberries

I’m all for free speech, but, come on, there has to be some limit to the offensive filth degenerates like this can post.

Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hendrix used too much wah wah.

Dear YouTubers, stop editing out the gaps and pauses in your speech soundtrack. It makes your videos exhausting to watch/hear, like being repeatedly bashed over the head with a heavy object. Just stop it.

I have tried many, many boutique and pedal-de-jour phaser pedals and have not found one that gets even close to the standard <€100 1-knob MXR Phase 90.

Elizabeth Picciuto@epicciuto.bsky.social · 2d ago

What is your favorite example of when the cheap version of a product is legit better than the expensive one?

Could be just me, but if you as an MP have based your, basically bs, "defence" of stripping trans individuals of rights to "protect women and girls" I wouldn't be out there vocally proclaiming how much you respect someone with domestic abuse allegations and a confirmed misogynist. Might be just me.

If women wore smart glasses, they'd be banned. (soigomaa/x) Think about it. If millions of women wore smart glasses, recording men's behaviour, conversations, comments, their driving & bar chats ... can you imagine the panic? Trust me, smart glasses would be regulated before you can say 'Meta'.

Unless and until you disagree with and rebut Nigel Farage's contention that refugees who wish to be in the UK are the responsibility of France, he will bounce back from every scandal.

This profoundly sad report from @beltrew.bsky.social tells us what the real price of aid cuts has been. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Inside the worst places on Earth to give birth

The Independent’s chief international correspondent, Bel Trew, travelled across the Central African Republic and Nigeria, speaking to women who are risking their lives for motherhood

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NEW How the BBC turned the litigation table on Trump The president now faces a dilemma about revealing his business records By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again. Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances Ryan

Whether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The trick, I find, is to be pleasantly surprised that I’ve woken up at all.

Chronic Illness Humor@chronicillness.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you see this, quote it with the energy you bring to Bluesky

The Big Lebowski: The Dude Screaming

ALT: The Big Lebowski: The Dude Screaming

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Chris Kendall@ottocr.at · 2d ago

If you see this, quote it with the energy you bring to Bluesky

FAO Americans: my posts should be read in the context of me being a UK citizen who lives in Belgium. FAO Republican-voting Americans: Belgium is a small, Northern European country of around 12 million people. Its capital, Brussels, is de facto capital of the EU. The UK is what you think is England.