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🚨🚨 Today's under-reported but quite significant #brexit news: UKG government will scrap border checks on fruit and veg imported from the #EuropeanUnion in an early move to ease trade ahead of its new SPS (sanitary and phytosanitary) deal with the EU. 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/n...

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With Palantir finally receiving the attention it deserves, we wrote an article documenting Thiel’s history with Zuckerberg, his influence over JD Vance, and the connection between his neoreactionary ideology and Russell Vought’s Project 2025. It has always been Thiel’s plan to destroy democracy.

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The awesome @carolecadwalla.bsky.social warning Americans of the techno authoritarian state being built by Trump and his tech broligarchs youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...

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When a conservative talking point suddenly becomes a widespread topic of conversation in public life, you can bet it's because loads of money has been poured into promoting it. Another crucial exposure by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social : democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...

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The dismissal of women’s voices - whether in labs, politics, boardrooms, or communities - has cost us untold progress. Mary-Claire King is a powerful example. Her discovery of the BRCA1 gene revolutionized our understanding of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.👇

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"We’ve been sold a lie: that we need chemicals to grow food. Turns out, a strip of wildflowers does more than a spray truck ever could." via Alexandra Fasulo

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@rincewind.run Hey Mica, can you please repost your Tom Holland lip sync battle post? I accidentally lost it, I can't find it 🤷‍♂️ I constantly re-post it's a great perspective from a man's POV. Ta muchly

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eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

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When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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anyone wanna see the moment the first big bear eaglet fledged bc it's here, i recorded it, it was the coolest shit i ever seen 🪶

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UK Govt AI copyright plan suffers fourth House of Lords defeat, 242 to 116 votes. Copyright holders must be able to see when their work has been used and by whom. Tech firms need to be licensed to use the work and pay. Govt disagrees. I voted against the govt.

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In mindblowing news, the EHRC's landlord, it seems at the EHRC's behest, is trying to injunct protestors from protesting outside the EHRC's offices. We will be in Court today making an emergency attempt to resist the injunction. www.crowdjustice.com/case/protect...

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. @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com with some shade for CNN during his monologue tonight

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"What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity." - William S. Burroughs

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Trust in insurers is falling bit.ly/43Eh5Ft says Fairer Finance. And FCA figures may show why. 2/7 buildings/contents claims rejected. 1/8 or 1/9 travel insurance claims rejected. 1/8 gadget & mobile claims rejected. 1/8 or 1/9 pet insurance claims rejected (only 1/20 when insured for life)

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The ultimate water sausage compilation:

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Let's GO!

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Logistics are collapsing in Russia as paranoid military and police authorities check every truck for Ukrainian drones. Long queues everywhere. This is exactly why Ukraine released details of how they carried out yesterday’s ingenious strike on strategic bombers.

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pca.st/episode/d040... Coming to a place near you! Head-up America Very interesting, thank you BBC Global News pod

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Breaking News!

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Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

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I believe that the most under-appreciated amenity in Cville is the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum. Every time we go, we see a new exhibit featuring a different Aboriginal culture, and the art is always spectacular. The museum works closely with the artists and their communities.

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"Morning, Jim!" "Hey, Tom."

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To cheer everyone up, here is an anecdote about when David Bowie was filming the video for Ashes to Ashes.

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💚 I'm running to be the next leader of the Green Party because we need bold leadership. 🙌🏼 A party that can cut through to millions of people - not just to those who already agree. 🙏🏽 Thanks so much to @jeremyvine.bsky.social for having me! 👀 Find out more at backzack.com

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Socialists spent the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s arguing against council house sales, privatisation, PFI, austerity and Brexit would damage Britain. Socialists were right on every point.

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