@sergeantpluck.bsky.social
I’m not a real sergeant, but is it about a bicycle?
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Q: How do you define socialism personally?
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
October 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Q: How do you define socialism personally?
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau.
It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
www.rollingstone.com
October 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau.
It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
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Christa Pike ‘up and walking’ after failed execution, lawyer says
Christa Pike ‘up and walking’ after failed execution, lawyer says
Pike, whose ordeal has galvanised critics of the death penalty, remains in hospital
www.irishtimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Christa Pike ‘up and walking’ after failed execution, lawyer says
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‘The weirdos were taking over!’ Tate Britain relives the 1990s – in pictures
‘The weirdos were taking over!’ Tate Britain relives the 1990s – in pictures
A new exhibition curated by Edward Enniful looks back on the thrilling decade before smartphones, when art, music and fashion came together with a bang
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
‘The weirdos were taking over!’ Tate Britain relives the 1990s – in pictures
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The easiest way to ‘bring the UK closer to Europe’? Rejoin the EU.
October 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The easiest way to ‘bring the UK closer to Europe’? Rejoin the EU.
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Restore is such a weird mix of fascism and random mad boomer Facebook shit.
October 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Restore is such a weird mix of fascism and random mad boomer Facebook shit.
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⚡️Update: Ukraine to hold new talks with Trump team as Russia negotiations face uncertainty, Zelensky says.
"You can't, on the one hand, negotiate with Russia about future economic projects, and on the other, talk about a diplomatic impasse," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"You can't, on the one hand, negotiate with Russia about future economic projects, and on the other, talk about a diplomatic impasse," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
US, Russia confirm Trump's latest Ukraine peace push is falling apart
At this point, there appears to be no prospect of a negotiated settlement, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
kyivindependent.com
October 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
⚡️Update: Ukraine to hold new talks with Trump team as Russia negotiations face uncertainty, Zelensky says.
"You can't, on the one hand, negotiate with Russia about future economic projects, and on the other, talk about a diplomatic impasse," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"You can't, on the one hand, negotiate with Russia about future economic projects, and on the other, talk about a diplomatic impasse," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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There are so many tragic examples like this. The potential consequences of distracted driving are obvious. brutal & devastating. We all know this. Why then, when people make the choice to risk others lives do we shy away from prosecuting them properly? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Driver using Snapchat on phone killed farmer in Northumberland crash
Michael Armstrong's family say his death was "brutal and senseless" as his killer is jailed.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 6:58 AM
There are so many tragic examples like this. The potential consequences of distracted driving are obvious. brutal & devastating. We all know this. Why then, when people make the choice to risk others lives do we shy away from prosecuting them properly? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Yet more evidence of BBC being British Establishment propaganda wing - reward for editor of programme telling blatant lies
'The BBC just handed the newsroom to the editor who signed off the 2019 Panorama that treated “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?” as a closed case ...'
www.facebook.com/TheDailyPoli...
'The BBC just handed the newsroom to the editor who signed off the 2019 Panorama that treated “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?” as a closed case ...'
www.facebook.com/TheDailyPoli...
October 8, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Yet more evidence of BBC being British Establishment propaganda wing - reward for editor of programme telling blatant lies
'The BBC just handed the newsroom to the editor who signed off the 2019 Panorama that treated “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?” as a closed case ...'
www.facebook.com/TheDailyPoli...
'The BBC just handed the newsroom to the editor who signed off the 2019 Panorama that treated “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?” as a closed case ...'
www.facebook.com/TheDailyPoli...
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If you’re reading today’s papers and thinking, did I watch a different Badenoch speech, may I recommend our sanity-restoring review?
“The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
“The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
🔹 KEMI-DETACHED 🔹
New show:
🍸 Badenoch goes back to the 80s
🤷♀️ But to whom will it appeal?
⏰ Timely god less America
With @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social and @pimlicat.bsky.social !
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
New show:
🍸 Badenoch goes back to the 80s
🤷♀️ But to whom will it appeal?
⏰ Timely god less America
With @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social and @pimlicat.bsky.social !
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Kemi-detached
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 8 October · 1hr 4min
podcasts.apple.com
October 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM
If you’re reading today’s papers and thinking, did I watch a different Badenoch speech, may I recommend our sanity-restoring review?
“The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
“The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
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The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
October 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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Brittin so far absolutely fucking hopeless. There are countless tech and discussion podcasts in the private sector. You and Yours was exceptional public interest journalism.
NEW: BBC cuts latest...
OUT - Long-running consumer affairs show You and Yours.
IN - tech and discussion podcasts.
The order has gone out from Matt Brittin - don't make content that only works on one platform.
Another grim day at the beeb.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
OUT - Long-running consumer affairs show You and Yours.
IN - tech and discussion podcasts.
The order has gone out from Matt Brittin - don't make content that only works on one platform.
Another grim day at the beeb.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
BBC axes long-running Radio 4 show You and Yours in push towards podcasts
Thinking Allowed, The Artificial Human and Free Thinking among other programmes hit by £500m cuts
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Brittin so far absolutely fucking hopeless. There are countless tech and discussion podcasts in the private sector. You and Yours was exceptional public interest journalism.
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Trump: "There's never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world."
October 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Trump: "There's never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world."
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October 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Heartbreaking 💔
Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.
Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.
October 8, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Heartbreaking 💔
Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.
Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.
Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
www.wsj.com
October 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.
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For anyone who's not caught up, the US government pressured the EU and governments of Lithuania + Canada to disavow a conference on disinfo because of a panel about US disinfo and interference in Europe (whose panellists were all Americans!).
Only the French govt left standing.
#Disinfo2026
Only the French govt left standing.
#Disinfo2026
Top work by organisers to communicate both what's happened and how they feel about it
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
October 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM
For anyone who's not caught up, the US government pressured the EU and governments of Lithuania + Canada to disavow a conference on disinfo because of a panel about US disinfo and interference in Europe (whose panellists were all Americans!).
Only the French govt left standing.
#Disinfo2026
Only the French govt left standing.
#Disinfo2026
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Listening to Kemi Badenoch list her many supposed triumphs you wouldn't have any idea that the Conservatives just suffered their worst set of election defeats in their history and are now polling eight points lower than when she first took over as leader
October 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Listening to Kemi Badenoch list her many supposed triumphs you wouldn't have any idea that the Conservatives just suffered their worst set of election defeats in their history and are now polling eight points lower than when she first took over as leader
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The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall.
I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
October 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall.
I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
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The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
October 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
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America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
October 8, 2026 at 8:14 AM
America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
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Compare the coverage Badenoch is getting right now, when her party is in a poor third place, with how Ed Miliband's leadership was covered at a time when Labour were actually leading in the polls
October 8, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Compare the coverage Badenoch is getting right now, when her party is in a poor third place, with how Ed Miliband's leadership was covered at a time when Labour were actually leading in the polls
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If you close the loophole that lets people like me avoid tax, I will make good on my threat to avoid tax by moving to Monaco, which I actually did 40 years ago, to avoid tax.
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
If you close the loophole that lets people like me avoid tax, I will make good on my threat to avoid tax by moving to Monaco, which I actually did 40 years ago, to avoid tax.
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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it transpires that billionaire David Reuben moved his tax residence to Monaco under the Tories
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2026 at 7:53 AM
it transpires that billionaire David Reuben moved his tax residence to Monaco under the Tories
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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A beautiful orange dawn. Trees have started to turn their leaves toward autumnal glory
October 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
A beautiful orange dawn. Trees have started to turn their leaves toward autumnal glory