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Andy Gibson

@gandy

Thinking about thinking and sometimes worrying about it. Into democracy, education, mental health and hats. Founder of @mindapples.bsky.social.

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I see American stock markets are tanking again.

11.03.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Fascism is here.

The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.

πŸ”—: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

10.03.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 9236 πŸ” 4876 πŸ’¬ 1095 πŸ“Œ 958
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New Democratic bill targets Elon Musk Rep. Mark Pocan's ELON MUSK Act takes aim at the billionaire's federal contracts.

"Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) on Wednesday rolled out the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK) Act, which would ban 'special' government employees like Musk from having federal contracts."

05.02.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 10196 πŸ” 2551 πŸ’¬ 238 πŸ“Œ 292

Now I want to see a David Lynch remake of It's A Wonderful Life, in which the angel Clarence is an ominous gas cloud played by Sherilyn Fenn.

17.01.2025 09:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of David Lynch looking cool

Photo of David Lynch looking cool

Very sad to hear of the passing of David Lynch. Lost Highway made a huge impression on me when it came out, completely blew my mind. Elephant Man is pure art and Wild at Heart brings me joy. I even have a forbidden love for his 1984 Dune. Rest in weirdness, sir.

17.01.2025 08:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is my periodic rant that Apple Intelligence is so bad that today it got every fact wrong its AI a summary of @washingtonpost.com news alerts.

It's wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn't turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing.

15.01.2025 18:15 πŸ‘ 3659 πŸ” 920 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 204
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Gaza ceasefire deal agreed by Israel and Hamas, source tells BBC The Israeli PM's office says there are "unresolved clauses" but it hopes a deal can be finalised within hours.

All we're waiting for now is the New York Times editorial congratulating Trump on a great deal. www.bbc.com/news/article...

15.01.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You know how at a party, if a conversation gets taken over by rude, boring people, the nice people just quietly excuse themselves and start a better conversation in the kitchen?

I feel like we need to do that with the global monetary system.

13.01.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.

In one 24hr period Musk posted 153 times, 48% of posts about the UK, containing a wide range of misleading and falsified information aimed at disrupting public opinion and destabilising government.

A must watch analysis by the BBC’s @rosatkins.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

12.01.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 7

Trump voters: "Trump is the pacifist President who will end America's costly foreign wars."

Trump: "I will invade Nato"

08.01.2025 21:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You know that feeling when you think you’re on the cusp of seeing how everything falls into place? Yeah, me neither.

08.01.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Trump is such an attention-seeking little baby.

07.01.2025 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Police force steps away from X over 'quality and quantity of interactions' Derbyshire Police says its communities are no longer on X and has asked people to instead follow it on Instagram and Facebook.

Derbyshire police stop use of X
news.sky.com/story/police...

07.01.2025 08:01 πŸ‘ 1423 πŸ” 344 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 19

I hadn't thought about it like that before but I think you are spot on with this one. πŸ‘πŸΌ

06.01.2025 18:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, has died at the age of 100.

He was elected in the 1976 presidential election for a single term. He enjoyed a remarkable post-presidency, based on philanthropy. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

29.12.2024 21:08 πŸ‘ 1179 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 43
A minimalist illustration showing a packaged charger box labeled "one Union one Charger." The box features an image of a blue charger with the European Union flag symbol and a USB-C cable. The scene is set within a holiday theme, with decorative Christmas trees, ornaments, and gift boxes surrounding the charger box. In the top right corner, there is a small EU flag symbol.

A minimalist illustration showing a packaged charger box labeled "one Union one Charger." The box features an image of a blue charger with the European Union flag symbol and a USB-C cable. The scene is set within a holiday theme, with decorative Christmas trees, ornaments, and gift boxes surrounding the charger box. In the top right corner, there is a small EU flag symbol.

It’s time for THE charger.

Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.

It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!

#DigitalEU

28.12.2024 07:09 πŸ‘ 7839 πŸ” 1663 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 371

We need a word in the English launguage for being ambushed by sudden emotion.

23.12.2024 14:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Celebrating the winter solstice by staying home and avoiding daylight.

21.12.2024 17:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A few years ago I established that the words for the Manics "A Design For Life" work better in "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" than they do in "A Design For Life", and the same was true of "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing", and thankfully there is video proof

21.12.2024 12:04 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7

"Speak your speak, 'cause every silence you maintain is liable
to become first a lump in your throat, then a lump in your
lymphatic system."
β€”Toni Cade Bambara, quoting her mom

I'm working on it.

17.12.2024 20:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a glittery apple bauble on a Christmas tree

Photo of a glittery apple bauble on a Christmas tree

Merry Christmas to everyone out there in Bluesky land. #mindbaubles

20.12.2024 21:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are

13.12.2024 13:31 πŸ‘ 27230 πŸ” 8605 πŸ’¬ 268 πŸ“Œ 147
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Just trying to read a news story on a website run by a company that definitely has a sustainable business model that won't soon drive away every single reader and advertiser.

12.12.2024 10:14 πŸ‘ 506 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 9
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Helping young people look after their minds Over 3 years we have developed programmes reaching young people in schools and universities. Delivering training in over 100 schools, …

A big thanks to everyone who made the @mindapples.bsky.social charity Christmas fundraiser a massive success. Β£20,450 raised!! πŸŽ„πŸ₯‚
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

11.12.2024 11:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Commons Library visualisation of the history of refugees: Syrians were the largest group of refugees in the UK in the years after 2011

08.12.2024 19:14 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 13

Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

07.12.2024 20:13 πŸ‘ 34469 πŸ” 4697 πŸ’¬ 449 πŸ“Œ 252
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Mum Does the Washing Joshua Idehen Β· Mum Does the Washing Β· Song Β· 2024

I have been listening to this all afternoon after discovering it on KCRW. #thisismyjam 🎢
open.spotify.com/track/46RISR...

07.12.2024 18:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Helping young people look after their minds Over 3 years we have developed programmes reaching young people in schools and universities. Delivering training in over 100 schools, …

Hi Bluesky, my charity Mindapples is doing our annual Christmas fundraiser. This year we're expanding from schools, unis and youth groups into children's hospitals, so if you have any spare cash we'd be most grateful and every donation will be match funded. Thank you! ❀️
bit.ly/Mindapples

06.12.2024 22:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Media: Please stop letting Farage off the hook for wanting to dismantle the NHS just cos it's more fun to talk about immigrants.

This is what he wants us to copy.

04.12.2024 18:16 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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Helping young people look after their minds Over 3 years we have developed programmes reaching young people in schools and universities. Delivering training in over 100 schools, …

Hello Bluesky folks, our Christmas fundraiser with @biggive.bsky.social is now live! Every £ donated will be matched by our lovely backers, so if you would like to help us support the #mentalhealth of more young people next year, please give what you can. ❀️
bit.ly/Mindapples

04.12.2024 22:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0