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Big Fez
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· Mar 26
85% of wrong political opinions can be avoided simply by asking the question 'and what do you think the *other* person will do then?'
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Living Rent has urged the City of Edinburgh Council to strike off two landlords who have been found guilty of serious misconduct at the First Tier Tribunal.
Tenants union calls on council to strike off guilty Leith landlords
Living Rent has urged the City of Edinburgh Council to strike off two landlords who have been found guilty of serious misconduct at the First Tier Tribunal.
www.scottishhousingnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Living Rent has urged the City of Edinburgh Council to strike off two landlords who have been found guilty of serious misconduct at the First Tier Tribunal.
'things that only an ex-bbc staffer can do'
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
'things that only an ex-bbc staffer can do'
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The suspiciously long arm of the law
IOP Police officers use AI tool to draft reports from body camera video #chsnews
IOP Police officers use AI tool to draft reports from body camera video
The Isle of Palms Police Department is the first city-level police department in the state to try out an artificial intelligence tool that helps them draft incident reports.
www.live5news.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The suspiciously long arm of the law
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Oh, you’re a big Ramones fan? Name 5 of their t-shirts
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Oh, you’re a big Ramones fan? Name 5 of their t-shirts
Update: one month later, the penny drops:
"the tyranny of the plurality"
"the tyranny of the plurality"
I was gonna post something about 'tyranny of the minority' but that's just 'tyranny', isn't it? Original flavour.
But yeah people arguing for electoral reform (small r) should use Tyranny of the Minority more i think. A good slogan.
But yeah people arguing for electoral reform (small r) should use Tyranny of the Minority more i think. A good slogan.
Seat Projection:
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Update: one month later, the penny drops:
"the tyranny of the plurality"
"the tyranny of the plurality"
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"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
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"all the leaves are grey, and the sky is grey" - a dog singing california dreaming.
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"all the leaves are grey, and the sky is grey" - a dog singing california dreaming.
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I'm finding it hard to keep myself uninformed.
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'm finding it hard to keep myself uninformed.
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Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
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THIS is the inconvenient truth
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
THIS is the inconvenient truth
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The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
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Everyone’s talking about “green aviation” like it’s going to save the planet.
But is electric or hydrogen flight really that green? 👀
Let’s talk about it.
#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech #SustainableTravel
But is electric or hydrogen flight really that green? 👀
Let’s talk about it.
#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech #SustainableTravel
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Everyone’s talking about “green aviation” like it’s going to save the planet.
But is electric or hydrogen flight really that green? 👀
Let’s talk about it.
#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech #SustainableTravel
But is electric or hydrogen flight really that green? 👀
Let’s talk about it.
#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech #SustainableTravel
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It is! It is *fucked*! Everyone's wages are immediately sucked up by a parasitic class of landlords. It's drawing money out of the real economy and accelerating severe anti-growth trends! And nobody is fucking doing anything about it!!!
Surely spending this much on rent is unproductive for the wider economy?
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It is! It is *fucked*! Everyone's wages are immediately sucked up by a parasitic class of landlords. It's drawing money out of the real economy and accelerating severe anti-growth trends! And nobody is fucking doing anything about it!!!
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I've written about the worst city in the Netherlands. It's just 3000 words. A quick read. What Lelystad teaches us about new cities, why you probably shouldn't build them, what to do if you must,... and why you might need to. ps. Lelystad is actually good. tomforth.co.uk/newcities/
The worst city in the Netherlands.
Lessons on New Cities from Almere and Lelystad.
tomforth.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I've written about the worst city in the Netherlands. It's just 3000 words. A quick read. What Lelystad teaches us about new cities, why you probably shouldn't build them, what to do if you must,... and why you might need to. ps. Lelystad is actually good. tomforth.co.uk/newcities/
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it's important to call things what they are
"mass deportations of legal residents for cultural homogeneity" is an ethnic cleansing policy
"mass deportations of legal residents for cultural homogeneity" is an ethnic cleansing policy
October 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
it's important to call things what they are
"mass deportations of legal residents for cultural homogeneity" is an ethnic cleansing policy
"mass deportations of legal residents for cultural homogeneity" is an ethnic cleansing policy
Genuinely DISTRAUGHT to find that the essay about the modern world I have been slowly and vaguely composing in my head was already written, and in much better style, half a century ago.
I reread this every so often and I'm struck every time by how great it is unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...
The social ideology of the motorcar - Uneven Earth
by André Gorz The worst thing about cars is that they are like castles or villas by the sea: luxury goods invented for the exclusive pleasure of a very rich minority, and which in conception and natur...
unevenearth.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Genuinely DISTRAUGHT to find that the essay about the modern world I have been slowly and vaguely composing in my head was already written, and in much better style, half a century ago.
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ive crunched the numbers, and its not looking good. theyre pretty much ruined by all the crunching, i owe you new numbers
October 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
ive crunched the numbers, and its not looking good. theyre pretty much ruined by all the crunching, i owe you new numbers
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InfraSisters in Edinburgh campaign for safer cycling, especially for women riding after dark. This Friday night they will hold a mass glowride in Edinburgh. Ladies in the lead, but everyone is welcome to light up the night.
www.cyclinguk.org/event/glow-r...
#OurStreetsOurNight #MyRideOurRight
www.cyclinguk.org/event/glow-r...
#OurStreetsOurNight #MyRideOurRight
Glow ride - Edinburgh - InfraSisters ~OurStreetsOurNights
www.cyclinguk.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
InfraSisters in Edinburgh campaign for safer cycling, especially for women riding after dark. This Friday night they will hold a mass glowride in Edinburgh. Ladies in the lead, but everyone is welcome to light up the night.
www.cyclinguk.org/event/glow-r...
#OurStreetsOurNight #MyRideOurRight
www.cyclinguk.org/event/glow-r...
#OurStreetsOurNight #MyRideOurRight
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With the demise of Ange Postecoglu I have no choice but to announce that the ceremonial title of Big Ange (bestowed upon the most important Ange reigning, and previously held by Angelas Rayner, Merkel & Lansbury) has passed to Angela Eagle. I am pro-life and take no pleasure in reporting this
October 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
With the demise of Ange Postecoglu I have no choice but to announce that the ceremonial title of Big Ange (bestowed upon the most important Ange reigning, and previously held by Angelas Rayner, Merkel & Lansbury) has passed to Angela Eagle. I am pro-life and take no pleasure in reporting this
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bluesky: the early years
I’m a goddamn American don’t tell me what hole to use
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
bluesky: the early years
When they set out on the way to the recording studio there had been eight non-blondes so it was actually a pretty reasonable question to ask.
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
When they set out on the way to the recording studio there had been eight non-blondes so it was actually a pretty reasonable question to ask.
I've written a poem, but it's maybe a bit too political for Bluesky. It's called 'The Problem with Populism'.
The problem with Populism
Is that it's quite reminiscent
Of some other words which you *do* know the meaning of.
The problem with Populism
Is that it's quite reminiscent
Of some other words which you *do* know the meaning of.
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I've written a poem, but it's maybe a bit too political for Bluesky. It's called 'The Problem with Populism'.
The problem with Populism
Is that it's quite reminiscent
Of some other words which you *do* know the meaning of.
The problem with Populism
Is that it's quite reminiscent
Of some other words which you *do* know the meaning of.
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He's with the Angles now
RIP to Harald Godwinson who died 959 years ago today you would have loved Buckinghamshire Archives xx
October 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
He's with the Angles now