Richard
@canaryworf.bsky.social
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One way to take some of the heat out of politics, which is within the BBC's control, is to drop phone-ins and vox pops.
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
One way to take some of the heat out of politics, which is within the BBC's control, is to drop phone-ins and vox pops.
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Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism, it’s next to the Reichstag on the edge of the Tiergarten. This is where the rhetoric of othering leads.
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism, it’s next to the Reichstag on the edge of the Tiergarten. This is where the rhetoric of othering leads.
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When you go to Auschwitz they have piles of jewellery and watches which were confiscated from those arriving.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
When you go to Auschwitz they have piles of jewellery and watches which were confiscated from those arriving.
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I am wearing my great-grandmother's earrings. Made in Hungary in the 19thC, they're among the few things that were portable enough (albeit sewn into clothing) to escape being expropriated by the Russians. Fuck this cruel and useless government.
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I am wearing my great-grandmother's earrings. Made in Hungary in the 19thC, they're among the few things that were portable enough (albeit sewn into clothing) to escape being expropriated by the Russians. Fuck this cruel and useless government.
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Congratulations to the Labour party for losing whatever political capital it has left after eighteen months of fucking around
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Congratulations to the Labour party for losing whatever political capital it has left after eighteen months of fucking around
I've just binged 3 episodes when I really should have gone to bed 2 hours ago and I'm just sitting here periodically saying "this is so good"...
...Then the saddest thing just happened & I'm going to go to bed broken. 😭😭😭
...Then the saddest thing just happened & I'm going to go to bed broken. 😭😭😭
Rewatching The Expanse, nearing the end of S5, and all I can think about is how much I want to rewatch The Expanse again when I'm finished.
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I've just binged 3 episodes when I really should have gone to bed 2 hours ago and I'm just sitting here periodically saying "this is so good"...
...Then the saddest thing just happened & I'm going to go to bed broken. 😭😭😭
...Then the saddest thing just happened & I'm going to go to bed broken. 😭😭😭
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
Rewatching The Expanse, nearing the end of S5, and all I can think about is how much I want to rewatch The Expanse again when I'm finished.
November 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Rewatching The Expanse, nearing the end of S5, and all I can think about is how much I want to rewatch The Expanse again when I'm finished.
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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It's funny how they're everything they accuse the poor of being. They're pedophiles, barely literate criminals. We pay for them to live, but they barely work. They spend all our money on frivolous and stupid things like bombs and private jets. Dirtbags. Leeches.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's funny how they're everything they accuse the poor of being. They're pedophiles, barely literate criminals. We pay for them to live, but they barely work. They spend all our money on frivolous and stupid things like bombs and private jets. Dirtbags. Leeches.
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
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This creates an extra layer of bureaucracy at great financial, social, and political cost. And it buys *nothing*.
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This creates an extra layer of bureaucracy at great financial, social, and political cost. And it buys *nothing*.
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This won’t even work as intended. The people objecting to refugees aren’t asking for people to have to stay longer and jump through more hoops before they’re naturalised. They point blank want anyone not exactly like them kicked out.
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This won’t even work as intended. The people objecting to refugees aren’t asking for people to have to stay longer and jump through more hoops before they’re naturalised. They point blank want anyone not exactly like them kicked out.
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
That screen coming up like it's Beecher's Brook on Grand National day
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
That screen coming up like it's Beecher's Brook on Grand National day
2 years after I left, I could smell the smoke but didn't expect it to burn this hard this quickly.
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
2 years after I left, I could smell the smoke but didn't expect it to burn this hard this quickly.
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so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
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Tim Davie resigning from the BBC over the edited Trump video is like Al Capone being jailed for tax evasion: sometimes the right thing happens for the wrong reason.
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Tim Davie resigning from the BBC over the edited Trump video is like Al Capone being jailed for tax evasion: sometimes the right thing happens for the wrong reason.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
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Rather amusing to watch the British and political media establishment tear itself apart over fear of insulting Trump just at the same time as Trump's myth of invincibility is falling apart in America
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Rather amusing to watch the British and political media establishment tear itself apart over fear of insulting Trump just at the same time as Trump's myth of invincibility is falling apart in America
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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upon consideration, I have decided to not even try to understand this BBC thing, on the grounds that it seems extremely stupid
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
upon consideration, I have decided to not even try to understand this BBC thing, on the grounds that it seems extremely stupid