Daniel Rigal 🇪🇺 🦋
@danielrigal.bsky.social
I am British and grumpy. Tories, Brexit and most other things make me grumpy. I am a ridiculous blue rectangle in a silly green hat and I demand that you take me seriously!
Born 1970s. Unable to age verify.
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Born 1970s. Unable to age verify.
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@DanielRigal@mastodon.social
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I should have a pinned skeet so that people will take me seriously. That's how this works, right?
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Is it a good or a bad thing that I look at the coverage of the New Year Honours and my first thought is to be relieved not to spot any outright Nazis listed? The King seems to have done a better job, in that respect, than "Labour" and the Tories did when appointing their new Lords.
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Is it a good or a bad thing that I look at the coverage of the New Year Honours and my first thought is to be relieved not to spot any outright Nazis listed? The King seems to have done a better job, in that respect, than "Labour" and the Tories did when appointing their new Lords.
I see that the Daily Telegraph wants to bring back the rum ration to improve "morale".
What other Dickensian practices could we bring back in the name of "morale"? The penny lick? Town gas? The Great Stink? Actually, I think the Telegraph has already got that last one covered.
What other Dickensian practices could we bring back in the name of "morale"? The penny lick? Town gas? The Great Stink? Actually, I think the Telegraph has already got that last one covered.
December 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I see that the Daily Telegraph wants to bring back the rum ration to improve "morale".
What other Dickensian practices could we bring back in the name of "morale"? The penny lick? Town gas? The Great Stink? Actually, I think the Telegraph has already got that last one covered.
What other Dickensian practices could we bring back in the name of "morale"? The penny lick? Town gas? The Great Stink? Actually, I think the Telegraph has already got that last one covered.
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“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
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There's no oscillation. A program designed to force a white supremacist society to include people who are being unnaturally restricted is not discriminatory, and is good.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
December 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There's no oscillation. A program designed to force a white supremacist society to include people who are being unnaturally restricted is not discriminatory, and is good.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
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seeing a lot of people wonder why NYT is giving this overt antisemite such a glowing profile but they’re all forgetting their shared interest in ruining the lives of trans people
Sorry but you do not, under absolutely any circumstances, gotta hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
seeing a lot of people wonder why NYT is giving this overt antisemite such a glowing profile but they’re all forgetting their shared interest in ruining the lives of trans people
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Sadly this did not end up being what I'd hoped
December 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sadly this did not end up being what I'd hoped
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Keir Starmer was the model for centrists and popularists who insisted that moving right on issues, especially immigration, is how you win at politics.
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Keir Starmer was the model for centrists and popularists who insisted that moving right on issues, especially immigration, is how you win at politics.
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
Wonder if there will ever be any self-reflection here! Ah well nevertheless
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
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It was never really about cutting overall spending - that was the grift. It was destroying disliked programs, securing lucrative contracts, stealing valuable data, and further decreasing trust in government - all of which were quite successful
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It was never really about cutting overall spending - that was the grift. It was destroying disliked programs, securing lucrative contracts, stealing valuable data, and further decreasing trust in government - all of which were quite successful
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you do not and should not hand it to MTG under any circumstances
it is useful for us, politically, that she's broken with Trump - because "Rs in Disarray" is a good narrative
but she herself is still a vicious antisemite and transphobe and nobody progressive should lose sight of that
it is useful for us, politically, that she's broken with Trump - because "Rs in Disarray" is a good narrative
but she herself is still a vicious antisemite and transphobe and nobody progressive should lose sight of that
Should also add that right before she quit, Marjorie Taylor Greene passed a bill through the House to ban gender-affirming care for minors. She is not a moderate. She is still super right wing. She just felt Trump no longer could accomplish her goals.
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
you do not and should not hand it to MTG under any circumstances
it is useful for us, politically, that she's broken with Trump - because "Rs in Disarray" is a good narrative
but she herself is still a vicious antisemite and transphobe and nobody progressive should lose sight of that
it is useful for us, politically, that she's broken with Trump - because "Rs in Disarray" is a good narrative
but she herself is still a vicious antisemite and transphobe and nobody progressive should lose sight of that
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They had guys like Bovino and Hegseth in the 12th Century too, and they were smart enough to tell them "Wow what brave heroes you are, wanna do brave hero stuff?" and send them away to die outside Byzantium because the Pisans were like "Yeah sure we'll provide the ships" and didn't.
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
They had guys like Bovino and Hegseth in the 12th Century too, and they were smart enough to tell them "Wow what brave heroes you are, wanna do brave hero stuff?" and send them away to die outside Byzantium because the Pisans were like "Yeah sure we'll provide the ships" and didn't.
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Roz is absolutely correct.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Roz is absolutely correct.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/
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there are a lot of examples of "people are foolish for spending money on things" that I don't blame on individuals, but I really do think everyone who has a non-work required Giant Expensive Car is dumb as hell
December 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
there are a lot of examples of "people are foolish for spending money on things" that I don't blame on individuals, but I really do think everyone who has a non-work required Giant Expensive Car is dumb as hell
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When you’re jorkin it on the shitter with the door open and you think you hear someone coming home
December 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
When you’re jorkin it on the shitter with the door open and you think you hear someone coming home
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learning about a new community
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
learning about a new community
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This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
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If only we had this thing called the United States Intelligence Community that could advise the old man.
Trump to a reporter: "You're saying maybe the attack didn't place? That's possible too I guess. But President Putin told me this morning it did."
December 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If only we had this thing called the United States Intelligence Community that could advise the old man.
I know I repost a lot but if you only take any notice of one thing I post today then let it be this. Carve it in stone and throw the stone through the window of the BBC newsroom.
My usual reminder that “we’re gonna file a lawsuit” isn’t news. That’s a press release. “We filed a lawsuit and here’s the complaint” is news.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I know I repost a lot but if you only take any notice of one thing I post today then let it be this. Carve it in stone and throw the stone through the window of the BBC newsroom.
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shit like this is the core of the damage the social internet has done to us
we have replaced actual expertise with "some dude with a podcast who makes you feel like his buddy while he bullshits into a microphone" and now a ton of people think that measles and chicken pox are the same
we have replaced actual expertise with "some dude with a podcast who makes you feel like his buddy while he bullshits into a microphone" and now a ton of people think that measles and chicken pox are the same
Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
December 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
shit like this is the core of the damage the social internet has done to us
we have replaced actual expertise with "some dude with a podcast who makes you feel like his buddy while he bullshits into a microphone" and now a ton of people think that measles and chicken pox are the same
we have replaced actual expertise with "some dude with a podcast who makes you feel like his buddy while he bullshits into a microphone" and now a ton of people think that measles and chicken pox are the same
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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it is extremely funny that RFK both does not believe in the germ theory of disease and is a lab leak truther
December 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
it is extremely funny that RFK both does not believe in the germ theory of disease and is a lab leak truther