Nick
@finch4077.bsky.social
Student of history, come for the football and Rugby stay for the history both remembered and forgotten. Also films and Detective fiction, and art, and stuff. I block AI firms, Crypto people of all genders and Traders so don't bother !
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No BBC bias latest!
I cannot think of a more twisted way of reporting what's happening in brussels between EU & UK.
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I cannot think of a more twisted way of reporting what's happening in brussels between EU & UK.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
No BBC bias latest!
I cannot think of a more twisted way of reporting what's happening in brussels between EU & UK.
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I cannot think of a more twisted way of reporting what's happening in brussels between EU & UK.
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New Absolute Units is here!
Throughout history, people have pitted town & country against each other. Where does this dynamic come from? And how do we transcend it?
In this two-part episode, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social joins us to explore these questions & more.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Throughout history, people have pitted town & country against each other. Where does this dynamic come from? And how do we transcend it?
In this two-part episode, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social joins us to explore these questions & more.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New Absolute Units is here!
Throughout history, people have pitted town & country against each other. Where does this dynamic come from? And how do we transcend it?
In this two-part episode, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social joins us to explore these questions & more.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Throughout history, people have pitted town & country against each other. Where does this dynamic come from? And how do we transcend it?
In this two-part episode, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social joins us to explore these questions & more.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
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There is a small subset of pro-Starmer ultras on here who either genuinely don’t understand that budget stories *are directly briefed out by the Treasury, with permission* or pretend not to know that. And so they claim the plans never existed, haven’t changed, etc. It is maddening, and dumb as fuck.
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There is a small subset of pro-Starmer ultras on here who either genuinely don’t understand that budget stories *are directly briefed out by the Treasury, with permission* or pretend not to know that. And so they claim the plans never existed, haven’t changed, etc. It is maddening, and dumb as fuck.
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Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
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I do not understand those still attempting to defend Labour. Every day the gap between them and Reform, on immigration, trans and non-binary rights, disabled individuals etc shrinks. Human rights have to apply to everyone or they end up applying to no-one. #r4today
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I do not understand those still attempting to defend Labour. Every day the gap between them and Reform, on immigration, trans and non-binary rights, disabled individuals etc shrinks. Human rights have to apply to everyone or they end up applying to no-one. #r4today
news.sky.com/story/home-s...
news.sky.com/story/home-s...
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Somehow UK governments seem to have decided that political leadership is best demonstrated by a series of leaks to newspapers which are then denied, and daily ministerial media rounds of denial in support of grid announcements nobody notices.
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Somehow UK governments seem to have decided that political leadership is best demonstrated by a series of leaks to newspapers which are then denied, and daily ministerial media rounds of denial in support of grid announcements nobody notices.
No guts, no glory
Hey Labour.
Show some fucking guts.
Show some fucking guts.
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
No guts, no glory
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Can we just raise tax for people on decent incomes (and I include myself in this) and be done with it? And crack on actually making things better - for all of us - because lo and behold, the money I would save on tax doesn't buy me good schools, unis, roads, trains, prisons, GPs on my own.
God help us, it looks like utter chaos in there.
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Can we just raise tax for people on decent incomes (and I include myself in this) and be done with it? And crack on actually making things better - for all of us - because lo and behold, the money I would save on tax doesn't buy me good schools, unis, roads, trains, prisons, GPs on my own.
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You've got a majority.
You've got three years to run.
Show us some fricking pizzazz
You've got three years to run.
Show us some fricking pizzazz
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You've got a majority.
You've got three years to run.
Show us some fricking pizzazz
You've got three years to run.
Show us some fricking pizzazz
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Weak, weak, weak. Looking back on electoral failure with the knowledge that you did what was fiscally right & necessary is very different from looking back with the knowledge that you bottled it.
Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Weak, weak, weak. Looking back on electoral failure with the knowledge that you did what was fiscally right & necessary is very different from looking back with the knowledge that you bottled it.
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now that they've stopped making pennies, americans should update our sayings:
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
now that they've stopped making pennies, americans should update our sayings:
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
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Just a reminder, the coward who refused to accept an election loss in 2020 and then committed crimes trying to overthrow that election will certainly cheat, abuse his powers, and break the law to try to win the 2026 & 2028 elections.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just a reminder, the coward who refused to accept an election loss in 2020 and then committed crimes trying to overthrow that election will certainly cheat, abuse his powers, and break the law to try to win the 2026 & 2028 elections.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
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Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
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There are four leaks to plug for Trump: the survivors, Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Estate, and the 1000+ FBI and DoJ employees he locked in a building and forced to remove his name from the files.
Good luck, asshole.
Good luck, asshole.
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There are four leaks to plug for Trump: the survivors, Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Estate, and the 1000+ FBI and DoJ employees he locked in a building and forced to remove his name from the files.
Good luck, asshole.
Good luck, asshole.
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They rounded a bunch of random Venezuelans with tats and pretended they were in tren de aragua, then started blowing up random Venezuelan boats they claim “carried drugs,” in order to slowly groom their base into supporting a full ground war on Venezuela that was always about oil
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
They rounded a bunch of random Venezuelans with tats and pretended they were in tren de aragua, then started blowing up random Venezuelan boats they claim “carried drugs,” in order to slowly groom their base into supporting a full ground war on Venezuela that was always about oil
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University free speech latest. This sounds* pretty grim and I'm pleased Jewish students don't have to put up with it on their campus. But why are students from other minoritised groups not entitled to the same consideration? Why must they endure appalling attacks on their humanity?
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
University free speech latest. This sounds* pretty grim and I'm pleased Jewish students don't have to put up with it on their campus. But why are students from other minoritised groups not entitled to the same consideration? Why must they endure appalling attacks on their humanity?
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike.
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike.
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Oh.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Oh.
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Even worse… it’s a belief that if you’re gonna get caught, the only way to escape punishment is to make it so egregiously bad, it crashes the economy.
And even if it doesn’t, you can just ask Daddy Trump to pardon you… Or not even prosecute you in the first place
And even if it doesn’t, you can just ask Daddy Trump to pardon you… Or not even prosecute you in the first place
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Even worse… it’s a belief that if you’re gonna get caught, the only way to escape punishment is to make it so egregiously bad, it crashes the economy.
And even if it doesn’t, you can just ask Daddy Trump to pardon you… Or not even prosecute you in the first place
And even if it doesn’t, you can just ask Daddy Trump to pardon you… Or not even prosecute you in the first place
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The Great Recession changed everything
It showed that corrupt rich people could crash the world economy, get bailed out, not face any consequences & even keep getting bonuses
Now all they have to do is wave their arms and chant “Too Big to Fail!”
It showed that corrupt rich people could crash the world economy, get bailed out, not face any consequences & even keep getting bonuses
Now all they have to do is wave their arms and chant “Too Big to Fail!”
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Great Recession changed everything
It showed that corrupt rich people could crash the world economy, get bailed out, not face any consequences & even keep getting bonuses
Now all they have to do is wave their arms and chant “Too Big to Fail!”
It showed that corrupt rich people could crash the world economy, get bailed out, not face any consequences & even keep getting bonuses
Now all they have to do is wave their arms and chant “Too Big to Fail!”
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The problem of course is we have a political and economic system that has eliminated the downsides of insane behavior and risk taking. You can burn down the world and then shrug and walk away with billions. Seems like a problem
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The problem of course is we have a political and economic system that has eliminated the downsides of insane behavior and risk taking. You can burn down the world and then shrug and walk away with billions. Seems like a problem
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☕️Red cup day is one of Starbucks' most popular and profitable days of the year. To protest against what some union members say are unlivable wages and unfair workplace conditions employees in Houston and across the nation are on strike against the multibillion-dollar coffee company.
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
☕️Red cup day is one of Starbucks' most popular and profitable days of the year. To protest against what some union members say are unlivable wages and unfair workplace conditions employees in Houston and across the nation are on strike against the multibillion-dollar coffee company.
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