Gareth Bouch
@garethbouch.bsky.social
BA Hons Philosophy. Graphic designer. Director at Vroom Media. Also musician / composer as The Rain Dogs - @theraindogs.bsky.social
Vroom Media:
https://vroom.media
The Rain Dogs:
https://the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
Vroom Media:
https://vroom.media
The Rain Dogs:
https://the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
Nigel Farage: the fuckwit's Confucius.
January 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Nigel Farage: the fuckwit's Confucius.
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Jesus famously did not disrupt proceedings at a place of worship and call out religious hypocrisy
Rep. Keith Self on anti-ICE protesters who disrupted a church service in the Twin Cities: "I compare them to Hamas who live-streamed the attack in Israel that killed hundreds of people. They want to instill terror."
January 20, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Jesus famously did not disrupt proceedings at a place of worship and call out religious hypocrisy
The GSA is an internationally significant piece of architecture.
Paul Sweeney MSP sets out powerfully detailed objections to the proposed commercial development that threatens the significance of Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art.
Recommended reading as a reminder of how important this building is and why its restoration is a priority.
Recommended reading as a reminder of how important this building is and why its restoration is a priority.
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The GSA is an internationally significant piece of architecture.
Delusional.
Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC's Matt Chorley that if she were prime minister, Donald Trump would simply not be like this.
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Delusional.
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Full on world emperor mode. Just drop the fancy theories now, this is now solely about personal power and money for Trump.
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Full on world emperor mode. Just drop the fancy theories now, this is now solely about personal power and money for Trump.
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Trump is trying to make himself world emperor through this absurd "Board of Peace". Wouldn't be a surprise if corporate leaders are being summoned to meet him in Davos to pledge money.
The US on the road to laughing stock, and only they can stop the insanity. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
The US on the road to laughing stock, and only they can stop the insanity. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Trump is trying to make himself world emperor through this absurd "Board of Peace". Wouldn't be a surprise if corporate leaders are being summoned to meet him in Davos to pledge money.
The US on the road to laughing stock, and only they can stop the insanity. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
The US on the road to laughing stock, and only they can stop the insanity. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Have you thought about making a product which people actually want?
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Have you thought about making a product which people actually want?
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This is one hell of a quote. European leaders really are running out of patience.
January 20, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is one hell of a quote. European leaders really are running out of patience.
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Imagine if #Russia would be destroying the headquarters of UN's UNCHR in #Ukraine today.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Imagine if #Russia would be destroying the headquarters of UN's UNCHR in #Ukraine today.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
It would be the leading news in the 'West', eclipsing Trump and Greenland.
#Israel is today destroying the headquarters of UN's UNRWA (@unrwa.org) in #Palestine.
And it goes almost unreported in the 'West'.
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This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, tells the UK parliament they're "trying to usher in a new golden age for their country"
Right: President Trump posts an image showing Canada and Greenland as part of the US
Right: President Trump posts an image showing Canada and Greenland as part of the US
January 20, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, tells the UK parliament they're "trying to usher in a new golden age for their country"
Right: President Trump posts an image showing Canada and Greenland as part of the US
Right: President Trump posts an image showing Canada and Greenland as part of the US
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Revolting that they let this man speak to Parliament. Just repulsive, and another pointless, worthless, squirming, toadying appeasement to Trump.
Mike Johnson speaking to the UK Parliament,
"A strong America is good for the entire world"
"And a strong UK is as well"
"A strong America is good for the entire world"
"And a strong UK is as well"
January 20, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Revolting that they let this man speak to Parliament. Just repulsive, and another pointless, worthless, squirming, toadying appeasement to Trump.
Bear in mind "if you commit a crime" now includes peaceful protest against genocide.
Shabana Mahmood here, and the vibes are not getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Bear in mind "if you commit a crime" now includes peaceful protest against genocide.
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Let’s focus on the two first confirmations of illegality.
Tell me where X Internet Unlimited Company in Fenian Street doesn’t do this.
Tell me where X Internet Unlimited Company in Fenian Street doesn’t do this.
Ireland's Attorney General Rossa Fanning is understood to have also said while it is illegal to share altered images and is also illegal to generate images of children, it is not currently illegal for an adult to alter an image of another adult without their consent.
www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
Coimisiún na Meán unlikely to seek Irish blocking of Grok
Media watchdog Coimisiún na Meán is unlikely to seek the banning or blocking of AI app Grok in Ireland by itself, and will instead wait until further talks with the European Commission before deciding...
www.rte.ie
January 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Let’s focus on the two first confirmations of illegality.
Tell me where X Internet Unlimited Company in Fenian Street doesn’t do this.
Tell me where X Internet Unlimited Company in Fenian Street doesn’t do this.
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OMG, he actually did the ‘I can’t be sexist, my wife is a woman’ line.
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
OMG, he actually did the ‘I can’t be sexist, my wife is a woman’ line.
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Oh god, I’ve seen another of those *very clever* analyses of how Trump is playing everyone at 5D chess.
Stop. Just stop.
Stop. Just stop.
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Oh god, I’ve seen another of those *very clever* analyses of how Trump is playing everyone at 5D chess.
Stop. Just stop.
Stop. Just stop.
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Is Europe, the UK, Canada etc finally going to wake up to the sad truth that you cannot pacify a lunatic bully?
Please…enough really is enough.
Please…enough really is enough.
🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump has threatened to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wine and Champagne in response to Emmanuel Macron rejecting his offer to join the “Board of Peace” tasked with overseeing the next steps in Gaza.
Read the story: www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
Read the story: www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
January 20, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Is Europe, the UK, Canada etc finally going to wake up to the sad truth that you cannot pacify a lunatic bully?
Please…enough really is enough.
Please…enough really is enough.
"There can be no going back - On that, everyone agrees!"
Really....?
Really....?
Trump: “I had a very good telephone call with Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, concerning Greenland. I agreed to a meeting of the various parties in Davos. As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for National and World Security. There can be no going back”
January 20, 2026 at 8:37 AM
"There can be no going back - On that, everyone agrees!"
Really....?
Really....?
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In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
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NEW: Donald Trump lashes out at UK over Chagos Islands deal - which he signed off in May last year - describing it as “an act of great stupidity” and another reason for his Greenland takeover plan.
January 20, 2026 at 7:32 AM
NEW: Donald Trump lashes out at UK over Chagos Islands deal - which he signed off in May last year - describing it as “an act of great stupidity” and another reason for his Greenland takeover plan.
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Last I checked we were not the 51st state. Fucking quisling.
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Last I checked we were not the 51st state. Fucking quisling.
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Trump is up late posting about taking over land belong to allies of the United States
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Trump is up late posting about taking over land belong to allies of the United States