HK
@hkesvani.bsky.social
Journalist who mostly does Dad Posting. talk from time to time on @trashfuture.bsky.social and @10kpostspodcast.bsky.social
A simple answer to this, anecdotally speaking, is that people in general want nice things, but they don't want other people to have access to said nice thing and the latter will almost certainly overshadow the former
Just generally my default assumption upon learning that something new is gonna happen in Britain is that it'll be a little bit crap. I don't think that's inevitable or something, I don't get that impression in other countries, especially not ones as wealthy as the UK. Things here just always rubbish
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A simple answer to this, anecdotally speaking, is that people in general want nice things, but they don't want other people to have access to said nice thing and the latter will almost certainly overshadow the former
It's sort of interesting to me that for a lot of British journalists, "success" largely means reducing people's access to essential services
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It's sort of interesting to me that for a lot of British journalists, "success" largely means reducing people's access to essential services
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There should be more funding in education against transphobic bullying and trans safe spaces in schools in Brianna’s name. But with slow push to bring back section 28 they stuck the response to her murder onto a school policy they had planned already
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There should be more funding in education against transphobic bullying and trans safe spaces in schools in Brianna’s name. But with slow push to bring back section 28 they stuck the response to her murder onto a school policy they had planned already
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Diary of a CEO once again robbed of a Booker Prize. Shame on the so called 'literary' community
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Diary of a CEO once again robbed of a Booker Prize. Shame on the so called 'literary' community
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"Woke Femto" would be a good screen name if anyone wants it
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"Woke Femto" would be a good screen name if anyone wants it
V good - as Tom points out, much of living in the UK today is built around either believing, or tolerating, being lied to directly to your face. Pointing out the lie will get you yelled at, castigated and publicly shamed, and underneath it all, a fear of what happens once the lie unravels
Hi guys, I've decided as everyone else has to start a substack. Here's my first article, on how the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan furore lays bare the pretence at the heart of British politics. Feel free to subscribe, I'm going to try write at least 2 articles a month.
open.substack.com/pub/tomusher...
open.substack.com/pub/tomusher...
Fated to pretend
What the Maccabi Tel Aviv furore shows us all about pretending
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
V good - as Tom points out, much of living in the UK today is built around either believing, or tolerating, being lied to directly to your face. Pointing out the lie will get you yelled at, castigated and publicly shamed, and underneath it all, a fear of what happens once the lie unravels
I hate landfill indie as much as anyone else but even I think it’s a bit much for The Maccabees to be banned playing in Birmingham
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I hate landfill indie as much as anyone else but even I think it’s a bit much for The Maccabees to be banned playing in Birmingham
Sure, though for the past 3 decades (?) the idea of a national culture has p much been undermined by successive governments : cuts to arts funding, walling off access to creative industries to the richest in society, making the UK incredibly difficult to be a creative worker etc.
I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sure, though for the past 3 decades (?) the idea of a national culture has p much been undermined by successive governments : cuts to arts funding, walling off access to creative industries to the richest in society, making the UK incredibly difficult to be a creative worker etc.
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lmao just find out whether it's true rather than accusing her of spreading misinformation, what do you think journalism is
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
lmao just find out whether it's true rather than accusing her of spreading misinformation, what do you think journalism is
Are we getting close to noticing yet
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Are we getting close to noticing yet
genuinely concerned that basically no one is talking about the new Now You See Me film, and also nobody seems to be hyped for the new Avatar coming out next month
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
genuinely concerned that basically no one is talking about the new Now You See Me film, and also nobody seems to be hyped for the new Avatar coming out next month
Not that this will be recognised or admitted to, but I do think a good way to understand this turn in the culture war is recognising the effects the EHRC definition of antisemitism and the way it was/is presented has had, and what it told people with power about how much they could get away with
Just incredible stuff all round really: all of these people had so much success brazenly lying to the public over the last ten years that there’s nothing now except lying and bullshit faked outrages over nothing. Almost every day of the year, it’s a new landslide of worthless rubbish.
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Not that this will be recognised or admitted to, but I do think a good way to understand this turn in the culture war is recognising the effects the EHRC definition of antisemitism and the way it was/is presented has had, and what it told people with power about how much they could get away with
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I’m working on an article about anime, among other things, and I’d like to know what was your first exposure to anime?
Drop your answers below 👇
Drop your answers below 👇
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I’m working on an article about anime, among other things, and I’d like to know what was your first exposure to anime?
Drop your answers below 👇
Drop your answers below 👇
[Looking up the date, 10th November] 2025 is going to be my year
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
[Looking up the date, 10th November] 2025 is going to be my year
I get it but also arguably not having to work, but having to perform working, probably made 'the workplace' worse. Either set up workplaces where everything can be done within a few hours, or let your staff also carry out japes and schemes
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I get it but also arguably not having to work, but having to perform working, probably made 'the workplace' worse. Either set up workplaces where everything can be done within a few hours, or let your staff also carry out japes and schemes
I am going to become the joker
"Choose a lane and celebrate it! Say 'this is what I genuinely believe, it might go wrong, but I'm going to go for it.'"
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social call for more courage in UK politics - the kind shown across the pond by Mamdani.
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social call for more courage in UK politics - the kind shown across the pond by Mamdani.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I am going to become the joker
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Welcome to the BBC, Bari Weiss
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Welcome to the BBC, Bari Weiss
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
That’s right
Me: We have too many books.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
That’s right
Watching HEAT in 2 minute increments
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Watching HEAT in 2 minute increments
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the wealthy oligarchs want to control all flow of information to create narratives and beliefs they want to instill into populations, no better illustrated by comparing how elon musks ‘grokipedia’ talks about hitler compared to ‘wikipedia’
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the wealthy oligarchs want to control all flow of information to create narratives and beliefs they want to instill into populations, no better illustrated by comparing how elon musks ‘grokipedia’ talks about hitler compared to ‘wikipedia’