I Am Incorrigible
@imincorrigible.bsky.social
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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And here we are again.
Trump makes "ceasefire" proposal.
Ukraine accepts it.
Russia rejects it.
Trump blames Ukraine.
This is now the 8th time.
Trump makes "ceasefire" proposal.
Ukraine accepts it.
Russia rejects it.
Trump blames Ukraine.
This is now the 8th time.
February 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
And here we are again.
Trump makes "ceasefire" proposal.
Ukraine accepts it.
Russia rejects it.
Trump blames Ukraine.
This is now the 8th time.
Trump makes "ceasefire" proposal.
Ukraine accepts it.
Russia rejects it.
Trump blames Ukraine.
This is now the 8th time.
I keep forgetting that the Piccadilly line has 5G until I'm two stops away from my bloody destination.
Grr.
Grr.
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I keep forgetting that the Piccadilly line has 5G until I'm two stops away from my bloody destination.
Grr.
Grr.
This is the kind of well known stat that any Farage interviewer could guess in advance would be needed as a fact check.
And if that is too much for one journo, the BBC should have access to near real time fact checking to help prevent it from becoming an unwitting promoter of misinformation.
#bbcpm
And if that is too much for one journo, the BBC should have access to near real time fact checking to help prevent it from becoming an unwitting promoter of misinformation.
#bbcpm
Immigration is a high profile issue & the focus of much of the interview. This was a big claim about the central headline number. I do not think it is a good thing that the BBC is relying on external post-publication challenge many hours after publication on this kind of major false point
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This is the kind of well known stat that any Farage interviewer could guess in advance would be needed as a fact check.
And if that is too much for one journo, the BBC should have access to near real time fact checking to help prevent it from becoming an unwitting promoter of misinformation.
#bbcpm
And if that is too much for one journo, the BBC should have access to near real time fact checking to help prevent it from becoming an unwitting promoter of misinformation.
#bbcpm
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What this does to those of us with even the thickest of skins is pretty traumatic at the best of times. It wears you down and out.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
What this does to those of us with even the thickest of skins is pretty traumatic at the best of times. It wears you down and out.
Is Zahawi sure that it wasn't just another HMRC collector trying to find out if the tax dodger is ever going to pay the millions he owes in back taxes and fines?
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Is Zahawi sure that it wasn't just another HMRC collector trying to find out if the tax dodger is ever going to pay the millions he owes in back taxes and fines?
Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
February 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
FT: "Sir Tony Blair’s think-tank has called on the UK government to reverse its ban on new North Sea exploration licences and scrap the windfall tax on the oil and gas sector".
Since his institute is now effectively owned by Trump cheerleader and donor Larry Ellison, this is unsurprising.
Since his institute is now effectively owned by Trump cheerleader and donor Larry Ellison, this is unsurprising.
February 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
"Disgraced financier"?
He's a fkn paedophile and rapist, wtf is this description about?
@thetimes.com #Epstein
He's a fkn paedophile and rapist, wtf is this description about?
@thetimes.com #Epstein
The disgraced financier was emailed by a regular contact, suggesting the time was right to bet on the pound, whatever the result of the independence poll
Jeffrey Epstein advised to bet on sterling before 2014 referendum
www.thetimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
"Disgraced financier"?
He's a fkn paedophile and rapist, wtf is this description about?
@thetimes.com #Epstein
He's a fkn paedophile and rapist, wtf is this description about?
@thetimes.com #Epstein
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Anti-trans campaigners will try to spin the High Court’s decision into an absolute victory.
But that’s far from the truth – the findings in this case will require the EHRC’s code of practice to be rewritten.
Read our FAQs on where this judgment leaves us:
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But that’s far from the truth – the findings in this case will require the EHRC’s code of practice to be rewritten.
Read our FAQs on where this judgment leaves us:
goodlaw.social/ioen
FAQ: Trans inclusion after the High Court decision on the EHRC’s interim guidance | Good Law Project
An explanation of where things stand for services and workplaces
goodlaw.social
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Anti-trans campaigners will try to spin the High Court’s decision into an absolute victory.
But that’s far from the truth – the findings in this case will require the EHRC’s code of practice to be rewritten.
Read our FAQs on where this judgment leaves us:
goodlaw.social/ioen
But that’s far from the truth – the findings in this case will require the EHRC’s code of practice to be rewritten.
Read our FAQs on where this judgment leaves us:
goodlaw.social/ioen
Phillip from Sandbach is fmr UKIP parliamentary candidate, and used to be a #MoronOfTheWeek regular.
He's actually Asian-African, but racist AF.
He loved calling you to talk about "cesspits of third world cultures".
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk
He's actually Asian-African, but racist AF.
He loved calling you to talk about "cesspits of third world cultures".
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Phillip from Sandbach is fmr UKIP parliamentary candidate, and used to be a #MoronOfTheWeek regular.
He's actually Asian-African, but racist AF.
He loved calling you to talk about "cesspits of third world cultures".
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk
He's actually Asian-African, but racist AF.
He loved calling you to talk about "cesspits of third world cultures".
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk
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Benefitting less?
The richer half of the country actually saw a bigger proportional increase in their benefit income (of 14%) than the poorer half (of 4%) over the past three decades, and the bottom quartile specifically, experienced a real terms fall in benefit income (of 13%).
The richer half of the country actually saw a bigger proportional increase in their benefit income (of 14%) than the poorer half (of 4%) over the past three decades, and the bottom quartile specifically, experienced a real terms fall in benefit income (of 13%).
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Benefitting less?
The richer half of the country actually saw a bigger proportional increase in their benefit income (of 14%) than the poorer half (of 4%) over the past three decades, and the bottom quartile specifically, experienced a real terms fall in benefit income (of 13%).
The richer half of the country actually saw a bigger proportional increase in their benefit income (of 14%) than the poorer half (of 4%) over the past three decades, and the bottom quartile specifically, experienced a real terms fall in benefit income (of 13%).
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Farage's lies about people not speaking English factchecked here.
NB Farage also claimed that "four million speak barely passable English" - this too is a lie.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
NB Farage also claimed that "four million speak barely passable English" - this too is a lie.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
BBC Verify: Fact-checking Farage's claim that one million in UK 'don't speak any English’
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Farage's lies about people not speaking English factchecked here.
NB Farage also claimed that "four million speak barely passable English" - this too is a lie.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
NB Farage also claimed that "four million speak barely passable English" - this too is a lie.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
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Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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I get why Matt posts this nonsense every day, outrage pays.
None of this is on the current government.
Open borders? Brexit.
Soft-on-crime chaos? Tories.
Highest taxes since the 1940s? Tories.
Shafted pensioners? Tories.
Farmers driven to despair? Brexit.
Hotels for migrants? Brexit + Tory failure.
None of this is on the current government.
Open borders? Brexit.
Soft-on-crime chaos? Tories.
Highest taxes since the 1940s? Tories.
Shafted pensioners? Tories.
Farmers driven to despair? Brexit.
Hotels for migrants? Brexit + Tory failure.
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I get why Matt posts this nonsense every day, outrage pays.
None of this is on the current government.
Open borders? Brexit.
Soft-on-crime chaos? Tories.
Highest taxes since the 1940s? Tories.
Shafted pensioners? Tories.
Farmers driven to despair? Brexit.
Hotels for migrants? Brexit + Tory failure.
None of this is on the current government.
Open borders? Brexit.
Soft-on-crime chaos? Tories.
Highest taxes since the 1940s? Tories.
Shafted pensioners? Tories.
Farmers driven to despair? Brexit.
Hotels for migrants? Brexit + Tory failure.
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Was Noem planning to pay someone to shoot her neighbour's puppies?
April 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Was Noem planning to pay someone to shoot her neighbour's puppies?
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Puppy murderer Kristi Noem took a share of political donations as additions to her personal income, and did not declare it.
Why do so many Trump acolytes turn out to be corrupt crooks?*
*It's a rhetorical question.
bsky.app/profile/prop...
Why do so many Trump acolytes turn out to be corrupt crooks?*
*It's a rhetorical question.
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NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Puppy murderer Kristi Noem took a share of political donations as additions to her personal income, and did not declare it.
Why do so many Trump acolytes turn out to be corrupt crooks?*
*It's a rhetorical question.
bsky.app/profile/prop...
Why do so many Trump acolytes turn out to be corrupt crooks?*
*It's a rhetorical question.
bsky.app/profile/prop...
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Noem is banned from all 9 S Dakota Native American reservations for falsely accusing tribal leaders of profiting from drug cartels
Shot her "untrainable" puppy
Pressured officials to overturn her daughter's real estate license denial, resulting in a $200K taxpayer-funded settlement & ethics probe
Shot her "untrainable" puppy
Pressured officials to overturn her daughter's real estate license denial, resulting in a $200K taxpayer-funded settlement & ethics probe
Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Noem is banned from all 9 S Dakota Native American reservations for falsely accusing tribal leaders of profiting from drug cartels
Shot her "untrainable" puppy
Pressured officials to overturn her daughter's real estate license denial, resulting in a $200K taxpayer-funded settlement & ethics probe
Shot her "untrainable" puppy
Pressured officials to overturn her daughter's real estate license denial, resulting in a $200K taxpayer-funded settlement & ethics probe
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Kristi Noem: "It's amazing what President Trump has done. 2.5 million people have left our country because of his leadership."
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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And as if the Trump admin was watching, here's Kristi Noem proving the fables veracity,
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BRENNAN: What percentage of those you have in custody have committed crimes?
NOEM: 70% of them
B: It's not 70%
N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers
B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions
N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers
B: Well, that's from your agency
NOEM: 70% of them
B: It's not 70%
N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers
B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions
N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers
B: Well, that's from your agency
January 18, 2026 at 7:32 PM
And as if the Trump admin was watching, here's Kristi Noem proving the fables veracity,
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bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Fascinating- under current rules, all ministers' meetings should be registered. And all consultant lobbyists, like Global Counsel, have to register with the official Registrar and declare all instances of lobbying ministers and perm secs.
So is this acceptance that the current schemes don't work?
So is this acceptance that the current schemes don't work?
Exclusive:
Ministers and civil servants have been told to report any future conversations with Global Counsel, the lobbying firm co-founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, in the latest fallout from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com/content/124e...
Ministers and civil servants have been told to report any future conversations with Global Counsel, the lobbying firm co-founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, in the latest fallout from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com/content/124e...
Whitehall told to report conversations with Mandelson lobbying firm
Guidance on Global Counsel is latest fallout from ties between former minister and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Fascinating- under current rules, all ministers' meetings should be registered. And all consultant lobbyists, like Global Counsel, have to register with the official Registrar and declare all instances of lobbying ministers and perm secs.
So is this acceptance that the current schemes don't work?
So is this acceptance that the current schemes don't work?
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Oh wow our @38degrees.bsky.social petition to cap political donations in the UK has over 94k signatures!! 💥
There's still lots of time for amendments to Elections Bill. Would be so powerful to get it over 100k
Can you help? Please sign and share! Thanks! 😀 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
There's still lots of time for amendments to Elections Bill. Would be so powerful to get it over 100k
Can you help? Please sign and share! Thanks! 😀 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Oh wow our @38degrees.bsky.social petition to cap political donations in the UK has over 94k signatures!! 💥
There's still lots of time for amendments to Elections Bill. Would be so powerful to get it over 100k
Can you help? Please sign and share! Thanks! 😀 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
There's still lots of time for amendments to Elections Bill. Would be so powerful to get it over 100k
Can you help? Please sign and share! Thanks! 😀 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Why does the BBC continue to allow the openly transphobic Justin Webb to continue to report on trans issues?
"BBC upholds complaint against Today presenter Justin Webb for saying trans women are males
The executive complaints unit ruling has been discussed with Webb and the Today team"
#r4today
"BBC upholds complaint against Today presenter Justin Webb for saying trans women are males
The executive complaints unit ruling has been discussed with Webb and the Today team"
#r4today
February 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Why does the BBC continue to allow the openly transphobic Justin Webb to continue to report on trans issues?
"BBC upholds complaint against Today presenter Justin Webb for saying trans women are males
The executive complaints unit ruling has been discussed with Webb and the Today team"
#r4today
"BBC upholds complaint against Today presenter Justin Webb for saying trans women are males
The executive complaints unit ruling has been discussed with Webb and the Today team"
#r4today
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This brave woman speaks for millions of British people.
Meanwhile these thugs behave in an entirely menacing manner and nothing is done.
Meanwhile these thugs behave in an entirely menacing manner and nothing is done.
This woman in Crowborough who took down flags is a hero and I hope she's ok.
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
This brave woman speaks for millions of British people.
Meanwhile these thugs behave in an entirely menacing manner and nothing is done.
Meanwhile these thugs behave in an entirely menacing manner and nothing is done.
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Labour’s vote is collapsing everywhere.
In Peterborough last night, as in Gorton and Denton, voting Green is the only way to stop Reform.
In Peterborough last night, as in Gorton and Denton, voting Green is the only way to stop Reform.
Fletton & Woodston (Peterborough) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
February 13, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Labour’s vote is collapsing everywhere.
In Peterborough last night, as in Gorton and Denton, voting Green is the only way to stop Reform.
In Peterborough last night, as in Gorton and Denton, voting Green is the only way to stop Reform.