James O'Malley
@jamesomalley.co.uk
@Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: abundancepod.com
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Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: abundancepod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
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As someone who grew up in the countryside the Countryside Alliance has never represented me and my family and honestly fuck them
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance
Poll released by group as people gather for traditional Boxing Day hunts finds 76% of voters believe Labour prioritises urban issues over rural ones
Keir Starmer’s government has been told it has “alienated rural people” as traditional Boxing Day hunts gathered across the UK ahead of plans to ban trail hunting.
The warning came from the Countryside Alliance pressure group, which released a poll suggesting 65% of voters think the Labour administration unfairly neglects country communities. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
As someone who grew up in the countryside the Countryside Alliance has never represented me and my family and honestly fuck them
They ought to cast Celebrity Gladiators like I’m A Celebrity and get at least one person who us political weirdos have heard of. Why can’t Chris Whitty take on Gauntlet and Duel?
December 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
They ought to cast Celebrity Gladiators like I’m A Celebrity and get at least one person who us political weirdos have heard of. Why can’t Chris Whitty take on Gauntlet and Duel?
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Spare a thought for Priti Patel this Christmas, who is no longer able to participate in her favourite festive tradition.
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Spare a thought for Priti Patel this Christmas, who is no longer able to participate in her favourite festive tradition.
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The Snowman and Father Christmas take place in the same universe. In Father Christmas, Jim and Hilda Bloggs from When the Wind Blows are shown in the pub.
This therefore suggests that, canonically speaking, the real ending of The Snowman is a massive nuclear war.
This therefore suggests that, canonically speaking, the real ending of The Snowman is a massive nuclear war.
December 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Snowman and Father Christmas take place in the same universe. In Father Christmas, Jim and Hilda Bloggs from When the Wind Blows are shown in the pub.
This therefore suggests that, canonically speaking, the real ending of The Snowman is a massive nuclear war.
This therefore suggests that, canonically speaking, the real ending of The Snowman is a massive nuclear war.
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Spare a thought for Priti Patel this Christmas, who is no longer able to participate in her favourite festive tradition.
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Spare a thought for Priti Patel this Christmas, who is no longer able to participate in her favourite festive tradition.
The Snowman and Father Christmas take place in the same universe. In Father Christmas, Jim and Hilda Bloggs from When the Wind Blows are shown in the pub.
This therefore suggests that, canonically speaking, the real ending of The Snowman is a massive nuclear war.
This therefore suggests that, canonically speaking, the real ending of The Snowman is a massive nuclear war.
December 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Snowman and Father Christmas take place in the same universe. In Father Christmas, Jim and Hilda Bloggs from When the Wind Blows are shown in the pub.
This therefore suggests that, canonically speaking, the real ending of The Snowman is a massive nuclear war.
This therefore suggests that, canonically speaking, the real ending of The Snowman is a massive nuclear war.
Spouse: Good day at work?
Chaser: Yes, I stopped the celebrity contestants from winning enough money for their chosen charity to buy a dialysis machine.
Chaser: Yes, I stopped the celebrity contestants from winning enough money for their chosen charity to buy a dialysis machine.
December 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Spouse: Good day at work?
Chaser: Yes, I stopped the celebrity contestants from winning enough money for their chosen charity to buy a dialysis machine.
Chaser: Yes, I stopped the celebrity contestants from winning enough money for their chosen charity to buy a dialysis machine.
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Escape your family and have a listen to this. Or better still, subject them to it.
It’s here! We were joined by @andrewhunterm.bsky.social, @stejormur.bsky.social and YouTuber CityEd for The Abundance Agenda Christmas Quiz!
Go have a listen as it is super fun!
www.abundancepod.com/p/the-abunda...
Go have a listen as it is super fun!
www.abundancepod.com/p/the-abunda...
The Abundance Christmas Quiz!
Listen now | With Andrew Hunter Murray and CityEd!
www.abundancepod.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Escape your family and have a listen to this. Or better still, subject them to it.
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NEW: It's time to reboot Back to the Future
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
It's time to reboot Back to the Future
What's a re-run? You'll find out.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NEW: It's time to reboot Back to the Future
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
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[Quietly opens briefcase]
I’ve just got a fresh shipment of YouGov trackers, or if you want something a little stronger, I can get you an MRP if the price is right.
I’ve just got a fresh shipment of YouGov trackers, or if you want something a little stronger, I can get you an MRP if the price is right.
SOUTH KOREA SPECIAL PROSECUTOR: INDICTS EX-PRESIDENT YOON FOR ILLEGALLY RECEIVING PUBLIC OPINION POLLS
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
[Quietly opens briefcase]
I’ve just got a fresh shipment of YouGov trackers, or if you want something a little stronger, I can get you an MRP if the price is right.
I’ve just got a fresh shipment of YouGov trackers, or if you want something a little stronger, I can get you an MRP if the price is right.
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Farage says it confidently, Davey, Polanski and Swinney refuse to say it. Starmer tries to avoid saying it by muttering in such a way that the left thinks he said it and the right think he refused wokely. Badenoch sings the wrong word by mistake then makes sure to say the slur on telly the day after
December 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Farage says it confidently, Davey, Polanski and Swinney refuse to say it. Starmer tries to avoid saying it by muttering in such a way that the left thinks he said it and the right think he refused wokely. Badenoch sings the wrong word by mistake then makes sure to say the slur on telly the day after
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Ok James, I started out looking my pitchfork for this heresy, but you've actually sold me here this would work.
December 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ok James, I started out looking my pitchfork for this heresy, but you've actually sold me here this would work.
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I nominate "do better" as the year's most irritating phrase. It's just so bloody entitled. Twats sitting around open jawed expecting content to be spoon-fed into their mouth, and then it's not exactly conforming to what they want, they complain from a psuedo position of higher morality. Fuck off.
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I nominate "do better" as the year's most irritating phrase. It's just so bloody entitled. Twats sitting around open jawed expecting content to be spoon-fed into their mouth, and then it's not exactly conforming to what they want, they complain from a psuedo position of higher morality. Fuck off.
Come on Ed, at least put on a Santa costume. You've got a reputation to maintain!
Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Come on Ed, at least put on a Santa costume. You've got a reputation to maintain!
ICYMI:
NEW: It's time to reboot Back to the Future
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
It's time to reboot Back to the Future
What's a re-run? You'll find out.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICYMI:
[Quietly opens briefcase]
I’ve just got a fresh shipment of YouGov trackers, or if you want something a little stronger, I can get you an MRP if the price is right.
I’ve just got a fresh shipment of YouGov trackers, or if you want something a little stronger, I can get you an MRP if the price is right.
SOUTH KOREA SPECIAL PROSECUTOR: INDICTS EX-PRESIDENT YOON FOR ILLEGALLY RECEIVING PUBLIC OPINION POLLS
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
[Quietly opens briefcase]
I’ve just got a fresh shipment of YouGov trackers, or if you want something a little stronger, I can get you an MRP if the price is right.
I’ve just got a fresh shipment of YouGov trackers, or if you want something a little stronger, I can get you an MRP if the price is right.
My tech-optimist priors were reinforced earlier when what should have been a horrifying pre-Christmas trip to the supermarket was completely painless thanks to ‘Smart Shop’ technology, where everything is bagged and scanned in real time, reducing checkout to seconds.
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My tech-optimist priors were reinforced earlier when what should have been a horrifying pre-Christmas trip to the supermarket was completely painless thanks to ‘Smart Shop’ technology, where everything is bagged and scanned in real time, reducing checkout to seconds.
Yet another episode of Only Connect where I know at least one of the contestants.
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yet another episode of Only Connect where I know at least one of the contestants.
We’re all thinking it.
NEW: It's time to reboot Back to the Future
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
It's time to reboot Back to the Future
What's a re-run? You'll find out.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We’re all thinking it.
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Maugham is such a crank. Surely even he has a basic knowledge of UK libel law?
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Maugham is such a crank. Surely even he has a basic knowledge of UK libel law?
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I actually really like this, but then I'm about the same age and Back to the Future was nothing like as big a thing for me so I'm not particularly precious about it
NEW: It's time to reboot Back to the Future
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
It's time to reboot Back to the Future
What's a re-run? You'll find out.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I actually really like this, but then I'm about the same age and Back to the Future was nothing like as big a thing for me so I'm not particularly precious about it
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Yep, the AI boom is massive, but if you think all recent US economic growth is downstream of data centers, think again—total investment in computers & software contributed roughly 0.3% to the 4.3% GDP growth in Q3
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yep, the AI boom is massive, but if you think all recent US economic growth is downstream of data centers, think again—total investment in computers & software contributed roughly 0.3% to the 4.3% GDP growth in Q3
The worst part about this is that you read it wanting me to be wrong, but no, it turns out it is actually a brilliant idea.
NEW: It's time to reboot Back to the Future
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
<-- This really is my actual, sincere opinion, and here I explain how to do it successfully.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/back-to-ba...
It's time to reboot Back to the Future
What's a re-run? You'll find out.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The worst part about this is that you read it wanting me to be wrong, but no, it turns out it is actually a brilliant idea.