Joe Poser
@jposer.bsky.social
Occasional moaning about cloud engineering but mostly cats.
Under these plans my Grandad who arrived in the UK as a refugee after surviving the holocaust would have lived under the threat of being deported to the country where his extended family was exterminated if the government of the day decided it was now “safe”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Under these plans my Grandad who arrived in the UK as a refugee after surviving the holocaust would have lived under the threat of being deported to the country where his extended family was exterminated if the government of the day decided it was now “safe”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just one more immigration announcement, bro I swear just one more immigration announcement will make people trust us bro,
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just one more immigration announcement, bro I swear just one more immigration announcement will make people trust us bro,
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
It's a complete mystery why the UK economy isn't performing as well as expected, it's simply unexplainable.
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's a complete mystery why the UK economy isn't performing as well as expected, it's simply unexplainable.
look at what they've taken from us
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
look at what they've taken from us
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I just think what this is missing is that income tax is going up under Labour and people already feel that a bit and will feel it more by the next election.
Labour's 'not touching, can't get mad' approach to raising income tax can't work, won't work, is part of why they've lost trust.
Labour's 'not touching, can't get mad' approach to raising income tax can't work, won't work, is part of why they've lost trust.
Too much analysis was still treating breaking the tax pledge as “just another unpopular decision” rather than recognising consequence of breaking a promise which defined an election for the public. If is correct the govt won’t now break it they may have avoided a deeply scarring loss of public trust
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I just think what this is missing is that income tax is going up under Labour and people already feel that a bit and will feel it more by the next election.
Labour's 'not touching, can't get mad' approach to raising income tax can't work, won't work, is part of why they've lost trust.
Labour's 'not touching, can't get mad' approach to raising income tax can't work, won't work, is part of why they've lost trust.
Whomst among us.
And there we go 10y opened up 11 basis points erasing 1/3 of the rally since October.
39 minutes until the bond markets make reeves reconsider I reckon.
November 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Whomst among us.
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Lads there's only one thing for it: tax swearing
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Lads there's only one thing for it: tax swearing
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You can understand though; why if they broke their tax pledge now, it might help the ‘economy’ but it would also run the risk of making the government and the prime minister toxically unpopular and running well behind in the polls
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You can understand though; why if they broke their tax pledge now, it might help the ‘economy’ but it would also run the risk of making the government and the prime minister toxically unpopular and running well behind in the polls
What is the fucking point.
on.ft.com/49oxd2F Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
on.ft.com/49oxd2F Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What is the fucking point.
on.ft.com/49oxd2F Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
on.ft.com/49oxd2F Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
No clearer example of 'the medium is the message' than Owen Jones getting paid to post dystopian doomer takes on Elon Musk's website of never ending horror.
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
No clearer example of 'the medium is the message' than Owen Jones getting paid to post dystopian doomer takes on Elon Musk's website of never ending horror.
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If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
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The concept of emotional labour (or at least how it is often used) it a pretty negative one.
Commodatising being a normal, and decent, human
Commodatising being a normal, and decent, human
Recently I've seen a lot of "I don't owe you my emotional labor to chat about the weather or ask if you found everything you're looking for" complaints.And yes, small talk requires emotional labor. That you aren't being compensated for. Except in social currency,and we really do need social currency
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The concept of emotional labour (or at least how it is often used) it a pretty negative one.
Commodatising being a normal, and decent, human
Commodatising being a normal, and decent, human
The smart thing that Elon Musk has figured out is that engagement algorithm driven social is a radicalisation engine and turned it up to 11.
X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The smart thing that Elon Musk has figured out is that engagement algorithm driven social is a radicalisation engine and turned it up to 11.
Maybe it’s because I’ve entirely swallowed “neoliberal” ideological hegemony but it seems incredibly obvious that there are millions of centre right voters on the table for a party that wants to win them.
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Maybe it’s because I’ve entirely swallowed “neoliberal” ideological hegemony but it seems incredibly obvious that there are millions of centre right voters on the table for a party that wants to win them.
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It actually is mind blowing to check out X and see what is essentially 4chan which is also populated with politicians, media figures, "thought leaders" etc.
A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.
A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.
The authoritarian takeover of X was a harbinger of the regime’s strategy for America at large.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
I'm doing a big Bluesky column today! Hit me with your where-Bluesky-is-at-this-moment-in-2025 takes
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It actually is mind blowing to check out X and see what is essentially 4chan which is also populated with politicians, media figures, "thought leaders" etc.
A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.
A dystopian horror, really. Where neo-Nazis now have equal standing with mainstream leaders. There is a reason Fuentes is now so mainstreamed.
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We should also ignore the media and MPs should get a grip and realise they wag the fucking dog.
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We should also ignore the media and MPs should get a grip and realise they wag the fucking dog.
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"Promises were made, and lives and families built upon them. How have we reached a place where wrecking those lives is even up for discussion?"
On Powell, Heath, Lam and the descent of the British right.
On Powell, Heath, Lam and the descent of the British right.
The British right is swimming in an open sewer
We are drifting into territory that once would have seemed extreme
www.newstatesman.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"Promises were made, and lives and families built upon them. How have we reached a place where wrecking those lives is even up for discussion?"
On Powell, Heath, Lam and the descent of the British right.
On Powell, Heath, Lam and the descent of the British right.
The thing I don’t understand about Labour’s political strategy is its policy is wildly left wing by modern standards but it spends all it’s communication efforts trying to appeal to Reform voters.
Ok I do understand it, it’s just obviously stupid and failing on its own terms.
Ok I do understand it, it’s just obviously stupid and failing on its own terms.
“There is a progressive majority available that can defeat Reform and Farage ... But I think the moral of the story is that until people feel change, and feel that we are delivering change with Labour values, [they] will not turn out and support us” - Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Sunday Times
![Last week’s result in Caerphilly brought its own grim record for Labour: a vote share of just 11 per cent, lower than even the most downbeat prediction. Streeting said the “stark message and warning” from the voters was to be bolder, and the worst thing the party could do would be to disrespect them by dismissing it.
“There is a progressive majority available that can defeat Reform and Farage,” he said. “The Labour Party needs to show, through our actions, not just through our words, that we are going to deliver the change people voted for. There are many examples of things moving in the right direction. But I think the moral of the story is that until people feel change, and feel that we are delivering change with Labour values, [they] will not turn out and support us.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:refbwihhzcqqfulwhcou44sr/bafkreieuliucwc6dyxmfuygoxgurxeclrmkjcve2fi7qdbkn2us6fbzqg4@jpeg)
October 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The thing I don’t understand about Labour’s political strategy is its policy is wildly left wing by modern standards but it spends all it’s communication efforts trying to appeal to Reform voters.
Ok I do understand it, it’s just obviously stupid and failing on its own terms.
Ok I do understand it, it’s just obviously stupid and failing on its own terms.
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Give us a couple of $20-$40M Star Wars movies by cool directors every year. Let them bend canon and utilize all the Lucasfilm prop, costume and set designers. Unionize the VFX artists and train them to direct too. Intro the new characters in shorts before the other movies. Play w/ genre and tone.
give us a character driven, medium budget Kylo / Ben movie that marries andor style writing with the mythic qualities of the jedi
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Give us a couple of $20-$40M Star Wars movies by cool directors every year. Let them bend canon and utilize all the Lucasfilm prop, costume and set designers. Unionize the VFX artists and train them to direct too. Intro the new characters in shorts before the other movies. Play w/ genre and tone.
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YOUR SUPPORT WENT TO PLAID - THE LEFT OF CENTRE OPTION - YOU ABSOLUTE DING DONGS BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT STANDING UP *AGAINST* FARAGE. You’ve just been handed proof you have more to lose from losing your base than to gain from pursuing Reform voters!!
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
YOUR SUPPORT WENT TO PLAID - THE LEFT OF CENTRE OPTION - YOU ABSOLUTE DING DONGS BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT STANDING UP *AGAINST* FARAGE. You’ve just been handed proof you have more to lose from losing your base than to gain from pursuing Reform voters!!
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I think this article is way too soft on the phone manufacturers, 33 percent of the market complaining about the size of phones isn't a small minority.
It's a huge market segment that is not being catered to and the excuses I hear for it are rubbish.
www.ft.com/content/6332...
It's a huge market segment that is not being catered to and the excuses I hear for it are rubbish.
www.ft.com/content/6332...
Why can’t I buy a small smartphone?
Capitalism is not giving me what I want, but I’m not behaving like a good free market consumer myself
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I think this article is way too soft on the phone manufacturers, 33 percent of the market complaining about the size of phones isn't a small minority.
It's a huge market segment that is not being catered to and the excuses I hear for it are rubbish.
www.ft.com/content/6332...
It's a huge market segment that is not being catered to and the excuses I hear for it are rubbish.
www.ft.com/content/6332...
Still have no idea why you would run anything out of us-east-1 and even then it goes down way less often than it used to.
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Still have no idea why you would run anything out of us-east-1 and even then it goes down way less often than it used to.