Wonko the Sane
@kernowmad.bsky.social
“Hold stick near centre of its length. Moisten pointed end in mouth. Insert in tooth space, blunt end next to gum. Use gentle in-out motion.”
- The toothpick instructions that convinced Wonko that mankind in general was insane.
- The toothpick instructions that convinced Wonko that mankind in general was insane.
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Wonko the Sane
@kernowmad.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Being on social media has taught me a couple of things:-
FIRST: There are some incredibly brilliant and caring people in the world.
SECOND: They are VASTLY outnumbered.
FIRST: There are some incredibly brilliant and caring people in the world.
SECOND: They are VASTLY outnumbered.
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At least when The Conservatives were in power you weren’t getting party discontent & changes of leadership all the time.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
At least when The Conservatives were in power you weren’t getting party discontent & changes of leadership all the time.
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"You state in your letter three times that your client has suffered “overwhelming financial and reputational harm”. This is presumably on the Beetlejuice principle that if you repeat something three times it somehow appears."
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"You state in your letter three times that your client has suffered “overwhelming financial and reputational harm”. This is presumably on the Beetlejuice principle that if you repeat something three times it somehow appears."
Next on the agenda is for the "not authoritarian at all" Sir Starmers government to ban curtains. If you've nothing to hide why would you want curtains? 🙄
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Next on the agenda is for the "not authoritarian at all" Sir Starmers government to ban curtains. If you've nothing to hide why would you want curtains? 🙄
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The only question "Wes Streeting" is the answer to is:
"What would a kidney stones look like in human form".
"What would a kidney stones look like in human form".
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The only question "Wes Streeting" is the answer to is:
"What would a kidney stones look like in human form".
"What would a kidney stones look like in human form".
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The big problem with the “serious people should be left to do serious politics” thing is that the serious people doing serious politics have repeatedly fucked up for the past 40 years
And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The big problem with the “serious people should be left to do serious politics” thing is that the serious people doing serious politics have repeatedly fucked up for the past 40 years
He lied his ass off to grab power and he will do anything to hang on to it.
The sycophants that propped him up and oversaw the purge of anyone remotely socialist are now trying to find sympathy? Labour are finished, no matter which Tory wannabe is leading them.
The sycophants that propped him up and oversaw the purge of anyone remotely socialist are now trying to find sympathy? Labour are finished, no matter which Tory wannabe is leading them.
Starmer allies issue warning to PM’s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge
No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
He lied his ass off to grab power and he will do anything to hang on to it.
The sycophants that propped him up and oversaw the purge of anyone remotely socialist are now trying to find sympathy? Labour are finished, no matter which Tory wannabe is leading them.
The sycophants that propped him up and oversaw the purge of anyone remotely socialist are now trying to find sympathy? Labour are finished, no matter which Tory wannabe is leading them.
Would Adam and Eve have gotten divorced?
Or married?
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Or married?
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Kim Davis is so angry that the Supreme Court failed to uphold her deeply held religious belief that "marriage is sacred," she's threatening to get three MORE divorces.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Would Adam and Eve have gotten divorced?
Or married?
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Or married?
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Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
"Nobody knows what magnets are"
We are living in the dumbest timeline imaginable.
We are living in the dumbest timeline imaginable.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Nobody knows what magnets are"
We are living in the dumbest timeline imaginable.
We are living in the dumbest timeline imaginable.
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And as producers of cheap electricity we are still bring ripped off! Infuriating! We should have the cheapest yet we all sit here and accept it! 😡
www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
Scots face some of the steepest energy bill hikes in the UK, analysis finds
SCOTS have seen some of the sharpest energy bill hikes across the UK over recent years, new analysis has shown.
www.thenational.scot
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
And as producers of cheap electricity we are still bring ripped off! Infuriating! We should have the cheapest yet we all sit here and accept it! 😡
www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
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Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban
Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
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November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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🕐We've got 16 days to keep private finance out of our NHS, ahead of the Autumn budget.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
Email your MP - give them the facts about new NHS private finance
Email your MP - give them the facts about new NHS private finance
weownit.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🕐We've got 16 days to keep private finance out of our NHS, ahead of the Autumn budget.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
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Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.
Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
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Epstein EXPOSED: Trump, Mossad & The Elite’s Dark Secrets 👇
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/j...
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/j...
Epstein EXPOSED: Trump, Mossad & The Elite’s Dark Secrets
Why Epstein’s 'client list' will NEVER be released
www.doubledown.news
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Epstein EXPOSED: Trump, Mossad & The Elite’s Dark Secrets 👇
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/j...
www.doubledown.news/watch/2025/j...
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
It's a very scary sign of the times that this is even up for debate.
We are proud to have added our voice to this urgent call on those in power to stop scapegoating human rights.
“Now is the time for a full-throated defence of the European Convention on Human Rights and Human Rights Act.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
“Now is the time for a full-throated defence of the European Convention on Human Rights and Human Rights Act.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It's a very scary sign of the times that this is even up for debate.
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Everyone knows that the BBC, since its stuffing at its highest level with Tory appointees, is rightwing.
Yet UK media, especially the Murdoch press, has had a long-running campaign to gaslight us that the BBC is leftwing.
I wonder why that might be!
Yet UK media, especially the Murdoch press, has had a long-running campaign to gaslight us that the BBC is leftwing.
I wonder why that might be!
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Everyone knows that the BBC, since its stuffing at its highest level with Tory appointees, is rightwing.
Yet UK media, especially the Murdoch press, has had a long-running campaign to gaslight us that the BBC is leftwing.
I wonder why that might be!
Yet UK media, especially the Murdoch press, has had a long-running campaign to gaslight us that the BBC is leftwing.
I wonder why that might be!
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish