Michael Batey
@mbatey.bsky.social
Content Director at If Collective.
The written word; house, disco and Balearic vinyl; active travel, running and cycling; Sheffield United
The written word; house, disco and Balearic vinyl; active travel, running and cycling; Sheffield United
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Either you're happy for people to be killed and injured to save you a couple of minutes on your journey, or you're not. The evidence that LTNs and 20mph zones save lives is overwhelming.
January 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Either you're happy for people to be killed and injured to save you a couple of minutes on your journey, or you're not. The evidence that LTNs and 20mph zones save lives is overwhelming.
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there's an entire information sub-economy focused on pretending Mark Zuckerberg is innovative and interesting
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
there's an entire information sub-economy focused on pretending Mark Zuckerberg is innovative and interesting
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Trump unveils cartoon mascot ‘Coalie’ while slashing staff, rules.
You cant make this up.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum unveiled a new “spokesperson” for the nation’s top coal mining regulator: A cartoon lump of coal.
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
You cant make this up.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum unveiled a new “spokesperson” for the nation’s top coal mining regulator: A cartoon lump of coal.
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump unveils cartoon mascot ‘Coalie’ while slashing staff, rules
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum unveiled a new “spokesperson” for the nation’s top coal mining regulator: A cartoon lump of coal.
www.eenews.net
January 29, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Trump unveils cartoon mascot ‘Coalie’ while slashing staff, rules.
You cant make this up.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum unveiled a new “spokesperson” for the nation’s top coal mining regulator: A cartoon lump of coal.
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
You cant make this up.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum unveiled a new “spokesperson” for the nation’s top coal mining regulator: A cartoon lump of coal.
www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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Top Warwickshire Reform councillor has rental properties shut down
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Top Warwickshire Reform councillor has rental properties shut down
Cllr Ed Harris, chair of Warwickshire County Council, faces criticism after two of his rental properties were closed over safety concerns
leamington.nub.news
January 29, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Top Warwickshire Reform councillor has rental properties shut down
leamington.nub.news/news/local-n...
leamington.nub.news/news/local-n...
Nobody knows anything.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Nobody knows anything.
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Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
Oh for FUCK'S sake
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Oh for FUCK'S sake
Good gravy - the end of that Benfica game was utterly randonculous
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Good gravy - the end of that Benfica game was utterly randonculous
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Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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AI skills.
* Saying no.
* Not using it.
* Rigorously checking the output if forced to use it.
* Saying no.
* Not using it.
* Rigorously checking the output if forced to use it.
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 AM
AI skills.
* Saying no.
* Not using it.
* Rigorously checking the output if forced to use it.
* Saying no.
* Not using it.
* Rigorously checking the output if forced to use it.
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i was hating harry potter before it was cool to hate harry potter
oh wait. it was always cool to hate harry potter
oh wait. it was always cool to hate harry potter
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 AM
i was hating harry potter before it was cool to hate harry potter
oh wait. it was always cool to hate harry potter
oh wait. it was always cool to hate harry potter
Who the *fuck* looks at ICE’s presence in Minnesota and says ‘yep, that’s good, we need some of that over here’?
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Who the *fuck* looks at ICE’s presence in Minnesota and says ‘yep, that’s good, we need some of that over here’?
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The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
Not fucking free then is it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cambridgeshire free car parking scheme allocated £1.5m
The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough believes it could be a lifeline for struggling shops.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Not fucking free then is it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sarah Pochin: "Terrorists do not deserve human rights."
The entire post-WWII settlement, including the ECHR, was based around the fact that *everyone* has human rights and governments deciding who can and cannot have human rights is a very slippery slope.
The entire post-WWII settlement, including the ECHR, was based around the fact that *everyone* has human rights and governments deciding who can and cannot have human rights is a very slippery slope.
January 26, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Sarah Pochin: "Terrorists do not deserve human rights."
The entire post-WWII settlement, including the ECHR, was based around the fact that *everyone* has human rights and governments deciding who can and cannot have human rights is a very slippery slope.
The entire post-WWII settlement, including the ECHR, was based around the fact that *everyone* has human rights and governments deciding who can and cannot have human rights is a very slippery slope.
Am I going mad, or does the second hand on the clock in iOS26 sometimes sweep and sometimes tick?
January 24, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Am I going mad, or does the second hand on the clock in iOS26 sometimes sweep and sometimes tick?
Bear Grylls an insufferable prick? Well who’da thunk it
January 24, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Bear Grylls an insufferable prick? Well who’da thunk it
Number of times person I met earlier told me they had an ‘inappropriate sense of humour’: 3
Actual inappropriate jokes they made: 0
Actual inappropriate jokes they made: 0
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Number of times person I met earlier told me they had an ‘inappropriate sense of humour’: 3
Actual inappropriate jokes they made: 0
Actual inappropriate jokes they made: 0
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And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.
DAVOS - GERMANY'S MERZ: DESPITE FRUSTRATION, ANGER OF RECENT MONTHS, LET US NOT BE TOO QUICK TO WRITE OFF THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.
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Call me crazy---I think everyone should be able to eat.
April 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Call me crazy---I think everyone should be able to eat.
🎶 Board of Peace, won't you smell my cheese 🎵
Help me
Help me
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
🎶 Board of Peace, won't you smell my cheese 🎵
Help me
Help me
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Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."