Martin Concagh
@mconcagh.bsky.social
Brit living in Toronto. Politics, books, jazz, Doctor Who and many more
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i feel like if the president actually went through with invading greenland, it would implode America
January 14, 2026 at 9:24 PM
i feel like if the president actually went through with invading greenland, it would implode America
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It’s gonna be surreal when the pendulum swings back during Woke 2 and Target starts sending e-mails like “Hey girlies, programmer socks are 50% off during pride month. uwu” like nothing happened.
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
It’s gonna be surreal when the pendulum swings back during Woke 2 and Target starts sending e-mails like “Hey girlies, programmer socks are 50% off during pride month. uwu” like nothing happened.
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Danes are on the right course here
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Danes are on the right course here
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Doom loop of “Labour didn’t do any thinking on police reform in opposition” - “has much less time to do any in government because governing is hard” - everything becomes “get people to stop screaming at me as quickly as possible” - more centralisation, even less time to think.
It is utterly ridiculous that the Home Secretary wants to reintroduce the power to sack chief constables.
Isn't she busy enough?
No other country is as centralised as Britain - this is just a small example of the utter parochialism of people like Mahmood.
Isn't she busy enough?
No other country is as centralised as Britain - this is just a small example of the utter parochialism of people like Mahmood.
NEW Shabana Mahmood announces not only that Craig Guildford, the chief constable of West Midlands Police, no longer has her confidence after a "devastating" independent review, but also that the government will reintroduce the power for home secretaries to sack chief constables
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Doom loop of “Labour didn’t do any thinking on police reform in opposition” - “has much less time to do any in government because governing is hard” - everything becomes “get people to stop screaming at me as quickly as possible” - more centralisation, even less time to think.
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Rich cultural text that Will Stancil is in the streets of Minneapolis fighting ICE while the ten thousand losers who want him to dead are petrified of No Kings events because they might see a mom with a cell phone.
Just a perfect distillation of every discourse.
Just a perfect distillation of every discourse.
January 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Rich cultural text that Will Stancil is in the streets of Minneapolis fighting ICE while the ten thousand losers who want him to dead are petrified of No Kings events because they might see a mom with a cell phone.
Just a perfect distillation of every discourse.
Just a perfect distillation of every discourse.
Why won’t the Canadian media properly cover the NDP leadership election- ah, shit they are
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NDP leadership candidate apologizes for using AI to respond to Reddit questions | CBC News
Despite being concerned artificial intelligence is replacing workers, NDP leadership candidate and union leader Rob Ashton used AI in his campaign messaging during an "ask me anything" event on Reddit...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Why won’t the Canadian media properly cover the NDP leadership election- ah, shit they are
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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I think certainly the opposite is true. Without it, they are lost.
I wonder if one of the reasons why right-wing politicians are defending X is because they now believe it is the instrument that will help them regain power. Not simply a way they consume media.
January 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I think certainly the opposite is true. Without it, they are lost.
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A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎
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How a St. Louis cartoonist replaced 'Dilbert' in the Washington Post
"Heart of the City" replaced "Dilbert" in the Washington Post.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
I think it‘s revealing about a lot of dodgy and backwards views of gay men to presume that gay romantic relationships are automatically free of hierarchy, violence, and dodgy ideas of gender relations in the way this article and a lot of articles like this suggest they are
I spoke to women (and one man) about what they find so hot about Heated Rivalry.
"The main reason I read MM is I just absolutely cannot stand reading or watching women suffer at the hands of men – in any way, big or small, anymore... We, as women, can just watch this and relax.”
"The main reason I read MM is I just absolutely cannot stand reading or watching women suffer at the hands of men – in any way, big or small, anymore... We, as women, can just watch this and relax.”
Women are feral for Heated Rivalry. What does that say about men?
The explosive popularity of the gay hockey TV drama reveals women’s desire for sex and romance without violence or hierarchy
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I think it‘s revealing about a lot of dodgy and backwards views of gay men to presume that gay romantic relationships are automatically free of hierarchy, violence, and dodgy ideas of gender relations in the way this article and a lot of articles like this suggest they are
If Scott Adams had died fifteen years ago he would have died a beloved figure with millions of mourners but instead he chose to become a hateful weirdo in hoc to a bunch of sociopaths, so now no one cares
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
If Scott Adams had died fifteen years ago he would have died a beloved figure with millions of mourners but instead he chose to become a hateful weirdo in hoc to a bunch of sociopaths, so now no one cares
Again whenever Poilievre stops being leader of the Conservative Party of Canada the media consensus will suddenly flip to how *everyone* always knew Poilievre was always a deranged, pig-ignorant extremist unfit to run a Tim Hortons drive-thru
we don't talk enough about PP's threat to fire Tiff Macklem and the risk to canadian CBI, imo
Powell Gets ‘Full Support’ Of Bank Of Canada’s Macklem Amid Justice Probe - Bloomberg
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Again whenever Poilievre stops being leader of the Conservative Party of Canada the media consensus will suddenly flip to how *everyone* always knew Poilievre was always a deranged, pig-ignorant extremist unfit to run a Tim Hortons drive-thru
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Eminently beatable
Who would make the best PM?
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
Starmer 36% vs Farage 29%
Starmer 28% vs Badenoch 28%
Starmer 21% vs Polanski 19%
Badenoch 31% vs Farage 21%
Badenoch 28% vs Davey 25%
Badenoch 28% vs Polanski 22%
Davey 33% vs Farage 27%
Davey 23% vs Starmer 19%
Davey 20% vs Polanski 15%
Polanski 28% vs Farage 27%
January 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Eminently beatable
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I do not think the manosphere is prepared for how little Woke 2 is going to care about their fee fees
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I do not think the manosphere is prepared for how little Woke 2 is going to care about their fee fees
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I genuinely think it is as simple as 'there are a lot of Americans who are of the right age to have been taught to read using the three-cueing system'.
January 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I genuinely think it is as simple as 'there are a lot of Americans who are of the right age to have been taught to read using the three-cueing system'.
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I refuse to give these people credit for this. None of us were born last night. They fought like hell against the people they're now praising. Mocked them relentlessly. Wrote endless think pieces about how following their lead would be disastrous. There's no "we" — there's you. Own it. Grow up.
January 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I refuse to give these people credit for this. None of us were born last night. They fought like hell against the people they're now praising. Mocked them relentlessly. Wrote endless think pieces about how following their lead would be disastrous. There's no "we" — there's you. Own it. Grow up.
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It's funny how every big city in North America has that one otherwise totally unremarkable strip mall way out in the suburbs that has been taken over by Asian restaurateurs and is now an internationally recognized foodie destination.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
It's funny how every big city in North America has that one otherwise totally unremarkable strip mall way out in the suburbs that has been taken over by Asian restaurateurs and is now an internationally recognized foodie destination.
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I honestly think that the main revelation of Trump 2 has been that there is no big C Capital running things behind the scenes anymore and pulling strings. There's individual rich crazy people with their thumbs on the scale, but there's no smoke filled rooms
this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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January 12, 2026 at 5:50 AM
I honestly think that the main revelation of Trump 2 has been that there is no big C Capital running things behind the scenes anymore and pulling strings. There's individual rich crazy people with their thumbs on the scale, but there's no smoke filled rooms
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Good time to ask all those supposedly unpolitical people who posted weepy eulogies for Charlie Kirk if they’re going to post one for Renee Good or not.
January 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Good time to ask all those supposedly unpolitical people who posted weepy eulogies for Charlie Kirk if they’re going to post one for Renee Good or not.
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I realise this isn’t the most important thing going on right now, but we gotta disabuse the internet of the notion that your options are ironic detachment or embracing cringe. It is not a dichotomy
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I realise this isn’t the most important thing going on right now, but we gotta disabuse the internet of the notion that your options are ironic detachment or embracing cringe. It is not a dichotomy
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"i am sorry for what i have done in the past and don't yet know how to fix it, but don't want to make it worse" is legitimately about the level best you can hope for someone like this to say, and it should be strongly encouraged anywhere we see it
Losing my shit at Ashley St Clair doing a reverse Naomi Wolf.
January 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
"i am sorry for what i have done in the past and don't yet know how to fix it, but don't want to make it worse" is legitimately about the level best you can hope for someone like this to say, and it should be strongly encouraged anywhere we see it
I have so many thoughts about Heated Rivalry and its fan base and the gender / sexuality dynamics of who writes and consumes gay romance and if I start talking I fear I may never ever stop
January 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I have so many thoughts about Heated Rivalry and its fan base and the gender / sexuality dynamics of who writes and consumes gay romance and if I start talking I fear I may never ever stop
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essentially repeating @jamesdaustin.bsky.social's point that people say they want a nice high street and yet aren't using their high street, in order to add: people need to also actively choose to spend more in brick and mortar shops than they would online, even if it feels unfair!
Latest from me, on an eternally overlooked, sniffed-at issue that is politically huge www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK’s high streets have reached a tipping point – and Reform will reap the benefits | John Harris
When even Poundland and charity shops are closing, we’re near a point of no return. But there is hope, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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January 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM
essentially repeating @jamesdaustin.bsky.social's point that people say they want a nice high street and yet aren't using their high street, in order to add: people need to also actively choose to spend more in brick and mortar shops than they would online, even if it feels unfair!
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Cant be said enough that a huge driver of everything about why this era sucks has been the obtuseness and cravenness of elites across the board
"I think it is naive, frankly, to say that we should get rid of him because he’s a bad person," the new UK Royal Society president says of Elon Musk's membership.
The society would have expelled Isaac Newton if it made judgments on character & behaviour, Paul Nurse says.
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The society would have expelled Isaac Newton if it made judgments on character & behaviour, Paul Nurse says.
www.ft.com/content/088b...
Elon Musk should keep UK Royal Society membership, says president
Paul Nurse tells FT that national science academy should avoid ‘making judgments’ about ‘character’ of fellows
www.ft.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Cant be said enough that a huge driver of everything about why this era sucks has been the obtuseness and cravenness of elites across the board