Mick Nagle
@mickn.bsky.social
No longer working, busier than ever
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
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Right - here goes.
I've been thinking and reading quite a lot about Trump and the nature of the threat his regime poses, and how the UK and Europe can respond. Not sure I have any answers, but there are a number of dead ends to avoid. 🧵 1/14
I've been thinking and reading quite a lot about Trump and the nature of the threat his regime poses, and how the UK and Europe can respond. Not sure I have any answers, but there are a number of dead ends to avoid. 🧵 1/14
Good piece.
Now thinking about what a stronger European response should look like, beyond ‘being more forceful in speaking truth to power’.
Trust in Trump has (surely) long since gone. How to navigate him is a much harder question.
Now thinking about what a stronger European response should look like, beyond ‘being more forceful in speaking truth to power’.
Trust in Trump has (surely) long since gone. How to navigate him is a much harder question.
What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Right - here goes.
I've been thinking and reading quite a lot about Trump and the nature of the threat his regime poses, and how the UK and Europe can respond. Not sure I have any answers, but there are a number of dead ends to avoid. 🧵 1/14
I've been thinking and reading quite a lot about Trump and the nature of the threat his regime poses, and how the UK and Europe can respond. Not sure I have any answers, but there are a number of dead ends to avoid. 🧵 1/14
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Comedian doing his first hour after starting comedy 5 weeks ago and doing 2 open spots
January 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Comedian doing his first hour after starting comedy 5 weeks ago and doing 2 open spots
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I HAVE FOUND THE CAUSE AND THE SOLUTION #banfootball
January 12, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I HAVE FOUND THE CAUSE AND THE SOLUTION #banfootball
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Personally recommend following a few minor football teams to experience the truly under-explored country, how else would I have been in Mansfield where the pie lunch was particularly good...
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Personally recommend following a few minor football teams to experience the truly under-explored country, how else would I have been in Mansfield where the pie lunch was particularly good...
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Made one of them there starter packs, of people I find fun, interesting, intelligent, etc. on this site. Mostly UK pols, a smattering of geopol stuff, Georgia and Ukraine. If you're not there, it's not because I hate you; I just didn't see your name before my dinner was ready.
go.bsky.app/5z2cs4R
go.bsky.app/5z2cs4R
January 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Made one of them there starter packs, of people I find fun, interesting, intelligent, etc. on this site. Mostly UK pols, a smattering of geopol stuff, Georgia and Ukraine. If you're not there, it's not because I hate you; I just didn't see your name before my dinner was ready.
go.bsky.app/5z2cs4R
go.bsky.app/5z2cs4R
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Fuck and… off, a very long way, off a cliff, into the sea to be trapped in a cave and drown.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Fuck and… off, a very long way, off a cliff, into the sea to be trapped in a cave and drown.
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“The Huddersfield Open Market is not so grand a site, nor a plan, as Halifax’s Piece Hall – but the concept is clearly sound, the council is trying to do everything right, and they’re still getting the Nimby blowback as if they’d suggested bulldozering the whole thing.”
capx.co/nimby-watch-...
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Nimbys across Britain are working against the restoration of Huddersfield's open market
capx.co
January 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
“The Huddersfield Open Market is not so grand a site, nor a plan, as Halifax’s Piece Hall – but the concept is clearly sound, the council is trying to do everything right, and they’re still getting the Nimby blowback as if they’d suggested bulldozering the whole thing.”
capx.co/nimby-watch-...
capx.co/nimby-watch-...
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'What I Don't Understand Is This ...', the first episode of The Beiderbecke Affair was originally broadcast on this day in 1985.
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
'What I Don't Understand Is This ...', the first episode of The Beiderbecke Affair was originally broadcast on this day in 1985.
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Now that 2026 is for real off and running let's all try and remember that it IS possible to just like and repost someone's post you enjoyed. Not everything needs you to try out your open mic pith in the replies.
January 2, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Now that 2026 is for real off and running let's all try and remember that it IS possible to just like and repost someone's post you enjoyed. Not everything needs you to try out your open mic pith in the replies.
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I talked a bit about my relationship with music after my voice broke for Radio 3's the Essay:
BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, The Little Secrets of Great Works, Sibelius's Fifth Symphony
Financial Times journalist Stephen Bush on the third movement of Sibelius's Symphony No 5.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I talked a bit about my relationship with music after my voice broke for Radio 3's the Essay:
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Little tip for you- if you’re unloading a dishwasher at somebody else’s house this Christmas DONT ask them where things go because it’ll take forever. Just stuff them anywhere and let them deal with it. It’s not your problem and you’re NOT their fucking slave. 😉👍
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Little tip for you- if you’re unloading a dishwasher at somebody else’s house this Christmas DONT ask them where things go because it’ll take forever. Just stuff them anywhere and let them deal with it. It’s not your problem and you’re NOT their fucking slave. 😉👍
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My wife is now going through this picture by picture muttering obscenities with the occasional gasp and I’m pretty sure she just denied God
I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 - 3 beds/3.5 baths
(SW Michigan MLS) For Sale: 3 beds, 3.5 baths ∙ 5000 sq. ft. ∙ 414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 ∙ $7,000,000 ∙ MLS# 25062388 ∙ This Downtown Ann Arbor penthouse stands among the finest residence...
www.redfin.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
My wife is now going through this picture by picture muttering obscenities with the occasional gasp and I’m pretty sure she just denied God
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Latham and Conway are actually the first opening batters who both scored centuries in both innings of ANY first-class match.
The closest to a previous instance also took place in New Zealand: Bert Sutcliffe (141 & 135) and Don Taylor (99 & 143) for Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland in January 1949.
The closest to a previous instance also took place in New Zealand: Bert Sutcliffe (141 & 135) and Don Taylor (99 & 143) for Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland in January 1949.
Tom Latham (137 & 101) & Devon Conway (227 & 100) are the first opening batters to score centuries in both innings of a Test match. Additionally, Conway is the 10th batter in Test history to score a double hundred & a ton in the same Test match. Well done. #cricketcounts #NZvWI
December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Latham and Conway are actually the first opening batters who both scored centuries in both innings of ANY first-class match.
The closest to a previous instance also took place in New Zealand: Bert Sutcliffe (141 & 135) and Don Taylor (99 & 143) for Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland in January 1949.
The closest to a previous instance also took place in New Zealand: Bert Sutcliffe (141 & 135) and Don Taylor (99 & 143) for Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland in January 1949.
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Canceling the northern leg of HS2 was an act of insane self-harm
Industry insiders are concerned that fewer, shorter non-tilting trains are on order for HS2 — and that journey times will return to those of the 1990s
Why HS2 may lead to smaller, slower trains on west coast main line
Industry insiders are concerned that fewer, shorter non-tilting trains are on order for HS2 — and that journey times will return to those of the 1990s
www.thetimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Canceling the northern leg of HS2 was an act of insane self-harm
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I asked ChatGPT and it wrote, God rest ye merry - gentlemen.
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I asked ChatGPT and it wrote, God rest ye merry - gentlemen.
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So finally this weary football supporter looked to see what “xG“ - “expected goals” - actually meant.
What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits?
The answer?
Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.
What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits?
The answer?
Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
So finally this weary football supporter looked to see what “xG“ - “expected goals” - actually meant.
What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits?
The answer?
Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.
What were these impressive sounding, precise statistics being banded about by ever-so-earnest, knowing pundits?
The answer?
Utter pseudo-scientific subjective flapdoodle.
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Can I just shock you? I think public transport infrastructure is good and these people should fuck off.
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Can I just shock you? I think public transport infrastructure is good and these people should fuck off.
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'Winter hares in conversation' by UK contemporary printmaker Angela Harding #WomensArt #ArtAdvent
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
'Winter hares in conversation' by UK contemporary printmaker Angela Harding #WomensArt #ArtAdvent
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Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:
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Also we've fetishized "debate” in these spaces as some kind of civic good, when what matters is competence, trust, shared purpose. Medicine, engineering, boardrooms aren’t organized around debate or requirements of false balance. We've poisoned public discourse by insisting it be adversarial.
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Also we've fetishized "debate” in these spaces as some kind of civic good, when what matters is competence, trust, shared purpose. Medicine, engineering, boardrooms aren’t organized around debate or requirements of false balance. We've poisoned public discourse by insisting it be adversarial.
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Me talking about books in The Guardian. As usual, the piece is a bit more nuanced than the headline.
Jonathan Coe: ‘I was a Tory until I read Tony Benn’
The author on getting hooked on Flann O’Brien, reassessing Kingsley Amis, and why his grandfather was outraged by Watership Down
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Me talking about books in The Guardian. As usual, the piece is a bit more nuanced than the headline.