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· Nov 10
I have no intention of tiring of this view (and neither has the dog)...
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Of course, I already knew that Lisa Nandy didn't give a stuff what I think. I'm a freelance working in the creative sector. She doesn't give a stuff what *any* of us think.
February 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Of course, I already knew that Lisa Nandy didn't give a stuff what I think. I'm a freelance working in the creative sector. She doesn't give a stuff what *any* of us think.
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Latest in the series of “literally every poll question you can think of shows how dumb and fatally flawed the strategy that the McSweeneyites have pursued is”.
2024 Reform UK voters are also less likely to describe themselves as anti-Russia (48%) than other voters (66-79%)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
February 14, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Latest in the series of “literally every poll question you can think of shows how dumb and fatally flawed the strategy that the McSweeneyites have pursued is”.
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Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Singular "they"
Predates singular "you".
Violets are blue.
Singular "they"
Predates singular "you".
February 14, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Singular "they"
Predates singular "you".
Violets are blue.
Singular "they"
Predates singular "you".
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The sun has gone straight to people’s heads; someone on my road is doing a barbecue
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The sun has gone straight to people’s heads; someone on my road is doing a barbecue
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Rose are red,
Violets are blue…
Violets are blue…
February 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Rose are red,
Violets are blue…
Violets are blue…
I've had two bookmarks in @jamesbluecat.bsky.social's book 'Pagans' for ages, as I saw this late at night, and leave my phone well away from the bed, anyway, even in alt-universe 3rd world UK...
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I've had two bookmarks in @jamesbluecat.bsky.social's book 'Pagans' for ages, as I saw this late at night, and leave my phone well away from the bed, anyway, even in alt-universe 3rd world UK...
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A favourite around here is "make the traffic lights more efficient so the traffic flows better" (as if the signal junctions aren't already operating beyond capacity and "tweaked" to the max...) 🙄
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
A favourite around here is "make the traffic lights more efficient so the traffic flows better" (as if the signal junctions aren't already operating beyond capacity and "tweaked" to the max...) 🙄
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Traffic signals are not safety devices.
Am always wary of this crossing on the Western Approach Road, but yesterday took it to a new level.
At least we have speed and power limits on ebikes, though.
#TheyDriveAmongUs
At least we have speed and power limits on ebikes, though.
#TheyDriveAmongUs
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Traffic signals are not safety devices.
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Agreed. To read that with the job of finding a hook, and then select that headline, is to be one of the rapists shouting SLAG at the disco.
February 14, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Agreed. To read that with the job of finding a hook, and then select that headline, is to be one of the rapists shouting SLAG at the disco.
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Good riddance to this ableist, amoral company and their Poundland Tom Hardy owner.
February 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Good riddance to this ableist, amoral company and their Poundland Tom Hardy owner.
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SOS save the #bbcworldservice
‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.
Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.
Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP
Please Email:
fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk
enquiries@dcms.gov.uk
‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.
Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.
Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP
Please Email:
fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk
enquiries@dcms.gov.uk
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
SOS save the #bbcworldservice
‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.
Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.
Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP
Please Email:
fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk
enquiries@dcms.gov.uk
‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.
Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.
Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP
Please Email:
fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk
enquiries@dcms.gov.uk
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Guys, remember, it's a Saturday on Bluesky. You cannot post any jokes, nobody who understands that sort of thing is online today, anything you post will be taken 100% seriously and nobody is capable of just scrolling on by. Please be vigilant.
February 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Guys, remember, it's a Saturday on Bluesky. You cannot post any jokes, nobody who understands that sort of thing is online today, anything you post will be taken 100% seriously and nobody is capable of just scrolling on by. Please be vigilant.
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If you're a trans supportive woman, or a trans ally, and want to do more to support our wonderful, diverse, trans+ community – please sign our letter in support of the trans community here, and help us share it far and wide.
👉 notinourname.org.uk
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Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
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February 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM
If you're a trans supportive woman, or a trans ally, and want to do more to support our wonderful, diverse, trans+ community – please sign our letter in support of the trans community here, and help us share it far and wide.
👉 notinourname.org.uk
👉 notinourname.org.uk
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“if you criticise Israel for doing mass murder you are saying Jews are doing mass murder. further to that, if you prosecute a paedophile who happens to be Jewish…”
"The scourge of rising antisemitism in recent years has found its latest manifestation in the government’s release of millions of files about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein," Matthew Schmitz writes. https://wapo.st/4qwVJn7
Opinion | The Epstein files expose a corrupt elite. And a dark hatred.
Antisemites on the left and right have seized on the Epstein files.
wapo.st
February 14, 2026 at 10:07 AM
“if you criticise Israel for doing mass murder you are saying Jews are doing mass murder. further to that, if you prosecute a paedophile who happens to be Jewish…”
Fucking hell.
Where to start with this?
Where to start with this?
"The scourge of rising antisemitism in recent years has found its latest manifestation in the government’s release of millions of files about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein," Matthew Schmitz writes. https://wapo.st/4qwVJn7
Opinion | The Epstein files expose a corrupt elite. And a dark hatred.
Antisemites on the left and right have seized on the Epstein files.
wapo.st
February 14, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Fucking hell.
Where to start with this?
Where to start with this?
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Remembering Tim Buckley on his birthday. Here he is playing Song to the Siren on the final episode of The Monkees TV show in 1968, two years before he released a very different version on his Starsailor LP
February 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Remembering Tim Buckley on his birthday. Here he is playing Song to the Siren on the final episode of The Monkees TV show in 1968, two years before he released a very different version on his Starsailor LP
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This cartoon of his lives rent free in my brain.
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
This cartoon of his lives rent free in my brain.
The problem with Labour obsessives demanding we hold our noses and vote for them anyway (spoiler: we won't) is that, afterwards, they claim any victory as a mandate to be even shittier... utter double standards.
When we get a Reform government I hope you will acknowledge your culpability. You should be finding common ground with Labour to fight the far right not attacking them. Your short-term thinking will be detrimental to our country.
February 14, 2026 at 9:58 AM
The problem with Labour obsessives demanding we hold our noses and vote for them anyway (spoiler: we won't) is that, afterwards, they claim any victory as a mandate to be even shittier... utter double standards.
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I had an exchange with one of your sort yesterday. Trying to preemptively blame me for what a Reform government might do to *them* while ignoring what this Labour government is doing to trans and disabled people and immigrants *now*.
They blocked me in the end.
I’ll shortcut it to: Get Fucked.
They blocked me in the end.
I’ll shortcut it to: Get Fucked.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I had an exchange with one of your sort yesterday. Trying to preemptively blame me for what a Reform government might do to *them* while ignoring what this Labour government is doing to trans and disabled people and immigrants *now*.
They blocked me in the end.
I’ll shortcut it to: Get Fucked.
They blocked me in the end.
I’ll shortcut it to: Get Fucked.
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He wasn't initially called to religion, but then he saw the light.
February 14, 2026 at 9:13 AM
He wasn't initially called to religion, but then he saw the light.
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Wh...why isn't it raining?
February 14, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Wh...why isn't it raining?
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Labour MPs urge Government not to appeal against Palestine Action ruling
The ruling, made on Friday, could have implications for thousands of people arrested for supporting the group at protests across the country.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The ruling, made on Friday, could have implications for thousands of people arrested for supporting the group at protests across the country.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Labour MPs urge Government not to appeal against Palestine Action ruling
The ruling, made on Friday, could have implications for thousands of people arrested for supporting the group at protests across the country.
www.independent.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Labour MPs urge Government not to appeal against Palestine Action ruling
The ruling, made on Friday, could have implications for thousands of people arrested for supporting the group at protests across the country.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The ruling, made on Friday, could have implications for thousands of people arrested for supporting the group at protests across the country.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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When ministers defended Starmer over Mandelson’s links to Epstein this week, they rushed to X - a platform that lets users strip photos of women and girls.
Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?
My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?
My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan
With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:22 AM
When ministers defended Starmer over Mandelson’s links to Epstein this week, they rushed to X - a platform that lets users strip photos of women and girls.
Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?
My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us?
My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Remembering my friend who once planned a meal out without realising it was Valentine's Day, only for her friend to get stuck in traffic and her to be left sitting in the restaurant for an hour with everyone thinking she'd been stood up 😬
February 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Remembering my friend who once planned a meal out without realising it was Valentine's Day, only for her friend to get stuck in traffic and her to be left sitting in the restaurant for an hour with everyone thinking she'd been stood up 😬
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It is rare for something shot in Manchester to feel absolutely Hooklandian, but Small Prophets is a rare thing - an esoteric TV comedy that grows the heart. Mackenzie Crook is a genius. Small Prophets is television treasure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
Small Prophets | Official Trailer - BBC
YouTube video by BBC Trailers
m.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 AM
It is rare for something shot in Manchester to feel absolutely Hooklandian, but Small Prophets is a rare thing - an esoteric TV comedy that grows the heart. Mackenzie Crook is a genius. Small Prophets is television treasure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...