Sam Broderick
@ohheysamshere.bsky.social
Head of Fundraising, parkrunner, Trekkie, Eurovision, bookworm (on track for 100 books this year)
I've never before been at a club night that played The Devil Went Down to Georgia and 5678 back to back, and I'm sure I never will again. Experiences to be treasured
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I've never before been at a club night that played The Devil Went Down to Georgia and 5678 back to back, and I'm sure I never will again. Experiences to be treasured
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I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
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Striking numbers which demonstrate, in spades, how tiny is the popular support for the culture of hate that Britain's institutions seem determined to impose on a kind and accepting majority.
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
January 29, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Striking numbers which demonstrate, in spades, how tiny is the popular support for the culture of hate that Britain's institutions seem determined to impose on a kind and accepting majority.
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
(Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)
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January 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Loving that the key reason James lost this game is that he couldn't stop interrupting people. Jade never thought he was a traitor, she just voted against him because she was sick of being interrupted all the time #TheTraitors
January 23, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Loving that the key reason James lost this game is that he couldn't stop interrupting people. Jade never thought he was a traitor, she just voted against him because she was sick of being interrupted all the time #TheTraitors
Artists participating in this year's Eurovision Song Contest will be contractually required to go on the Eurovision tour, if selected for it (ten of them will be). Which sounds like an excellent way of discouraging any artist with a successful career from participating in the contest.
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Artists participating in this year's Eurovision Song Contest will be contractually required to go on the Eurovision tour, if selected for it (ten of them will be). Which sounds like an excellent way of discouraging any artist with a successful career from participating in the contest.
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I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
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This is a brilliant summary of the situation in the UK, but it could apply almost any place the government is promising to "crack down on immigration."
(Zoe is one of the people who make me smarter every time she posts. You should follow her.)
(Zoe is one of the people who make me smarter every time she posts. You should follow her.)
The folks at More In Common found 2/3 of Brits are WRONG about immigration…
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This is a brilliant summary of the situation in the UK, but it could apply almost any place the government is promising to "crack down on immigration."
(Zoe is one of the people who make me smarter every time she posts. You should follow her.)
(Zoe is one of the people who make me smarter every time she posts. You should follow her.)
Howling at this shot that makes it look like Fiona is three feet tall #thetraitors
January 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Howling at this shot that makes it look like Fiona is three feet tall #thetraitors
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Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
Finally feeling Christmassy now I've watched these two classic Christmas movies.
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Finally feeling Christmassy now I've watched these two classic Christmas movies.
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absolutely incredible how allyship in football only exists until there is the slightest bit of pushback
NEW @theathleticfc.bsky.social :
The LGBTQ+ pride flag at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is to be relocated away from usual space close to visiting fans for Champions League tie against Slavia Prague following a request from the Czech club on "security grounds."
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
The LGBTQ+ pride flag at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is to be relocated away from usual space close to visiting fans for Champions League tie against Slavia Prague following a request from the Czech club on "security grounds."
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Spurs LGBTQ+ flag relocated after Slavia Prague request
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
absolutely incredible how allyship in football only exists until there is the slightest bit of pushback
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Folks, I am in need of recommendations - I want to buy my daughter a bass guitar for Xmas. Have about £200 to spend, is there any chance of getting anything decent for this or should I be saving up some more? And will she need a separate bass amp rather than the guitar amp she currently has? 🙏
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Folks, I am in need of recommendations - I want to buy my daughter a bass guitar for Xmas. Have about £200 to spend, is there any chance of getting anything decent for this or should I be saving up some more? And will she need a separate bass amp rather than the guitar amp she currently has? 🙏
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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Entertainment websites are disappearing, or having to double down on clickbait etc to keep going. A few thoughts, and a presumably futile request to Google for some guidance.
filmstories.co.uk/news/okay-th...
filmstories.co.uk/news/okay-th...
Okay then, Google: tell us what to do | The future of entertainment websites
Google's search results are, sadly, damaging lots of websites. What does Google actually want? And is it what a human being would want?
filmstories.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Entertainment websites are disappearing, or having to double down on clickbait etc to keep going. A few thoughts, and a presumably futile request to Google for some guidance.
filmstories.co.uk/news/okay-th...
filmstories.co.uk/news/okay-th...
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Starmer is really going out & saying (with his mouth!) "if you successfully get out of Afghanistan or North Korea and make it to the UK, and I grant you asylum because you're genuinely at risk of being tortured to death, I still think your wife and kids should be left rot at home."
Cool.
Cool.
There is no such thing, as Starmer well knows, as a "golden ticket of resettlement and family reunion" for people who have been granted refugee status. This is meaningless guff aimed to play to populist fantasies that refugees get provided with everything. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Starmer is really going out & saying (with his mouth!) "if you successfully get out of Afghanistan or North Korea and make it to the UK, and I grant you asylum because you're genuinely at risk of being tortured to death, I still think your wife and kids should be left rot at home."
Cool.
Cool.
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The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
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I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
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Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
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London Trans Pride: around 100,000 people - the media barely covers it
the far right racist march: around 110,000 people - the media gives it full live coverage, minute by minute updates
The UK media is complicit in the mainstreaming of racism as well as transphobia
the far right racist march: around 110,000 people - the media gives it full live coverage, minute by minute updates
The UK media is complicit in the mainstreaming of racism as well as transphobia
September 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
London Trans Pride: around 100,000 people - the media barely covers it
the far right racist march: around 110,000 people - the media gives it full live coverage, minute by minute updates
The UK media is complicit in the mainstreaming of racism as well as transphobia
the far right racist march: around 110,000 people - the media gives it full live coverage, minute by minute updates
The UK media is complicit in the mainstreaming of racism as well as transphobia
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"his reach was worldwide"
Yes, because you keep amplifying it??? Why is this the headline news?? The media are complicit in encouraging far right ideology in the UK.
Yes, because you keep amplifying it??? Why is this the headline news?? The media are complicit in encouraging far right ideology in the UK.
September 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"his reach was worldwide"
Yes, because you keep amplifying it??? Why is this the headline news?? The media are complicit in encouraging far right ideology in the UK.
Yes, because you keep amplifying it??? Why is this the headline news?? The media are complicit in encouraging far right ideology in the UK.
First Ireland, now Netherlands explicitly saying they won't participate in Eurovision if Israel does. After so many vague statements, it's good to see two broadcasters being so direct about their intentions, and I don't underestimate the courage needed to put their heads above the parapet like this.
September 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
First Ireland, now Netherlands explicitly saying they won't participate in Eurovision if Israel does. After so many vague statements, it's good to see two broadcasters being so direct about their intentions, and I don't underestimate the courage needed to put their heads above the parapet like this.
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Someone has sent me a bluesky DM, but I haven't verified my age (because I refuse to give my private information to some leaky techbro company) so I can't access DMs to read it, so I guess I just have this notification for the rest of my life now?
September 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Someone has sent me a bluesky DM, but I haven't verified my age (because I refuse to give my private information to some leaky techbro company) so I can't access DMs to read it, so I guess I just have this notification for the rest of my life now?
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This is trans rights, too. There is no viable position for the Democrats other than “trans rights are human rights.” Trying to triangulate a position where you throw trans people under the bus “just a little” to woo swing voters only feeds the right’s argument that trans people are a threat 1/x
Tapping the sign
September 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is trans rights, too. There is no viable position for the Democrats other than “trans rights are human rights.” Trying to triangulate a position where you throw trans people under the bus “just a little” to woo swing voters only feeds the right’s argument that trans people are a threat 1/x