Dan Tappin
@oitappin.bsky.social
A man. In Cardiff. From London. Likes stuff, dislikes other stuff. Ex radio/tv/tv software now:f/t dad p/t librarian. Views are his own and not the baying mobs. Will talk about mashups, Documentary Now, NUFC, Eurovision, and David Bowie to anyone
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Accounts associated with the US government now make up 13 of the 20 most blocked accounts on this website.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Accounts associated with the US government now make up 13 of the 20 most blocked accounts on this website.
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It's also all a bit...'Franz Ferdinand's assassination an embarrassment for the 'Visit Sarajevo' tourism campaign', it is certainly *true* but it is missing the point.
also, side note, but why are these deranged outbursts by a deranged racist & misogynist ‘embarrassing’ for Starmer, who’s trying to prop up a security alliance in the face of madness, and not ‘embarrassing’ for the journalists working on these stories who’ve done so much to sanewash Trump?
January 20, 2026 at 12:03 PM
It's also all a bit...'Franz Ferdinand's assassination an embarrassment for the 'Visit Sarajevo' tourism campaign', it is certainly *true* but it is missing the point.
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also, side note, but why are these deranged outbursts by a deranged racist & misogynist ‘embarrassing’ for Starmer, who’s trying to prop up a security alliance in the face of madness, and not ‘embarrassing’ for the journalists working on these stories who’ve done so much to sanewash Trump?
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM
also, side note, but why are these deranged outbursts by a deranged racist & misogynist ‘embarrassing’ for Starmer, who’s trying to prop up a security alliance in the face of madness, and not ‘embarrassing’ for the journalists working on these stories who’ve done so much to sanewash Trump?
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I was so right about this - he's literally just a man with a phone, incapable of constructing thoughts in any format other than three paragraph tweets
Something I find striking about Zach Polanski is how - unlike the vast majority of those who played a key role in Corbynism - his politics are so clearly not rooted in any kind of deeper analysis or intellectual tradition. It's all just a surface-level synthesis of 2010s left-wing slogans and memes.
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 AM
I was so right about this - he's literally just a man with a phone, incapable of constructing thoughts in any format other than three paragraph tweets
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I’ve posted this a million times, too many people forgot what social media was like before the algorithm spoon fed you
you can have cool stuff on your timeline if you actually follow people posting cool stuff it’s that easy
you can have cool stuff on your timeline if you actually follow people posting cool stuff it’s that easy
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I’ve posted this a million times, too many people forgot what social media was like before the algorithm spoon fed you
you can have cool stuff on your timeline if you actually follow people posting cool stuff it’s that easy
you can have cool stuff on your timeline if you actually follow people posting cool stuff it’s that easy
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This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Beastie Boys
Tom Tom Club
The Moldy Peaches
Elvis Costello
Kelis
Beastie Boys
Tom Tom Club
The Moldy Peaches
Elvis Costello
Kelis
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Julien Baker
Beyoncé
Los campesinos
King Krule
Joanna Newsom
Julien Baker
Beyoncé
Los campesinos
King Krule
Joanna Newsom
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Alkaline Trio
Dispatch
Jurassic 5
Paul Van Dyk
The Cranberries
Alkaline Trio
Dispatch
Jurassic 5
Paul Van Dyk
The Cranberries
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Beastie Boys
Tom Tom Club
The Moldy Peaches
Elvis Costello
Kelis
Beastie Boys
Tom Tom Club
The Moldy Peaches
Elvis Costello
Kelis
The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive" [Official Video]
YouTube video by Vagrant Records
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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The fact that a man like Farage who praised Putin, made himself Mr Brexit, and campaigned for Trump is considered anything other than a crank is a fairly damning indictment of the political climate in Britain.
January 18, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The fact that a man like Farage who praised Putin, made himself Mr Brexit, and campaigned for Trump is considered anything other than a crank is a fairly damning indictment of the political climate in Britain.
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And that is: asking a student to do a literature review isn’t really about the output, the final product. It’s about learning the process - assessing the quality of the evidence as you read it, learning how your question may evolve as you engage with the literature, learning how to spot SALIENCE 1/2
January 19, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And that is: asking a student to do a literature review isn’t really about the output, the final product. It’s about learning the process - assessing the quality of the evidence as you read it, learning how your question may evolve as you engage with the literature, learning how to spot SALIENCE 1/2
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
Zack fans have as thin skins as Corbyn fans.
Sick of people trying to make Messiahs out of politicians.
Sick of people trying to make Messiahs out of politicians.
January 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Zack fans have as thin skins as Corbyn fans.
Sick of people trying to make Messiahs out of politicians.
Sick of people trying to make Messiahs out of politicians.
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hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca
January 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca
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Quick update on the imports that will now cost more for the US, thanks to Trump:
Denmark: Packaged medicine ($4.6B), vaccines/blood products ($590M), orthopedic appliances ($418M)
Norway: Refined petroleum ($1.23B), fish fillets ($960M), raw nickel ($351M)
1/?
Denmark: Packaged medicine ($4.6B), vaccines/blood products ($590M), orthopedic appliances ($418M)
Norway: Refined petroleum ($1.23B), fish fillets ($960M), raw nickel ($351M)
1/?
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Quick update on the imports that will now cost more for the US, thanks to Trump:
Denmark: Packaged medicine ($4.6B), vaccines/blood products ($590M), orthopedic appliances ($418M)
Norway: Refined petroleum ($1.23B), fish fillets ($960M), raw nickel ($351M)
1/?
Denmark: Packaged medicine ($4.6B), vaccines/blood products ($590M), orthopedic appliances ($418M)
Norway: Refined petroleum ($1.23B), fish fillets ($960M), raw nickel ($351M)
1/?
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“We have done so much for America”: Denmark fought alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, as Trump eyes Greenland, the families of fallen soldiers have a message for him, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/I8nGcxwO
January 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“We have done so much for America”: Denmark fought alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, as Trump eyes Greenland, the families of fallen soldiers have a message for him, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/I8nGcxwO
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Fascinating glimpse into the insane world of Hermes, which absolutely does not want to sell you a ludicrously expensive handbag (via @charlesarthur.bsky.social) www.ndtv.com/lifestyle/ho...
www.ndtv.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Fascinating glimpse into the insane world of Hermes, which absolutely does not want to sell you a ludicrously expensive handbag (via @charlesarthur.bsky.social) www.ndtv.com/lifestyle/ho...
This Trump fella is a bit of a rum character isn't he?
January 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This Trump fella is a bit of a rum character isn't he?
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I think there's a legitimate social identity of despair in social media where you basically need to constantly perform (already existing but in a lesser form) despair in order to reaffirm yourself as part of the group
half the userbase of this website is addicted to the dopamine hit that comes with "all is loss" bad news. they want to spiral out and resent you when you tell them something tethered to reality.
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I think there's a legitimate social identity of despair in social media where you basically need to constantly perform (already existing but in a lesser form) despair in order to reaffirm yourself as part of the group
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Overweight people can just never win anyway, "god the size of them" [they lose weight] "ooh are they ill? Is there something wrong with them? They looked happier before :/ they're not as funny now they're thin?" but now there's the "did they lose weight Properly or did they do it the Jab way??"
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Overweight people can just never win anyway, "god the size of them" [they lose weight] "ooh are they ill? Is there something wrong with them? They looked happier before :/ they're not as funny now they're thin?" but now there's the "did they lose weight Properly or did they do it the Jab way??"
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Honestly, speaking as a pinko liberal I am disturbed by how much these people want His Majesty’s Government and our allies to just role over for a bully and let them steal another nation’s territory, resources, and not least people.
So many members of the British Right right now are unmasking and telling us fairly clearly where they would've stood in 1938
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Honestly, speaking as a pinko liberal I am disturbed by how much these people want His Majesty’s Government and our allies to just role over for a bully and let them steal another nation’s territory, resources, and not least people.
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Trump (and right wingers in Britain & EU) often claim that the USA economy outperforms “sclerotic” Europe.
A more comprehensive comparison gives a different perspective about the quality of life in each:
A more comprehensive comparison gives a different perspective about the quality of life in each:
January 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Trump (and right wingers in Britain & EU) often claim that the USA economy outperforms “sclerotic” Europe.
A more comprehensive comparison gives a different perspective about the quality of life in each:
A more comprehensive comparison gives a different perspective about the quality of life in each:
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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Belatedly, the best playlist of last year is out now - the 2025 Time Capsule is here!
If you like reading miniature music reviews, read this:
medium.com/p/nick-walke...
If you like reading miniature music reviews, read this:
medium.com/p/nick-walke...
Nick Walker’s 2025 Time Capsule Playlist
Sorry, I’m late. Here is my annual appraisal of the most interesting music releases.
medium.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Belatedly, the best playlist of last year is out now - the 2025 Time Capsule is here!
If you like reading miniature music reviews, read this:
medium.com/p/nick-walke...
If you like reading miniature music reviews, read this:
medium.com/p/nick-walke...