Phil M 🍉
@phillm.bsky.social
Manc, council house lad. Army vet (RCT), ExFirefighter (GMFRS), Fire Engineer (IFE) & fire data researcher (Leeds Uni). Medically retired (Menière’s). Vertiginous, going deaf. Pioneered fire risk determination by building type. INFJ. ADHD. @HRRBFireSafety.
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Phil M 🍉
@phillm.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Absolutely horrific.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Hong Kong fire: At least 13 dead as more than 700 firefighters tackle blaze - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Hong Kong fire: At least 13 dead as more than 700 firefighters tackle blaze - BBC News
Hong Kong fire: At least 13 dead as more than 700 firefighters tackle blaze
The fire has engulfed a number of buildings, with flames spreading on bamboo scaffolding. At least one firefighter is among the dead.
www.bbc.co.uk
I've posted a few things about the horrendous & catastrophic High Rise Residential Building (HRRB) fire in Hong Kong, I spoke to the World Service about it last night, because this is my specialism. So, a thread 🧵 about the rapid fire spread... bsky.app/profile/phil...
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This is probably as close to correct as The Guardian are going to publish. Only ommission is that you don't just have to look at political cohorts to see who Starmer has alienated. He's had a knack for pissing off extremely specific groups of people who won't ever forget it.
Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik
Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone | Nesrine Malik
Who is his constituency now? Not the left or the right – and not the centre any more. That’s why there’s been a nosedive in the polls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM
This is probably as close to correct as The Guardian are going to publish. Only ommission is that you don't just have to look at political cohorts to see who Starmer has alienated. He's had a knack for pissing off extremely specific groups of people who won't ever forget it.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Whenever Farage says jump, [Labour] say how high. You will never appease the right by doing that. They will just get more and more extreme"
Spot on. This is what people mean when they say Labour is ushering in the far right.
Spot on. This is what people mean when they say Labour is ushering in the far right.
February 15, 2026 at 10:07 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Whenever Farage says jump, [Labour] say how high. You will never appease the right by doing that. They will just get more and more extreme"
Spot on. This is what people mean when they say Labour is ushering in the far right.
Spot on. This is what people mean when they say Labour is ushering in the far right.
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Zack Polanski is someone who doesn’t lie or BS, and that makes him hard to trip up in interviews.
February 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Zack Polanski is someone who doesn’t lie or BS, and that makes him hard to trip up in interviews.
Wanted Artificial Intelligence, got Artificial Intelligence.
The make-it-up machine made it up.
The make-it-up machine made it up.
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Wanted Artificial Intelligence, got Artificial Intelligence.
The make-it-up machine made it up.
The make-it-up machine made it up.
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STARMER’S LABOUR: THE MOST ANTI-LGBT+ GOVT SINCE THATCHER
A list of the government's shameful LGBT+ record – especially when it comes to attacking trans people.
Updated for the second time in two months because there have been six or seven things to add since January alone.
A list of the government's shameful LGBT+ record – especially when it comes to attacking trans people.
Updated for the second time in two months because there have been six or seven things to add since January alone.
February 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
STARMER’S LABOUR: THE MOST ANTI-LGBT+ GOVT SINCE THATCHER
A list of the government's shameful LGBT+ record – especially when it comes to attacking trans people.
Updated for the second time in two months because there have been six or seven things to add since January alone.
A list of the government's shameful LGBT+ record – especially when it comes to attacking trans people.
Updated for the second time in two months because there have been six or seven things to add since January alone.
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I've often wondered how Steven Pinker's amazingly sloppy research and baseless claims* have for so long received a free pass. I wonder whether it could have something to do with a. his connections with the rich and powerful; b. his claims often aligning with what they want to hear.
*See next post.
*See next post.
This isn't something distant or far away. Super-agent & close Epstein ally, John Brockman had huge influence. His 'rockstar' writers, scientists and academics dominated our book pages & broadsheets.
We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I've often wondered how Steven Pinker's amazingly sloppy research and baseless claims* have for so long received a free pass. I wonder whether it could have something to do with a. his connections with the rich and powerful; b. his claims often aligning with what they want to hear.
*See next post.
*See next post.
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Do you want to help Hannah beat Reform in Gorton and Denton, but just can't make it in person?
Then join me tomorrow at 6:30pm for some phonebanking! Link is in the thread. 💚
Then join me tomorrow at 6:30pm for some phonebanking! Link is in the thread. 💚
February 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Do you want to help Hannah beat Reform in Gorton and Denton, but just can't make it in person?
Then join me tomorrow at 6:30pm for some phonebanking! Link is in the thread. 💚
Then join me tomorrow at 6:30pm for some phonebanking! Link is in the thread. 💚
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As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
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Zack Polanski has urged the UK Government to move away from 'Starmer’s surveillance state' following Palestine Action’s court win
Zack Polanski warns of ‘Starmer’s surveillance state’ after Palestine Action win
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Zack Polanski has urged the UK Government to move away from 'Starmer’s surveillance state' following Palestine Action’s court win
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If you missed it - here's this weeks @boldpolitics.bsky.social with Green Party candidate for Gorton & Denton, Hannah Spencer!
youtu.be/uCy0VdHTVvs?...
youtu.be/uCy0VdHTVvs?...
The Battle For The Soul Of The Nation | Hannah Spencer | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
If you missed it - here's this weeks @boldpolitics.bsky.social with Green Party candidate for Gorton & Denton, Hannah Spencer!
youtu.be/uCy0VdHTVvs?...
youtu.be/uCy0VdHTVvs?...
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So good to see this recognition of what’s happening in GM.👇🏻
It’s based on
🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them
🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors
🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics
And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
It’s based on
🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them
🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors
🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics
And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
Could Manchester be a model for the UK to kickstart growth?
With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester's economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
So good to see this recognition of what’s happening in GM.👇🏻
It’s based on
🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them
🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors
🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics
And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
It’s based on
🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them
🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors
🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics
And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
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‘they all converged on a master philosophy: they were apex predators ordained by nature to exploit and subjugate others. This creed allowed the Edge set to steer intellectual history into its current fascist dead-end’
About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
‘they all converged on a master philosophy: they were apex predators ordained by nature to exploit and subjugate others. This creed allowed the Edge set to steer intellectual history into its current fascist dead-end’
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But Israel can do what the hell they like to Palestinians, right...?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK wants action taken on Russia after Navalny frog poisoning, Cooper says
The foreign secretary said the UK would
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
But Israel can do what the hell they like to Palestinians, right...?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Unfortunate timeline synchronicity
February 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Unfortunate timeline synchronicity
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The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!
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"WE'VE ARRESTED TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE BY MISTAKE"
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
"WE'VE ARRESTED TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE BY MISTAKE"
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My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
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In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25M to 42M users, we took actions to keep it welcoming, using proactive design to reduce toxic content by 79%. Our 2025 Transparency Report shares how we're building a safer platform while keeping a transparent and human-centered approach: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
2025 Transparency Report Overview - Bluesky
In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25 million to 41 million users, we improved the trust and safety infrastructure to better enable our mission. Here's what that looks like in plain language.
bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 2:08 PM
In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25M to 42M users, we took actions to keep it welcoming, using proactive design to reduce toxic content by 79%. Our 2025 Transparency Report shares how we're building a safer platform while keeping a transparent and human-centered approach: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Gary Lineker, "Jim Ratcliffe is a migrant himself, an economic migrant, he lives in Monaco"
"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"
"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"
"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"
"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"
February 15, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Gary Lineker, "Jim Ratcliffe is a migrant himself, an economic migrant, he lives in Monaco"
"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"
"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"
"A lot of the immigrants contribute enormously, and the facts show you that, in terms of revenue, paying tax etc"
"Whereas Jim in Monaco, is doing everything he can to avoid paying tax"
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"[D]ecriminalization needs to work in tandem with other policies, which the government didn't implement."
"[M]ust include [.] investments in housing, safer supply."
"Recriminalization will break up families, traumatize drug users, and fill jails."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Drugs #Housing #Policing
"[M]ust include [.] investments in housing, safer supply."
"Recriminalization will break up families, traumatize drug users, and fill jails."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Drugs #Housing #Policing
Decriminalization worked. B.C. killed it anyway
The province’s drug decriminalization experiment lowered arrests and reduced harm—but it failed a different political test.
breachmedia.ca
February 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"[D]ecriminalization needs to work in tandem with other policies, which the government didn't implement."
"[M]ust include [.] investments in housing, safer supply."
"Recriminalization will break up families, traumatize drug users, and fill jails."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Drugs #Housing #Policing
"[M]ust include [.] investments in housing, safer supply."
"Recriminalization will break up families, traumatize drug users, and fill jails."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Drugs #Housing #Policing