@pointlessfluff.bsky.social
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
This was a perfect slice of brilliance. I hope that @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is as proud of it as he deserves to be. Just wonderful.
October 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This was a perfect slice of brilliance. I hope that @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is as proud of it as he deserves to be. Just wonderful.
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Michelle from Scare.Me.Reads asked me some really interesting questions about writing Good Boy, books and dogs and meeting my heroes.
scare-me.beehiiv.com/p/neil-mcrob...
scare-me.beehiiv.com/p/neil-mcrob...
Getting Blurbed by Stephen King and Writing Extreme Weirdness Into Humdrum Daily Life: A Conversation with Talking Scared's Neil McRobert
The prolific podcaster offers insights into his debut novella, out October 9 from Wild Hunt Books.
scare-me.beehiiv.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Michelle from Scare.Me.Reads asked me some really interesting questions about writing Good Boy, books and dogs and meeting my heroes.
scare-me.beehiiv.com/p/neil-mcrob...
scare-me.beehiiv.com/p/neil-mcrob...
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Celebrating the release of THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT with a set of short sharp conversations between the contributors
Part One features editors Brian Keene and Chris Golden, plus Tim Lebbon talking to Bev Vincent, and Cat Ward talking brutality with Caroline Kepnes
All podcast platforms
Part One features editors Brian Keene and Chris Golden, plus Tim Lebbon talking to Bev Vincent, and Cat Ward talking brutality with Caroline Kepnes
All podcast platforms
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Celebrating the release of THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT with a set of short sharp conversations between the contributors
Part One features editors Brian Keene and Chris Golden, plus Tim Lebbon talking to Bev Vincent, and Cat Ward talking brutality with Caroline Kepnes
All podcast platforms
Part One features editors Brian Keene and Chris Golden, plus Tim Lebbon talking to Bev Vincent, and Cat Ward talking brutality with Caroline Kepnes
All podcast platforms
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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If you're inclined to think "People being disrespectful to Tebbit is a bit off"...
July 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
If you're inclined to think "People being disrespectful to Tebbit is a bit off"...
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1. One thing you need to realise about the British Establishment is that it uses clowns to express its deepest desires. People like Rod Liddle offer a kind of deniability - "lighten up, he's just having a laugh". But they deliver a closer representation of its truths than any sober editorial.
Meanwhile
The Spectator is condoning the bombing of Brighton and Glastonbury
I'm sure it will be a proscribed organisation any minute now...
The Spectator is condoning the bombing of Brighton and Glastonbury
I'm sure it will be a proscribed organisation any minute now...
July 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
1. One thing you need to realise about the British Establishment is that it uses clowns to express its deepest desires. People like Rod Liddle offer a kind of deniability - "lighten up, he's just having a laugh". But they deliver a closer representation of its truths than any sober editorial.
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Private Eye has found that that 281,000 PIP claimants *already in paid work* stand to lose out under the proposed cuts (i.e the four-point rule)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
June 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Private Eye has found that that 281,000 PIP claimants *already in paid work* stand to lose out under the proposed cuts (i.e the four-point rule)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
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I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan
June 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan
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All rather obvious I suppose. But then Trump, Ceaușescu, the Kims, Putin and indeed all the other wannabe strong men in history are "obvious". It's what defines them. Noise, parades, big egos and a total lack of subtlety. A sort of bludgeoning big idiocy.
Have some Auden.
Have some Auden.
June 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
All rather obvious I suppose. But then Trump, Ceaușescu, the Kims, Putin and indeed all the other wannabe strong men in history are "obvious". It's what defines them. Noise, parades, big egos and a total lack of subtlety. A sort of bludgeoning big idiocy.
Have some Auden.
Have some Auden.
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Turn it off. Stop using it. Turn it off. Stop. Stop. Stop.
If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.
If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.
When I searched to see if Mary Shelley and Jane Austen could have met in Bath, Google AI informed me that they were, in fact, sisters...
June 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Turn it off. Stop using it. Turn it off. Stop. Stop. Stop.
If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.
If every time I was wrong about something, a gallon of precious water was boiled into the sky, my neighbourhood got polluted and someone lost their job, people would stop asking me things.
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I... oh my god.
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amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
amandaguinzburg.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I... oh my god.
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
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Thinking about “an island of strangers”. Don’t think it matters whether it’s an intentional Powell callback or not.
Either: it is
Or: it isn’t, but the context and content of the speech recall it.
Thing is, option 2 is not better.
Either: it is
Or: it isn’t, but the context and content of the speech recall it.
Thing is, option 2 is not better.
May 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thinking about “an island of strangers”. Don’t think it matters whether it’s an intentional Powell callback or not.
Either: it is
Or: it isn’t, but the context and content of the speech recall it.
Thing is, option 2 is not better.
Either: it is
Or: it isn’t, but the context and content of the speech recall it.
Thing is, option 2 is not better.
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A brilliant piece of poetry from Michael Rosen, clearly directed at Starmer and the current Labour Government.
May 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A brilliant piece of poetry from Michael Rosen, clearly directed at Starmer and the current Labour Government.
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If you are anywhere vaguely on the left and were ever puzzled as to why people clung to Corbyn in spite of all its flaws, the answer is that they all knew this version of the Labour Party was what was waiting in the wings
March 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If you are anywhere vaguely on the left and were ever puzzled as to why people clung to Corbyn in spite of all its flaws, the answer is that they all knew this version of the Labour Party was what was waiting in the wings
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If your instinct was to roll your eyes or call people cranks for calling Starmer a liar or Streeting, Reeves, Cooper "red Tories". Well, sorry seems they just understood the nature of the forces inside the Labour Party better than you did
March 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If your instinct was to roll your eyes or call people cranks for calling Starmer a liar or Streeting, Reeves, Cooper "red Tories". Well, sorry seems they just understood the nature of the forces inside the Labour Party better than you did
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🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
April 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk
At least 20 officers forced their way into property and police said some present were planning direct action in London
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
March 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
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My designs get lots of publicity in magazines and online and it looks like I’m doing really well.
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.
Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.
Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Surface Pattern Design & Illustration by Manchester based designer Gail Myerscough. Contemporary design meets mid century style.
Contact for art licensing, commissions & collaboration enquiries.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
My designs get lots of publicity in magazines and online and it looks like I’m doing really well.
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.
Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
The reality is that it’s bloody hard work being self employed and it’s not getting any easier.
Have a look at what I do and repost. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Ben Chu, "Instead of cutting spending, the Chancellor could raise taxes"
"But all the signs are she has decided not to raise taxes to fill the gap"
"That's a political choice"
"But all the signs are she has decided not to raise taxes to fill the gap"
"That's a political choice"
March 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ben Chu, "Instead of cutting spending, the Chancellor could raise taxes"
"But all the signs are she has decided not to raise taxes to fill the gap"
"That's a political choice"
"But all the signs are she has decided not to raise taxes to fill the gap"
"That's a political choice"
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We're going to die in our tens of thousands. Again.
That's what's going to happen. And then the 2nd poorest cohort of the population moves down into our slot, so they can do it again in a couple of years. And the money they make off our deaths keeps flowing uphill into the same pockets.
That's what's going to happen. And then the 2nd poorest cohort of the population moves down into our slot, so they can do it again in a couple of years. And the money they make off our deaths keeps flowing uphill into the same pockets.
March 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We're going to die in our tens of thousands. Again.
That's what's going to happen. And then the 2nd poorest cohort of the population moves down into our slot, so they can do it again in a couple of years. And the money they make off our deaths keeps flowing uphill into the same pockets.
That's what's going to happen. And then the 2nd poorest cohort of the population moves down into our slot, so they can do it again in a couple of years. And the money they make off our deaths keeps flowing uphill into the same pockets.