@simansfield.bsky.social
Kinda into transit, politics, nature, maps, technology, architecture, proto-futureism, touching rocks
maybe I'll use this / maybe I wont 🤷
📍west yorks
maybe I'll use this / maybe I wont 🤷
📍west yorks
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This is a genuine post. What right does he think he has to tell Germany how to manage its healthcare. This is not the behavior of an ally.
January 10, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This is a genuine post. What right does he think he has to tell Germany how to manage its healthcare. This is not the behavior of an ally.
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I just saw someone use the term "slopulism" and it's a very good word.
My proposed definition: "Junk policy aimed at populism-inclined voters which will go nowhere and achieve nothing but which strategists believe will win support."
My proposed definition: "Junk policy aimed at populism-inclined voters which will go nowhere and achieve nothing but which strategists believe will win support."
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I just saw someone use the term "slopulism" and it's a very good word.
My proposed definition: "Junk policy aimed at populism-inclined voters which will go nowhere and achieve nothing but which strategists believe will win support."
My proposed definition: "Junk policy aimed at populism-inclined voters which will go nowhere and achieve nothing but which strategists believe will win support."
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It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
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It's so fucking convenient that they get to "fear for their lives" anytime they want to absolve themselves of anything and when we actually fear for our lives because of them and do anything a scared person would do it's justification for our death.
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It's so fucking convenient that they get to "fear for their lives" anytime they want to absolve themselves of anything and when we actually fear for our lives because of them and do anything a scared person would do it's justification for our death.
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at this point, i won't even settle for a fresh round of nuremberg being on the platform. our reps need to actively plan them. write a law and release the text. pick the venue. keep a public list of offenders and their crimes, and make it very clear that they will be hauled in to face justice.
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
at this point, i won't even settle for a fresh round of nuremberg being on the platform. our reps need to actively plan them. write a law and release the text. pick the venue. keep a public list of offenders and their crimes, and make it very clear that they will be hauled in to face justice.
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This is unsustainable and is an explicit threat of civil war against blue states.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This is unsustainable and is an explicit threat of civil war against blue states.
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Spoken like a true 19th century Conservative city father of a Yorkshire or Lancashire mill town, Mr Mayor.
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Spoken like a true 19th century Conservative city father of a Yorkshire or Lancashire mill town, Mr Mayor.
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Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
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The level of quixoticism at this point is like Kemi Badenoch spending all day trying to win over Your Party voters. What part of ‘no’ does Blue Labour not understand?
1% of Reform UK voters have a favourable opinion of the Labour Party, compared to 98% seeing it unfavourably, including 89% who view the party *very* unfavourably.
Conservative voters are more sympathetic.
Conservative voters are more sympathetic.
Only Reform voters can save Labour
By Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The level of quixoticism at this point is like Kemi Badenoch spending all day trying to win over Your Party voters. What part of ‘no’ does Blue Labour not understand?
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When you are the incumbent government, your re-election strategy is downstream of your governing record, which is what you should be preoccupied with now.
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
When you are the incumbent government, your re-election strategy is downstream of your governing record, which is what you should be preoccupied with now.
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I can’t understand how the restoration of the Houses of Parliament will cost…
£15 billion!
That’s…. £133,000 a square metre!
For context, to build a brand new skyscraper in London is around £10,000 /m2. What the hell?
www.politico.eu/article/mp-q...
£15 billion!
That’s…. £133,000 a square metre!
For context, to build a brand new skyscraper in London is around £10,000 /m2. What the hell?
www.politico.eu/article/mp-q...
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I can’t understand how the restoration of the Houses of Parliament will cost…
£15 billion!
That’s…. £133,000 a square metre!
For context, to build a brand new skyscraper in London is around £10,000 /m2. What the hell?
www.politico.eu/article/mp-q...
£15 billion!
That’s…. £133,000 a square metre!
For context, to build a brand new skyscraper in London is around £10,000 /m2. What the hell?
www.politico.eu/article/mp-q...
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I don't know much about this soecific projects, but I wouldn't be surprised if the very high price tag comes from them wanting a 19th century building to work like a building fully complying with 21st century standards while leaving most of it untouched because heritage conservation.
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I don't know much about this soecific projects, but I wouldn't be surprised if the very high price tag comes from them wanting a 19th century building to work like a building fully complying with 21st century standards while leaving most of it untouched because heritage conservation.
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just done a pre-rec for the BBC World Service (think it was for Newshour, which goes out at 2) on the response to Grok's appalling AI images. Feel really strongly that governments, institutions and businesses should come off X now: it's crossed a red line; there's no value there for them.
January 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
just done a pre-rec for the BBC World Service (think it was for Newshour, which goes out at 2) on the response to Grok's appalling AI images. Feel really strongly that governments, institutions and businesses should come off X now: it's crossed a red line; there's no value there for them.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Again, "I only make CSAM for money" would not help an ordinary person's defence, but would aggravate their sentencing.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Again, "I only make CSAM for money" would not help an ordinary person's defence, but would aggravate their sentencing.
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"It’s worth remembering that Ernest Marples arguably did more for the motoring lobby than any transport minister before or since. And yet they hated him – for attempting to restrict their freedoms even slightly for the greater good. That, too, was a sign of things to come."
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
Why are trains so bad in Britain? The answer begins with Ernest Marples
The Beeching report is well-known and widely hated, but the man behind it deserves our anger too
inews.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
"It’s worth remembering that Ernest Marples arguably did more for the motoring lobby than any transport minister before or since. And yet they hated him – for attempting to restrict their freedoms even slightly for the greater good. That, too, was a sign of things to come."
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
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Add to this list BBC Verify and several European newspapers, unanimously reaching the same conclusion. It's a serious test of the Trump MAGA lie-machine.
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Add to this list BBC Verify and several European newspapers, unanimously reaching the same conclusion. It's a serious test of the Trump MAGA lie-machine.
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Pissing people off by hitting them with taxes/cutting their benefits and earning their emnity only to then forgo the badly needed funds really is becoming one of this government's distinguishing features www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Labour to announce pub business rates U-turn after industry outcry
Change likely to be welcomed by pub trade and opposition but will represent yet another government climbdown
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Pissing people off by hitting them with taxes/cutting their benefits and earning their emnity only to then forgo the badly needed funds really is becoming one of this government's distinguishing features www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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spending my day interviewing trans people for a piece (hopefully coming out next week!) and what a stupid, stupid, mean, absurd state of affairs
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
spending my day interviewing trans people for a piece (hopefully coming out next week!) and what a stupid, stupid, mean, absurd state of affairs
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This is also a field test.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
This is also a field test.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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absolutely unreal. who can possibly hit publish on that and think "yes I have done my job as a journalist and editor. this is serving the reader"
I wonder why...
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
absolutely unreal. who can possibly hit publish on that and think "yes I have done my job as a journalist and editor. this is serving the reader"
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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Tim Walz needs to order the MN state police to arrest this ICE agent:
That’s murder. Arrest him.
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Tim Walz needs to order the MN state police to arrest this ICE agent: