Joel
@snufkinlib.bsky.social
Cosmopolitan, liberal | Catholic | 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇮🇪🇬🇧🇦🇹🔶 | Mark 8:36 | he/him
The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily express the views of my employer
The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily express the views of my employer
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Joel
@snufkinlib.bsky.social
· Jun 9
Immigration is the central issue of our century and progressives must defend it or lose absolutely everything to fascism
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Yeah Tolkeins obviously not a Marxist lol but seeing a critique of industrial capitalism in his work is definitely not a stretch. Especially given that theyre both basically responding in different ways to the industrialisation of England
February 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Yeah Tolkeins obviously not a Marxist lol but seeing a critique of industrial capitalism in his work is definitely not a stretch. Especially given that theyre both basically responding in different ways to the industrialisation of England
If figure skating is an Olympic sport I don’t understand how the ballroom dances aren’t
February 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If figure skating is an Olympic sport I don’t understand how the ballroom dances aren’t
Guess this didn’t work out for him
February 16, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Guess this didn’t work out for him
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back in my day politics wasn't about being nasty it was about being a Policy Wonk and trying not to sound too much like the Orson Welles ferris wheel speech from The Third Man when describing the societal role of government
February 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
back in my day politics wasn't about being nasty it was about being a Policy Wonk and trying not to sound too much like the Orson Welles ferris wheel speech from The Third Man when describing the societal role of government
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sparta was smaller, shorter-lived, and had a weaker literary output than the kingdom of gwynedd
If it was based in any country other than Greece the Spartan polity would be referred to as a "chiefdom" or some other derogatory term for a moribund half-state
February 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
sparta was smaller, shorter-lived, and had a weaker literary output than the kingdom of gwynedd
They used to try witches by pushing them down an icy hill and seeing if they went straight down or swerved
At the Slalom Witch Trials
At the Slalom Witch Trials
February 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
They used to try witches by pushing them down an icy hill and seeing if they went straight down or swerved
At the Slalom Witch Trials
At the Slalom Witch Trials
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really enjoy that the bloke who won two golds on the luge is someone who was a national level taekwondo fighter until he got injured and then a government figure stepped out the shadows and said "let me tell you about project going down a hill really fast"
February 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
really enjoy that the bloke who won two golds on the luge is someone who was a national level taekwondo fighter until he got injured and then a government figure stepped out the shadows and said "let me tell you about project going down a hill really fast"
Ah, we’ve reached the bit where they come for me (third generation white passing immigrant), excellent
Restore Britain have their first ever councillor, Maria Bowtell, ex-Tory & ex-Reform a longstanding Lowe associate (& an employee of Restore). She told me she "fully supports" Conor Tomlinson's proposal to ban all ethnic minorities from parliament & propose a Restore Britain policy paper on it
February 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Ah, we’ve reached the bit where they come for me (third generation white passing immigrant), excellent
Millenials react to internet restrictions the way boomers react to car restrictions, and for the same reason
February 16, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Millenials react to internet restrictions the way boomers react to car restrictions, and for the same reason
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I would like to share one of my favorite things we found in CDMX, specifically the beautiful typeface used within the palacio del bellas artes
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I would like to share one of my favorite things we found in CDMX, specifically the beautiful typeface used within the palacio del bellas artes
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Yeah that’s about right
BREAKING: @barackobama.bsky.social clarifies his position on aliens after his answer during the speed round of our interview went viral.
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Yeah that’s about right
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Probably should have mentioned the context that Allan Rohan Crite was a Black Episcopalian liturgical artist and iconographer, and his work weaved together all of these threads of culture
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Probably should have mentioned the context that Allan Rohan Crite was a Black Episcopalian liturgical artist and iconographer, and his work weaved together all of these threads of culture
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Thinking again about the Smithsonian oral history interview with Allan Rohan Crite where he talks about American culture and how trying to narrow it to Anglo-Saxon doesn’t work even if you are talking about the colonial period.
February 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Thinking again about the Smithsonian oral history interview with Allan Rohan Crite where he talks about American culture and how trying to narrow it to Anglo-Saxon doesn’t work even if you are talking about the colonial period.
This is the basis of American culture to me
The Koreans make the best bulgogi. The Mexicans make the best burrito. Only the USA can dare to make the bulgogi burrito, and I salute Old Glory for it
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This is the basis of American culture to me
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A human head effigy pot from the Mississippian culture, on display at the Hampson Museum State Park in Wilson.
February 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
A human head effigy pot from the Mississippian culture, on display at the Hampson Museum State Park in Wilson.
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The odds of a UK F-35 ever firing a missile at a Russian jet are exceedingly low. Russia is mired in Ukraine, terrible at warfare, and not in any position to fight NATO.
The odds of the UK having to fight for the hearts and minds of people all over the world against Russian propoganda are 100%.
The odds of the UK having to fight for the hearts and minds of people all over the world against Russian propoganda are 100%.
February 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The odds of a UK F-35 ever firing a missile at a Russian jet are exceedingly low. Russia is mired in Ukraine, terrible at warfare, and not in any position to fight NATO.
The odds of the UK having to fight for the hearts and minds of people all over the world against Russian propoganda are 100%.
The odds of the UK having to fight for the hearts and minds of people all over the world against Russian propoganda are 100%.
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american culture is and has always been hybrid and cosmopolitan. you do not get to claim the blues for white nationalism you piece of shit.
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 AM
american culture is and has always been hybrid and cosmopolitan. you do not get to claim the blues for white nationalism you piece of shit.
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Mentions Steve Bannon working with the global right: "we have an obligation to be part of an internationalist movement to defend democracy globally."
February 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Mentions Steve Bannon working with the global right: "we have an obligation to be part of an internationalist movement to defend democracy globally."
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
Really good alt text stories here
Some of the people who served and died defending a "multicultural economic zone";
Musk, a goddamn spineless coward who could never aspire to even an nth of their bravery, dishonors their memory.
Musk, a goddamn spineless coward who could never aspire to even an nth of their bravery, dishonors their memory.
February 15, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Really good alt text stories here
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Exactly. This is not a lot of money. And once destroyed you don’t get to rebuild it.
The entire UK diplomatic budget is about £1.4 billion a year. That’s pretty much precisely 0.1% of government spending.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
February 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Exactly. This is not a lot of money. And once destroyed you don’t get to rebuild it.