Mike
@spikemanzombie.bsky.social
Mainly lurking and reading and liking posts.
If we can't have nice things, should we settle for just things?
If we can't have nice things, should we settle for just things?
Remembrance Sunday:
Such an important day for all around the UK. bu
But, I spent this weekend thinking about my late father-in-law who passed away one year ago this weekend, and also in the pub watching football.
I don't know if this makes me a bad person, but it is what happened.
Such an important day for all around the UK. bu
But, I spent this weekend thinking about my late father-in-law who passed away one year ago this weekend, and also in the pub watching football.
I don't know if this makes me a bad person, but it is what happened.
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Remembrance Sunday:
Such an important day for all around the UK. bu
But, I spent this weekend thinking about my late father-in-law who passed away one year ago this weekend, and also in the pub watching football.
I don't know if this makes me a bad person, but it is what happened.
Such an important day for all around the UK. bu
But, I spent this weekend thinking about my late father-in-law who passed away one year ago this weekend, and also in the pub watching football.
I don't know if this makes me a bad person, but it is what happened.
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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Dramatic games to look out for during weekend
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Dramatic games to look out for during weekend
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The self radicalisation of billionaires in their own personal right wing cesspools of hate is going to be a great subject for PhDs and research…
…so long as we make it through.
Not the race war; that’s not a real thing. It’s the fascism and hate they’re promoting that that’s the real issue.
…so long as we make it through.
Not the race war; that’s not a real thing. It’s the fascism and hate they’re promoting that that’s the real issue.
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The self radicalisation of billionaires in their own personal right wing cesspools of hate is going to be a great subject for PhDs and research…
…so long as we make it through.
Not the race war; that’s not a real thing. It’s the fascism and hate they’re promoting that that’s the real issue.
…so long as we make it through.
Not the race war; that’s not a real thing. It’s the fascism and hate they’re promoting that that’s the real issue.
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“A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said: “It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police take no further action against men arrested for Trump Windsor projections
Investigation ends after Led By Donkeys stunt highlighting the US president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“A Led By Donkeys spokesperson said: “It’s good the police now accept it’s not illegal to project a film about Donald Trump’s close relationship with America’s most notorious child sex trafficker on to a wall.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The White House hasn’t persuasively made the legal case that drug cartels are waging a war against the United States, argues Matthew C. Waxman.
www.cfr.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The White House hasn’t persuasively made the legal case that drug cartels are waging a war against the United States, argues Matthew C. Waxman.
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Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
By Graham Humphreys
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
By Graham Humphreys
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
By Graham Humphreys
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
By Graham Humphreys
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
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"I've always felt that the real horror is next door to us, that the scariest monsters are our neighbors." ~ George A. Romero
October 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"I've always felt that the real horror is next door to us, that the scariest monsters are our neighbors." ~ George A. Romero
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Ange Postecoglou has failed to win any of his first 7 games in charge of Nottingham Forest.
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ange Postecoglou has failed to win any of his first 7 games in charge of Nottingham Forest.
Genuinely curious -
At what point do you start protesting and become an activist?
In the UK 🇬🇧 many people feel disillusioned but I wonder who would fight for their values if threatened.... I wonder if that time is coming soon. But I'm probably wrong.
At what point do you start protesting and become an activist?
In the UK 🇬🇧 many people feel disillusioned but I wonder who would fight for their values if threatened.... I wonder if that time is coming soon. But I'm probably wrong.
October 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Genuinely curious -
At what point do you start protesting and become an activist?
In the UK 🇬🇧 many people feel disillusioned but I wonder who would fight for their values if threatened.... I wonder if that time is coming soon. But I'm probably wrong.
At what point do you start protesting and become an activist?
In the UK 🇬🇧 many people feel disillusioned but I wonder who would fight for their values if threatened.... I wonder if that time is coming soon. But I'm probably wrong.
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“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
- Dr Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
- Dr Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
- Dr Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
- Dr Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
The year is 2032: Russia🇷🇺 and USA🇺🇸 have declared war on each other.🪖☠️
Russia launches everything it has.💣
Everything but the kitchen sink.🧽
Because it's subject to an import tariff.💵
Russia launches everything it has.💣
Everything but the kitchen sink.🧽
Because it's subject to an import tariff.💵
OUR BATHROOM MIRRORS ARE VITAL TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
September 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The year is 2032: Russia🇷🇺 and USA🇺🇸 have declared war on each other.🪖☠️
Russia launches everything it has.💣
Everything but the kitchen sink.🧽
Because it's subject to an import tariff.💵
Russia launches everything it has.💣
Everything but the kitchen sink.🧽
Because it's subject to an import tariff.💵
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Just looked again on X. While Keir is posting about business, Shabana as home secretary called out violence against police yesterday but nothing about the racism or Musk. Silence from other bigwigs like Lammy, Cooper, Reeves..
That feeling of desperately wanting your elected government to loudly call out racism & far right violent extremists...
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
September 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Just looked again on X. While Keir is posting about business, Shabana as home secretary called out violence against police yesterday but nothing about the racism or Musk. Silence from other bigwigs like Lammy, Cooper, Reeves..
Right now, I chuckle at the obvious satire and underlying social commentary on the state of our politicians and social discourse on nuanced complex issues.
But I also live in a time when separating news headlines from satire has not always been straightforward, so the jokes on me I suppose.
But I also live in a time when separating news headlines from satire has not always been straightforward, so the jokes on me I suppose.
The Year is 2037. Prime Minister MechaHitler II is presiding over post-apocalyptic Britain. A Guardian columnist writes, "MechaHitler is doing its best trying to clean up the mess from Long Corbyn."
September 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Right now, I chuckle at the obvious satire and underlying social commentary on the state of our politicians and social discourse on nuanced complex issues.
But I also live in a time when separating news headlines from satire has not always been straightforward, so the jokes on me I suppose.
But I also live in a time when separating news headlines from satire has not always been straightforward, so the jokes on me I suppose.
If I was #Wilder my condition to return to the club would NOT be
💷 more salary, ❌
📈 bigger transfer budget or ❌
⚽ greater control over footballing decisions: ❌
It would be on condition the leadership that sacked me step down first and have nothing further to do with the club. ✅
#EFL
#SUFC
#Blades
💷 more salary, ❌
📈 bigger transfer budget or ❌
⚽ greater control over footballing decisions: ❌
It would be on condition the leadership that sacked me step down first and have nothing further to do with the club. ✅
#EFL
#SUFC
#Blades
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Expect more silence from the Royal Society in the face of their most notorious fellow advocating for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of a country he is neither a citizen nor a resident of (yet he is a fellow of their most prestigious learned society).
September 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Expect more silence from the Royal Society in the face of their most notorious fellow advocating for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of a country he is neither a citizen nor a resident of (yet he is a fellow of their most prestigious learned society).
Absolutely ridiculous decision.
Professional disagreements exist in the world of work.
There are ways of making it work when the sum is greater than the parts.
#NFFC
#Nuno
#PremierLeague
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Professional disagreements exist in the world of work.
There are ways of making it work when the sum is greater than the parts.
#NFFC
#Nuno
#PremierLeague
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo sacked
Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo is sacked after 21 months in charge - and just three games into the season.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Absolutely ridiculous decision.
Professional disagreements exist in the world of work.
There are ways of making it work when the sum is greater than the parts.
#NFFC
#Nuno
#PremierLeague
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Professional disagreements exist in the world of work.
There are ways of making it work when the sum is greater than the parts.
#NFFC
#Nuno
#PremierLeague
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Claro que hay diferencias y la política y extrema derecha de la administración de Trump no es igual que la política y extrema izquierda de Chavismo, pero hemos visto que pasó cuando murió Hugo Chávez...
Después de Trump no será el fin de MAGA.
#EE.UU
#Venezuela
Después de Trump no será el fin de MAGA.
#EE.UU
#Venezuela
What follows could either end MAGA or transform it into something far more dangerous.
After He’s Gone
Could JD Vance be worse than Trump, or would he be constrained? And what happens to the MAGA cult without Trump?
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Claro que hay diferencias y la política y extrema derecha de la administración de Trump no es igual que la política y extrema izquierda de Chavismo, pero hemos visto que pasó cuando murió Hugo Chávez...
Después de Trump no será el fin de MAGA.
#EE.UU
#Venezuela
Después de Trump no será el fin de MAGA.
#EE.UU
#Venezuela
This is fascinating!
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How the cavefish lost its eyes — again and again
🧪 #Science #scicomm
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
🧪 #Science #scicomm
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
How the cavefish lost its eyes — again and again
Mexican tetras that got swept into pitch-black caverns had no use for the energetically costly organs. They lost their eyes in multiple ways — and gained some nifty traits too.
knowablemagazine.org
August 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is fascinating!
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Nottingham Forest’s opening-day delight against Brentford showed Nuno Espirito Santo’s worries can be calmed, as his side displayed confidence and authority from the start, with a first-half display of class. George Edwards was at the match #nffc
thefamousclub.co.uk/2025/08/17/n...
thefamousclub.co.uk/2025/08/17/n...
Nottingham Forest kick off the season in style against Brentford
Nottingham Forest saw opening-day delight against Brentford as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side displayed confidence and authority from the start
thefamousclub.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nottingham Forest’s opening-day delight against Brentford showed Nuno Espirito Santo’s worries can be calmed, as his side displayed confidence and authority from the start, with a first-half display of class. George Edwards was at the match #nffc
thefamousclub.co.uk/2025/08/17/n...
thefamousclub.co.uk/2025/08/17/n...
August 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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