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@stilldelvingh.bsky.social
· Mar 17
Describe your feed:
News translated in 21st century languages (cynicism, memism & sarcasmism)
Unbelievably shitty real-life drama rants
Strategies to fix the mess unlikely to be heard/implemented
Book I’m writing updates
(A lil) Art&music
Self-mockery
WTF science
Interesting things other people say
News translated in 21st century languages (cynicism, memism & sarcasmism)
Unbelievably shitty real-life drama rants
Strategies to fix the mess unlikely to be heard/implemented
Book I’m writing updates
(A lil) Art&music
Self-mockery
WTF science
Interesting things other people say
In case you thought bowing to Trump could somehow be turned into a welcome improvement
- That’s why it was. That’s why it’s happening now. Trump is in charge of the news you’re allowed to get now -
- That’s why it was. That’s why it’s happening now. Trump is in charge of the news you’re allowed to get now -
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In case you thought bowing to Trump could somehow be turned into a welcome improvement
- That’s why it was. That’s why it’s happening now. Trump is in charge of the news you’re allowed to get now -
- That’s why it was. That’s why it’s happening now. Trump is in charge of the news you’re allowed to get now -
The thing is, “gender-critical” voices consider not telling them they’re right “censoring”
They want to eradicate any glimpse of recognition of gender
It’s like racists claiming they have a right to discriminate - and you have to agree
There’s no middle ground
It’s a choice btw erasing ppl or not
They want to eradicate any glimpse of recognition of gender
It’s like racists claiming they have a right to discriminate - and you have to agree
There’s no middle ground
It’s a choice btw erasing ppl or not
So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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For reference - Here’s the Telegraph article with the Prescott memo complaining about the BBC published in FULL.
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The thing is, “gender-critical” voices consider not telling them they’re right “censoring”
They want to eradicate any glimpse of recognition of gender
It’s like racists claiming they have a right to discriminate - and you have to agree
There’s no middle ground
It’s a choice btw erasing ppl or not
They want to eradicate any glimpse of recognition of gender
It’s like racists claiming they have a right to discriminate - and you have to agree
There’s no middle ground
It’s a choice btw erasing ppl or not
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"The central character in this is Robbie Gibb [who] has for the last four years worked to dismantle what he sees as the liberal bias in the BBC."
‘Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference that will inhibit the work of BBC journalists and undermine the public’s trust in BBC news’
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"The central character in this is Robbie Gibb [who] has for the last four years worked to dismantle what he sees as the liberal bias in the BBC."
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Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
The 'Womanosphere' Is Coming for Teen Girls
How beauty and wellness influencers are part of a misinformation ecosystem pushing traditional values on girls.
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
This is Reform's plan for the whole UK FTR
Close public services so privatisation pals make a killing
Close public services so privatisation pals make a killing
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is Reform's plan for the whole UK FTR
Close public services so privatisation pals make a killing
Close public services so privatisation pals make a killing
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🇧🇷 “En pleine crise climatique, les intérêts de l’industrie pétrolière et de ses alliés au sein du gouvernement Lula ont pris le dessus sur ceux des scientifiques, des écologistes et des populations qui subissent déjà les conséquences du réchauffement de la terre.”
Le Brésil accueille la COP30 et fait face à ses contradictions
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🇧🇷 “En pleine crise climatique, les intérêts de l’industrie pétrolière et de ses alliés au sein du gouvernement Lula ont pris le dessus sur ceux des scientifiques, des écologistes et des populations qui subissent déjà les conséquences du réchauffement de la terre.”
The Trumpman show sucks, they shouldn't have gone for a sequel
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Trumpman show sucks, they shouldn't have gone for a sequel
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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"Like a bunch of gangsters": 100+ nations were set to approve a historic plan to slash pollution from cargo ships. Then the US stepped in. Diplomats were stunned by “nasty” and “very personal” threats, including blacklisting, financial penalties, tariffs, sanctions, and the revocation of US visas.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"Like a bunch of gangsters": 100+ nations were set to approve a historic plan to slash pollution from cargo ships. Then the US stepped in. Diplomats were stunned by “nasty” and “very personal” threats, including blacklisting, financial penalties, tariffs, sanctions, and the revocation of US visas.
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The NYT interviewed 40 men who were in CECOT.
They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods.
Trump did this.
They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods.
Trump did this.
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The NYT interviewed 40 men who were in CECOT.
They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods.
Trump did this.
They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods.
Trump did this.
That weird feeling History is going backward
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
That weird feeling History is going backward
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
In the meanwhile, Trump is bragging about how much money the US makes from the sales that ain't happening
Weapons sales to NATO allies stalled by government shutdown www.axios.com/2025/11/09/g...
Scoop: Weapons sales to NATO allies stalled by government shutdown
It's another example of the shutdown's sweeping global impacts.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In the meanwhile, Trump is bragging about how much money the US makes from the sales that ain't happening
Those should be public
Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.
www.wired.com/story/hack-e...
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.
www.wired.com/story/hack-e...
Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...
www.wired.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Those should be public
"We are saving the world from evil!
First stop: saving beer from wokism."
Can't wait for the superheroes movie
First stop: saving beer from wokism."
Can't wait for the superheroes movie
Eric Trump, "We're saving Christianity. We're saving God. We're saving the family unit. We're saving the nation. DEI is out the window"
"People can coexist with one another without having top pick up arms and destroy one another, other than for incompetence and egotistical governments"
"People can coexist with one another without having top pick up arms and destroy one another, other than for incompetence and egotistical governments"
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"We are saving the world from evil!
First stop: saving beer from wokism."
Can't wait for the superheroes movie
First stop: saving beer from wokism."
Can't wait for the superheroes movie
He probably wouldn't succeed, yet it begs the question: Why ain't all world leaders loudly calling for that in the name of the peace the Russia president claims to love so much?
-They certainly ain't that shy when it comes to ask Zelensky for "peace efforts"-
-They certainly ain't that shy when it comes to ask Zelensky for "peace efforts"-
Zack Polanski Says He Would Try To Persuade Vladimir Putin To Give Up His Nuclear Weapons
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...
Zack Polanski Says He Would Try To Persuade Vladimir Putin To Give Up His Nuclear Weapons
"It would be sociopathic behaviour to say you wouldn't negotiate with a president or a prime minister."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
He probably wouldn't succeed, yet it begs the question: Why ain't all world leaders loudly calling for that in the name of the peace the Russia president claims to love so much?
-They certainly ain't that shy when it comes to ask Zelensky for "peace efforts"-
-They certainly ain't that shy when it comes to ask Zelensky for "peace efforts"-
Advertisement: "Ladies, you can lose 20 kg/44 lbs in ✨1 month✨ with this amazing diet!"
Me: "Guys, I was poisoned while pregnant which meant I threw up all day long until birth, and even then, it took me 6 months to lose 20 kg/44 lbs"
Me: "Guys, I was poisoned while pregnant which meant I threw up all day long until birth, and even then, it took me 6 months to lose 20 kg/44 lbs"
a cartoon penguin holds up a sign that says that 's a scam
Alt: a cartoon penguin holds up a sign that says that 's a scam
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Advertisement: "Ladies, you can lose 20 kg/44 lbs in ✨1 month✨ with this amazing diet!"
Me: "Guys, I was poisoned while pregnant which meant I threw up all day long until birth, and even then, it took me 6 months to lose 20 kg/44 lbs"
Me: "Guys, I was poisoned while pregnant which meant I threw up all day long until birth, and even then, it took me 6 months to lose 20 kg/44 lbs"
Where is the "you'll suffocate if your wear a mask" crew?
(Yes, interestingly, standing for masks "in the name of safety" now)
(Yes, interestingly, standing for masks "in the name of safety" now)
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Where is the "you'll suffocate if your wear a mask" crew?
(Yes, interestingly, standing for masks "in the name of safety" now)
(Yes, interestingly, standing for masks "in the name of safety" now)
Lunch break over, time to get back to work
a man in a suit says i don 't want to go
ALT: a man in a suit says i don 't want to go
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Lunch break over, time to get back to work
Looks like people interested in nature and History want nature and History preserved from vested interests
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Looks like people interested in nature and History want nature and History preserved from vested interests
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There's your affordability crisis - wealth accumulation buying all the things. "Lloyds has acquired 7,500 homes for rent". Rentier capitalism.
Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord on.ft.com/3JElrGQ
Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord
UK bank has acquired 7,500 homes for rent since 2021 as it seeks to diversify income
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
There's your affordability crisis - wealth accumulation buying all the things. "Lloyds has acquired 7,500 homes for rent". Rentier capitalism.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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What if we never do? Shutting down Congress fulfills a lot of wishes for the administration. They can act with total impunity with zero Dem interference. They can strip funds from literally everything. They can force essential workers to work for free. It’s a dream scenario?
GOP SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: It may be 2026 when we'll come out of the shutdown.
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
What if we never do? Shutting down Congress fulfills a lot of wishes for the administration. They can act with total impunity with zero Dem interference. They can strip funds from literally everything. They can force essential workers to work for free. It’s a dream scenario?
Very surprising from Amerussia
(Yes. Sarcasm.)
(Yes. Sarcasm.)
Trump-Orbán meeting: US gives Hungary exemption from sanctions on Russian oil and gas
www.theguardian.com
Trump-Orbán meeting: US gives Hungary exemption from sanctions on Russian oil and gas
twp.ai
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Very surprising from Amerussia
(Yes. Sarcasm.)
(Yes. Sarcasm.)
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.