Phil Burrows
@supergm.bsky.social
Data, business & product analyst in my day job, coder in the evenings (Ruby on Rails, Typescript, AstroJs). Interested in federated charities, theories of change and tech for good.
Has a lot to say about Druids Heath and Birmingham.
Has a lot to say about Druids Heath and Birmingham.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Want to know why fear of crime is so high, this is the front page of Birmingham live and just continual use of crime as a story
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Want to know why fear of crime is so high, this is the front page of Birmingham live and just continual use of crime as a story
After failing to divide Stirchley (Birmingham, UK), RtC have decided to turn their selective video editing skills and faux patriotism to France.
Operation: France Stop The Boats 🤬
● Des britanniques de l'organisation RACISTES d'extrême droite *Raise the colours* mènent des actions contre les migrants EN FRANCE et s'en vantent sans que personne réagisse. 🤬
x.com/RTCORGUK/sta...
🆘 🆘 🆘 @ldh.fr
● Des britanniques de l'organisation RACISTES d'extrême droite *Raise the colours* mènent des actions contre les migrants EN FRANCE et s'en vantent sans que personne réagisse. 🤬
x.com/RTCORGUK/sta...
🆘 🆘 🆘 @ldh.fr
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
After failing to divide Stirchley (Birmingham, UK), RtC have decided to turn their selective video editing skills and faux patriotism to France.
I just downloaded Praxis' essential guide to changing minds on migration and I think you should too!
act.praxis.org.uk/sign-essenti...
act.praxis.org.uk/sign-essenti...
Sign up for the essential guide to changing minds on migration
Get your free guide and turn challenging conversations about migration into impactful ones that really matter. Too often the conversation about migration is full of harmful language and dangerous misi...
act.praxis.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just downloaded Praxis' essential guide to changing minds on migration and I think you should too!
act.praxis.org.uk/sign-essenti...
act.praxis.org.uk/sign-essenti...
I wonder how much reach this article will get on Twitter
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 3:41 PM
I wonder how much reach this article will get on Twitter
This is incredibly dystopian. It needs to be stopped.
I know this won't surprise anyone here but Musk's reprogrammed artificial intelligence is spreading misinformation about yesterday's attack on a train
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is incredibly dystopian. It needs to be stopped.
Where can I buy Polanski merch? I want a hench topless Polanski riding a unicorn with a rainbow behind him poster. Thanks in advance
Sir John Curtice - Indepedent pollster - confirms what we all already know.
The Labour Government need to stop doing everything Farage wants them to do.
The much bigger challenge to Keir Starmer is the Green Party.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
The Labour Government need to stop doing everything Farage wants them to do.
The much bigger challenge to Keir Starmer is the Green Party.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Charismatic leader emerges on the left to roil Britain’s political scene
Zack Polanski of the Greens has drawn comparisons to New York’s Zohran Mamdani as he connects with younger voters on social media over the political issues of the day.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Where can I buy Polanski merch? I want a hench topless Polanski riding a unicorn with a rainbow behind him poster. Thanks in advance
Yeesh, terrified of using GitHub Actions now.
Guarding the JavaScript Supply Chain: Preventing NPM Attacks with Feross Aboukhadijeh - JSJ 695
open.spotify.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Yeesh, terrified of using GitHub Actions now.
The national press totally let us down, what a complete failure. So glad that the local press picked it up.
Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.
November 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The national press totally let us down, what a complete failure. So glad that the local press picked it up.
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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
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Weird seeing Musk calling for civil war and comparing it to the social media output of the flaggers in Stirchley, Birmingham. Both seem to see violence where there is none. It's an alarming projection that reveals their underlying fears and desires.
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Weird seeing Musk calling for civil war and comparing it to the social media output of the flaggers in Stirchley, Birmingham. Both seem to see violence where there is none. It's an alarming projection that reveals their underlying fears and desires.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.
I've been offering solidarity to my fellow British cat owners by liking any post involving cats and daylight saving.
Up at 5 am this morning explaining the concept of daylight savings to a pair of cats who were simultaneously trying to explain, via the medium of yowls, the time honoured tradition of breakfast.
October 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I've been offering solidarity to my fellow British cat owners by liking any post involving cats and daylight saving.
I hope Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and Xi are watching
Democratic Wins Media
In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.
In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, protestors in Hungary stormed the streets to voice their opposition to authoritarianism. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.
October 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I hope Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and Xi are watching
I want NATO to operate a no fly zone over Ukraine. I don't understand why it hasn't happened yet.
October 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I want NATO to operate a no fly zone over Ukraine. I don't understand why it hasn't happened yet.
I hope @richardparkerwm.bsky.social is listening. Cats on buses @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org !!
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I hope @richardparkerwm.bsky.social is listening. Cats on buses @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org !!
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Nigel Farage, Richard Tice and Zia Yusuf? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Three arrested in UK on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence service
Men, aged 44, 45 and 48, detained by Metropolitan police
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Nigel Farage, Richard Tice and Zia Yusuf? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What the hell is happening to my country. We are not like this, Katie Lam should resign
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What the hell is happening to my country. We are not like this, Katie Lam should resign
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Monday Briefing out now, incl:
⚽️Will Starmer overturn Maaccabi fan ban?
🇬🇧Flagger challenges local to boxing match in Stirchley at weekend demo
🎭The return of Margaret Thatcher - on stage
⚽️Will Starmer overturn Maaccabi fan ban?
🇬🇧Flagger challenges local to boxing match in Stirchley at weekend demo
🎭The return of Margaret Thatcher - on stage
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Monday Briefing out now, incl:
⚽️Will Starmer overturn Maaccabi fan ban?
🇬🇧Flagger challenges local to boxing match in Stirchley at weekend demo
🎭The return of Margaret Thatcher - on stage
⚽️Will Starmer overturn Maaccabi fan ban?
🇬🇧Flagger challenges local to boxing match in Stirchley at weekend demo
🎭The return of Margaret Thatcher - on stage
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Nigel Farage’s partner embroiled in Brussels fraud investigation
Laure Ferrari’s Eurosceptic group was at the centre of fraud scandal that led to ongoing criminal case
www.thetimes.com/article/1883...
Laure Ferrari’s Eurosceptic group was at the centre of fraud scandal that led to ongoing criminal case
www.thetimes.com/article/1883...
Nigel Farage’s partner embroiled in Brussels fraud investigation
Laure Ferrari’s Eurosceptic group was at the centre of fraud scandal that led to ongoing criminal case
www.thetimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Nigel Farage’s partner embroiled in Brussels fraud investigation
Laure Ferrari’s Eurosceptic group was at the centre of fraud scandal that led to ongoing criminal case
www.thetimes.com/article/1883...
Laure Ferrari’s Eurosceptic group was at the centre of fraud scandal that led to ongoing criminal case
www.thetimes.com/article/1883...
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