Britain's happiest bat
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Software developer, photographer/filmist, political nerd, lefty, prone to snark.
Do I have this right? The one instance of bias the BBC is going to publicly apologise for is against... Donald Fucking Trump? Is there anyone in authority anywhere in the world who isn't grovelling to That Fucking Guy? (S. Khan, an honourable exception).
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Do I have this right? The one instance of bias the BBC is going to publicly apologise for is against... Donald Fucking Trump? Is there anyone in authority anywhere in the world who isn't grovelling to That Fucking Guy? (S. Khan, an honourable exception).
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Everyone on this plane is mad about my therapy scorpion
January 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Everyone on this plane is mad about my therapy scorpion
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Learn to cook, fuckwit
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Learn to cook, fuckwit
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New York state of mind.
And apartment listings.
People who are leaving NYC, please post pix of your U-Hauls!
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New York state of mind.
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A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
Fallon ain't gonna like that.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Fallon ain't gonna like that.
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You could fix this so if you let asylum seeking people have the right to work, & gave them access to the same benefits rights as everyone else.
It’s the hostile environment that enables illegal working!
& that’s not to let the exploiters and OCGs off the hook
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It’s the hostile environment that enables illegal working!
& that’s not to let the exploiters and OCGs off the hook
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
You could fix this so if you let asylum seeking people have the right to work, & gave them access to the same benefits rights as everyone else.
It’s the hostile environment that enables illegal working!
& that’s not to let the exploiters and OCGs off the hook
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It’s the hostile environment that enables illegal working!
& that’s not to let the exploiters and OCGs off the hook
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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And going "We will simply have more growth if people work harder" is magic thinking with no basis in reality. You get growth when money is in the pockets of people who spend it, not being hoarded by a tiny minority. This is why every sector is struggling and businesses everywhere are failing.
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
And going "We will simply have more growth if people work harder" is magic thinking with no basis in reality. You get growth when money is in the pockets of people who spend it, not being hoarded by a tiny minority. This is why every sector is struggling and businesses everywhere are failing.
Not now, furious, disease ridden rhesus monkeys.
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Not now, furious, disease ridden rhesus monkeys.
There is a life beyond pop stardom.
I’m recruiting my first PhD student! If you’re interested is solid-state quantum optics or know someone who is then let me know!
In this project we are setting up a new activity to look at strongly interacting Rydberg exciton polaritons.
In this project we are setting up a new activity to look at strongly interacting Rydberg exciton polaritons.
PhD applications are open! We'd love to have you visit Durham Physics to find out more about the(currently!) 17 available projects we have for October 2026 start.
Our open day is November 26th, we hope to see you there!
Find project descriptions and open day sign up links below.
Our open day is November 26th, we hope to see you there!
Find project descriptions and open day sign up links below.
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There is a life beyond pop stardom.
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I was born at Children's Hospital in Washington D.C. in 1960, three years before this mook slipped suddenly head-first from his mom's well-worn womb on whatever truck lot she was laboring, thereby suffering the regrettable injury that has so burdened the rest of us ever since.
When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I was born at Children's Hospital in Washington D.C. in 1960, three years before this mook slipped suddenly head-first from his mom's well-worn womb on whatever truck lot she was laboring, thereby suffering the regrettable injury that has so burdened the rest of us ever since.
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Isn't that what populists always claim to be fighting for?
Sometimes the enemy changes, but they always claim to be fighting for the little guy against some massive unfairness.
Sometimes the enemy changes, but they always claim to be fighting for the little guy against some massive unfairness.
October 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Isn't that what populists always claim to be fighting for?
Sometimes the enemy changes, but they always claim to be fighting for the little guy against some massive unfairness.
Sometimes the enemy changes, but they always claim to be fighting for the little guy against some massive unfairness.
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An excellent read!
What started as a limited action could end as a war no one planned.
Why U.S. Strikes Against Drug Boats Matter
On Oct. 14, President Donald Trump announced on social media that the United States had once more attacked an alleged drug smuggling small boat in
warontherocks.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
An excellent read!
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Is it... Is it that they're both cunts?
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage are polar opposites in politics, but have one thing in common
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage are polar opposites in politics, but have one thing in common
Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage might be polar opposites when it comes to politics - but they do have one thing in common.
news.sky.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Is it... Is it that they're both cunts?
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I love that Cuomo’s attempts to get Sliwa to drop out have turned this race into an escalating series of histrionic statements from world class hater Sliwa about how much Cuomo sucks
Mamdani is going to get 55-60% of the vote and the fallout is going to be tremendous entertainment
Mamdani is going to get 55-60% of the vote and the fallout is going to be tremendous entertainment
Curtis Sliwa says he would rather be fatally tortured than drop out of the NYC mayoral race and work for Andrew Cuomo.
Give me candidacy or give me death: GOP nominee holds firm in NYC mayoral race
Curtis Sliwa said he would rather be fatally tortured than drop out and work for one of his rivals.
www.politico.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I love that Cuomo’s attempts to get Sliwa to drop out have turned this race into an escalating series of histrionic statements from world class hater Sliwa about how much Cuomo sucks
Mamdani is going to get 55-60% of the vote and the fallout is going to be tremendous entertainment
Mamdani is going to get 55-60% of the vote and the fallout is going to be tremendous entertainment
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
When I realised that most men are evil and misogynistic it convinced me that the best route to happiness is to spend as much of one's time as possible with women.
part of how patriarchy works is that it trains young men to believe all other men are evil and misogynistic bastards, and that it would be wrong to judge your friends for it, and that your friends are doing it even if you think you're not, and that you probably have to, even if you haven't
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When I realised that most men are evil and misogynistic it convinced me that the best route to happiness is to spend as much of one's time as possible with women.
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hello consider this a reminder, in case people missed it last week, that I've launched a new quarterly night in London called the Outsiders Arts Club where people will be able to buy great affordable art and ask dumb questions to an art professional: outsidersartsclub.com
thanks, bye
thanks, bye
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
hello consider this a reminder, in case people missed it last week, that I've launched a new quarterly night in London called the Outsiders Arts Club where people will be able to buy great affordable art and ask dumb questions to an art professional: outsidersartsclub.com
thanks, bye
thanks, bye
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🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
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😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
🧵
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
🧵
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
🧵
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This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.
Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.
Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.
Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.
Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.
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No one should be held hostage and I'm glad they're free, but man, the front pages of every newspaper today are galling when you think of the millions of Palestinians, whose suffering has *never* been presented in that urgent, humanising way at any point in the last two years.
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
No one should be held hostage and I'm glad they're free, but man, the front pages of every newspaper today are galling when you think of the millions of Palestinians, whose suffering has *never* been presented in that urgent, humanising way at any point in the last two years.