Tony
@tonynicol3.bsky.social
Retired Water Industry Systems Engineer, no longer torturing wood on a lathe or mounting expeditions into the garden wilderness. Soup Dragon, First Class.
Political donations are Bribes!
Please don't send me crisis appeals, I support via UNICEF
Political donations are Bribes!
Please don't send me crisis appeals, I support via UNICEF
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“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Another eight pupils at Nigel Farage's school accuse him of racism.
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Another eight pupils at Nigel Farage's school accuse him of racism.
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Since I reposted this yesterday, Musk's outfit has depicted a five-year old in a thong and a deceased fifteen-year-old in a bikini. In light of the utter pusillanimity of EU and UK regulators and politicians, this is at least one thing we can do as individuals to resist this vile man.
Report X to Apple to get it removed from the AppStore: reportaproblem.apple.com/store/333903...
And for Google Play, report the X app “com.twitter.android” here:
support.google.com/googleplay/a...
And for Google Play, report the X app “com.twitter.android” here:
support.google.com/googleplay/a...
Every piece of reporting I've seen on this is drastically understating the scale. These are from Grok's replies within a single minute. Time-to-reply is degrading because it has such a backlog of NCII/CSAM requests to fulfill. Conservatively I estimate it is producing more than 5000 of these per day
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Since I reposted this yesterday, Musk's outfit has depicted a five-year old in a thong and a deceased fifteen-year-old in a bikini. In light of the utter pusillanimity of EU and UK regulators and politicians, this is at least one thing we can do as individuals to resist this vile man.
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The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
January 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
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This is also a field test.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
This is also a field test.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.
Nothing.
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I wonder: was it *always* a problem in British politics that the top layer of our political parties was lousy with people who visibly just think 'me being in charge would make this problem better Just Like That', and we couldn't tell because of the nature of our problems, or is this a new trend?
January 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
I wonder: was it *always* a problem in British politics that the top layer of our political parties was lousy with people who visibly just think 'me being in charge would make this problem better Just Like That', and we couldn't tell because of the nature of our problems, or is this a new trend?
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Any Western troops will be classed as foreign interference in Russia's Ukraine, and be considered as military targets, just like hospitals, schools and apartment blocks are.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Any Western troops will be classed as foreign interference in Russia's Ukraine, and be considered as military targets, just like hospitals, schools and apartment blocks are.
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"the depth of the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU will have an outsize impact on UK trade prospects more widely" is as true in 2026 as in 2016.
An independent trade policy as rationale for Brexit has so far failed and looks set to continue to do so. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
An independent trade policy as rationale for Brexit has so far failed and looks set to continue to do so. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK Must Deepen Ties with EU to Avoid Slow Trade Growth, BCG Says
UK trade growth is set to undershoot the global average over the next decade, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group which laid bare the importance of the European Union to Britain’s e...
www.bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
"the depth of the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU will have an outsize impact on UK trade prospects more widely" is as true in 2026 as in 2016.
An independent trade policy as rationale for Brexit has so far failed and looks set to continue to do so. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
An independent trade policy as rationale for Brexit has so far failed and looks set to continue to do so. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What gun culture brings. Contempt for human life. Urban terrorism in uniform.
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
What gun culture brings. Contempt for human life. Urban terrorism in uniform.
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Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
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Ok, sorry to almost everyone, but gonna do some lessons I think England should draw from the Ashes if they want to win next time…
1. Aussie pitches have changed recently.
They’re often greener, offer more movement, a bit more like English pitches! So you don’t *only* need fast bowlers
1. Aussie pitches have changed recently.
They’re often greener, offer more movement, a bit more like English pitches! So you don’t *only* need fast bowlers
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Ok, sorry to almost everyone, but gonna do some lessons I think England should draw from the Ashes if they want to win next time…
1. Aussie pitches have changed recently.
They’re often greener, offer more movement, a bit more like English pitches! So you don’t *only* need fast bowlers
1. Aussie pitches have changed recently.
They’re often greener, offer more movement, a bit more like English pitches! So you don’t *only* need fast bowlers
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Just to back up Anthony as a medievalist, that’s one of the dumbest fucking claims imaginable.
There have never NOT been people from continental Europe, Africa, and Asia moving to/ from the British Isles for 2000 years. In early modernity, this included the Americas!
There have never NOT been people from continental Europe, Africa, and Asia moving to/ from the British Isles for 2000 years. In early modernity, this included the Americas!
I just heard a law professor claim in a recording that in early modern England, there wasn’t any significant migration to the British Isles, which is just plainly wrong.
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Just to back up Anthony as a medievalist, that’s one of the dumbest fucking claims imaginable.
There have never NOT been people from continental Europe, Africa, and Asia moving to/ from the British Isles for 2000 years. In early modernity, this included the Americas!
There have never NOT been people from continental Europe, Africa, and Asia moving to/ from the British Isles for 2000 years. In early modernity, this included the Americas!
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Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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Is admiring Orban not simply a cipher for admiring Putin?
IMO that tyrant has all the qualities that the Right admire
And the advantage of not being vulnerable to a democratically selected replacement if his grip on the media & judiciary slip a little
IMO that tyrant has all the qualities that the Right admire
And the advantage of not being vulnerable to a democratically selected replacement if his grip on the media & judiciary slip a little
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Is admiring Orban not simply a cipher for admiring Putin?
IMO that tyrant has all the qualities that the Right admire
And the advantage of not being vulnerable to a democratically selected replacement if his grip on the media & judiciary slip a little
IMO that tyrant has all the qualities that the Right admire
And the advantage of not being vulnerable to a democratically selected replacement if his grip on the media & judiciary slip a little
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Deadbeat Dad Don
Private Eye
Private Eye
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Deadbeat Dad Don
Private Eye
Private Eye
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Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi in 2029
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Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi in 2029
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January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi in 2029
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Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi in 2029
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It's the second. He knows this will attract US fascist funding.
The most generous explanation for this is that he's an idiot who just hasn't even bothered to look at how vaccines work.
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It's the second. He knows this will attract US fascist funding.
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A message from AOC
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 AM
A message from AOC
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It's not like the British Armed Forces stationed in Europe for decades
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It's not like the British Armed Forces stationed in Europe for decades
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Important
As an immigration lawyer, please don't use the faster processing system for complex applications, as the decision maker will not read the documents and give the right kind of attention to what is a clear case for granting the visa. (Based on this info, on admin review it should succeed.)
January 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Important
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Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
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Important thread:
Since the whole Grok CMAS thing blew up, there's a situation from maybe 7 or 8 years ago that's been on my mind
Because someone predicted what we're seeing now with uncanny accuracy and the attitudes it revealed horrified me. And I didn't know what to do with it then and I don't now 🧵
Because someone predicted what we're seeing now with uncanny accuracy and the attitudes it revealed horrified me. And I didn't know what to do with it then and I don't now 🧵
January 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Important thread:
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First 'Dapple Scrumping' of the year. I talk about how I plan my reduction prints and also record the process, as I have long since abandoned any idea that I will remember how I did something a week later.
Please show your working
Keeping track of the printmaking process
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM
First 'Dapple Scrumping' of the year. I talk about how I plan my reduction prints and also record the process, as I have long since abandoned any idea that I will remember how I did something a week later.