Tyron
@tyron.bsky.social
Raise taxes, repair the country. Inspired by joy, sobriety, Marcel Duchamp, Kelis, Mata Hari, and those hallucinations I used to have.
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Tyron
@tyron.bsky.social
· Jul 3
what people think the gay lifestyle is vs. what the gay lifestyle actually is
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Objectivity, impartiality and balance are all *different things*, and the lazy tendency to treat them as synonyms, and to use partisan balance alone as a proxy for the others, is the root cause of a vast amount of nonsense.
Robbie Gibb once suggested that reporters should reflect if they were getting more retweets from one side than the other - a braindead analysis that ignores that fair and impartial reporting of education might get more Tory retweets than say, criminal justice.
Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Objectivity, impartiality and balance are all *different things*, and the lazy tendency to treat them as synonyms, and to use partisan balance alone as a proxy for the others, is the root cause of a vast amount of nonsense.
Counterpoint: the guy's a reactionary cunt who doesn't give a fuck about freedom, or the fruits of it that are all over our society today. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
100-year-old veteran shocks GMB viewers with World War II admission
www.independent.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Counterpoint: the guy's a reactionary cunt who doesn't give a fuck about freedom, or the fruits of it that are all over our society today. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
So unbelievably cursed. The way they built the tool to stop a MOSQUE www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn
Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plans
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So unbelievably cursed. The way they built the tool to stop a MOSQUE www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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why is the Moon such a massive slut this evening
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
why is the Moon such a massive slut this evening
it's been 30 years since mad cow disease... it's time we had another mad animal disease
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
it's been 30 years since mad cow disease... it's time we had another mad animal disease
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As Stephen says, this is an incredible line. The previous government cut National Insurance by 4p and had future spending plans that the independent forecaster basically called fictional!
They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.
They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.
“Nobody thought a Labour government would have to raise taxes by more than £70bn,” claims one insider in this excellent piece. Shows the problem of the climate of fear in meetings created by some of Starmer’s aides, in that plenty of Labour insiders, did, in fact, think this!
The politics of breaking manifesto promises
The history of politicians who go back on their words has lessons for Rachel Reeves as she mulls raising taxes
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As Stephen says, this is an incredible line. The previous government cut National Insurance by 4p and had future spending plans that the independent forecaster basically called fictional!
They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.
They seem to have expected reality to be more respectful of their manifesto.
raye - where is my husband.mp3
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
raye - where is my husband.mp3
Dog sex aisle at Victoria's Secret???
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Dog sex aisle at Victoria's Secret???
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-22.4% by 2022/23 on a per person basis or c£3bn from 09/10 (Bar Council)
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
-22.4% by 2022/23 on a per person basis or c£3bn from 09/10 (Bar Council)
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It's not so much as 'didn't spend enough' they actively cut the budget by a double digit percentage!
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's not so much as 'didn't spend enough' they actively cut the budget by a double digit percentage!
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I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.
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Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
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ADAMS: Now “I don't have to deal with you guys, man. I can fly private now, I can go on a cruise, I can hang out in St. Bart.”
(via @nypost.com)
(via @nypost.com)
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
ADAMS: Now “I don't have to deal with you guys, man. I can fly private now, I can go on a cruise, I can hang out in St. Bart.”
(via @nypost.com)
(via @nypost.com)
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If you asked me to come up with the names of politicians who are publicly and unapologetically pro-LGBT and pro-trans rights in particular, two of the most obvious would now both be Muslim mayors of major cities. And both are routinely smeared as regards to 'Sharia Law'.
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you asked me to come up with the names of politicians who are publicly and unapologetically pro-LGBT and pro-trans rights in particular, two of the most obvious would now both be Muslim mayors of major cities. And both are routinely smeared as regards to 'Sharia Law'.
Neeeeed her to go into the house to RuPaul - Call Me Mother
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Neeeeed her to go into the house to RuPaul - Call Me Mother
Howling at this Cynthia Nixon post about Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Howling at this Cynthia Nixon post about Mamdani
Scott Mills trailing on Radio 2 this morning that Sam Ryder has a "very big announcement" coming on Friday's show...
Sam Ryder on Rylan earlier. recording new album in Nashville, gave it large about doing a gig at Wembley (he's opening for Sum 41), had a spiel on "making the choice to leave the major system" re: being dropped. all in all, still on track for a diminishing returns top 10 Eurovision return c. 2027
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Scott Mills trailing on Radio 2 this morning that Sam Ryder has a "very big announcement" coming on Friday's show...
Not HISTORY'S (SECOND) GREATEST MONSTER!
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Not HISTORY'S (SECOND) GREATEST MONSTER!
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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This strikes me as an actual inflection point, but we probably won't know for a couple more weeks.
But the optics here.. woof.
But the optics here.. woof.
Here's Trump arriving at the Great Gatsby-themed party at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, hours before a lapse in the nation’s largest program to feed the poor.
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This strikes me as an actual inflection point, but we probably won't know for a couple more weeks.
But the optics here.. woof.
But the optics here.. woof.
drag name: Your Glamorous Assistant
November 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
drag name: Your Glamorous Assistant