Mark Hebden
@unionlib.bsky.social
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Groups of lads in Christmas jumpers at this time of year are the same vibe as groups of lads in Burberry the rest of the year.
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Groups of lads in Christmas jumpers at this time of year are the same vibe as groups of lads in Burberry the rest of the year.
Doesn't look like the pro-Palestine stance at Lush is hurting their January sale. Queueing round the block in Leeds
December 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Doesn't look like the pro-Palestine stance at Lush is hurting their January sale. Queueing round the block in Leeds
Your annual reminder... Fuck fox hunters and wish for them to fall off their horses really badly.
December 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Your annual reminder... Fuck fox hunters and wish for them to fall off their horses really badly.
Christmas night, Ashes from Melbourne, always a special few hours.
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Christmas night, Ashes from Melbourne, always a special few hours.
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Oh wow, such right wing nonsense, they just had a MAN (ew) do the Queen’s speech on Christmas Day.
December 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh wow, such right wing nonsense, they just had a MAN (ew) do the Queen’s speech on Christmas Day.
Home for the holidays
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Home for the holidays
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Like I say: one of the key functions of the British press is seeking out and recruiting the country’s most malicious wingnuts, and then promoting their crackpot politics. Why do they do this? Well, you have to assume it’s what they think their job actually is.
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Like I say: one of the key functions of the British press is seeking out and recruiting the country’s most malicious wingnuts, and then promoting their crackpot politics. Why do they do this? Well, you have to assume it’s what they think their job actually is.
Greta Thunberg was arrested much more peacefully than the pensioner who keeps a daily peaceful protest about Palestine and has done for over a decade, in my town square. She still has a damged wrist from brutal treatment at the hands of the police.
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Greta Thunberg was arrested much more peacefully than the pensioner who keeps a daily peaceful protest about Palestine and has done for over a decade, in my town square. She still has a damged wrist from brutal treatment at the hands of the police.
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Before they try and blame Palestine protests, these men were arrested in early 2023
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Men guilty over gun attack plot on Manchester Jewish community
Two men planned an attack in Greater Manchester and a third man failed to report the plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Before they try and blame Palestine protests, these men were arrested in early 2023
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As sure as night follows day, Labour cowardly cave in to the Daily Mail
December 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
As sure as night follows day, Labour cowardly cave in to the Daily Mail
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It moves when you are sleeping,
It moves when you're awake,
It's the infamous 1906,
San Francisco earthquake
It moves when you're awake,
It's the infamous 1906,
San Francisco earthquake
December 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It moves when you are sleeping,
It moves when you're awake,
It's the infamous 1906,
San Francisco earthquake
It moves when you're awake,
It's the infamous 1906,
San Francisco earthquake
Excellent article
‘As for the “open” bit, forget it – that aspect of Open AI’s mission was quietly forgotten. Any discoveries the company might make were now proprietary.’
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Excellent article
The BBC have made a film about the life of the haulage mogul Eddie Stobart. I've not see it yet but the trailer looks alright.
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The BBC have made a film about the life of the haulage mogul Eddie Stobart. I've not see it yet but the trailer looks alright.
There's a talk tonight at 9pm on BBC4 on the importance of Silence of the Lambs in cultural memory.
It's the annual Hannibal Lecture.
It's the annual Hannibal Lecture.
December 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There's a talk tonight at 9pm on BBC4 on the importance of Silence of the Lambs in cultural memory.
It's the annual Hannibal Lecture.
It's the annual Hannibal Lecture.
If we lose, our Pedo Nazi overlord may face justice.
Johnson: If we lose the House majority, the radical left will impeach President Trump.
December 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If we lose, our Pedo Nazi overlord may face justice.
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He's making a list,
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
He's making a list,
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
JD Vance is a pathetic Nazi with a tiny penis who is allegedly respobsible for the death of fellow Nazi, Charlie Kirk
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JD Vance is a pathetic Nazi with a tiny penis who is allegedly respobsible for the death of fellow Nazi, Charlie Kirk
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Absolutely delighted about my earphones award from Audiofile for the Hekate audiobook which I narrated myself.
December 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Absolutely delighted about my earphones award from Audiofile for the Hekate audiobook which I narrated myself.
Peace loving doesn't mean tolerating fascists... see last photo of Mussolini for details.
It's clear that a lot of usually peace-loving people fantasise about seeing people they hate punched very hard in the face and it was extremely careless of certain right-wing influencers to allow that fantasy to come true
December 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Peace loving doesn't mean tolerating fascists... see last photo of Mussolini for details.
I wrote a Marxist perspective of the film, Home Alone, if anyone is interested:
libegalfrat.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/h...
libegalfrat.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/h...
Home Alone: A Marxist Perspective
At its core, Home Alone reveals a subtle but very real class consciousness, contrasting the materialistic, bourgeois McCallister family with the burglars, who symbolise the lumpenproletariat’…
libegalfrat.wordpress.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I wrote a Marxist perspective of the film, Home Alone, if anyone is interested:
libegalfrat.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/h...
libegalfrat.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/h...
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An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
I don't think it is a Christmas piece but Henry Purcell - Abdelazer Suite: II. Rondeau really feels Christmassy
December 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I don't think it is a Christmas piece but Henry Purcell - Abdelazer Suite: II. Rondeau really feels Christmassy
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Poorest Britons lose right to financial privacy.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
December 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Poorest Britons lose right to financial privacy.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
Song I didn't really care for when I was young at this time of year, Jethro Tull - Ring Our Solstice Bells, I bloody love it now.
December 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Song I didn't really care for when I was young at this time of year, Jethro Tull - Ring Our Solstice Bells, I bloody love it now.
Always remember, the highest paid female journalists in UK legacy media, are those that show up almost solely to savage other women and hold feminism back. Camilla Long is a prime example of this.
This is the second story in three days The Times has carried arguing against misogyny lessons in schools, which it describes as "some weird feminist attack on male children".
December 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Always remember, the highest paid female journalists in UK legacy media, are those that show up almost solely to savage other women and hold feminism back. Camilla Long is a prime example of this.