Vin Kennedy
@vinkennedy.bsky.social
English bloke, tolerant of pretty much anything consensual that anyone wants to do.
Amazes me how few replies beginning "So" are worth reading.
Amazes me how few replies beginning "So" are worth reading.
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Tough time for freelance artists and the amazingly talented @gailmyerscough.co.uk is having a tough week sales wise. Have a look at her wonderful site! I’d be very grateful (as would she!). Please share! Thank you!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tough time for freelance artists and the amazingly talented @gailmyerscough.co.uk is having a tough week sales wise. Have a look at her wonderful site! I’d be very grateful (as would she!). Please share! Thank you!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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What an awful man. Great local journalism by the Tribune.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
What an awful man. Great local journalism by the Tribune.
A crucial post that explains so much.
Insane data from Germany shows how social media is geared towards more fringe political views. The left bar shows the share of uploaded videos by party on TikTok and the right bar shows what videos are shown in the feed. Social media loves the extremes and is NOT a fair mirror of reality.
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A crucial post that explains so much.
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At midnight, order a pizza to the address of a cemetery. Stand at the gate dressed in muddy old clothes. When the pizza arrives, try to pay with a ten shilling note.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
At midnight, order a pizza to the address of a cemetery. Stand at the gate dressed in muddy old clothes. When the pizza arrives, try to pay with a ten shilling note.
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Post the good news when you see it…
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Post the good news when you see it…
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"for the rest of us who don’t have the technical knowledge and time to follow his accomplishments, his advice is to “Never use your primary WiFi network for IoT devices” and to “Treat them as strangers in your home.” "
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline | Tom's Hardware
The smart vacuum cleaner was remotely bricked for not collecting data.
www.tomshardware.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
"for the rest of us who don’t have the technical knowledge and time to follow his accomplishments, his advice is to “Never use your primary WiFi network for IoT devices” and to “Treat them as strangers in your home.” "
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
Number 5 in a series of one billion.
Never trust AI.
Never trust AI.
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Number 5 in a series of one billion.
Never trust AI.
Never trust AI.
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Similarly, it was not a war crime in 1945 to drop an atomic bomb on a city. It may have been wicked. But that is not the same thing.
this is a pet peeve of mine. "war crime" is not something that means "bad thing I think is wrong". it is not a war crime to murder thousands of retreating enemy soldiers. it is a war crime to paint a Red Cross on a truck. if you think something is morally wrong just fucking say that.
ok so the basic problem here is that you have no idea what “war criminal” means except it’s a phrase that people react to
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Similarly, it was not a war crime in 1945 to drop an atomic bomb on a city. It may have been wicked. But that is not the same thing.
I know that my wonderful, forward-thinking wife has ordered one of my Christmas presents from Gail. Be like my wife. But then that would mean living with me. Horrible thought.
Instead, at least have a look at the wonderful stuff on her site.
Instead, at least have a look at the wonderful stuff on her site.
Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop.
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I know that my wonderful, forward-thinking wife has ordered one of my Christmas presents from Gail. Be like my wife. But then that would mean living with me. Horrible thought.
Instead, at least have a look at the wonderful stuff on her site.
Instead, at least have a look at the wonderful stuff on her site.
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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I've had a sadistic interest in stories about Carter-Ruck ever since a previous employer whom I took to the Small Claims Court for £400 engaged C-R. They then send me a hilarious three page rebuttal of my (one paragraph) claim and implied I could be liable for massive costs.
I won, needless to say.
I won, needless to say.
NEW: Britain’s top libel firm, Carter-Ruck, acted for OneCoin - a $4bn crypto-fraud.
The firm threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators, and even the police.
Carter-Ruck's work helped the fraud continue as long as it did.
Was that a crime?
The firm threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators, and even the police.
Carter-Ruck's work helped the fraud continue as long as it did.
Was that a crime?
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I've had a sadistic interest in stories about Carter-Ruck ever since a previous employer whom I took to the Small Claims Court for £400 engaged C-R. They then send me a hilarious three page rebuttal of my (one paragraph) claim and implied I could be liable for massive costs.
I won, needless to say.
I won, needless to say.
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NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
1/
So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?
Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
1/
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“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
bylinetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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This deserves support.
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This deserves support.
I know it's dull but *never* accept AI slop answers as being even remotely accurate.
The external diameter is 15mm. Not the internal. Whether "Nominal" or not.
The external diameter is 15mm. Not the internal. Whether "Nominal" or not.
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I know it's dull but *never* accept AI slop answers as being even remotely accurate.
The external diameter is 15mm. Not the internal. Whether "Nominal" or not.
The external diameter is 15mm. Not the internal. Whether "Nominal" or not.
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Why doesn't the UK media talk about Farage and Russian money?
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Why doesn't the UK media talk about Farage and Russian money?
In the pub last night, a long discussion about the fallibility of AI with someone who told me it's OK. Between us we came up with a question to ask my phone.
I rest my case. Never, ever, trust AI answers. (I'm almost certain this answer isn't accurate.)
I rest my case. Never, ever, trust AI answers. (I'm almost certain this answer isn't accurate.)
October 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
In the pub last night, a long discussion about the fallibility of AI with someone who told me it's OK. Between us we came up with a question to ask my phone.
I rest my case. Never, ever, trust AI answers. (I'm almost certain this answer isn't accurate.)
I rest my case. Never, ever, trust AI answers. (I'm almost certain this answer isn't accurate.)
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October 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Just read a Wikipedia page on periskovite solar panels. I feel far more stupid than I did before reading it.
October 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Just read a Wikipedia page on periskovite solar panels. I feel far more stupid than I did before reading it.
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Me, reading entries from Roger's Profanisaurus to the family at Christmas:
September 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Me, reading entries from Roger's Profanisaurus to the family at Christmas:
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Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
I've lost count of how many times I've had to point out facts like this to people who then literally refuse to accept it could be true. They will fight desperately to cling to the belief that crime is increasing irrespective of the evidence. My uncharitable conclusion: many people want to be scared.
The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I've lost count of how many times I've had to point out facts like this to people who then literally refuse to accept it could be true. They will fight desperately to cling to the belief that crime is increasing irrespective of the evidence. My uncharitable conclusion: many people want to be scared.
Terrific evening in Southampton watching the superb @watsoncomedian.bsky.social . Felt like a chat with a friend. Did he catch his train, though? He's on a long tour covering most of the country so plenty of opportunity to see him. Book early.
September 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Terrific evening in Southampton watching the superb @watsoncomedian.bsky.social . Felt like a chat with a friend. Did he catch his train, though? He's on a long tour covering most of the country so plenty of opportunity to see him. Book early.