Xander King
@xanderking.bsky.social
Just another person escaping the X binfire. Left wing, and most of the assumptions you’ve just made about that are true. He/him. Otrovert.
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Xander King
@xanderking.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Choosing the lesser of two evils gets you at least half way to evil with every choice.
I think this is roughly where I am.
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I think this is roughly where I am.
This would be like living in Germany in the 1930s, having a Jewish kid who got murdered by fascist youths and then doing a photo op with Goebbels to blame it all on the free press.
When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This would be like living in Germany in the 1930s, having a Jewish kid who got murdered by fascist youths and then doing a photo op with Goebbels to blame it all on the free press.
The primary purpose of BBC news and current affairs has never been independent journalism - it’s to provide reassurance that everything going on is fine and normal, even when it isn’t.
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The primary purpose of BBC news and current affairs has never been independent journalism - it’s to provide reassurance that everything going on is fine and normal, even when it isn’t.
Guardian: “Some close to Corbyn believe Sultana is trying to keep money to help fight a leadership contest over the next few months. Sultana’s allies however say some money needs to be held back in case those who donated in the movement’s early days demand refunds.”
#YourParty #Omnishambles #Refund
#YourParty #Omnishambles #Refund
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Guardian: “Some close to Corbyn believe Sultana is trying to keep money to help fight a leadership contest over the next few months. Sultana’s allies however say some money needs to be held back in case those who donated in the movement’s early days demand refunds.”
#YourParty #Omnishambles #Refund
#YourParty #Omnishambles #Refund
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Just the cleanest Matthew 25 test you could imagine revealing a Christendom of goats leading their flocks straight to the eternal fires.
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just the cleanest Matthew 25 test you could imagine revealing a Christendom of goats leading their flocks straight to the eternal fires.
There is nothing at all in the Green manifesto that Nordic countries don’t deliver every single day of the year and twice at Christmas. If Darren and chums can’t achieve it, he should step aside and let capable people do it.
Darren knows that come the next election, Bristol is turning even more Green.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There is nothing at all in the Green manifesto that Nordic countries don’t deliver every single day of the year and twice at Christmas. If Darren and chums can’t achieve it, he should step aside and let capable people do it.
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"We've got to address the fact that millions of people vote in safe seats and they feel their voice doesn't count. That's got to be addressed by electoral reform. We will never get full participation in our electoral system until we do that at every level." Starmer when he wanted to be Labour leader
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"We've got to address the fact that millions of people vote in safe seats and they feel their voice doesn't count. That's got to be addressed by electoral reform. We will never get full participation in our electoral system until we do that at every level." Starmer when he wanted to be Labour leader
I saw somewhere that the amount of money this costs could give every Tesla employee a package worth $840,000.
Every last one of them should walk out.
Every last one of them should walk out.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I saw somewhere that the amount of money this costs could give every Tesla employee a package worth $840,000.
Every last one of them should walk out.
Every last one of them should walk out.
Do you think Elon Musk saw the rising tide of revolt against billionaires and decided to dodge it by becoming a trillionaire, and then people would love him?
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Do you think Elon Musk saw the rising tide of revolt against billionaires and decided to dodge it by becoming a trillionaire, and then people would love him?
Hiding his light under a bagel.
“Sandwich guy” tells me it was “heartening” to get so much support from his fellow Washingtonians but that he’s “not comfortable” with the “hero” narrative. I asked him if he thought DC residents were registering their dissent by finding him not guilty, he said “perhaps.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hiding his light under a bagel.
The year is 2025 and I have just learned of the acquittal of a sandwich thrower on charges of assault from Luke Skywalker and I am unconvinced I haven’t been dreaming while comatose since 2016.
A troubled nation breathes a sigh of relief as the Hoagie Hurler case is finally adjudicated.
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The year is 2025 and I have just learned of the acquittal of a sandwich thrower on charges of assault from Luke Skywalker and I am unconvinced I haven’t been dreaming while comatose since 2016.
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Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A heartening read.
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A heartening read.
I mean, I’ve had a go at answering this. But why do people like this ask this question of ordinary people. I’m not the fucking chancellor. She should do her damn job and enact progressive, pro-environment taxation.
How would you fill the tax gap caused by reduction on fuel duty/VAT on petrol/diesel as EVs replace ICE vehicles, if not though taxing per mile?
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I mean, I’ve had a go at answering this. But why do people like this ask this question of ordinary people. I’m not the fucking chancellor. She should do her damn job and enact progressive, pro-environment taxation.
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Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
'Do we need to exclude people even more?' – Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling criticised for not accepting nominations for trans women
Cycling charity say that only biological women can be on list
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
I do love exposing Zionist Democrats.
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I do love exposing Zionist Democrats.
A cheeky interpretation of this suggests that we need only increase the immigrant population by another 4 million or so to have zero crime… 😉
The far right want you to believe that immigration causes an explosion of crime.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A cheeky interpretation of this suggests that we need only increase the immigrant population by another 4 million or so to have zero crime… 😉
You can also say with absolute certainty that the main constituency of the ~40% who voted for sex pest Cuomo was this: Men.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
You can also say with absolute certainty that the main constituency of the ~40% who voted for sex pest Cuomo was this: Men.
Zack Polanski here, just casually ratioing Labour on their own Facebook attack ad. (Around 600 positive reacts to the original, 1.9k to his reply.)
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Zack Polanski here, just casually ratioing Labour on their own Facebook attack ad. (Around 600 positive reacts to the original, 1.9k to his reply.)
What in the sex offenders register is this shit?
November 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What in the sex offenders register is this shit?
Everyone point and laugh at the centrist kleptocrat advocate.
November 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Everyone point and laugh at the centrist kleptocrat advocate.
I understand that they are going to allow you to filter accounts by these interests and also the presence of a trust fund, height, and eye colour.
November 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I understand that they are going to allow you to filter accounts by these interests and also the presence of a trust fund, height, and eye colour.
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Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.