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Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Reposted by Mark Owen
Fact-Checking Trump On Affordability https://theonion.com/fact-checking-trump-on-affordability/
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Fact-Checking Trump On Affordability https://theonion.com/fact-checking-trump-on-affordability/
Reposted by Mark Owen
Reposted by Mark Owen
I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
Reposted by Mark Owen
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
Reposted by Mark Owen
The issue is that a woman working full time on a decent salary cannot afford rent on a one bed flat and the cost of childcare to allow her to work
THAT’S what should be being called out
But the RW media don’t want people questioning THAT
Better to vilify those struggling to make ends meet
8/
THAT’S what should be being called out
But the RW media don’t want people questioning THAT
Better to vilify those struggling to make ends meet
8/
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The issue is that a woman working full time on a decent salary cannot afford rent on a one bed flat and the cost of childcare to allow her to work
THAT’S what should be being called out
But the RW media don’t want people questioning THAT
Better to vilify those struggling to make ends meet
8/
THAT’S what should be being called out
But the RW media don’t want people questioning THAT
Better to vilify those struggling to make ends meet
8/
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And have you noticed a big uptick in “benefits” stories at the moment?
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And have you noticed a big uptick in “benefits” stories at the moment?
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
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⚡ The Electric Car Grant has expanded again, with BMW and Renault models joining the list of EVs eligible for the full £3,750 discount.
Backed by £1.5bn of fresh funding announced in the Autumn Budget, this is another nudge to help drivers cut upfront costs and boost the EV transition.
1/
Backed by £1.5bn of fresh funding announced in the Autumn Budget, this is another nudge to help drivers cut upfront costs and boost the EV transition.
1/
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
⚡ The Electric Car Grant has expanded again, with BMW and Renault models joining the list of EVs eligible for the full £3,750 discount.
Backed by £1.5bn of fresh funding announced in the Autumn Budget, this is another nudge to help drivers cut upfront costs and boost the EV transition.
1/
Backed by £1.5bn of fresh funding announced in the Autumn Budget, this is another nudge to help drivers cut upfront costs and boost the EV transition.
1/
Reposted by Mark Owen
It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
Reposted by Mark Owen
“…Engineering Hostility by Design
…The radicalisation pathway is now fully visible:
Behavioural profiling → Hostile-content exposure → Emotional shift → Identity hardening → Offline mobilisation…”
…The radicalisation pathway is now fully visible:
Behavioural profiling → Hostile-content exposure → Emotional shift → Identity hardening → Offline mobilisation…”
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“…Engineering Hostility by Design
…The radicalisation pathway is now fully visible:
Behavioural profiling → Hostile-content exposure → Emotional shift → Identity hardening → Offline mobilisation…”
…The radicalisation pathway is now fully visible:
Behavioural profiling → Hostile-content exposure → Emotional shift → Identity hardening → Offline mobilisation…”
Reposted by Mark Owen
If a drug was having this societal effect it would be banned within a week. Across the world, politicians are - through their inaction - completely abdicating their responsibilities to civil democratic discourse.
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If a drug was having this societal effect it would be banned within a week. Across the world, politicians are - through their inaction - completely abdicating their responsibilities to civil democratic discourse.
Reposted by Mark Owen
The predictable crushing uniformity of the coverage of this Budget tells you an awful lot about the priorities of those papers, and also why there's actually quite a lot to praise in it bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The predictable crushing uniformity of the coverage of this Budget tells you an awful lot about the priorities of those papers, and also why there's actually quite a lot to praise in it bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Reposted by Mark Owen
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Reposted by Mark Owen
Suggs and the boys, great bunch of lads, always said so.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Suggs and the boys, great bunch of lads, always said so.
Reposted by Mark Owen
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
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We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
Reposted by Mark Owen
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
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It’s actually mad that me and the far-right have exactly the same take. No notes.
They're openly telling us in advance what's going to happen
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s actually mad that me and the far-right have exactly the same take. No notes.
Reposted by Mark Owen
Reposted by Mark Owen
I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I was tagged and asked to take a look at this claim - cos, well just look at it!🙄
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
Does it seem plausible that THE Trocadero is going to be turned into a Mosque?
It was pretty easy to debunk but I decided to do a deep dive into the reality AND the appalling press coverage
🧵
1/26
Reposted by Mark Owen
You guys wanna see a dead body?
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You guys wanna see a dead body?
Reposted by Mark Owen
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
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We already knew Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told #Newsnight he’d broken off all contact with Epstein inDec 2010. This email from ‘The Duke’ to Epstein is further confirmation he didn’t
Andrew M-W denies all allegations of sexual abuse
Andrew M-W denies all allegations of sexual abuse
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We already knew Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor told #Newsnight he’d broken off all contact with Epstein inDec 2010. This email from ‘The Duke’ to Epstein is further confirmation he didn’t
Andrew M-W denies all allegations of sexual abuse
Andrew M-W denies all allegations of sexual abuse
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I think a more accurate headline would note that Epstein alleged Trump *participated* in the bad conduct.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I think a more accurate headline would note that Epstein alleged Trump *participated* in the bad conduct.