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bingle-tigger.bsky.social
@bingle-tigger.bsky.social
Living in West Yorkshire's Magic Kingdom. Still a Remainer, though now more of a Rejoiner. Still a bit left of centre. History. Culture. The Great Outdoors. Re-Tweets (??) not endorsements. Necessarily. Bigots blocked without warning.
Excellent article from The Bear.
There’s a myth doing the rounds about the founding of the NHS - and it’s doing so for a reason.

A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
From Myth to Market: How the Right Is Prepping You to Sell Off the NHS
First they rewrite the past. Then they sell off the future. The NHS is next.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.
We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
February 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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They attacked his CLOTHES?

This is full-on affronted-courtier behaviour.

Versailles, but for fuckwits.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.

ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This feels quite strange! I'm moving over from twitter/X for the usual reasons. So, if I have found you on BSky, and following you, and you are thinking "who is that?" Well, it's Bingle Tigger.
November 17, 2024 at 11:14 AM