BobM
@bobm42.bsky.social
London born and raised. NHS defender. Flaneur and theic who suffers from mild anomia.
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This is deeply troubling.
The silence of so much of the mainstream.
That this should be happening when a former human rights lawyer is Prime Minister…
Peace is a greater threat to the powerful than war.
The silence of so much of the mainstream.
That this should be happening when a former human rights lawyer is Prime Minister…
Peace is a greater threat to the powerful than war.
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is deeply troubling.
The silence of so much of the mainstream.
That this should be happening when a former human rights lawyer is Prime Minister…
Peace is a greater threat to the powerful than war.
The silence of so much of the mainstream.
That this should be happening when a former human rights lawyer is Prime Minister…
Peace is a greater threat to the powerful than war.
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Striking BL staff, struggling to pay their rent, advised to consider not giving presents this year, and interim CEO, Jeremy Silver, has the nerve to tell them they ‘don’t live in a real world’. Only 17% of staff guaranteed the Living Wage (£14.80 ph) suggests acute familiarity with the ‘real world’.
British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Striking BL staff, struggling to pay their rent, advised to consider not giving presents this year, and interim CEO, Jeremy Silver, has the nerve to tell them they ‘don’t live in a real world’. Only 17% of staff guaranteed the Living Wage (£14.80 ph) suggests acute familiarity with the ‘real world’.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
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Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Started running websites as a teenager in the 90s and worked in tech ever since. Honestly believed geeks would save the world back then. Hadn't considered the effect asocial weirdos could have on a social species. We've absolutely fucking mullered EVERYTHING.
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Started running websites as a teenager in the 90s and worked in tech ever since. Honestly believed geeks would save the world back then. Hadn't considered the effect asocial weirdos could have on a social species. We've absolutely fucking mullered EVERYTHING.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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As a disabled person, I aspire to be the person the DWP think I am.
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
As a disabled person, I aspire to be the person the DWP think I am.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
youtube.com/watch?v=_GXN... best piece of satire in years.
Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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September 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=_GXN... best piece of satire in years.
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Chris Mason, Nick Eardley and Laura Kuenssberg are probably very busy, which is why they haven't yet launched their relentless pursuit of Farage's tax affairs and financial arrangements. But they will. At some point. I'm certain.
September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chris Mason, Nick Eardley and Laura Kuenssberg are probably very busy, which is why they haven't yet launched their relentless pursuit of Farage's tax affairs and financial arrangements. But they will. At some point. I'm certain.
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I'm a solicitor. Too many people make the mistake of not recording anything during redundancy procedures. Many redundancies do not follow the correct legal procedures, but unless you're recording everything you have no way to prove it in a tribunal. HR are not your friends.
August 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I'm a solicitor. Too many people make the mistake of not recording anything during redundancy procedures. Many redundancies do not follow the correct legal procedures, but unless you're recording everything you have no way to prove it in a tribunal. HR are not your friends.
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Nothing says I love my country more than a shitty polyester flag, bought on an American tax dodging website, made in China
August 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Nothing says I love my country more than a shitty polyester flag, bought on an American tax dodging website, made in China
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Netflix: Let's spend millions of pounds on beautifully shot, perfectly edited, brilliantly acted and expertly sound mixed drama. Now, let's bung in some adverts at any old moment. Middle of a scene? Yep, that's fine. Middle of a sentence? Ditto.
June 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Netflix: Let's spend millions of pounds on beautifully shot, perfectly edited, brilliantly acted and expertly sound mixed drama. Now, let's bung in some adverts at any old moment. Middle of a scene? Yep, that's fine. Middle of a sentence? Ditto.
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“Two thin-skinned, petulant, power-crazy narcissists were never going to stay working together in the interests of the nation very long…”
Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.
#Newsnight
Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.
#Newsnight
June 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“Two thin-skinned, petulant, power-crazy narcissists were never going to stay working together in the interests of the nation very long…”
Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.
#Newsnight
Journalist Mehdi Hasan on the Elon Musk-Donald Trump spat.
#Newsnight
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Trump and Elon broke up
June 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trump and Elon broke up
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Care homes are all eye wateringly expensive. Care home staff are all low paid, minimum wage workers. Something doesn't add up.
May 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Care homes are all eye wateringly expensive. Care home staff are all low paid, minimum wage workers. Something doesn't add up.
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In this week's addition of @privateeyenews.bsky.social
'you can't just call everyone you disagree with a facist'
'you can't just call everyone you disagree with a facist'
January 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
In this week's addition of @privateeyenews.bsky.social
'you can't just call everyone you disagree with a facist'
'you can't just call everyone you disagree with a facist'
youtube.com/watch?v=-l3B... very much needed campaign.
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December 13, 2024 at 7:36 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=-l3B... very much needed campaign.
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A fantastic write up from the Justice Gap on the cruel & abhorrent #jointenterprise legal doctrine www.thejusticegap.com/a-critical-s...
‘The cruelty must end’: Westminster inquiry into joint enterprise launches – The Justice Gap
www.thejusticegap.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:06 PM
A fantastic write up from the Justice Gap on the cruel & abhorrent #jointenterprise legal doctrine www.thejusticegap.com/a-critical-s...
OK this place seems nice, how long will it be before the arseholes come and ruin it?
November 14, 2024 at 10:48 PM
OK this place seems nice, how long will it be before the arseholes come and ruin it?