Brian Kellett
@briankellett.bsky.social
ISRU and Churn specialist.
Can’t read DMs because I live in a country that has lost it’s damn mind. 🇬🇧
Can’t read DMs because I live in a country that has lost it’s damn mind. 🇬🇧
Yes. Because in the LARP I played in, my character had a plan to buy property a bit back from the banks of the Thames, detonate the ship and then make bank on his new waterfront property. 😈
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Yes. Because in the LARP I played in, my character had a plan to buy property a bit back from the banks of the Thames, detonate the ship and then make bank on his new waterfront property. 😈
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If you're looking around thinking "if Trump & the Republicans cause enough suffering, there will be backlash & accountability," I would direct your attention to the UK. Hard to think of any country in history so clearly, demonstrably, theatrically fucked by a single party ... and yet.
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you're looking around thinking "if Trump & the Republicans cause enough suffering, there will be backlash & accountability," I would direct your attention to the UK. Hard to think of any country in history so clearly, demonstrably, theatrically fucked by a single party ... and yet.
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COVID was the ruling classes experiment to see if people would give up on the social contract to prioritize themselves, once they saw people were willing to let disabled, elderly and poor people die for their own convenience, they have slowly taken the mask fully off day by day and now we are here.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
COVID was the ruling classes experiment to see if people would give up on the social contract to prioritize themselves, once they saw people were willing to let disabled, elderly and poor people die for their own convenience, they have slowly taken the mask fully off day by day and now we are here.
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I cannot stress this enough, and I am tired of saying it: British white people, everything you are seeing in the US is coming here and you cannot watch Eurovision or Great British Bakeoff or sign petitions and think you can stiff-upper-lip or ignore your way out of this.
Learn to be UNCOMFORTABLE.
Learn to be UNCOMFORTABLE.
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I cannot stress this enough, and I am tired of saying it: British white people, everything you are seeing in the US is coming here and you cannot watch Eurovision or Great British Bakeoff or sign petitions and think you can stiff-upper-lip or ignore your way out of this.
Learn to be UNCOMFORTABLE.
Learn to be UNCOMFORTABLE.
Excel spreadsheet and graphs spring to mind.
Arrange by month, and delve into instances and duration.
Colourful graphs.
Maybe add descriptions of ‘aids to enjoyment’.
Arrange by month, and delve into instances and duration.
Colourful graphs.
Maybe add descriptions of ‘aids to enjoyment’.
I have an old iPad which I only use for, ahem, alone time. It has started giving me the average screen time which means I now know, on average, how long my wanks are. I don't know what to do with this information.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Excel spreadsheet and graphs spring to mind.
Arrange by month, and delve into instances and duration.
Colourful graphs.
Maybe add descriptions of ‘aids to enjoyment’.
Arrange by month, and delve into instances and duration.
Colourful graphs.
Maybe add descriptions of ‘aids to enjoyment’.
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An article previewing their TV drama about the life of Paris Lees had a quote from Maya Forstater ffs!!!
bloody hell. what's the correct number of push notifications on stories about migration exactly? every article that might mention anything to do with trans stuff has at least one official quote from transphobic sources, and rarely one from a positive POV.
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
An article previewing their TV drama about the life of Paris Lees had a quote from Maya Forstater ffs!!!
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counterpoint: Kermit as Vila and Avon as the only human... because Avon sees everyone else as a fuckin muppet anyway
Hear me out Blake’s 7 but Muppets, Vila the only human
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
counterpoint: Kermit as Vila and Avon as the only human... because Avon sees everyone else as a fuckin muppet anyway
Thoroughly enjoyed revisiting that British classic film ‘Carry on up the Khyber’. Amusing with a few belly laughs.
What surprised me was that it’s been decades since I last saw it, but can still remember large parts of dialogue.
What surprised me was that it’s been decades since I last saw it, but can still remember large parts of dialogue.
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed revisiting that British classic film ‘Carry on up the Khyber’. Amusing with a few belly laughs.
What surprised me was that it’s been decades since I last saw it, but can still remember large parts of dialogue.
What surprised me was that it’s been decades since I last saw it, but can still remember large parts of dialogue.
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Nintendo Gamma Boy
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Nintendo Gamma Boy
‘Cunt’
‘Why are you so fucking incompetent’
‘Do you like your kneecaps in working order?’
‘Of course’
*anguished cry of being the only damn adult in the room*
‘Does it really matter if nobody dies?’
‘School trips are a success if the nothing happened that makes the population go up, or goes down’
‘Why are you so fucking incompetent’
‘Do you like your kneecaps in working order?’
‘Of course’
*anguished cry of being the only damn adult in the room*
‘Does it really matter if nobody dies?’
‘School trips are a success if the nothing happened that makes the population go up, or goes down’
7. If you were a pull string toy, what would be your phrases?
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
‘Cunt’
‘Why are you so fucking incompetent’
‘Do you like your kneecaps in working order?’
‘Of course’
*anguished cry of being the only damn adult in the room*
‘Does it really matter if nobody dies?’
‘School trips are a success if the nothing happened that makes the population go up, or goes down’
‘Why are you so fucking incompetent’
‘Do you like your kneecaps in working order?’
‘Of course’
*anguished cry of being the only damn adult in the room*
‘Does it really matter if nobody dies?’
‘School trips are a success if the nothing happened that makes the population go up, or goes down’
Saw someone write this -
“If you have a regional accent, please never try to get rid of it. Accents tell stories.”
Which is true.
And sometimes that story is ‘you’ll never progress in your career with that accent’, or ‘with that accent you’ll always be treated as a fool’.
“If you have a regional accent, please never try to get rid of it. Accents tell stories.”
Which is true.
And sometimes that story is ‘you’ll never progress in your career with that accent’, or ‘with that accent you’ll always be treated as a fool’.
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Saw someone write this -
“If you have a regional accent, please never try to get rid of it. Accents tell stories.”
Which is true.
And sometimes that story is ‘you’ll never progress in your career with that accent’, or ‘with that accent you’ll always be treated as a fool’.
“If you have a regional accent, please never try to get rid of it. Accents tell stories.”
Which is true.
And sometimes that story is ‘you’ll never progress in your career with that accent’, or ‘with that accent you’ll always be treated as a fool’.
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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 6:20 PM
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!
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They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is
In this piece, admitting the BBC has broken its impartiality rules re. trans people, the BBC further breaks its impartiality rules by changing a quote saying "trans identity" to "trans ideology".
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is
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My favorite comment on the FT story
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My favorite comment on the FT story
It’s just recommendations to the government, not actual changes (yet). I’ve browsed the science stuff and it’s all a bit wishy-washy.
Be a case of waiting until it actually comes down the wire.
Be a case of waiting until it actually comes down the wire.
Curriculum changes will see primary school children taught for the first time about how to spot misinformation and disinformation so they "develop the critical thinking needed to challenge what they see" news.sky.com/story/bigges...
Biggest schools shake-up in England in a decade to cut GCSE exam time - and add AI and fake news lessons
The government will reduce GCSE exam time by up to three hours per student, introduce new Year 8 tests, and teach primary pupils how to identify misinformation under sweeping curriculum reforms.
news.sky.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s just recommendations to the government, not actual changes (yet). I’ve browsed the science stuff and it’s all a bit wishy-washy.
Be a case of waiting until it actually comes down the wire.
Be a case of waiting until it actually comes down the wire.
I might go just to try and stir up support for a paramilitary wing of ORG. I’ve a beret and everything.
Jokes aside* ORG is something that should be supported.
———-
See, GCHQ - it’s a joke. I promise I’m not a terrorist.
Jokes aside* ORG is something that should be supported.
———-
See, GCHQ - it’s a joke. I promise I’m not a terrorist.
⏰ NEXT WEEK ⏰
We're going beyond the screen and hosting a meet up IRL. Whether you're a supporter or just curious, everyone is welcome to pop down.
Hear from our team, mingle and join the movement!
🗓️ 10 Nov, 6:30-9pm
📍 Newspeak House, LDN
Sign up now ⬇️
We're going beyond the screen and hosting a meet up IRL. Whether you're a supporter or just curious, everyone is welcome to pop down.
Hear from our team, mingle and join the movement!
🗓️ 10 Nov, 6:30-9pm
📍 Newspeak House, LDN
Sign up now ⬇️
ORG London Meet-Up
Join ORG to get the latest on our campaigns on the Online Safety Act, Digital IDs and more.
www.openrightsgroup.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I might go just to try and stir up support for a paramilitary wing of ORG. I’ve a beret and everything.
Jokes aside* ORG is something that should be supported.
———-
See, GCHQ - it’s a joke. I promise I’m not a terrorist.
Jokes aside* ORG is something that should be supported.
———-
See, GCHQ - it’s a joke. I promise I’m not a terrorist.
I like the one where you let images from your subconscious bubble up. Pretty good at providing insight into things. Works really well when hovering around going to sleep.
Here's the other thing... there is something called ACTIVE meditation where rather than trying to focus on nothing you focus on a task, a picture (or candle flame) or a soundtrack.
It is not cheating.
It is not cheating.
I'll say this about meditation too—
I run into a lot of people who (understandably) feel that they're bad at meditation because they struggle to quiet their thoughts and feelings.
I'm here to tell you: go the other way. Pay attention to them. Don't try to quiet them. Then you'll be meditating.
I run into a lot of people who (understandably) feel that they're bad at meditation because they struggle to quiet their thoughts and feelings.
I'm here to tell you: go the other way. Pay attention to them. Don't try to quiet them. Then you'll be meditating.
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I like the one where you let images from your subconscious bubble up. Pretty good at providing insight into things. Works really well when hovering around going to sleep.
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Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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Well, there are some interesting details in this…
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Well, there are some interesting details in this…
…yet again.
Like all the other things were knew we’re going to be bad, yet still went ahead with.
Like all the other things were knew we’re going to be bad, yet still went ahead with.
We in the UK will work out far too late that this is a bad thing.
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
November 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
…yet again.
Like all the other things were knew we’re going to be bad, yet still went ahead with.
Like all the other things were knew we’re going to be bad, yet still went ahead with.
I can see kids suggesting it innocently, as in they learn about the holocaust, know that it’s evil and scary and then think of it when Halloween comes around.
Kids just being unsophisticated twits.
BUT WHERE WAS THE FUCKING TEACHER?
(Actually, knowing teachers, some of them are ‘unsophisticated’)
Kids just being unsophisticated twits.
BUT WHERE WAS THE FUCKING TEACHER?
(Actually, knowing teachers, some of them are ‘unsophisticated’)
Evidently there was an Auschwitz-themed float in a Halloween parade in Pennsylvania.
The float was for a Catholic school, and to their credit the church immediately disavowed it.
Thing is, I don’t think high school kids did this entirely on their own. I’m guessing parents had to be involved.
The float was for a Catholic school, and to their credit the church immediately disavowed it.
Thing is, I don’t think high school kids did this entirely on their own. I’m guessing parents had to be involved.
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I can see kids suggesting it innocently, as in they learn about the holocaust, know that it’s evil and scary and then think of it when Halloween comes around.
Kids just being unsophisticated twits.
BUT WHERE WAS THE FUCKING TEACHER?
(Actually, knowing teachers, some of them are ‘unsophisticated’)
Kids just being unsophisticated twits.
BUT WHERE WAS THE FUCKING TEACHER?
(Actually, knowing teachers, some of them are ‘unsophisticated’)
Also asking chat GPT “why shouldn’t science teachers use AI?” is just funny, and also gives a somewhat correct answer (hat tip to the predictive text model for predictively texting about CLEAPSS)
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Also asking chat GPT “why shouldn’t science teachers use AI?” is just funny, and also gives a somewhat correct answer (hat tip to the predictive text model for predictively texting about CLEAPSS)
I do push back every time one of ‘my’ teachers uses AI - starting with explaining what it is, going through ‘we have experts in this dept.’ and ending with ‘and they stole my books’.
Managed to get one to swear off forever.
I don’t think we are buying in any solutions due to our financial state.
Managed to get one to swear off forever.
I don’t think we are buying in any solutions due to our financial state.
Some day I hope we'll learn the full story of how AI got into schools in England via consultancies, government contracts, think tanks and big tech cash, but for now here's a brief thread highlighting a few key actors and activities
We hear a lot about AI in education in the US on here, so can I just tell you about how it's working out in the schools sector in England? It's interesting! It's about data consultants, private education outfits and think tanks. Slow thread...
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I do push back every time one of ‘my’ teachers uses AI - starting with explaining what it is, going through ‘we have experts in this dept.’ and ending with ‘and they stole my books’.
Managed to get one to swear off forever.
I don’t think we are buying in any solutions due to our financial state.
Managed to get one to swear off forever.
I don’t think we are buying in any solutions due to our financial state.
Picking dried superglue from my fingers.
This is the pro version of when kids do it with PVA glue.
This is the pro version of when kids do it with PVA glue.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Picking dried superglue from my fingers.
This is the pro version of when kids do it with PVA glue.
This is the pro version of when kids do it with PVA glue.