Iain
@discobanana.bsky.social
Drinker of tea. Devourer of biscuits.
‘If you were to hop around various phone-in shows in the days after the budget, you would find a worrying number of remarkably angry people, utterly infuriated at the prospect of people being able to feed their kids.’
Excellent points made in this article. The penultimate paragraph says it all.
Excellent points made in this article. The penultimate paragraph says it all.
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
‘If you were to hop around various phone-in shows in the days after the budget, you would find a worrying number of remarkably angry people, utterly infuriated at the prospect of people being able to feed their kids.’
Excellent points made in this article. The penultimate paragraph says it all.
Excellent points made in this article. The penultimate paragraph says it all.
"People really, really don’t like [Trump's damaging policies]. Democrats won by campaigning hard against them, and by promising a better alternative. Democrats should say so, loudly and proudly."
![I think that understanding [of Trump's narrow victory and current unpopularity] also explains the persistent false-choice narrative: In it, anti-Trump politics can only be understood as reflecting the delusions of coastal Resistance-y elites who refuse to accept that Trump embodies the American people’s true essence. But anti-Trump politics really is about his policies, about the very concrete and very damaging things he is doing as president to the economy, the country, the rule of law, and the constitutional order daily. People really, really don’t like those things. Democrats won by campaigning hard against them, and by promising a better alternative. Democrats should say so, loudly and proudly.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xv4wvrc2duhwx4ikmdzrky3d/bafkreigfngxm27gndoaoes4lb4fy25il6gw55sdvby5wiksne2qjvq5dji@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"People really, really don’t like [Trump's damaging policies]. Democrats won by campaigning hard against them, and by promising a better alternative. Democrats should say so, loudly and proudly."
My timeline is trying to convey some kind of message and I fear I cannot interpret it.
![Skeet by The Tennessee Holler of a screenshot from Aaron Rupar reporting, "Trump says his ballroom might cost more than $300 million but adds ‘you know we're building the arc [spelled A-R-C]. Maybe we use it for the arc. We raised a lot of money for the ballroom, so maybe we'll put— the arc is going to be incredible for Washington DC, so maybe we'll use it for the arc.’" Directly underneath this in my Bluesky timeline is a skeet by BBC Six Music telling me it's playing Ultraviolet Circumzenithal Arc [same A-R-C spelling] by the Ephemeron Loop.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xv4wvrc2duhwx4ikmdzrky3d/bafkreiccr7fmqsija5d2yeuulyingp4c7rxmhihug56k4z5e4vbolw5b3u@jpeg)
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
My timeline is trying to convey some kind of message and I fear I cannot interpret it.
The face of a man who suspects he might be in the Epstein files.
October 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The face of a man who suspects he might be in the Epstein files.
"As Congress works to pass a new federal budget..."
Oh please. Maybe ask the Republican Party to release the Epstein files and stop holding the country hostage to protect their pedophile boss.
Oh please. Maybe ask the Republican Party to release the Epstein files and stop holding the country hostage to protect their pedophile boss.
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"As Congress works to pass a new federal budget..."
Oh please. Maybe ask the Republican Party to release the Epstein files and stop holding the country hostage to protect their pedophile boss.
Oh please. Maybe ask the Republican Party to release the Epstein files and stop holding the country hostage to protect their pedophile boss.
It totally works! 🙏☺️
October 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It totally works! 🙏☺️
The mainstream media is really knocking it out of the park with its reporting of the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The mainstream media is really knocking it out of the park with its reporting of the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
Time after time, police forces across England have demonstrated they have zero interest in dealing with the resurgence of racist assaults. Along with Starmer pandering to racists' feelings, this failure of the police to address public safety is a big reason why these racist shits are so emboldened.
![Excerpt from the BBC article, stating:
Despite reporting the incident and being told to wait for the police at the station, she was not met by BTP [British Transport Police] officers and resumed her journey to Slough, where her husband collected her.
A few days later she received a letter from BTP saying it had closed the investigation partly because of a "lack of identifiable suspects".
She said the case was reopened and an officer assigned to it after the BBC began making inquiries.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xv4wvrc2duhwx4ikmdzrky3d/bafkreifk2xdeyxqnnza5sb2w5vqi2uz4dji45mz2hn4cuyqjknvs2xzpim@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Time after time, police forces across England have demonstrated they have zero interest in dealing with the resurgence of racist assaults. Along with Starmer pandering to racists' feelings, this failure of the police to address public safety is a big reason why these racist shits are so emboldened.
I chuckle over this tweet a lot. Johnny Fash over there would probably have an aneurysm.
September 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I chuckle over this tweet a lot. Johnny Fash over there would probably have an aneurysm.
Loving the autumnal weather here now it's beginning to cool down!
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Loving the autumnal weather here now it's beginning to cool down!
What upsets and enrages me most is that many in Alex's situation are facing the current climate phlegmatically, with quiet dignity. These incidents are not ‘paper cuts’ – they are assaults, assaults on innocent people. It is disgusting that the government has done nothing to address this.
September 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What upsets and enrages me most is that many in Alex's situation are facing the current climate phlegmatically, with quiet dignity. These incidents are not ‘paper cuts’ – they are assaults, assaults on innocent people. It is disgusting that the government has done nothing to address this.
Excellent points. I certainly recall the same comments being made in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. Society needs to stop bending over backwards to accommodate racist worldviews with excuses about economic anxiety.
September 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Excellent points. I certainly recall the same comments being made in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. Society needs to stop bending over backwards to accommodate racist worldviews with excuses about economic anxiety.
The American alcoholic beverages industry only cares about “ideology over evidence” when it prevents them from putting profits over evidence.
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The American alcoholic beverages industry only cares about “ideology over evidence” when it prevents them from putting profits over evidence.
"Combining tacit support for economic migration with rhetorical hostility will not be sustainable." This has been evident for some time now. Not only is it morally reprehensible, these governments & their supporters may come to seriously regret the economic damage they have done to themselves.
August 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Combining tacit support for economic migration with rhetorical hostility will not be sustainable." This has been evident for some time now. Not only is it morally reprehensible, these governments & their supporters may come to seriously regret the economic damage they have done to themselves.
Political parties in higher-income countries have become so used to exploiting immigrants for economic value at the same time as mobilising voters against immigration, they have forgotten the extent to which the destination countries rely on immigrants. The quote about Reform is very telling.
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Political parties in higher-income countries have become so used to exploiting immigrants for economic value at the same time as mobilising voters against immigration, they have forgotten the extent to which the destination countries rely on immigrants. The quote about Reform is very telling.
If you know Republican voters in Texas—friends, family, colleagues, whatever—remind them of this. Remind them that Trump and his administration and the GOP-led state legislatures that support him do not give a fuck about anyone. We are all just grist for the mill, even Republican voters.
July 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
If you know Republican voters in Texas—friends, family, colleagues, whatever—remind them of this. Remind them that Trump and his administration and the GOP-led state legislatures that support him do not give a fuck about anyone. We are all just grist for the mill, even Republican voters.
After what has just happened in Texas, this is another chilling reminder that the Trump administration & the GOP are actively working to ensure more us peons are put in harm's way. www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
July 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
After what has just happened in Texas, this is another chilling reminder that the Trump administration & the GOP are actively working to ensure more us peons are put in harm's way. www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
I like how they apparently used the same bloke in the photos for two of the stories.
June 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I like how they apparently used the same bloke in the photos for two of the stories.
Big crowd outside Austin's capitol building. It's hot but everyone is in good spirits, the crowd is amped, many folks taking a break in the shade. It's peaceful, diverse, friendly. Clumps of state troopers milling around with nothing to do. #NoKings
June 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Big crowd outside Austin's capitol building. It's hot but everyone is in good spirits, the crowd is amped, many folks taking a break in the shade. It's peaceful, diverse, friendly. Clumps of state troopers milling around with nothing to do. #NoKings
