@fledglingpoet1.bsky.social
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I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.
There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.
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I’m not sure it reflects all that well on Mason that the most aggressive interview he’s managed with a politician in quite some time is in defence of his own journalism.
It’s also a fairly extraordinary attack to make in response to a fairly mild critique. Not sure his judgment on the money here.
It’s also a fairly extraordinary attack to make in response to a fairly mild critique. Not sure his judgment on the money here.
There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
September 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I’m not sure it reflects all that well on Mason that the most aggressive interview he’s managed with a politician in quite some time is in defence of his own journalism.
It’s also a fairly extraordinary attack to make in response to a fairly mild critique. Not sure his judgment on the money here.
It’s also a fairly extraordinary attack to make in response to a fairly mild critique. Not sure his judgment on the money here.
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Wow.
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Wow.
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Reminded me of @mrjamesob.bsky.social Geography teacher
who James quotes as saying "don't know, nobody knows, don't need to know"
who James quotes as saying "don't know, nobody knows, don't need to know"
September 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reminded me of @mrjamesob.bsky.social Geography teacher
who James quotes as saying "don't know, nobody knows, don't need to know"
who James quotes as saying "don't know, nobody knows, don't need to know"
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Bolsanaro, Sarkozy… come on Johnson I’ve got you in an accumulator.
September 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Bolsanaro, Sarkozy… come on Johnson I’ve got you in an accumulator.
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motherfucker isn't even sorry, that is the face of a guy who is totally gonna do it again
imagine being loved and accepted for who you are like this wow
May 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
motherfucker isn't even sorry, that is the face of a guy who is totally gonna do it again
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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
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Fascism is here.
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Fascism is here.
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The real size of Africa
March 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The real size of Africa
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What's this?
Looks like a list of DOGE peeps... but what do I know.
Looks like a list of DOGE peeps... but what do I know.
March 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
What's this?
Looks like a list of DOGE peeps... but what do I know.
Looks like a list of DOGE peeps... but what do I know.
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Well, looky here, Edolf is so mad about the fact that ppl are calling his trashcan #Swasticars he wants to cancel christ?
😄😄😄
The only transparency with this administration is the thinness of their skin!
To funny not to share!
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The only transparency with this administration is the thinness of their skin!
To funny not to share!
March 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Well, looky here, Edolf is so mad about the fact that ppl are calling his trashcan #Swasticars he wants to cancel christ?
😄😄😄
The only transparency with this administration is the thinness of their skin!
To funny not to share!
😄😄😄
The only transparency with this administration is the thinness of their skin!
To funny not to share!
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Course he does.
I often wonder how much of this clown's wannabe media mogul motivation comes from his son (Winston Aubrey Aladar deBalkan Marshall) being binned/resigning from - I kid you not, Mumford & Sons* - after he bigged up a fascist-adjacent fucknugget.
*I think he played the banjo.
I often wonder how much of this clown's wannabe media mogul motivation comes from his son (Winston Aubrey Aladar deBalkan Marshall) being binned/resigning from - I kid you not, Mumford & Sons* - after he bigged up a fascist-adjacent fucknugget.
*I think he played the banjo.
GB News and Spectator owner Paul Marshall, who has a history of liking far-right, homophobic, Islamophobic and racist tweets, wants to inculcate the next generation of journalists in his own intolerance?
Spectator owner said to be planning to fund new generation of UK journalists
Multimillionaire Paul Marshall understood to be talking to senior figures in Britain’s right-leaning media about the idea
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Course he does.
I often wonder how much of this clown's wannabe media mogul motivation comes from his son (Winston Aubrey Aladar deBalkan Marshall) being binned/resigning from - I kid you not, Mumford & Sons* - after he bigged up a fascist-adjacent fucknugget.
*I think he played the banjo.
I often wonder how much of this clown's wannabe media mogul motivation comes from his son (Winston Aubrey Aladar deBalkan Marshall) being binned/resigning from - I kid you not, Mumford & Sons* - after he bigged up a fascist-adjacent fucknugget.
*I think he played the banjo.
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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
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No schadenfreude or satisfaction in seeing ‘prominent’ Trump
cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
March 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
No schadenfreude or satisfaction in seeing ‘prominent’ Trump
cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
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The last *seven days*?
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.
Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.
Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
March 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The last *seven days*?
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.
Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
What *we* have *always feared*?
What an irredeemable fraud he is.
Gets a whole chapter in ‘How They Broke Britain’.
And here he is now, ‘seeing the light’.
Danny Dyer voiceover: “Twat.”
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My question to the MSM
Why are you not showing all the protests that are going on ALL around our country??
Example
Columbus, Ohio
And Pittsburgh
Why are you not showing all the protests that are going on ALL around our country??
Example
Columbus, Ohio
And Pittsburgh
March 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
My question to the MSM
Why are you not showing all the protests that are going on ALL around our country??
Example
Columbus, Ohio
And Pittsburgh
Why are you not showing all the protests that are going on ALL around our country??
Example
Columbus, Ohio
And Pittsburgh
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In this culture of rampant consumerism, the library is a bastion of counter culture. There one can check out things for free. Great books filled with profound ideas are all available for free.
March 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In this culture of rampant consumerism, the library is a bastion of counter culture. There one can check out things for free. Great books filled with profound ideas are all available for free.
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Another mad element of that press conference is that Trump & Vance were ordering Zelensky to thank them personally for aid that Joe Biden had provided. All while insulting Biden & ignoring Zelensky’s frequent previous expressions of gratitude.
March 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Another mad element of that press conference is that Trump & Vance were ordering Zelensky to thank them personally for aid that Joe Biden had provided. All while insulting Biden & ignoring Zelensky’s frequent previous expressions of gratitude.
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For the love of all that’s good, please don’t buy my books on Amazon.
March 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For the love of all that’s good, please don’t buy my books on Amazon.
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“We’ve lost consensual reality, and I don’t know how we get that back.”
March 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“We’ve lost consensual reality, and I don’t know how we get that back.”
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I just subscribed to Rolling Stone magazine thru the Libby app. All I did was press Subscribe and the current issue was added to my shelf; I will receive a notification when a new issue is available. FOR FREE. Just cuz I have a couple of library cards.
March 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just subscribed to Rolling Stone magazine thru the Libby app. All I did was press Subscribe and the current issue was added to my shelf; I will receive a notification when a new issue is available. FOR FREE. Just cuz I have a couple of library cards.
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Today on my LBC Sunday show I interviewed a former Trump adviser. She claimed that Putin wasn’t morally responsible for the war. I challenged her on that claim. She told me she didn’t like me and hung up. And they say the left are snowflakes. Watch the full interview here.
youtu.be/tSsV7xyDyfY?...
youtu.be/tSsV7xyDyfY?...
Lewis Goodall gets hung up on twice in 7 minutes after Ukraine row | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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March 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today on my LBC Sunday show I interviewed a former Trump adviser. She claimed that Putin wasn’t morally responsible for the war. I challenged her on that claim. She told me she didn’t like me and hung up. And they say the left are snowflakes. Watch the full interview here.
youtu.be/tSsV7xyDyfY?...
youtu.be/tSsV7xyDyfY?...
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my next vacation trip, Vermont, you guys fucking rock!
I hope every state or country these lowlife russians try to take a vacation in will give them the same greeting!
I hope every state or country these lowlife russians try to take a vacation in will give them the same greeting!
March 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
my next vacation trip, Vermont, you guys fucking rock!
I hope every state or country these lowlife russians try to take a vacation in will give them the same greeting!
I hope every state or country these lowlife russians try to take a vacation in will give them the same greeting!
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