Gareth
@gwinch.bsky.social
Bitter/realistic northerner. Lawyer inspired by Lionel Hutz, She-Hulk & Ally McBeal
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
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I am somewhat sceptical of this new suggestion of going beyond the Leveson recommendations on reducing the number of jury trials, but I am getting a little annoyed at all the (IMO) excessive outrage on here over it
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am somewhat sceptical of this new suggestion of going beyond the Leveson recommendations on reducing the number of jury trials, but I am getting a little annoyed at all the (IMO) excessive outrage on here over it
Keir Starmer looks fucked in this photo. Also, wanna place a bet on the Budget?
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Keir Starmer looks fucked in this photo. Also, wanna place a bet on the Budget?
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Looking at polling averages, Reform has dipped a little recently but it's largely because of Labour 24 voters who had been saying "don't know" now saying Green.
As DKs they were excluded but as Greens they are not, so Reform drop even though they have the same number of people supporting them.
As DKs they were excluded but as Greens they are not, so Reform drop even though they have the same number of people supporting them.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Looking at polling averages, Reform has dipped a little recently but it's largely because of Labour 24 voters who had been saying "don't know" now saying Green.
As DKs they were excluded but as Greens they are not, so Reform drop even though they have the same number of people supporting them.
As DKs they were excluded but as Greens they are not, so Reform drop even though they have the same number of people supporting them.
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I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
Anyone know if other countries have similar issues?
There are studies coming out that link the state legalization of online sports books to a spike in domestic violence. Of course this was a foreseeable outcome of the 2018 Supreme Court decision that made this insidious wealth extraction engine possible.
www.lrl.mn.gov
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Anyone know if other countries have similar issues?
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It would have been the easiest thing for the Russians to say nothing and let Trump try to pressure Ukraine into accepting. Fortunately, they absolutely cannot help themselves.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It would have been the easiest thing for the Russians to say nothing and let Trump try to pressure Ukraine into accepting. Fortunately, they absolutely cannot help themselves.
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Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
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This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
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mtg spent like ten years making enemies on the left and that seemed fine with her. she spent ten days making enemies on the right, had to hire security, and then had to quit altogether.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
mtg spent like ten years making enemies on the left and that seemed fine with her. she spent ten days making enemies on the right, had to hire security, and then had to quit altogether.
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it's actually really good our stock is down $500 billion, you fool, you absolute simpleton
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
it's actually really good our stock is down $500 billion, you fool, you absolute simpleton
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
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Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
I wonder how Cyprus splits between “proper” Cyprus and “fake-country” Cyprus? I assume “proper” Cyprus has a much higher score
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I wonder how Cyprus splits between “proper” Cyprus and “fake-country” Cyprus? I assume “proper” Cyprus has a much higher score
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I wonder why Matt Taibi draws an immediate connection between the Epstein story and Russia.
Hold on, let me think for a second. I’m sure I can come up with a reason why Matt Taibi would hear ‘sex with underage girls’ and think of Russia.
Hold on, let me think for a second. I’m sure I can come up with a reason why Matt Taibi would hear ‘sex with underage girls’ and think of Russia.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I wonder why Matt Taibi draws an immediate connection between the Epstein story and Russia.
Hold on, let me think for a second. I’m sure I can come up with a reason why Matt Taibi would hear ‘sex with underage girls’ and think of Russia.
Hold on, let me think for a second. I’m sure I can come up with a reason why Matt Taibi would hear ‘sex with underage girls’ and think of Russia.
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My keen knowledge of statistics tells me these feet are merely suffering from survivorship bias.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
My keen knowledge of statistics tells me these feet are merely suffering from survivorship bias.
This comparison would only work if it was the main UK opposition party that went nuts/clearly racist, not their own party…
That American politics went off the rails after Barack Obama and British ethnonationalism has reared its head after Rishi Sunak is the real tell about how committed some people are to integration and post racial politics.
A country where Sadiq Khan can lead London, Humza Yousaf can lead Scotland, and Rishi Sunak can lead Britain is a country where the racists had *lost*. So much of this vicious bile has come directly after that and almost no one seems to draw the connection
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This comparison would only work if it was the main UK opposition party that went nuts/clearly racist, not their own party…
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Two years and two days ago, a woman delivered some chili to her new neighbors. Everyone was very happy and normal and there were no lasting effects.
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Two years and two days ago, a woman delivered some chili to her new neighbors. Everyone was very happy and normal and there were no lasting effects.
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Crypto fun: if you'd bought a load of ethereum, supposedly the future of crypto, in 2018 when it was still pretty new it has returned less than if you had bought S&P500. If you bought in 2021 during the last boom you'd be *down*, versus a 2x gain in the S&P 500 total return
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Crypto fun: if you'd bought a load of ethereum, supposedly the future of crypto, in 2018 when it was still pretty new it has returned less than if you had bought S&P500. If you bought in 2021 during the last boom you'd be *down*, versus a 2x gain in the S&P 500 total return
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'The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing'. Nothing moral about threatening to remove people's jewellery, or deporting them after 20 years. Nothing at all.
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
'The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing'. Nothing moral about threatening to remove people's jewellery, or deporting them after 20 years. Nothing at all.