ianpiper.bsky.social
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Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves:
December 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves:
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”
December 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”
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David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
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“None of us can guess how the Trump assault on the BBC will play out, because he wields unprecedented power, unchecked by personal dignity or decency.”
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“None of us can guess how the Trump assault on the BBC will play out, because he wields unprecedented power, unchecked by personal dignity or decency.”
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
No. We can’t. But we can condemn forever the repulsive British politicians and media gobshites who would side with him instead of us.
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A happy day to the folk keeping our Iron Age faiths alive, and to all the lapsed who like to honour tradition anyway, and to the pagans tying us back instead to our Neolithic respect for the earth and skies around us. To everyone, 🕊️❤️ and no more war. x
December 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A happy day to the folk keeping our Iron Age faiths alive, and to all the lapsed who like to honour tradition anyway, and to the pagans tying us back instead to our Neolithic respect for the earth and skies around us. To everyone, 🕊️❤️ and no more war. x
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Why do politicians bother with their Xmas video messages. No one cares and they could do us a favour by leaving us alone for one day of the year
December 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why do politicians bother with their Xmas video messages. No one cares and they could do us a favour by leaving us alone for one day of the year
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It would be nice if a British leader could say the same: and stand up for London, it’s Mayor and the BBC at the same time
This is the first time Macron has retaliated so angrily against the provocations of his alleged "friend" Donald Trump. The policy of appeasement and flattery is breaking down.
December 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It would be nice if a British leader could say the same: and stand up for London, it’s Mayor and the BBC at the same time
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Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
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Shout out to the parent who thought the best way to keep their kid entertained on the train was to bring along a xylophone
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Shout out to the parent who thought the best way to keep their kid entertained on the train was to bring along a xylophone
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on the tramway in Nantes and a pretty old woman gave her seat to a very old woman so I gave my seat to the pretty old woman then a man gave me his seat then a teenager gave a man his seat and then we all laughed, aren't people fantastic
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
on the tramway in Nantes and a pretty old woman gave her seat to a very old woman so I gave my seat to the pretty old woman then a man gave me his seat then a teenager gave a man his seat and then we all laughed, aren't people fantastic
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Yes!
What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them.
December 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Yes!
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The strongest memories I have are of the things I've done solo
I've done fancy holidays with partners, but that's a shared experience and it's a different feeling
When you do something on your own, the memory is 100% yours to keep and I love that
I've done fancy holidays with partners, but that's a shared experience and it's a different feeling
When you do something on your own, the memory is 100% yours to keep and I love that
I am far more terrified of wasting precious years than I am of being alone.
NEW blog: Do the thing. Do it scared. Do it on your own.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/do-it-o...
Gorgeous art by @stuartcb.bsky.social ❤️
NEW blog: Do the thing. Do it scared. Do it on your own.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/do-it-o...
Gorgeous art by @stuartcb.bsky.social ❤️
December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The strongest memories I have are of the things I've done solo
I've done fancy holidays with partners, but that's a shared experience and it's a different feeling
When you do something on your own, the memory is 100% yours to keep and I love that
I've done fancy holidays with partners, but that's a shared experience and it's a different feeling
When you do something on your own, the memory is 100% yours to keep and I love that
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The good news : The days are getting longer again from now. #wintersolstice
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The good news : The days are getting longer again from now. #wintersolstice
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Not many things in life will have you pumping your fist in the air, but watching little Tommy Robinson’s (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s) face and bravado drop when he gets called out for his racism and hypocrisy by boxer Ty Mitchell is one of them.
This is glorious. 🔥
This is glorious. 🔥
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Not many things in life will have you pumping your fist in the air, but watching little Tommy Robinson’s (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s) face and bravado drop when he gets called out for his racism and hypocrisy by boxer Ty Mitchell is one of them.
This is glorious. 🔥
This is glorious. 🔥
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Donald Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death wasn’t just another example of norm-breaking rhetoric from the president—“it actively widened the breach,” John Dickerson argues: theatln.tc/v3ftkZJS
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Donald Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death wasn’t just another example of norm-breaking rhetoric from the president—“it actively widened the breach,” John Dickerson argues: theatln.tc/v3ftkZJS
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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - an old Turkish proverb
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - an old Turkish proverb
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One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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If prayer could solve the uniquely American scourge of gun violence, it wouldn’t be the leading cause of death of
children in our country or kill over 10x the number of people who died on 9/11 every year. Instead, cowards like Donald Trump and his GOP enablers block any effort to end this madness.
children in our country or kill over 10x the number of people who died on 9/11 every year. Instead, cowards like Donald Trump and his GOP enablers block any effort to end this madness.
Trump: "I've been fully briefed on the Brown University situation. What a terrible thing it is. All we can do right now is pray for the victims." (Trump falsely posted that the shooter is in custody.)
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
If prayer could solve the uniquely American scourge of gun violence, it wouldn’t be the leading cause of death of
children in our country or kill over 10x the number of people who died on 9/11 every year. Instead, cowards like Donald Trump and his GOP enablers block any effort to end this madness.
children in our country or kill over 10x the number of people who died on 9/11 every year. Instead, cowards like Donald Trump and his GOP enablers block any effort to end this madness.
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Just gonna keep suggesting this: We are letting bad people set our information agenda when we talk about them all the time.
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just gonna keep suggesting this: We are letting bad people set our information agenda when we talk about them all the time.
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if i was the Canadian tourist board i would now do the world's biggest 'like America, but nicer' tourism campaign
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
if i was the Canadian tourist board i would now do the world's biggest 'like America, but nicer' tourism campaign
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Okay. This is angering me.
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Okay. This is angering me.
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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The great photographer Martin Parr has died. I always liked his BBC idents.
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The great photographer Martin Parr has died. I always liked his BBC idents.