Mark Slater
@markslater74.bsky.social
Dismayed optimist, cautiously considering the possibility that idiocy and hubris will undermine evil before it can do too terrible or permanent damage, and that something new and much better will eventually rise from from the chaos and destruction.
They haven't come up with it. It is the usual utter bollocks from The Mail...
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
They haven't come up with it. It is the usual utter bollocks from The Mail...
And you are correct, of course.
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
And you are correct, of course.
It's a wildly misleading headline. This never happened. It's The Mail...
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's a wildly misleading headline. This never happened. It's The Mail...
It's The Mail. It's bullshit. It's always bullshit, and usually bullshit designed to boil your piss. This is a perfect example of their schtick. Poisonous nonsense.
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's The Mail. It's bullshit. It's always bullshit, and usually bullshit designed to boil your piss. This is a perfect example of their schtick. Poisonous nonsense.
Some people seem to derive their self-worth mainly from trying to feel superior to others, and money is the main way they measure it. Their insecurity cannot tolerate equality. What a tragic way to live!
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Some people seem to derive their self-worth mainly from trying to feel superior to others, and money is the main way they measure it. Their insecurity cannot tolerate equality. What a tragic way to live!
Praising effort not achievement seems to be the best way of helping children achieve their potential rather than teaching them they have to beat everyone and that failure is unacceptable rather than a valuable opportunity to learn from on the way to success.
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Praising effort not achievement seems to be the best way of helping children achieve their potential rather than teaching them they have to beat everyone and that failure is unacceptable rather than a valuable opportunity to learn from on the way to success.
We live in a society where most of the leaders and figures of admiration are male must have something to do with it. People in positions of power assume they got there by being talented & clever, therefore less successful people must be less clever and talented. It's the Just World fallacy perhaps?
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We live in a society where most of the leaders and figures of admiration are male must have something to do with it. People in positions of power assume they got there by being talented & clever, therefore less successful people must be less clever and talented. It's the Just World fallacy perhaps?
Is hoarding obscene wealth psychologically different from all other types of hoarding, the rest of which are generally viewed as a mental disorder?
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Is hoarding obscene wealth psychologically different from all other types of hoarding, the rest of which are generally viewed as a mental disorder?
It's related to the Just World fallacy: they believe rich people are rich because they are clever and work hard, whereas poor people are poor because they are stupid and lazy.
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It's related to the Just World fallacy: they believe rich people are rich because they are clever and work hard, whereas poor people are poor because they are stupid and lazy.
It's comments like hers that almost makes me wish the Bible was true. It would be great if Badenoch had to try and explain this one to Jesus one day...
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It's comments like hers that almost makes me wish the Bible was true. It would be great if Badenoch had to try and explain this one to Jesus one day...
Awesome work! That'd be impressive on a treadmill, let alone outside...
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Awesome work! That'd be impressive on a treadmill, let alone outside...
Trump wants Russia to win because he likes and admires Putin and views him as someone he can get something from, including knowledge of how to increase personal power and remain in office beyond previous limits.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Trump wants Russia to win because he likes and admires Putin and views him as someone he can get something from, including knowledge of how to increase personal power and remain in office beyond previous limits.
Not really, they have no brain. They rest some of the time, but don't seem to be asleep in any normal sense.
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Not really, they have no brain. They rest some of the time, but don't seem to be asleep in any normal sense.
I think much of this is based on belief in the Just World fallacy: people who own their own homes are clever and work hard, but others aren't clever & haven't worked hard enough, so householders deserve help & everyone else needs motivation. I'm convinced this is at the heart of much conservatism.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I think much of this is based on belief in the Just World fallacy: people who own their own homes are clever and work hard, but others aren't clever & haven't worked hard enough, so householders deserve help & everyone else needs motivation. I'm convinced this is at the heart of much conservatism.
I was wondering whether sea urchins sleep earlier...
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I was wondering whether sea urchins sleep earlier...
Fraser Nelson declared Liz Truss's ludicrously damaging budget something along the lines of the best ever delivered by a British Chancellor... This is your proof? 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fraser Nelson declared Liz Truss's ludicrously damaging budget something along the lines of the best ever delivered by a British Chancellor... This is your proof? 🤔
I think nearly everyone agrees he's a predator, it's just some won't admit it and some more don't care. Shameful either way.
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I think nearly everyone agrees he's a predator, it's just some won't admit it and some more don't care. Shameful either way.
I don't think Labour being Labour will make them more unpopular, I think it has them not being openly Labour that has cost them more.
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I don't think Labour being Labour will make them more unpopular, I think it has them not being openly Labour that has cost them more.
Looks like AI to me...
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Looks like AI to me...
I also think they like to think their prejudice is rationally justified and is just them being honest about what they think is reality. Other people are very prejudiced in their eyes, especially the targets of their hatred, for denying 'the truth', but not them, oh no...
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I also think they like to think their prejudice is rationally justified and is just them being honest about what they think is reality. Other people are very prejudiced in their eyes, especially the targets of their hatred, for denying 'the truth', but not them, oh no...
The worst people in politics have been pushing the idea that all politicians are the same as it excuses their worst excesses and drags everyone else down to their level. The idea has sunken in so deep that taxation is now seen as theft because government is regarded as entirely useless. Bad times..
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The worst people in politics have been pushing the idea that all politicians are the same as it excuses their worst excesses and drags everyone else down to their level. The idea has sunken in so deep that taxation is now seen as theft because government is regarded as entirely useless. Bad times..
I doubt it. He has to deliver actual, real, huge results to get the trillion. I think those days are long gone for Musk.
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I doubt it. He has to deliver actual, real, huge results to get the trillion. I think those days are long gone for Musk.
Neurodiversity doesn't make people into assholes - being an asshole does.
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Neurodiversity doesn't make people into assholes - being an asshole does.
It's happened to me. It was a cable I'd only used once or twice over fifteen years before I chucked it and never needed it again - until the week after I binned it... FFS!
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It's happened to me. It was a cable I'd only used once or twice over fifteen years before I chucked it and never needed it again - until the week after I binned it... FFS!
As you should. I had a big clear out several years ago and the following week, desperately needed a cable I'd just thrown away that I hadn't used for at least fifteen years and would have sworn I wouldn't use again... It was awful.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
As you should. I had a big clear out several years ago and the following week, desperately needed a cable I'd just thrown away that I hadn't used for at least fifteen years and would have sworn I wouldn't use again... It was awful.