Mihkay
@mihkay.bsky.social
Retired Engineer now writing, playing music and trying to learn Turkish, all whilst trying to remain sane in a mad world.
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If you did an obituary on Charlie Kirk that was just quoting directly in context what he was most proud of saying and doing, a lot of editors would say to revise it because it would read as being mean to a dead man
September 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If you did an obituary on Charlie Kirk that was just quoting directly in context what he was most proud of saying and doing, a lot of editors would say to revise it because it would read as being mean to a dead man
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Art class
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Art class
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
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We can fact check instantly.
So if you believe the bullshit fed to you by Lowe, Reform, GB News or memes then riot while millionaires keep their hands clean - you’re either as thick as shit or choosing to be racist.
Farage made a million from side hustles last year, did you?
Didn’t think so.
So if you believe the bullshit fed to you by Lowe, Reform, GB News or memes then riot while millionaires keep their hands clean - you’re either as thick as shit or choosing to be racist.
Farage made a million from side hustles last year, did you?
Didn’t think so.
August 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We can fact check instantly.
So if you believe the bullshit fed to you by Lowe, Reform, GB News or memes then riot while millionaires keep their hands clean - you’re either as thick as shit or choosing to be racist.
Farage made a million from side hustles last year, did you?
Didn’t think so.
So if you believe the bullshit fed to you by Lowe, Reform, GB News or memes then riot while millionaires keep their hands clean - you’re either as thick as shit or choosing to be racist.
Farage made a million from side hustles last year, did you?
Didn’t think so.
I love how the thought process goes. 1st. Change to insurance based healthcare. 2nd. Something something. 3rd Everything is better. It's fucking snake oil.
I have my own criticism but the one thing Labour’s getting right is the NHS, waiting lists down, more appointments, better pay, no strikes.
Farage would sell the NHS.
He’s not a man of the people, he’s a privately educated city boy who laughed as the economy tanked after Brexit.
He is a traitor.
Farage would sell the NHS.
He’s not a man of the people, he’s a privately educated city boy who laughed as the economy tanked after Brexit.
He is a traitor.
April 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I love how the thought process goes. 1st. Change to insurance based healthcare. 2nd. Something something. 3rd Everything is better. It's fucking snake oil.
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THE CONVERSATION: Class privilege entrenches itself in UK journalism as new report reveals just 9% of national media journalists hail from working-class backgrounds, spotlighting a systemic inequality shaping news narratives.
- by Imke Henkel
- by Imke Henkel
New survey shows the extent of class privilege in UK journalism
Only 9% of journalists working for national and transnational media come from a working class background.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
THE CONVERSATION: Class privilege entrenches itself in UK journalism as new report reveals just 9% of national media journalists hail from working-class backgrounds, spotlighting a systemic inequality shaping news narratives.
- by Imke Henkel
- by Imke Henkel
Well surprised. Not!
THE CONVERSATION: Class privilege entrenches itself in UK journalism as new report reveals just 9% of national media journalists hail from working-class backgrounds, spotlighting a systemic inequality shaping news narratives.
- by Imke Henkel
- by Imke Henkel
New survey shows the extent of class privilege in UK journalism
Only 9% of journalists working for national and transnational media come from a working class background.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well surprised. Not!
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People are now referring to the Tesla Cyber Trucks as a Meinkampfervans.
Priceless. 😁
Priceless. 😁
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
People are now referring to the Tesla Cyber Trucks as a Meinkampfervans.
Priceless. 😁
Priceless. 😁
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Good point. Most people in the media went to private school or sent their own kids there. So, they don't let that story go. Almost none of them need PIP, so almost no articles telling it from the point of view of someone involved in the system, and what few articles there are will fizzle out.
We are once more again seeing the distortion created by who has access to media.
Numerous columns from or about people earning "only" £150k on the horror of private school VAT but barely anything from the hundreds of thousands at risk from genuine deprivation via PIP changes.
Numerous columns from or about people earning "only" £150k on the horror of private school VAT but barely anything from the hundreds of thousands at risk from genuine deprivation via PIP changes.
Genuinely confused why everyone (i.e. some people in Westminster bubble) is aghast at the idea of a freeze to PIP rates but fairly chill at the idea of preventing c600,000 people being entitled to PIP in the first place, which will save far more money (i.e. be a larger cut to household incomes).
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Good point. Most people in the media went to private school or sent their own kids there. So, they don't let that story go. Almost none of them need PIP, so almost no articles telling it from the point of view of someone involved in the system, and what few articles there are will fizzle out.
It's stuck in my head now. Every time I see "No booking no ride" on the side of a taxi, I immediately hear Bob Marley singing it. 😳
March 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It's stuck in my head now. Every time I see "No booking no ride" on the side of a taxi, I immediately hear Bob Marley singing it. 😳
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OK, gonna try this again.
Apropos of a weird thing that happened yesterday, when you are curious about something exercise your own agency first. You are empowered to pull on that thread before you ask a stranger on the internet for an opinion.
Asking for opinions is not research.
Apropos of a weird thing that happened yesterday, when you are curious about something exercise your own agency first. You are empowered to pull on that thread before you ask a stranger on the internet for an opinion.
Asking for opinions is not research.
March 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
OK, gonna try this again.
Apropos of a weird thing that happened yesterday, when you are curious about something exercise your own agency first. You are empowered to pull on that thread before you ask a stranger on the internet for an opinion.
Asking for opinions is not research.
Apropos of a weird thing that happened yesterday, when you are curious about something exercise your own agency first. You are empowered to pull on that thread before you ask a stranger on the internet for an opinion.
Asking for opinions is not research.
AHH. Childhood memories as I listen to the Lego bricks going into the vacuum cleaner.
March 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
AHH. Childhood memories as I listen to the Lego bricks going into the vacuum cleaner.
Good grief they are actually idiots
OH MY FUCKING GOD! I made this joke as SATIRE on 22nd February and now they’ve actually done it!
March 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Good grief they are actually idiots
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March 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Only 4 Reform MPs left. Presumably, that mean they'll only appear on BBC Question Time every other week now
March 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Only 4 Reform MPs left. Presumably, that mean they'll only appear on BBC Question Time every other week now
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King agrees to host Trump visit
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
March 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
King agrees to host Trump visit
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
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Elon Musk’s accomplishments in full…
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
March 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Elon Musk’s accomplishments in full…
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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The Tory leader yesterday, and Tory papers today, are having to fall in line behind Starmer trying to unite Europe in common purpose. That's basically it for brexit, isn't it?
March 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Tory leader yesterday, and Tory papers today, are having to fall in line behind Starmer trying to unite Europe in common purpose. That's basically it for brexit, isn't it?
