James
@orangemitredelta.bsky.social
The uninvited guest who stays till the end.
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An absolute masterclass in exposing hypocrisy.
Stop what you are doing and give it your time.
Stop what you are doing and give it your time.
State Rep @jamestalarico.bsky.social gives a master class in Republican hypocrisy 🔥
The Texas House passed the Ten Commandments bill in an 82-46 vote… on the Sabbath, breaking the Fourth Commandment in the process.
The Texas House passed the Ten Commandments bill in an 82-46 vote… on the Sabbath, breaking the Fourth Commandment in the process.
May 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
An absolute masterclass in exposing hypocrisy.
Stop what you are doing and give it your time.
Stop what you are doing and give it your time.
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If the B-52s were Briitish
May 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If the B-52s were Briitish
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Please don't put in the newspaper that 28 children laughed at me
May 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Please don't put in the newspaper that 28 children laughed at me
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Upcoming installments include Reform running your local council into the ground and your local university going bust.
story of British politics for the past decade is people getting what they want and then fucking *hating* it
Irony is the Conservative Party ought to be joining Steve Baker, Dan Hannan in a victory lap. Conventional wisdom in 2016 was that an FTA with India and accession to CPTPP were pipe-dreams. They won!
May 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Upcoming installments include Reform running your local council into the ground and your local university going bust.
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'Don't you dare try to invest in our area or create jobs'.
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
May 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
'Don't you dare try to invest in our area or create jobs'.
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
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Was it "help, I'm being eaten by a bear"?
February 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Was it "help, I'm being eaten by a bear"?
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You don't spend a fortune getting a criminal authoritarian elected, then repeatedly voice support for the furthest right party in every country - including Germany, then do a Nazi salute at the new President's inauguration without being a Nazi. He does not get the benefit of the doubt.
January 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
You don't spend a fortune getting a criminal authoritarian elected, then repeatedly voice support for the furthest right party in every country - including Germany, then do a Nazi salute at the new President's inauguration without being a Nazi. He does not get the benefit of the doubt.
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Ketamine is a hell of a drug.
January 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ketamine is a hell of a drug.
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Absolutely you can argue with the nature of the reporting, but the world’s richest man who controls the most notable social media platform and has the ear of Trump deciding to go all in supporting the British far right is undoubtedly a major, lead news story and it’s stupid to pretend otherwise
The BBC needs to have a debate about whether Musk's outbursts should keep leading the news.
This isn't about censoring or suppressing his views; it's about whether to amplify them.
Most Brits aren't on X, they don't follow Musk & not every raving from a foreign plutocrat should set the news agenda
This isn't about censoring or suppressing his views; it's about whether to amplify them.
Most Brits aren't on X, they don't follow Musk & not every raving from a foreign plutocrat should set the news agenda
January 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Absolutely you can argue with the nature of the reporting, but the world’s richest man who controls the most notable social media platform and has the ear of Trump deciding to go all in supporting the British far right is undoubtedly a major, lead news story and it’s stupid to pretend otherwise
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It's almost like if you build an out of town shopping mall with huge amounts of free parking, it encourages people to drive.
The Trafford Centre is actually very well connected public transport, with lots of buses and trams as well as for cycling.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
The Trafford Centre is actually very well connected public transport, with lots of buses and trams as well as for cycling.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Statement issued after Trafford Centre chaos leaves kids in tears
Drivers were stuck for hours
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's almost like if you build an out of town shopping mall with huge amounts of free parking, it encourages people to drive.
The Trafford Centre is actually very well connected public transport, with lots of buses and trams as well as for cycling.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
The Trafford Centre is actually very well connected public transport, with lots of buses and trams as well as for cycling.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Things that are now woke: telling young girls they can have a career
December 31, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Things that are now woke: telling young girls they can have a career
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A reminder that Sadiq Khan successfully won three elections in a row by large majorities against Conservative opponents, one of whom, Shaun Bailey, was then given a seat in the House of Lords for life.
Funnily enough I don't remember the Daily Mail describing that as a "reward for failure"
Funnily enough I don't remember the Daily Mail describing that as a "reward for failure"
December 31, 2024 at 9:20 AM
A reminder that Sadiq Khan successfully won three elections in a row by large majorities against Conservative opponents, one of whom, Shaun Bailey, was then given a seat in the House of Lords for life.
Funnily enough I don't remember the Daily Mail describing that as a "reward for failure"
Funnily enough I don't remember the Daily Mail describing that as a "reward for failure"
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Car bloat is a disease – and it’s spreading.
Here are a few of the stories I wrote in 2024 about dangerously huge vehicles. 🧵
This year GM killed the Chevy Malibu, the last sedan available to Americans from the Big Three. 4/5 new US cars are SUVs or pickups.
www.fastcompany.com/91123174/det...
Here are a few of the stories I wrote in 2024 about dangerously huge vehicles. 🧵
This year GM killed the Chevy Malibu, the last sedan available to Americans from the Big Three. 4/5 new US cars are SUVs or pickups.
www.fastcompany.com/91123174/det...
Detroit killed the sedan. We may all live to regret it
GM ending production of the Chevy Malibu underscores that the Big Three are done with sedans. But consumers may not flock to expensive SUVs in response.
www.fastcompany.com
December 28, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Car bloat is a disease – and it’s spreading.
Here are a few of the stories I wrote in 2024 about dangerously huge vehicles. 🧵
This year GM killed the Chevy Malibu, the last sedan available to Americans from the Big Three. 4/5 new US cars are SUVs or pickups.
www.fastcompany.com/91123174/det...
Here are a few of the stories I wrote in 2024 about dangerously huge vehicles. 🧵
This year GM killed the Chevy Malibu, the last sedan available to Americans from the Big Three. 4/5 new US cars are SUVs or pickups.
www.fastcompany.com/91123174/det...
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I am very sad to learn belatedly of the death of Jeremy Seabrook. Met him a couple of times and saw him speak too. He came up with one of the best quotes I ever heard. "Working class people are only nostalgic because they're always having things taken away from them." RIP to a proud polemicist.
Jeremy Seabrook was one of Northampton’s radical working-class writers, along with Ray Gosling. A line that seems to have ended with Alan Moore.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
Jeremy Seabrook obituary
Social and political commentator whose work focused on the environment and the marginalisation of poor people
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I am very sad to learn belatedly of the death of Jeremy Seabrook. Met him a couple of times and saw him speak too. He came up with one of the best quotes I ever heard. "Working class people are only nostalgic because they're always having things taken away from them." RIP to a proud polemicist.
I'm from Birmingham.
Do you have an attractive voice?
November 30, 2024 at 8:58 PM
I'm from Birmingham.
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“We’re still fighting for this title, and he’s got to go to Middlesbrough and get something, and… and… I’ll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them, love it!”
November 26, 2024 at 9:39 PM
“We’re still fighting for this title, and he’s got to go to Middlesbrough and get something, and… and… I’ll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them, love it!”
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Thread. It's a long one, but...
My first ever trip to #centerparcs in the UK - a live blog as it happened:
Everyone is wearing identical north face jackets here and I think I missed a memo or something.
Everyone is wearing identical north face jackets here and I think I missed a memo or something.
November 25, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Thread. It's a long one, but...
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"Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest! What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal? Get your hand off my penis! I see that you know your judo well!”
November 23, 2024 at 5:23 AM
"Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest! What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal? Get your hand off my penis! I see that you know your judo well!”
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Jaguar's choice of font shows why the woke left cost Kamala Harris the election. Here's why 🧵 1/6493
November 23, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Jaguar's choice of font shows why the woke left cost Kamala Harris the election. Here's why 🧵 1/6493
It was a fabulous morning to watch and u11s football match 💨🌨️❄️
November 23, 2024 at 12:01 PM
It was a fabulous morning to watch and u11s football match 💨🌨️❄️
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As gloriously baffling a programme as Bullseye generally is, it really is quite touching when Jim Bowen tells unemployed contestants "sorry to hear that son, you never know, things might start looking up again soon" and very clearly means it. The other side of The Eighties there.
November 22, 2024 at 11:37 PM
As gloriously baffling a programme as Bullseye generally is, it really is quite touching when Jim Bowen tells unemployed contestants "sorry to hear that son, you never know, things might start looking up again soon" and very clearly means it. The other side of The Eighties there.
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PRETEND to be a rapper by asking lots of women in bikinis what your name is.
November 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
PRETEND to be a rapper by asking lots of women in bikinis what your name is.
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This is fascinating.
🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM
This is fascinating.