Matt
@popandlockhart.bsky.social
Occasionally posting the minis I paint.
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Once in a century political opportunity here, if only there were a party to claim it
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Once in a century political opportunity here, if only there were a party to claim it
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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GenAI/LLM stole my work. Thinking it would make me more creative is like stealing a pie I made, eating it, vomiting, and then telling me that to eat the vomit to make pie.
Like, no thank you, I know how to actually make things, not just steal, vomit, and say "I made this" over the steaming pile
Like, no thank you, I know how to actually make things, not just steal, vomit, and say "I made this" over the steaming pile
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
GenAI/LLM stole my work. Thinking it would make me more creative is like stealing a pie I made, eating it, vomiting, and then telling me that to eat the vomit to make pie.
Like, no thank you, I know how to actually make things, not just steal, vomit, and say "I made this" over the steaming pile
Like, no thank you, I know how to actually make things, not just steal, vomit, and say "I made this" over the steaming pile
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A movement that demands grace and empathy whenever someone from their side suffers while offering none to the other isn’t really a movement that gives a shit about anything other than power and control
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A movement that demands grace and empathy whenever someone from their side suffers while offering none to the other isn’t really a movement that gives a shit about anything other than power and control
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"i can't explain trans people to my child!!" oh so you're stupid AND bigoted? pick a struggle bitch
December 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"i can't explain trans people to my child!!" oh so you're stupid AND bigoted? pick a struggle bitch
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11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.
Hello. I’m a “same-sex attracted person” (loathe that description of my sexuality) & I support Trans rights, like the majority of female “same sex attracted people”.
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
What do lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Britons think the British public thinks of them? | YouGov
Gay and lesbian Britons tend to think the public has a favourable view of them, but bisexual and particularly transgender Britons feel less positivity from the public
yougov.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.
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the americanisation of the british right wing is just pathetic, like you can’t even be your own kind of wanker any more
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
the americanisation of the british right wing is just pathetic, like you can’t even be your own kind of wanker any more
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
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Shorter thread: Laura Kuenssberg is spreading misinformation and Mary-Ann Stephenson understands neither the law nor her role and can't bring herself to say trans people exist.
So, Laura Kuenssberg's introduction to her interview with Mary-Ann Stephenson is just hideous.
Let me count the ways. 🧵
Let me count the ways. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Shorter thread: Laura Kuenssberg is spreading misinformation and Mary-Ann Stephenson understands neither the law nor her role and can't bring herself to say trans people exist.
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We all have a consensus on Wes Streeting, and it doesn’t end well for him
Wes Streeting calls for ‘cross-party consensus’ on gender identity ahead of puberty blocker trial
Wes Streeting calls for ‘cross-party consensus’ on gender identity ahead of puberty blocker trial
Health secretary wrote to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, urging her to ‘take heat and ideology’ out of debate
Health secretary Wes Streeting has called on the Conservatives to maintain the “cross party consensus” on gender identity services built before the last election in a letter to Kemi Badenoch.
Streeting wrote to opposition leader on Friday urging her to “take the heat and the ideology” out of debate amid controversy over a puberty blocker trial for children. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We all have a consensus on Wes Streeting, and it doesn’t end well for him
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yes bcos they're the 'gender critical' party and 'gender critical' is rooted in sexism and misogyny.
Government’s process behind tackling violence against women ‘worse than under the Tories’
Government’s process behind tackling violence against women ‘worse than under the Tories’
Exclusive: As Labour ministers prepare long awaited strategy, campaigners accuse them of sidelining experts
Leading organisations have criticised the development of the government’s flagship violence against women and girls strategy, calling the process chaotic, haphazard and “worse than under the Tories”.
Ministers are gearing up for a policy announcement blitz before the publication of the long-awaited plan next week. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
yes bcos they're the 'gender critical' party and 'gender critical' is rooted in sexism and misogyny.
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"i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" i would. that's the point of having a worst enemy. grow up and hate people like an adult
September 28, 2023 at 8:49 PM
"i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" i would. that's the point of having a worst enemy. grow up and hate people like an adult
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
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What would a @mtgsecretlair.com crossover with @mikeflanaganfilm.com ‘s The Haunting of Hill House look like? I decided alter 13 Magic cards for a Secret Santa commander deck built around the fantastic show. More images and link to the decklist in the comments>>
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What would a @mtgsecretlair.com crossover with @mikeflanaganfilm.com ‘s The Haunting of Hill House look like? I decided alter 13 Magic cards for a Secret Santa commander deck built around the fantastic show. More images and link to the decklist in the comments>>
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It’s not necessary to keep highlighting the qualities of exceptional immigrants as a reason for them to be treated well by their governments. We don’t have to be on our best behaviour to receive a basic level of human decency: that‘s why they’re called “human rights”, and not “human privileges”.
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It’s not necessary to keep highlighting the qualities of exceptional immigrants as a reason for them to be treated well by their governments. We don’t have to be on our best behaviour to receive a basic level of human decency: that‘s why they’re called “human rights”, and not “human privileges”.
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Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
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Absolutely appalling stuff, and remember that every politician bellowing about crackdowns on migrants is helping to create a permissive environment for this violence and intimidation
🔴I wrote about far-right attacks against refugee charities and why some are choosing to leave the sector to protect themselves. It's awful but understandable.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
When it's time to move on
It's toxic out there
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Absolutely appalling stuff, and remember that every politician bellowing about crackdowns on migrants is helping to create a permissive environment for this violence and intimidation
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It continues to tell you everything you need to know about British politics and media that the only person who has ever had to apologise for Nigel Farage's long history of inflammatory and racist comments, is a journalist who accurately reported them as such
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It continues to tell you everything you need to know about British politics and media that the only person who has ever had to apologise for Nigel Farage's long history of inflammatory and racist comments, is a journalist who accurately reported them as such
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You’d never know this was what was decided as part of that tribunal ruling…
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
You’d never know this was what was decided as part of that tribunal ruling…
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
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This is so disgusting.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is so disgusting.
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Wish Halifax would drop the lip service to home owners' supposed disappointment in sluggish house prices. Just recognise that homes are for living in, not getting rich off, rising prices are bad, just like regular inflation, and better affordability for first time buyers is an unalloyed good thing
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Wish Halifax would drop the lip service to home owners' supposed disappointment in sluggish house prices. Just recognise that homes are for living in, not getting rich off, rising prices are bad, just like regular inflation, and better affordability for first time buyers is an unalloyed good thing
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.