Prof Yaffle 🏴
@profyaffle.bsky.social
Misplaced Cymro, lapsed astrophysicist/ICT, small L liberal. Sci/tech; politics; ASD; linguanerd, Twitter refugee (@viridispicus). Really unkeen on Brexit and right-wing lunacy.
I somehow feel that this remains pertinent.
Lessons about what happens when centre-right parties adopt positions from the far right.
ukandeu.ac.uk/lessons-from...
ukandeu.ac.uk/lessons-from...
Lessons from the Netherlands on the rise of the populist radical right - UK in a changing Europe
Léonie de Jonge and Stijn van Kessel analyse the outcome of the recent Dutch elections and the success of the far-right Party for Freedom.
ukandeu.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I somehow feel that this remains pertinent.
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Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Difficult to conceive of a more ill-judged decision then the one the Home Office took here. It is an affront to free speech of a kind which is really indistinguishable from what you'd see in a police state.
UK police arrest 55 at parliament rally for banned Palestine Action group reut.rs/4m0MWrx
UK police arrest 55 at parliament rally for banned Palestine Action group
The crowd in Parliament Square were waving placards supporting the group that was banned this month under anti-terrorism legislation.
reut.rs
July 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Difficult to conceive of a more ill-judged decision then the one the Home Office took here. It is an affront to free speech of a kind which is really indistinguishable from what you'd see in a police state.
@davidallengreen.bsky.social any thoughts on law vs lore re: the Supreme Court Equality Act ruling?
It feels like common interpretation of their legal interpretation has more weight than their *actual* interpretation - but IANAL, and don't understand what in/direct effects the Act actually has.
It feels like common interpretation of their legal interpretation has more weight than their *actual* interpretation - but IANAL, and don't understand what in/direct effects the Act actually has.
April 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@davidallengreen.bsky.social any thoughts on law vs lore re: the Supreme Court Equality Act ruling?
It feels like common interpretation of their legal interpretation has more weight than their *actual* interpretation - but IANAL, and don't understand what in/direct effects the Act actually has.
It feels like common interpretation of their legal interpretation has more weight than their *actual* interpretation - but IANAL, and don't understand what in/direct effects the Act actually has.
America, what have you done?
Is this 1933 all over again? Leading Hitler historian Richard Evans weighs the evidence. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
Is Trump’s America a new reich?
Donald Trump poses a threat to American democracy. Historians agree that there are parallels with Hitler’s rise to power—and obvious differences
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
America, what have you done?
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Former bird shooter speaks out on the cruelty of it!
February 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Former bird shooter speaks out on the cruelty of it!
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We desperately need to protect the British Media and Press from the far right.
We need:
- The Leveson Enquiry part 2
- An immediate review of lobbying and political donation laws
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We need:
- The Leveson Enquiry part 2
- An immediate review of lobbying and political donation laws
Repost if you agree!
January 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We desperately need to protect the British Media and Press from the far right.
We need:
- The Leveson Enquiry part 2
- An immediate review of lobbying and political donation laws
Repost if you agree!
We need:
- The Leveson Enquiry part 2
- An immediate review of lobbying and political donation laws
Repost if you agree!
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We hate asking for followers. But we hate fox hunting even more. It’s why we will never be ashamed to ask for support here on BlueSky.
Because the more of us there are the faster we can end this sick pastime.
Repost and follow @protectthewild.bsky.social if you stand with us! 🦊
Because the more of us there are the faster we can end this sick pastime.
Repost and follow @protectthewild.bsky.social if you stand with us! 🦊
November 19, 2024 at 9:38 AM
We hate asking for followers. But we hate fox hunting even more. It’s why we will never be ashamed to ask for support here on BlueSky.
Because the more of us there are the faster we can end this sick pastime.
Repost and follow @protectthewild.bsky.social if you stand with us! 🦊
Because the more of us there are the faster we can end this sick pastime.
Repost and follow @protectthewild.bsky.social if you stand with us! 🦊
The Daily Mail is quite, quite mad.
November 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
The Daily Mail is quite, quite mad.
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The right-wing weirdos all coming over to this platform are so fuckin' funny. What was wrong with Twitter? I thought it was everything you wanted. Now you can all be mad and hate everybody together, right? What do you wanna be over here for, huh? You need attention from us that bad?
November 17, 2024 at 4:43 AM
The right-wing weirdos all coming over to this platform are so fuckin' funny. What was wrong with Twitter? I thought it was everything you wanted. Now you can all be mad and hate everybody together, right? What do you wanna be over here for, huh? You need attention from us that bad?
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Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR).
Quick thread:
Quick thread:
October 31, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR).
Quick thread:
Quick thread:
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Hi friends!
I just wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as the dumbest website on the internet.
The long and short of it: We won the auction and — you're not going to believe this — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well.
I just wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as the dumbest website on the internet.
The long and short of it: We won the auction and — you're not going to believe this — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well.
November 16, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Hi friends!
I just wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as the dumbest website on the internet.
The long and short of it: We won the auction and — you're not going to believe this — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well.
I just wanted to give a quick update on The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, which we can’t wait to relaunch as the dumbest website on the internet.
The long and short of it: We won the auction and — you're not going to believe this — the previous InfoWars folks aren't taking it well.
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If you're new here I have compiled lists of people in various fields that might make it easier to find people you want to follow
October 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM
If you're new here I have compiled lists of people in various fields that might make it easier to find people you want to follow
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Incredible that the Harris-Walz campaign is just basically this now, and it's working.
August 7, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Incredible that the Harris-Walz campaign is just basically this now, and it's working.
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Here’s the real crisis facing the Tories: their older voters are dying off, and nobody’s replacing them | Phil Burton-Cartledge
Oh dear, what a shame 😃
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Oh dear, what a shame 😃
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s the real crisis facing the Tories: their older voters are dying off, and nobody’s replacing them | Phil Burton-Cartledge
People used to shift rightwards with age. But the Conservatives have destroyed that prospect, and there’s no easy way out, says sociology lecturer Phil Burton-Cartledge
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Here’s the real crisis facing the Tories: their older voters are dying off, and nobody’s replacing them | Phil Burton-Cartledge
Oh dear, what a shame 😃
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Oh dear, what a shame 😃
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Lessons about what happens when centre-right parties adopt positions from the far right.
ukandeu.ac.uk/lessons-from...
ukandeu.ac.uk/lessons-from...
Lessons from the Netherlands on the rise of the populist radical right - UK in a changing Europe
Léonie de Jonge and Stijn van Kessel analyse the outcome of the recent Dutch elections and the success of the far-right Party for Freedom.
ukandeu.ac.uk
January 4, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Lessons about what happens when centre-right parties adopt positions from the far right.
ukandeu.ac.uk/lessons-from...
ukandeu.ac.uk/lessons-from...
Tim Martin? FML.
December 29, 2023 at 11:18 PM
Tim Martin? FML.
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SUBSTACK
What is often left unsaid in complaints about pesky human rights law and pesky human rights lawyers
Those criticising human rights law and lawyers often shy away from spelling out the substance of a particular right
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-is-of...
What is often left unsaid in complaints about pesky human rights law and pesky human rights lawyers
Those criticising human rights law and lawyers often shy away from spelling out the substance of a particular right
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-is-of...
December 15, 2023 at 8:46 AM
SUBSTACK
What is often left unsaid in complaints about pesky human rights law and pesky human rights lawyers
Those criticising human rights law and lawyers often shy away from spelling out the substance of a particular right
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-is-of...
What is often left unsaid in complaints about pesky human rights law and pesky human rights lawyers
Those criticising human rights law and lawyers often shy away from spelling out the substance of a particular right
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/what-is-of...
Braverman's ludicrous rant tonight: "to do this (we) must exclude all avenues of legal challenge".
Unhinged, dangerous, authoritarian lunacy. What have the @Conservatives - the self-professed "party of law and order" - become?
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Unhinged, dangerous, authoritarian lunacy. What have the @Conservatives - the self-professed "party of law and order" - become?
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Tinkering with a failed plan will not stop the boats
There is no chance of getting the Rwanda deportations up and running within the current legal framework
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 16, 2023 at 11:04 PM
Braverman's ludicrous rant tonight: "to do this (we) must exclude all avenues of legal challenge".
Unhinged, dangerous, authoritarian lunacy. What have the @Conservatives - the self-professed "party of law and order" - become?
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Unhinged, dangerous, authoritarian lunacy. What have the @Conservatives - the self-professed "party of law and order" - become?
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
I always felt that corporate escalation was simply boiling an issue down to become so simplified that people who were too far removed to understand could no longer see the problem.
Execs thus wander off, wondering why they're surrounded by idiots and have to make every decision around here...
Execs thus wander off, wondering why they're surrounded by idiots and have to make every decision around here...
I'm a Data Analyst, and I spend 60% of my working time deciding how to include LESS information in my presentations, so that people who earn 4x my salary will understand it.
November 6, 2023 at 8:39 PM
I always felt that corporate escalation was simply boiling an issue down to become so simplified that people who were too far removed to understand could no longer see the problem.
Execs thus wander off, wondering why they're surrounded by idiots and have to make every decision around here...
Execs thus wander off, wondering why they're surrounded by idiots and have to make every decision around here...
I was homeless for a while - sofa surfing, rather than on the streets, but relying on goodwill, outstaying my welcome, running out of friends and no clear way out. Bad landlord, limited income, no magic wand.
"Lifestyle choice"? Fuck off.
"Lifestyle choice"? Fuck off.
November 6, 2023 at 12:22 PM
I was homeless for a while - sofa surfing, rather than on the streets, but relying on goodwill, outstaying my welcome, running out of friends and no clear way out. Bad landlord, limited income, no magic wand.
"Lifestyle choice"? Fuck off.
"Lifestyle choice"? Fuck off.
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