Richard Penny
@richardpenny.bsky.social
Web techie, ex-Osteopath, Brexit refugee in Berlin, working in the music sphere.
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Enshittification: when the ‘play’ button in your kids game is translated to ‘toneelstuk’ (a theatre play) because no one could be bothered to have more than machine generated translations.
It’s all slop all day in the next few years.
It’s all slop all day in the next few years.
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Enshittification: when the ‘play’ button in your kids game is translated to ‘toneelstuk’ (a theatre play) because no one could be bothered to have more than machine generated translations.
It’s all slop all day in the next few years.
It’s all slop all day in the next few years.
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Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
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Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Music by Mount Fuji: the Berliner Philharmoniker and Gustavo Dudamel performed the traditional Waldbühne programme at Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater yesterday – with music by Ortiz, Ellington, Márquez and more.
📷 Stephan Rabold
📷 Stephan Rabold
July 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Music by Mount Fuji: the Berliner Philharmoniker and Gustavo Dudamel performed the traditional Waldbühne programme at Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater yesterday – with music by Ortiz, Ellington, Márquez and more.
📷 Stephan Rabold
📷 Stephan Rabold
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If I had to write ‘How They Broke Britain’ all over again, Nick Clegg would get at least a chapter. An agent of immeasurable harm.
May 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If I had to write ‘How They Broke Britain’ all over again, Nick Clegg would get at least a chapter. An agent of immeasurable harm.
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It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
March 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
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Google obliterated their search function for this
March 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Google obliterated their search function for this
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This satirical post seems to have caught the mood overnight, with heavy likes, and with many seeing it as all too plausible.
One worry is that it will now become an urban myth and believed to be true.
A greater worry, which cannot easily be dismissed, is that it is actually true.
One worry is that it will now become an urban myth and believed to be true.
A greater worry, which cannot easily be dismissed, is that it is actually true.
Perhaps the top person at The Atlantic was added to the Signal chat because those on the chat believed there was a person in charge of the Atlantic.
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This satirical post seems to have caught the mood overnight, with heavy likes, and with many seeing it as all too plausible.
One worry is that it will now become an urban myth and believed to be true.
A greater worry, which cannot easily be dismissed, is that it is actually true.
One worry is that it will now become an urban myth and believed to be true.
A greater worry, which cannot easily be dismissed, is that it is actually true.
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I wish I had the bike lanes that bike lane haters think I have
It’s amazing how critics perceive bike lanes to be “everywhere” and “out of control” even when a large majority of roads don’t have bike lanes.
February 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I wish I had the bike lanes that bike lane haters think I have
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You can imagine my crushing disappointment when this piece failed to include any specific examples of *how* our precious Brexit freedoms have been squandered. Not even anything about how we could have avoided the move to USB-C cables.
January 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You can imagine my crushing disappointment when this piece failed to include any specific examples of *how* our precious Brexit freedoms have been squandered. Not even anything about how we could have avoided the move to USB-C cables.
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
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For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
January 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
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People voted for a fictional Trump they made up in their heads and the question is whether the massive propaganda apparatus behind him can maintain that fiction while he does all the things many of his voters told themselves he wouldn’t do bsky.app/profile/carl...
WAPO POLL: “.. Would you support or oppose the Trump administration doing each of the following?”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
People voted for a fictional Trump they made up in their heads and the question is whether the massive propaganda apparatus behind him can maintain that fiction while he does all the things many of his voters told themselves he wouldn’t do bsky.app/profile/carl...
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The followup to “don’t confuse my medical education with your use of Google” is “don’t confuse that one lecture you attended when you had a violent hangover with my decades of living with this condition”
December 17, 2024 at 6:03 PM
The followup to “don’t confuse my medical education with your use of Google” is “don’t confuse that one lecture you attended when you had a violent hangover with my decades of living with this condition”
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Gisele Pelicot should named as the Time person of the year. For bravely waiving her anonymity in one of the most horrific rape cases the world has seen, to take a stand for survivors and shame the perpetrators.
Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.
Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.
December 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Gisele Pelicot should named as the Time person of the year. For bravely waiving her anonymity in one of the most horrific rape cases the world has seen, to take a stand for survivors and shame the perpetrators.
Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.
Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.
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I think this is what one reason why so many wealthy men are currently trying to burn the world to the ground - that the only authentic reaction that a lot of them can receive is rage. They can pay for the simulation of everything else, and they’re doing it, and it still makes them unhappy.
I’ve been thinking about Epstein’s islands and why they were so popular among wealthy men: not for the privacy they offered, but for the illusion that the women trafficked to these islands genuinely desired them. I wonder if, beneath all that entitlement, there was a resentment that it wasn’t real.
December 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM
I think this is what one reason why so many wealthy men are currently trying to burn the world to the ground - that the only authentic reaction that a lot of them can receive is rage. They can pay for the simulation of everything else, and they’re doing it, and it still makes them unhappy.
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A remarkable piece this.
A @hopenothate.org.uk activist Infiltrated Britain First... and... well it's even worse than you might think
hopenothate.org.uk/britain-firs...
A @hopenothate.org.uk activist Infiltrated Britain First... and... well it's even worse than you might think
hopenothate.org.uk/britain-firs...
My Year Inside Britain FIrst
A first-hand account of infiltrating Britain First, revealing their hate and hypocrisy.
hopenothate.org.uk
November 23, 2024 at 5:23 PM
A remarkable piece this.
A @hopenothate.org.uk activist Infiltrated Britain First... and... well it's even worse than you might think
hopenothate.org.uk/britain-firs...
A @hopenothate.org.uk activist Infiltrated Britain First... and... well it's even worse than you might think
hopenothate.org.uk/britain-firs...
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It's the year 5 billion 2024 and the last remnants of the human race have turned into radioactive mole creatures, yet still somewhere in a burned out building a Telegraph columnist is scratching "This is why the EU is doomed to fail" into the wall with their fingernails.
November 23, 2024 at 8:14 AM
It's the year 5 billion 2024 and the last remnants of the human race have turned into radioactive mole creatures, yet still somewhere in a burned out building a Telegraph columnist is scratching "This is why the EU is doomed to fail" into the wall with their fingernails.
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From farm to fork, in the road.
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
From farm to fork, in the road.
Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation
We believe that lies, fraud, and media toxicity threaten our way of life. We think new mechanisms are needed to preserve confidence. How else can people know what to trust?
petition.parliament.uk
November 19, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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40% of UK Farmland is owned by billionaires.
Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.
Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.
November 18, 2024 at 1:49 PM
40% of UK Farmland is owned by billionaires.
Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.
Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.