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Shaan
@shaanthepenguin.bsky.social
tired housing policy guy by day… and a local government, cricket & eurovision nerd by night. listens to too much jeff buckley. will get you to join your trade union. 🍞🌹. 22. he/him.
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inevitably yesterday’s press coverage focused on Hamnet, but It Was Just an Accident was phenomenal too - gripping & cohesive (esp at letting you into the characters’ psyche) + funny in parts too. made all the more impressive by the gutting political context #LFF boxd.it/bl576n
October 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
want to emphasise mixed-tenure isn't just for-sale and AH, but also includes Build to Rent. by not cannibalising the market sale absorption rate through BtR bulk sales, you do actually get faster buildout through nigh-on mandating quicker sales & returns to move to the next development, actually!
May 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
‘Departmen’ on top of everything else here… yeah the yanks are cooked
March 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Slava Ukraini, simple as 👍🏼
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
London getting the double against Wicklow this weekend… @simonharrisireland.bsky.social your boys took a smidgen of a beating!!
February 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
you can heckle at a radio comedy panel show, even if all you get is a slightly disappointed “fair point” from David Mitchell…
January 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
well, this is good from Starmer - in the age of inceldom and standalone radicalisation that isn’t necessarily led by grooming someone into a terrorist org etc, we absolutely need to redefine terrorism and the pathway in line with how MI5 has done for years + it looks like we’ll get there…
January 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
they’re going to cook Hunter Biden for Christmas 😔
December 5, 2024 at 8:45 PM
not the cheeriest Spotify Wrapped in the world but it’ll do
December 5, 2024 at 12:06 PM
going to start a campaign to get more local authorities to post council meetings with #interesting image pics on Facebook Events. would it attract the local cranks? inevitably. would it boost turnout? also yes.
November 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
it’s fundamentally stupid to not pay any attention to any assets you have that are worth £‘00ks+, let alone needing a moral backbone to care about your tenants (the MAs don’t give you room to neglect your own responsibilities, actually)! the hubris around ‘passive income’ is a massive fucking plague
September 1, 2024 at 11:20 PM
can’t wait to go and see the Eras Tour tomorrow! good thing Ed Sheeran did his bit today so I don’t have to see that silly man on stage tomorrow
August 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
famously both John Edwards (Kerry’s VP candidate in ‘04) and Biden were big Bruce Springsteen fans, but I can’t seem to find anything that implies Shapiro listens to him. but Tim Waltz clearly is one. think this might just be the secret to being selected as a Dem VP candidate
August 6, 2024 at 5:21 PM