socialvagabond.bsky.social
@socialvagabond.bsky.social
There’s nothing like a good book to help you hide from reality.
Reposted
If you think of Trump as an absolute monarch, with no distinction between his personal wealth and power and that of the United States, things start to make a bit more sense. He's like a crap Louis XIV.

open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
L'État, c'est moi
From Sun King to Spray-Tan King
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Reposted
Failing to anticipate people would use your image generation bot to make consentless-pornography should be criminal incompetence.

Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.

Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you have good food, good presents and good laughs.
December 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Reposted
SEE YOU JANUARY 8. This trailer gives a very small taste of what’s coming… probably the end of my career lol
SEE YOU IN HELL - Trailer #1
YouTube video by Gary Whitta
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Reposted
October 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reposted
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reposted
Nigel Farage lashed out at questions over his tax affairs when we asked him about not paying stamp duty on his Clacton pad.
See shocking moment Farage calls Mirror reporter 'disgusting' after tax question
www.mirror.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reposted
I Second This Statement…. Looking guilty as hell! 🔥🔥
August 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted
The disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil, a person with permanent legal status in the US, should be a red line that everyone should recognize.

They knocked on his door and vanished him into an authoritarian system without a trace.

Your door could be next.

jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/so-it-begi...
So It Begins: The Disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil and Authoritarian Capture
The Trump Administration kidnapped a legal permanent resident and shuffled him through an authoritarian maze. We're witnessing the beginnings of something terrifying
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reposted
"Lithuania, when we were occupied in 1945, we had sustainable peace. There was no front line. Nobody was
shooting. But there was no Lithuania." @glandsbergis.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted
"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."

Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)

youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Reposted
I don't love it either, but I'm not sure how you tell a man that he should let his only surviving son rot in prison to respect norms, institutions, and the rule of law, when the country you devoted your life to serving just pretty comprehensively voted they don't give a shit about any of that.
December 2, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Reposted
I’ve been reluctant to start a Substack, because I like being commissioned, I like being edited, and I especially like to be paid.

But I couldn’t face hawking this one around to weary editors, for reasons that you may understand if you read it.

rostaylor240051.substack.com/p/and-then-p...
November 24, 2024 at 7:59 AM