Poor Sensual Fig Poet
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Coder. Londoner. Recovering optimist. It’s just turtles all the way down.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
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"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
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the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
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I sort of appreciate the need to keep up with the times but I simply refuse to wear socks with shorts. I cannot bring myself to do it, too many years of firm belief that it is a travesty have made me unable to change. They will take my no-show socks from my cold dead fingers.
October 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I sort of appreciate the need to keep up with the times but I simply refuse to wear socks with shorts. I cannot bring myself to do it, too many years of firm belief that it is a travesty have made me unable to change. They will take my no-show socks from my cold dead fingers.
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the title of duke of york stands vacant for any enterprising marquess or earl with, say, eight or nine thousand men to seize
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
the title of duke of york stands vacant for any enterprising marquess or earl with, say, eight or nine thousand men to seize
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You can find ghosts of the original promise of the internet if you post earnestly about a technical topic that you are geniunely interested in, even and especially if you are non-expert. You’d be shocked at how easy it is to become part of actual experts feeds and how freely they share information.
August 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
You can find ghosts of the original promise of the internet if you post earnestly about a technical topic that you are geniunely interested in, even and especially if you are non-expert. You’d be shocked at how easy it is to become part of actual experts feeds and how freely they share information.
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What idiot called it a bikini wax and not Bush Administration
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
What idiot called it a bikini wax and not Bush Administration
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Aside from the frothing racism of these people, what is really grim about this is the idea that government are powerless to change culture. If your constituents think these things *they are wrong* and you need to explain why. It's not actually your job as an MP to rubber stamp fascism.
Here's the post. She tried to double down, then eventually deleted it.
She's the former head of campaigns and comms at - the TUC.
She's the former head of campaigns and comms at - the TUC.
August 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Aside from the frothing racism of these people, what is really grim about this is the idea that government are powerless to change culture. If your constituents think these things *they are wrong* and you need to explain why. It's not actually your job as an MP to rubber stamp fascism.
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99% of people crossing the channel in small boats apply for asylum.
About 70%+ receive it.
The manner of entry to seek asylum does not determine if someone is a "genuine refugee".
Nobody is risking their life crossing one of the world's busiest shipping routes to work for Deliveroo. #r4today
About 70%+ receive it.
The manner of entry to seek asylum does not determine if someone is a "genuine refugee".
Nobody is risking their life crossing one of the world's busiest shipping routes to work for Deliveroo. #r4today
July 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
99% of people crossing the channel in small boats apply for asylum.
About 70%+ receive it.
The manner of entry to seek asylum does not determine if someone is a "genuine refugee".
Nobody is risking their life crossing one of the world's busiest shipping routes to work for Deliveroo. #r4today
About 70%+ receive it.
The manner of entry to seek asylum does not determine if someone is a "genuine refugee".
Nobody is risking their life crossing one of the world's busiest shipping routes to work for Deliveroo. #r4today
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one of the *good* things about social media should be seeing people you like take joy in things you aren't particularly interested in. from US sports to horny gay furry cartoons, I endorse the delight of others.
June 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
one of the *good* things about social media should be seeing people you like take joy in things you aren't particularly interested in. from US sports to horny gay furry cartoons, I endorse the delight of others.
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This is because that parade was so shit, isn't it?
June 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
This is because that parade was so shit, isn't it?
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A thing people don't remember about 2003 is that "they have WMDs" was the pitch to *high-info* voters.
The pitch to low-info voters was "the dastardly muslims attacked us on 9/11 and we have to hit them back by deposing the muslim king saddam hussein who attacked us"
The pitch to low-info voters was "the dastardly muslims attacked us on 9/11 and we have to hit them back by deposing the muslim king saddam hussein who attacked us"
June 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A thing people don't remember about 2003 is that "they have WMDs" was the pitch to *high-info* voters.
The pitch to low-info voters was "the dastardly muslims attacked us on 9/11 and we have to hit them back by deposing the muslim king saddam hussein who attacked us"
The pitch to low-info voters was "the dastardly muslims attacked us on 9/11 and we have to hit them back by deposing the muslim king saddam hussein who attacked us"
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I cannot emphasize enough how needlessly cruel the UK immigration system is to ordinary people who want a family life together and aren't well-off already, and anyone wanting to make it worse should be shunned.
June 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I cannot emphasize enough how needlessly cruel the UK immigration system is to ordinary people who want a family life together and aren't well-off already, and anyone wanting to make it worse should be shunned.
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I know that this is not the most important thing right now, but I would just like to reiterate my *very important point* that Netenyahu has been 43 years old since 1996.
June 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I know that this is not the most important thing right now, but I would just like to reiterate my *very important point* that Netenyahu has been 43 years old since 1996.
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Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
June 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
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personally i am really enjoying life in the web3 metaverse, which is real and happened
June 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
personally i am really enjoying life in the web3 metaverse, which is real and happened
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centrist: we need to focus on popular policy
me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare?
centrist: no haha not that policy
me: ok so…gun control?
centrist: no lol not that policy either
me: ok which policy?
centrist: oh you know the ones
me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare?
centrist: no haha not that policy
me: ok so…gun control?
centrist: no lol not that policy either
me: ok which policy?
centrist: oh you know the ones
June 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
centrist: we need to focus on popular policy
me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare?
centrist: no haha not that policy
me: ok so…gun control?
centrist: no lol not that policy either
me: ok which policy?
centrist: oh you know the ones
me: holy shit! you mean we’re finally going to support universal healthcare?
centrist: no haha not that policy
me: ok so…gun control?
centrist: no lol not that policy either
me: ok which policy?
centrist: oh you know the ones
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Sick of pretending that “paper covers rock” isn’t utter bullshit
May 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sick of pretending that “paper covers rock” isn’t utter bullshit
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Asked this weekend, 66% of Britons said they supported a closer relationship with the EU, and 53% said they supported rejoining the EU
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
May 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Asked this weekend, 66% of Britons said they supported a closer relationship with the EU, and 53% said they supported rejoining the EU
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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If you have school-age children, push them towards studying French and Negotiation at university. Job for life.
Formally now time to welcome the UK to a Swiss-style relationship of permanent negotiation and multiple deals with the EU.
My initial impressions - probably more balanced than I was expecting with UK clearly prioritising Home Office issues. But less detail - talks on individual issues will be really difficult. There will need to be a strong political layer to maintain progress.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
May 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you have school-age children, push them towards studying French and Negotiation at university. Job for life.
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I failed to post this last week, but it’s one of the best op-eds you’ll read all year. Two politicians with *wildly* different orientations but a common thread of belief in the nature of citizenship and nationality. (They’re also 100% right obvs.)
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
Alf Dubs and Jacob Rees-Mogg: citizenship stripping is fundamentally unBritish
Shamima Begum made grave mistakes. But she is our responsibility and no one else’s
on.ft.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I failed to post this last week, but it’s one of the best op-eds you’ll read all year. Two politicians with *wildly* different orientations but a common thread of belief in the nature of citizenship and nationality. (They’re also 100% right obvs.)
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
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"There’s a reason a relapse is more unnerving than the illness: because you start to worry you’ll never get better at all."
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Things Can’t Only Get Better
This week: I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party. Also: an early modern way of having too many browser tabs open; and some maps dropped on other maps.
jonn.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"There’s a reason a relapse is more unnerving than the illness: because you start to worry you’ll never get better at all."
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.