Kevin Spiers
@spierskp.bsky.social
Twitter refugee hoping for polite discourse here. Novice guitar player, dogged knitter. Politics, environment, music.
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People from outside Ireland occasionally ask me, "Why is Bono, an international music titan from Ireland, not all that loved in Ireland?". The answer in its entirety is a complex one, but "He sent Dolly Parton a birthday cake and put his own name on it" goes a long way to summing it up.
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 AM
People from outside Ireland occasionally ask me, "Why is Bono, an international music titan from Ireland, not all that loved in Ireland?". The answer in its entirety is a complex one, but "He sent Dolly Parton a birthday cake and put his own name on it" goes a long way to summing it up.
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Sometimes, authoritarian lawlessness has a funny side.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Anger as suspect in $100M jewelry heist avoids trial – because ICE deported him
An attorney representing some of the jewelry companies impacted in the heist said Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores’s deportation ‘exposes a gap in the system that deserves transparency’
www.independent.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Sometimes, authoritarian lawlessness has a funny side.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
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Bully says the size of his racist joke was this big. A Reformski spokesperson said "It's a whopper,"
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Bully says the size of his racist joke was this big. A Reformski spokesperson said "It's a whopper,"
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
Bingo!
The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Bingo!
I just switched to Qobuz for music. Better quality, cheaper, pay musicians more. Oh, and their top guy doesn't invest in AI weapons systems either. #DitchSpotify
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I just switched to Qobuz for music. Better quality, cheaper, pay musicians more. Oh, and their top guy doesn't invest in AI weapons systems either. #DitchSpotify
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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statistically, about 24% of television adverts in the UK should feature at least one publicly disgraced member of Reform/UKIP
Over 5% of the Reform councillors elected in May have now either resigned or been fired.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Five Reform UK councillors booted out of party in Kent
It comes after a damaging video leak of the Kent County Council leader shouting and swearing.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
statistically, about 24% of television adverts in the UK should feature at least one publicly disgraced member of Reform/UKIP
Country Roads. Every version but a special mention for John Denver. Soul shriveling drivel.
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
July 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Country Roads. Every version but a special mention for John Denver. Soul shriveling drivel.
England have lost 5 wickets, 4 to a bowler called Deep. They are in some sort of trouble. If only I could find the right adjective. #cricket
July 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
England have lost 5 wickets, 4 to a bowler called Deep. They are in some sort of trouble. If only I could find the right adjective. #cricket
Oh, this is wonderful!
In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
June 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Oh, this is wonderful!
There is no point in complaining if you lose. It lacks class and changes nothing.
Pep Guardiola telling Dean Henderson, "It's not Fair...."
Well Pep you know what else isn't fair???
#115
Well Pep you know what else isn't fair???
#115
May 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
There is no point in complaining if you lose. It lacks class and changes nothing.
Bravo.
I am proud of what immigrants like my mum and those across Luton North have given to our country. Many serve in our NHS, open biz, enrich culture/arts & much more.
The best way to avoid becoming an ‘island of strangers’ is investing in communities to thrive - not pitting people against each other.
The best way to avoid becoming an ‘island of strangers’ is investing in communities to thrive - not pitting people against each other.
May 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bravo.
This is a good summary of Labour's lose- lose strategy.
Labour likely to take a total drubbing in today’s election & it’s fully deserved.
The lesson I fear they’ll fail to learn is:
You cannot win on anti-migrant hatred.
The right wing press will never tell their voters you have done enough.
And meanwhile, of course, you lose all the rest of us #r4today
The lesson I fear they’ll fail to learn is:
You cannot win on anti-migrant hatred.
The right wing press will never tell their voters you have done enough.
And meanwhile, of course, you lose all the rest of us #r4today
May 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This is a good summary of Labour's lose- lose strategy.
At last! www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Reeves hints at priority as she says ‘trading relationship with Europe arguably more important’ than US – UK politics live
Chancellor said she understood the focus on possible deal with US, but added the EU remained ‘our nearest neighbours and trading partners’
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
At last! www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Aubretias great and small.
April 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Aubretias great and small.
For trade illiterates like me, this is perfect.
April 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
For trade illiterates like me, this is perfect.
Indeed.
Ah, April 1st, the day where you can read the news and hope that some of it is just made up.
April 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Indeed.
Good for Brooklyn!
Spotted in a Brooklyn doorway by a friend this afternoon.
Epic.
Epic.
March 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Good for Brooklyn!
Laugh? I nearly bought a round.
When I die, I hope to go as peacefully as democracy in the US has.
March 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Laugh? I nearly bought a round.
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SO fucking glad I renewed my Labour party membership last month. Tax the fucking rich. Hunt down the Mones and the rest of those gougers who owe us billions, turn them upside down and shake out their pockets. Fine the shareholders. In the name of God TAX THE FUCKING RICH YOU GORMLESS WANKERS.
March 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
SO fucking glad I renewed my Labour party membership last month. Tax the fucking rich. Hunt down the Mones and the rest of those gougers who owe us billions, turn them upside down and shake out their pockets. Fine the shareholders. In the name of God TAX THE FUCKING RICH YOU GORMLESS WANKERS.
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Britain's 177 billionaires sit on £965 bn - more EACH than the average Brit will earn in 1000 lifetimes.
So obviously, Labour decided NOT to have a 2% wealth tax on this obscene, unspendable hoarding. More poverty for 6.9m disabled Britons is their solution.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
So obviously, Labour decided NOT to have a 2% wealth tax on this obscene, unspendable hoarding. More poverty for 6.9m disabled Britons is their solution.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn
Chancellor risks wrath of Labour backbenchers with spring statement set to confirm deeper cuts
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Britain's 177 billionaires sit on £965 bn - more EACH than the average Brit will earn in 1000 lifetimes.
So obviously, Labour decided NOT to have a 2% wealth tax on this obscene, unspendable hoarding. More poverty for 6.9m disabled Britons is their solution.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
So obviously, Labour decided NOT to have a 2% wealth tax on this obscene, unspendable hoarding. More poverty for 6.9m disabled Britons is their solution.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...