Sweet Bird of Truth
@sweetbirdoftruth.bsky.social
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.
I can't remember which one, but one of the American robber barons, when asked why he sold his shares when the market was still rising, replied,'You have to leave 20% for the suckers coming in behind.'
Although Thiel might just be influential enough to single-handedly initiate the crash.
Although Thiel might just be influential enough to single-handedly initiate the crash.
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I can't remember which one, but one of the American robber barons, when asked why he sold his shares when the market was still rising, replied,'You have to leave 20% for the suckers coming in behind.'
Although Thiel might just be influential enough to single-handedly initiate the crash.
Although Thiel might just be influential enough to single-handedly initiate the crash.
This week was probably Starmer's last chance to have a go at being PM without McSweeney by his side.
He chose to stick with what he knows and stand or fall with McSweeney.
I think they'll fall, and there'll be a new PM next year.
He chose to stick with what he knows and stand or fall with McSweeney.
I think they'll fall, and there'll be a new PM next year.
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This week was probably Starmer's last chance to have a go at being PM without McSweeney by his side.
He chose to stick with what he knows and stand or fall with McSweeney.
I think they'll fall, and there'll be a new PM next year.
He chose to stick with what he knows and stand or fall with McSweeney.
I think they'll fall, and there'll be a new PM next year.
If you already have 780 million, do you seriously think that having more money is going to make you happy?
Also, people who are desperate to tell you how much they're worth are in reality, never worth that much.
Also, people who are desperate to tell you how much they're worth are in reality, never worth that much.
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you already have 780 million, do you seriously think that having more money is going to make you happy?
Also, people who are desperate to tell you how much they're worth are in reality, never worth that much.
Also, people who are desperate to tell you how much they're worth are in reality, never worth that much.
Isn't that against EU regulations?
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Isn't that against EU regulations?
Don't suppose there are any spare jumbo jets kicking about that Starmer could b̶r̶i̶b̶e̶ ̶T̶r̶u̶m̶p̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ give to the US as a sign of goodwill and friendship?
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Don't suppose there are any spare jumbo jets kicking about that Starmer could b̶r̶i̶b̶e̶ ̶T̶r̶u̶m̶p̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ give to the US as a sign of goodwill and friendship?
If the Treasury found a way to tax budget leaks, they could eliminate the deficit and probably most of the national debt in a single financial year.
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If the Treasury found a way to tax budget leaks, they could eliminate the deficit and probably most of the national debt in a single financial year.
Hardly a surprise that people aren't too keen on an income tax rise.
Bluesky users possibly appreciate that tax is still going up, even if income tax no longer is.
Bluesky users possibly appreciate that tax is still going up, even if income tax no longer is.
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hardly a surprise that people aren't too keen on an income tax rise.
Bluesky users possibly appreciate that tax is still going up, even if income tax no longer is.
Bluesky users possibly appreciate that tax is still going up, even if income tax no longer is.
Maybe Starmer and McSweeney are right about cabinet ministers plotting a coup.
Why make a breathless shortform promo, with dramatic music thrown in for good measure, for an announcement you're making next week unless you were using it as part of your campaign to replace Starmer.
Your move, Wes...
Why make a breathless shortform promo, with dramatic music thrown in for good measure, for an announcement you're making next week unless you were using it as part of your campaign to replace Starmer.
Your move, Wes...
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Maybe Starmer and McSweeney are right about cabinet ministers plotting a coup.
Why make a breathless shortform promo, with dramatic music thrown in for good measure, for an announcement you're making next week unless you were using it as part of your campaign to replace Starmer.
Your move, Wes...
Why make a breathless shortform promo, with dramatic music thrown in for good measure, for an announcement you're making next week unless you were using it as part of your campaign to replace Starmer.
Your move, Wes...
That sounds bad, but nobody is saying that journalists never make things up. However, it's a titanic logical leap from 'some things journalists claim are fabrications' to 'all journalists' claims are fabrications'.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
That sounds bad, but nobody is saying that journalists never make things up. However, it's a titanic logical leap from 'some things journalists claim are fabrications' to 'all journalists' claims are fabrications'.
I appreciate a good bit of whataboutery as much as anyone, but until you come up with something more substantial to back up your claims about journalists colluding on fictional stories, I'll just file you alongside Alex Jones and the like.
a man wearing a tin foil hat in front of a fox logo
Alt: a man wearing a tin foil hat.
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I appreciate a good bit of whataboutery as much as anyone, but until you come up with something more substantial to back up your claims about journalists colluding on fictional stories, I'll just file you alongside Alex Jones and the like.
Maybe this professional curmudgeon character that Cleese seems to have taken on is just an artifice to boost his bank account, but it doesn't seem like an enjoyable way to spend your twilight years.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Maybe this professional curmudgeon character that Cleese seems to have taken on is just an artifice to boost his bank account, but it doesn't seem like an enjoyable way to spend your twilight years.
Don't know why, but I heard this part in the voice of the Wealdstone Raider.
"...they don’t have the bravery. They don’t have the character. They don’t have the vision."
"...they don’t have the bravery. They don’t have the character. They don’t have the vision."
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Don't know why, but I heard this part in the voice of the Wealdstone Raider.
"...they don’t have the bravery. They don’t have the character. They don’t have the vision."
"...they don’t have the bravery. They don’t have the character. They don’t have the vision."
Pippa Crerar at the Guardian is getting her made up stories from Rupert Murdoch?
I think your tinfoil hat might be a little bit too tight.
I think your tinfoil hat might be a little bit too tight.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Pippa Crerar at the Guardian is getting her made up stories from Rupert Murdoch?
I think your tinfoil hat might be a little bit too tight.
I think your tinfoil hat might be a little bit too tight.
How did a handful of journalists simultaneously come up with an identical story about Starmer resisting Wes Streeting's leadership bid?
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
How did a handful of journalists simultaneously come up with an identical story about Starmer resisting Wes Streeting's leadership bid?
The idea that DNA is destiny was kinda popular in late 1930s/early 1940s Germany too...
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The idea that DNA is destiny was kinda popular in late 1930s/early 1940s Germany too...
Rachel Reeves every time a SPAD suggests a new way of raising taxes:
a woman is making a funny face while looking at the camera in a room .
Alt: a woman is making an indecisive face while looking at the camera in a room .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Rachel Reeves every time a SPAD suggests a new way of raising taxes:
Morgan McSweeney assuring Starmer that no No 10 staff briefed against ministers:
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Morgan McSweeney assuring Starmer that no No 10 staff briefed against ministers:
You disagree by producing better researched data.
What you don't get to do is disagree because science hurts your feels.
If you claim, for example, that windmills cause cancer, then show us the data. If you can't, then you're a conspiracy theorist and should stfu.
What you don't get to do is disagree because science hurts your feels.
If you claim, for example, that windmills cause cancer, then show us the data. If you can't, then you're a conspiracy theorist and should stfu.
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You disagree by producing better researched data.
What you don't get to do is disagree because science hurts your feels.
If you claim, for example, that windmills cause cancer, then show us the data. If you can't, then you're a conspiracy theorist and should stfu.
What you don't get to do is disagree because science hurts your feels.
If you claim, for example, that windmills cause cancer, then show us the data. If you can't, then you're a conspiracy theorist and should stfu.
Starmer's comms team probably thought they were pulling off a clever jiu-jitsu manoeuvre, but in reality they were just punching themselves in the face.
Sometimes opening your mouth too wide can land you deeper in the shit.
Sometimes opening your mouth too wide can land you deeper in the shit.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Starmer's comms team probably thought they were pulling off a clever jiu-jitsu manoeuvre, but in reality they were just punching themselves in the face.
Sometimes opening your mouth too wide can land you deeper in the shit.
Sometimes opening your mouth too wide can land you deeper in the shit.
You're maybe too young to recognise that the 'source' is the famous last words of a doomed PM.
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
You're maybe too young to recognise that the 'source' is the famous last words of a doomed PM.
Has nobody in the No 10 comms team heard of the Streisand Effect?
Everyone now knows Starmer's coat is on a shoogly peg.
Everyone now knows Starmer's coat is on a shoogly peg.
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Has nobody in the No 10 comms team heard of the Streisand Effect?
Everyone now knows Starmer's coat is on a shoogly peg.
Everyone now knows Starmer's coat is on a shoogly peg.
Starmer has more in common with Johnson than he'd care to admit. Both were ambitious to become PM without having put much thought into what they wanted to do if they achieved their goal.
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Starmer has more in common with Johnson than he'd care to admit. Both were ambitious to become PM without having put much thought into what they wanted to do if they achieved their goal.
Sources close to Keir Starmer have said "I fight on. I fight to win."
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sources close to Keir Starmer have said "I fight on. I fight to win."