thirdman
@thirdmanuk.bsky.social
White / Male / Straight / Cis / Ally Or Soyboy / snowflake / cuck depending on your point of view...
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nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.
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I didn't exactly have high hopes for the next iteration of Nigel Farage's defence against allegations of racism, but even I expected better than 'I can't be a racist because Bernard Manning was on telly in the seventies'
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I didn't exactly have high hopes for the next iteration of Nigel Farage's defence against allegations of racism, but even I expected better than 'I can't be a racist because Bernard Manning was on telly in the seventies'
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Setting aside the whys of Guiding and WI doing this and to what extent they're forced, it's now pretty beyond doubt that this is a campaign to deliberately render trans life in the UK impossible.
The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Setting aside the whys of Guiding and WI doing this and to what extent they're forced, it's now pretty beyond doubt that this is a campaign to deliberately render trans life in the UK impossible.
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If JKR is willing to destroy every women's and girls' organisation and institution in this country in her crusade against trans rights, make her fucking do it. Call her bluff. Full juridicial kamikaze. Show everyone how much these ghouls really care about women's and girls' spaces.
All these statements being made with "utmost regret and sadness" fundamentally don't change the fact that these organisations are all folding to appease one vexatious bigot because she has infinite money, instead of doing the right thing and sticking by their guns and ignoring the Supreme Court.
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If JKR is willing to destroy every women's and girls' organisation and institution in this country in her crusade against trans rights, make her fucking do it. Call her bluff. Full juridicial kamikaze. Show everyone how much these ghouls really care about women's and girls' spaces.
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Unfortunate juxtaposition…
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Unfortunate juxtaposition…
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150 > 100+
Always love it when racists get owned by the Twitter AI. Shame we don't see his crash out for being told that White Supremacists were worse.
Always love it when racists get owned by the Twitter AI. Shame we don't see his crash out for being told that White Supremacists were worse.
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
150 > 100+
Always love it when racists get owned by the Twitter AI. Shame we don't see his crash out for being told that White Supremacists were worse.
Always love it when racists get owned by the Twitter AI. Shame we don't see his crash out for being told that White Supremacists were worse.
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The AI bubble is starting to burst
October 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The AI bubble is starting to burst
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New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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Hot take: the UK would be a MUCH better place if we deported the right un-British people.
The right-wing ones, I mean. Nazism is un-British, yes?
(Faragists out!)
The right-wing ones, I mean. Nazism is un-British, yes?
(Faragists out!)
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Hot take: the UK would be a MUCH better place if we deported the right un-British people.
The right-wing ones, I mean. Nazism is un-British, yes?
(Faragists out!)
The right-wing ones, I mean. Nazism is un-British, yes?
(Faragists out!)
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During WW1 there was a rumour that aspirin caused the Spanish Flu. As I was writing about that last year I often shook my head in disbelief at the stupidity of our near ancestors. Seems a lot of people are still dumb enough to believe nonsense.
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
During WW1 there was a rumour that aspirin caused the Spanish Flu. As I was writing about that last year I often shook my head in disbelief at the stupidity of our near ancestors. Seems a lot of people are still dumb enough to believe nonsense.
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As promised: another LIMITED run of our Antifa miniatures shirt courtesy of SlowDeath Games. Only in the shop for a couple of days so nobody's waiting forever for these to arrive. Grab yours now, terrorists!
September 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
As promised: another LIMITED run of our Antifa miniatures shirt courtesy of SlowDeath Games. Only in the shop for a couple of days so nobody's waiting forever for these to arrive. Grab yours now, terrorists!
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🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur…
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur…
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
September 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur…
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur…
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
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Gary Lineker gets his biggest cheer of the night by far from the audience for saying his award was for "speaking up for those who have no voice"
We know why Gary won.
Free Palestine.
We know why Gary won.
Free Palestine.
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Gary Lineker gets his biggest cheer of the night by far from the audience for saying his award was for "speaking up for those who have no voice"
We know why Gary won.
Free Palestine.
We know why Gary won.
Free Palestine.
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Feel like this little sob story *could* have mentioned that Boyne's Polari nomination came five days after he wrote a piece referring to trans-inclusive women as the evil wives in the Handmaid's Tale, "ready to pin a handmaiden down as her husband rapes her".
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Feel like this little sob story *could* have mentioned that Boyne's Polari nomination came five days after he wrote a piece referring to trans-inclusive women as the evil wives in the Handmaid's Tale, "ready to pin a handmaiden down as her husband rapes her".
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
'a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to "financially ruin" the entire AI industry'
Now where did I put my tiny violin
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Now where did I put my tiny violin
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
arstechnica.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
'a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to "financially ruin" the entire AI industry'
Now where did I put my tiny violin
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Now where did I put my tiny violin
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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"This." He said. "This is what Nazis are like. This is what Nazis do. And there's only one way you can stop a Nazi. And it's not tricking them into painting graffiti while you sneak into their base. You stop a Nazi by killing it." He said it. I'll never remember the tone he used.
July 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"This." He said. "This is what Nazis are like. This is what Nazis do. And there's only one way you can stop a Nazi. And it's not tricking them into painting graffiti while you sneak into their base. You stop a Nazi by killing it." He said it. I'll never remember the tone he used.
Wait - since when is punching Nazis "hateful"?
Roll20, which owns DriveThruRPG, told Rebel Scum's designer (@9thlevelgames.bsky.social) that allowing their "hateful content" and political speech on its platform constituted a "slippery slope."
DriveThruRPG delisted a tabletop game about revolutions over “hateful” politics
Rebel Scum's censorship reveals the limits of Roll20's apolitical guidelines.
www.rascal.news
June 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Wait - since when is punching Nazis "hateful"?
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You can never recoup lost tax revenue through economic growth. Why? Math.
Assume an economy with $100 in taxable income with a 20% tax rate. The government gets $20 in taxes.
Now assume a 10% tax cut. The government gets 18%. What will the government need to earn to get back to $20?
$111.11
1/
Assume an economy with $100 in taxable income with a 20% tax rate. The government gets $20 in taxes.
Now assume a 10% tax cut. The government gets 18%. What will the government need to earn to get back to $20?
$111.11
1/
June 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
You can never recoup lost tax revenue through economic growth. Why? Math.
Assume an economy with $100 in taxable income with a 20% tax rate. The government gets $20 in taxes.
Now assume a 10% tax cut. The government gets 18%. What will the government need to earn to get back to $20?
$111.11
1/
Assume an economy with $100 in taxable income with a 20% tax rate. The government gets $20 in taxes.
Now assume a 10% tax cut. The government gets 18%. What will the government need to earn to get back to $20?
$111.11
1/
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland