Tim Barnett
@timbermunki.bsky.social
Comics, Doctor Who, most music, TTRPGs, Aston Villa supporter, Liverpool resident, weirdos. He/him.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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This is harsh but it needs to be said: TERFism is user-friendly fascism for ostensibly liberal people. It gives them a minority group that they can openly hate and discriminate against, but at the same time they won’t be ostracized by their other putatively liberal friends.
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is harsh but it needs to be said: TERFism is user-friendly fascism for ostensibly liberal people. It gives them a minority group that they can openly hate and discriminate against, but at the same time they won’t be ostracized by their other putatively liberal friends.
Fantagraphics are reprinting the English language version of The Eternaut. Yay!
[Checks price with shipping to the UK]
I will not be getting the reprint.
[Checks price with shipping to the UK]
I will not be getting the reprint.
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Fantagraphics are reprinting the English language version of The Eternaut. Yay!
[Checks price with shipping to the UK]
I will not be getting the reprint.
[Checks price with shipping to the UK]
I will not be getting the reprint.
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Since you all love #Oddsock. He has a statement.
"My human is at risk in UK only because she's autistic. Here we lock up autistic kids & adults for decades for no reason - 2500 of them right now & we do nothing about it. No dog should lose their humans this way. This is what should be trending"
"My human is at risk in UK only because she's autistic. Here we lock up autistic kids & adults for decades for no reason - 2500 of them right now & we do nothing about it. No dog should lose their humans this way. This is what should be trending"
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Since you all love #Oddsock. He has a statement.
"My human is at risk in UK only because she's autistic. Here we lock up autistic kids & adults for decades for no reason - 2500 of them right now & we do nothing about it. No dog should lose their humans this way. This is what should be trending"
"My human is at risk in UK only because she's autistic. Here we lock up autistic kids & adults for decades for no reason - 2500 of them right now & we do nothing about it. No dog should lose their humans this way. This is what should be trending"
RIP Mani. Never saw the Roses live, but saw Primal Scream during the XTRMNTR tour. Ears were ringing for a couple of days after. One of the best to ever do it.
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
RIP Mani. Never saw the Roses live, but saw Primal Scream during the XTRMNTR tour. Ears were ringing for a couple of days after. One of the best to ever do it.
Getting rid of the concept of shame in public life may be the biggest factor in our downfall.
If there are no consequences to the "president" for threatening political opponents with death or being cruel to reporters, then why is it even news? Just so we can all be sad about it?
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Getting rid of the concept of shame in public life may be the biggest factor in our downfall.
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Sighs.
Sets ‘days since I got emotional over fantastic four ‘ counter to zero
Sets ‘days since I got emotional over fantastic four ‘ counter to zero
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Sighs.
Sets ‘days since I got emotional over fantastic four ‘ counter to zero
Sets ‘days since I got emotional over fantastic four ‘ counter to zero
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I was on a pro vs anti ai panel the other day and this is what I was trying to say but I’m not as smart
The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.
The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I was on a pro vs anti ai panel the other day and this is what I was trying to say but I’m not as smart
The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.
The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.
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I'm not an enormous fan of the stone roses but this tune is one of our generations greats, whenever it comes on the radio I'm singing the bass part (in my head, with my teeth). The fella could play and he played with feeling
youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
Fools Gold (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Stone Roses - Topic
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm not an enormous fan of the stone roses but this tune is one of our generations greats, whenever it comes on the radio I'm singing the bass part (in my head, with my teeth). The fella could play and he played with feeling
youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
youtu.be/A7DLD1tYOnw?...
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“Survival of the fittest”
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“Survival of the fittest”
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die
is often used to justify capitalist society, but this wasn’t a phrase that Darwin used.
He described it as “better designed for an immediate, local environment" and wrote of groups that survived through empathy and sharing rather than greed.
We must change
Or die
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An all time favourite from my childhood. And now I have the theme tune stuck in my head.
ULYSSES 31, a 1981 Franco-Japanese anime series based on the Odyssey, set in the 31st century.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
An all time favourite from my childhood. And now I have the theme tune stuck in my head.
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"Caution: Weightless Condition" was the best of Clarke & Kubrick's 1960s prog rock albums
Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
"Caution: Weightless Condition" was the best of Clarke & Kubrick's 1960s prog rock albums
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Post your favourite “The Lord of The Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Post your favourite “The Lord of The Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
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In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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I want to be clear about where I stand. I'm a British citizen & taxpayer, and I do NOT want immigration restricted. I do NOT want immigrants ('legal' or 'illegal') penalised, persecuted, or deported. I want borders abolished and free movement for everyone. I welcome all immigrants & refugees.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I want to be clear about where I stand. I'm a British citizen & taxpayer, and I do NOT want immigration restricted. I do NOT want immigrants ('legal' or 'illegal') penalised, persecuted, or deported. I want borders abolished and free movement for everyone. I welcome all immigrants & refugees.
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The BBC is the biggest thump of soft power the UK has and its reach and influence to the benefit of the country is extraordinary. Destroy it, hugely damage the UK. The same people who helped weaken us over Brexit are seeking to do it again.
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The BBC is the biggest thump of soft power the UK has and its reach and influence to the benefit of the country is extraordinary. Destroy it, hugely damage the UK. The same people who helped weaken us over Brexit are seeking to do it again.
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
If you see this, post a comics cover you love.
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you see this, post a comics cover you love.
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For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc