Wonkish
@wonkish.bsky.social
Soft left(ie), former Labour staffer, and a tech/climate nerd who follows US politics a lot for a Brit. He/him + 🏳️🌈.
It's true I can't comprehend a civilian being able to have so much ammunition, but I think the American mind might have trouble comprehending the idea of prioritising the freedom of people to not be killed, over the freedom to own guns.
It's now been 28 years since we had a school shooting here.
It's now been 28 years since we had a school shooting here.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's true I can't comprehend a civilian being able to have so much ammunition, but I think the American mind might have trouble comprehending the idea of prioritising the freedom of people to not be killed, over the freedom to own guns.
It's now been 28 years since we had a school shooting here.
It's now been 28 years since we had a school shooting here.
I'd like to congratulate Tim Kaine on earning a place in @numb.comfortab.ly's ratio feed within an hour, which I'm pretty sure is a new record.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I'd like to congratulate Tim Kaine on earning a place in @numb.comfortab.ly's ratio feed within an hour, which I'm pretty sure is a new record.
Whenever, wherever [you want to go, the buses will be fast and free].
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Whenever, wherever [you want to go, the buses will be fast and free].
As a gay man, every so often I wonder how straight guys like Adams would handle gay men talking to them the way he talks to women.
Q: What's your favorite subway stop to stop-and-frisk?
A: All of them! ... When you're on the train with that beautiful outfit you have on—
Q: Oh, ty
A: —and all of a sudden you see someone hanging out, and they have a bulge on their side ...
Q: What are you saying rn?
A: What are you FEELING rn?
A: All of them! ... When you're on the train with that beautiful outfit you have on—
Q: Oh, ty
A: —and all of a sudden you see someone hanging out, and they have a bulge on their side ...
Q: What are you saying rn?
A: What are you FEELING rn?
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
As a gay man, every so often I wonder how straight guys like Adams would handle gay men talking to them the way he talks to women.
I wonder if @thatsrickperry.bsky.social has seen this yet, because ooh the @dimension20.bsky.social possibilities.
How to Make Fair DnD Dice from ANY Shape
YouTube video by SciShow
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I wonder if @thatsrickperry.bsky.social has seen this yet, because ooh the @dimension20.bsky.social possibilities.
Lettuce celebrate.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Lettuce celebrate.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Interesting that the judge notes that it is a "political belief" Robinson holds and then proceeds to call it a "protected characteristic". Even though political beliefs are not in fact protected characteristics under the Equality Act – only philosophical ones are. Somewhat gives the game away.
I suppose it was only a matter of time, once judges decided that transphobia was protected under the Equality Act, before they decided that full blown fascism was (www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...).
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Interesting that the judge notes that it is a "political belief" Robinson holds and then proceeds to call it a "protected characteristic". Even though political beliefs are not in fact protected characteristics under the Equality Act – only philosophical ones are. Somewhat gives the game away.
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Dick Cheney won't see your mean jokes about his death, but Tony Blair will, hopefully.
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Dick Cheney won't see your mean jokes about his death, but Tony Blair will, hopefully.
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nobody:
the baby at 5:37am after finding her own feet under a blanket: “FEEEET!! feet feet feet feet”
the baby at 5:37am after finding her own feet under a blanket: “FEEEET!! feet feet feet feet”
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
nobody:
the baby at 5:37am after finding her own feet under a blanket: “FEEEET!! feet feet feet feet”
the baby at 5:37am after finding her own feet under a blanket: “FEEEET!! feet feet feet feet”
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NHS Sussex are forcibly detransitioning trans people. These patients need full restoration of their healthcare, and everyone involved in doing this needs to be sacked.
"Laura fears all will be lost if ICB Sussex forces her child off the medication.
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS threatens GP practice over trans care
A GP practice in Brighton and Hove is currently under investigation for legally providing gender affirming care to trans teens
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
NHS Sussex are forcibly detransitioning trans people. These patients need full restoration of their healthcare, and everyone involved in doing this needs to be sacked.
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You can't make this up.
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You can't make this up.
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Braiding a 75 ton Technora rope at LangmanRopes.
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Braiding a 75 ton Technora rope at LangmanRopes.
Oh wow, I think a trailcam might have finally captured Chris Fleming in his natural environment.
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Oh wow, I think a trailcam might have finally captured Chris Fleming in his natural environment.
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Somehow I missed that we got @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social on #HIGNFYUS, and he very much seems to have understood the assignment:
Trump’s NYC Threat?! 20 Billion Argentina Bail Out! & What's Exactly Inside the Pentagon? | HIGNFYUS
YouTube video by Have I Got News For You US
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Somehow I missed that we got @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social on #HIGNFYUS, and he very much seems to have understood the assignment:
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no one has ever been more relatable answering a question about AI
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
no one has ever been more relatable answering a question about AI
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Very funny - the BFI has acquired the Daily Star's lettuce/Liz Truss video for the national archive, because it is a significant piece of British content that deserves preservation
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
Daily Star's 60p Lettuce Liz that lasted longer than Truss immortalised by BFI
The lettuce livestream has been acquired by the British Film Institute’s National Archive as part of a digital collection featuring 400 significant pieces of British online video content
www.dailystar.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Very funny - the BFI has acquired the Daily Star's lettuce/Liz Truss video for the national archive, because it is a significant piece of British content that deserves preservation
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...
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Esther Ghey: "It was just that constant pressure of social media and wanting to get those likes. One of the hardest things was learning about what Brianna was accessing online that was encouraging her to self-harm and develop an eating disorder.”
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Most of us have pathologically useless parents who don't care to learn about protecting us properly, but this dogshit really takes the cake.
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Esther Ghey: "It was just that constant pressure of social media and wanting to get those likes. One of the hardest things was learning about what Brianna was accessing online that was encouraging her to self-harm and develop an eating disorder.”
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
Did 'the pressure of social media' stab Brianna Ghey
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
I mean in a way, inhaling high concentrations of CO2 *will* deal with all of these things, even being gay, in the sense that it’ll kill you.
Extra hilarious to me that they literally put shortness of breath on the list.
Extra hilarious to me that they literally put shortness of breath on the list.
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I mean in a way, inhaling high concentrations of CO2 *will* deal with all of these things, even being gay, in the sense that it’ll kill you.
Extra hilarious to me that they literally put shortness of breath on the list.
Extra hilarious to me that they literally put shortness of breath on the list.
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1993: Stephen Lawrence is murdered by racists.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
Met Police says it will no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents
The move comes as an investigation into Father Ted creator Graham Linehan is dropped, after his arrest over a post on X.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
1993: Stephen Lawrence is murdered by racists.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
1999: The MacPherson Inquiry recommends recording of non-crime hate incidents.
2005: After the Discrimination Law Review, non-crime hate incidents begin being recorded by UK police.
2025: Mainstream transphobia ends a harm reduction policy that worked.
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this is accurate along multiple dimensions
they’re getting dumber and more right wing but they are now smarter and more left wing in comparison to the people they see on twitter all day (stupid nazis) which also leads them to be even more prone to dismissing criticism from the left
they’re getting dumber and more right wing but they are now smarter and more left wing in comparison to the people they see on twitter all day (stupid nazis) which also leads them to be even more prone to dismissing criticism from the left
twitter is making mainstream reporters dumber, and because they're all getting dumber together, none of them can recognize it and they actually think they're getting smarter
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
this is accurate along multiple dimensions
they’re getting dumber and more right wing but they are now smarter and more left wing in comparison to the people they see on twitter all day (stupid nazis) which also leads them to be even more prone to dismissing criticism from the left
they’re getting dumber and more right wing but they are now smarter and more left wing in comparison to the people they see on twitter all day (stupid nazis) which also leads them to be even more prone to dismissing criticism from the left
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Thinking about starting a Gen X "Shit Old Days" group. For reasons unknown, been having flashbacks to 80s comprehensive school, and honestly I think most people have memory-holed just how racist, homophobic, misogynist and violent everything was. Also: DOGSHIT EVERWHERE (cc @tudoracid.bsky.social)
January 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thinking about starting a Gen X "Shit Old Days" group. For reasons unknown, been having flashbacks to 80s comprehensive school, and honestly I think most people have memory-holed just how racist, homophobic, misogynist and violent everything was. Also: DOGSHIT EVERWHERE (cc @tudoracid.bsky.social)
"It is a drizzly October afternoon and I am sitting in a rural Lancashire pub drinking pints of Moretti with London’s leading snail farmer and a convicted member of the Naples mafia. We’re discussing the best way to stop a mollusc orgy."
I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him down, an even stranger story emerges.
www.londoncentric.media
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"It is a drizzly October afternoon and I am sitting in a rural Lancashire pub drinking pints of Moretti with London’s leading snail farmer and a convicted member of the Naples mafia. We’re discussing the best way to stop a mollusc orgy."