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Ian Watoop

@watoop.bsky.social

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Inevitably will be posting about UK politics or board games. Not a big fan of where the human race has taken the planet at the moment. Trying hard to keep the lights on in dark times.

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 3h

Listening to that self-serving, bumbling fool Boris Johnson at the COVID enquiry.
Historians will be astonished that he was seen as Prime Minister material - maybe even more so than Liz Truss.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 5h

Peston, like Chris Mason and Laura Kuenssberg, has learned nothing from the Boris Johnson debacle.
Obsessed with 'personalities', 'gossip' and 'sheen' - not interested in policy detail or proper research.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 6h

I see we're at the "I didn't really care about what he did to people but historic buildings...." phase of the Trump presidency.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 23h

Quite sad to see people posting up fully used legacy games for sale with comments like "still playable".
Chuck the thing you cheapskates.
#boardgames

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 2d

BBC News finding time for a puff piece on Annabel Goldsmith.
No time, however, for No Kings protests in the US.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm not sure it is complete while he doesn't face a trial. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew’s fall from grace complete as monarchy cuts him loose

Ex-royal cherished his titles and status but Buckingham Palace faced risk of reputational spillover

www.theguardian.com

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 3d

BBC 6 o Clock News actually carried this as a main story.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 3d

Or even Woking.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 3d

As we all know, rich folk have to be given more money to 'motivate' them while the poor need it taken from them.
In a similar way, the well off can avoid awkward details like trials by giving stuff back, while the proles have to go to jail and such to learn their lesson.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 3d

Experienced My First Time (from Bristol) at a gig last night. They are the future (contains swearing):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YEw...

My First Time - Bodybag (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by My First Time

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Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 4d

Jane's Addiction
Orbital
Nirvana
Metallica
Tears for Fears
Leftfield
Jimi Hendrix
Radiohead
The Prodigy
Slayer

Kaye Elling @k000.bsky.social · 4d

What musical artists do you associate with your coming of age or teen years?

Mine, in broadly descending order of poppyness
B52s
Green Day
Descendents
All
Metallica
Anthrax
Warlock Pinchers
White Zombie
Faith No More
NoMeansNo
Front 242
Sepultura
Ministry
Godflesh

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 5d

Also it means MPs are back for about 5 minutes from their 'summer break' and then Parliament sort of powers down again for conferences.
An extremely inefficient way to run anything, let alone a country.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 5d

Next time he's on a plane, perhaps he can suggest that one of the passengers should have a go at flying it.

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 5d

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 5d

Ah it's random ecomomic noise spin day again.
+0.1% and the Chancellor gets the Nobel prize.
-0.1%: must be sacked immediately.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 6d

Can't imagine that product is either healthy or comes with much animal welfare either.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 6d

For instance Morrison's now want £3.20 for their smallest pack of 'essential' mince that would struggle to serve 2.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 6d

It's very noticeable in the supermarkets that the no-frills 'value' or 'essential' product is now the same price as the 'normal' product used to be.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 6d

It's very noticeable in the supermarkets that the no-frills 'value' or 'essential' product is now the same price as the 'normal' product used to be.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 7d

The 'enshttification' of Royal Mail continues. Previously I could print out labels and drop into parcel postboxes. Now I have to print 'digital labels' from their parcel lockers.
Which would be fine - except that all three of the lockers in Exeter have 'printer error' messages.
Well done.

Ian Watoop @watoop.bsky.social · 9d

Must stop doomscrolling.....