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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 3h

Bizarre statement. I'm white. I'm quite average (probably a little below average). I'm also from one of England's 'majority minority' cities. It does reflect the society that I'm familiar and comfortable with. It would be weird to me if it was otherwise. She needs to get out more.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white"

Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀

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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 10h

Real life folded Ross Kemp

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 11h

Apparently, the ruling party has a new deputy leader

a man in a green jacket and tie is sitting at a table in a restaurant .

ALT: a man in a green jacket and tie is sitting at a table in a restaurant .

media.tenor.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 22h

Peter Mandelson

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 23h

Midsommer (2019)
The Witch (2015)
The Exorcist 3 (1990)
Salem's Lot (1979)
Dracula (1992)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Trollhunter (2010)

If it's not on the list, it's because a. I don't consider it to be a horror; b. I haven't seen it; c. It's shite.

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 23h

Dog Soldiers (2002)
Candyman (1992)
Candyman (2021)
Alien (1979)
Hellraiser (1987)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Ring (1998)
The Fog (1980)
The Descent (2005)
Kill List (2011)
Flatliners (1990)
Event Horizon (1997)
Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Terrifier 2 (2022)
The Mist (2007)

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 23h

Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
28 Days Later (2002)
The Shining (1980)
Fright Night (1985)
Altered States (1980)
The Witchfinder General (1968)
Wolf Creek (2005)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 23h

Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Let the Right One In (2008)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Carrie (1976)
The Birds (1963)
Suspiria (1977)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Fly (1986)

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 23h

As it's nearly Halloween, here are the horror films that I've loved (in no particular order):
Martyrs (2008)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Omen (1976)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Psycho (1960)
Hereditary (2018)
Jaws (1975)
The Ritual (2017)
Halloween (1978)

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 1d

Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:

PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)

Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 2d

One of the people killed by Soldier F was a man who stepped out to help another of his victims as he lay dying in the street. He waved a white handkerchief as he did so. Soldier F shot him in the head. His name was Barney McGuigan and today his family had to listen to a judge acquit his killer.

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🏳️‍🌈 🍉 Chuck Hamilton (he/him/his) 🏴‍☠️🍸 @natty4bumpo.bsky.social · 1d

A new book by the journalist Paul Holden exposes the lengths that reactionaries within the Labour Party, many of whom now serve in the current government, went to sabotage the electoral prospects of Jeremy Corbyn.

jacobin.com/2025/10/labo...

How the Labour Right Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn

A new book by the journalist Paul Holden exposes the lengths that reactionaries within the Labour Party, many of whom now serve in the current government, went to sabotage the electoral prospects of J...

jacobin.com

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2d

Case in point: the Iraq Inquiry, which was highly inconvenient to the project of retaining the core of the New Labour briefcase brigade and continuing to invite Tony and Alastair on TV to promote helpful schemes, so it was simply binned the following day and never mentioned again.

Nom de Gloom
@BrandenburgOpus
X.com
You've highlighted a very important point.
Whether it be the police, CSE, Iraq, Covid-19, phone hacking, etc, you get an inquiry to give the semblance of redress, but it's a ruse, noone important receives the punishment that is due, and people wonder why Britain is so sick.

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 2d

While everyone goes with Tainted Love, here's Swamp Thing

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The Grid - Swamp Thing (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by thegridVEVO

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, I think dictator-chic will suit the White House.

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 3d

Starmer in action again.

a red car is parked next to a trailer that says u-tow on it

ALT: a red car is parked next to a trailer that says u-tow on it

media.tenor.com

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel

Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 3d

Has anyone ever considered that being ruled over by a superintelligent AI Overlord might be better than being ruled over by our current human ruling class? Anyway, back to reality.

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 3d

Speaking out against science fiction threats is a great way for these people to cosplay activism with zero risk to their reputations, careers, or wealth.

So brave - what if robots from the future try to kill them?!!

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Steve Bannon, Meghan Markle and Stephen Fry are among the signatories of a statement calling for a ‘prohibition’ on advanced artificial intelligence systems on.ft.com/47iHrPj

Richard Branson, Mary Robinson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, Stephen Fry, Steve Wozniak, and Geoffrey Hinton appear in a collage against a blue digital network background. Text on image reads: More than 800 public figures join call for AI ‘superintelligence’ ban (Credit: FT montage/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 3d

This is Prince Andrew's pad. If I did what he did, could I be punished by being forced to live in a luxury country house?

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 3d

I've never heard of this Lam person before a few days ago. Is she a relic of the National Front or something?

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 4d

Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 4d

That's an interesting point. I hadn't thought of that. Of course, not every Israeli voted for Likud and its far-right partners (many detest them). That said, the government is legitimised by the democratic process.

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Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not saying I disagree with you. Israel is currently a self-proclaimed ethno-state: "Jewish and democratic." It might change in the future. I hope it does.

Matt Widox @widox80.bsky.social · 4d

Depends on how you define democracy. There were a lot of people who thought Apartheid South Africa was a democracy! Democracy just means the rule of the demos, and it depends on who you include in that group.

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