Celestial M Weasel
@celestialweasel.bsky.social
I shot a man in Waitrose just to watch him die
Vaporise the BBC
Starmer must go
Destroy the Labour party
Criminalise bike theft
Vaporise the BBC
Starmer must go
Destroy the Labour party
Criminalise bike theft
Pinned
I know it is a small thing in the scheme of things, but the thing that grates is that this (gestures expansively) demonstrates that every pious word we have read from Americans about their glorious constitution, free and fearless press, separation of powers, free speech, checks and balances has
Bring back the Central Office of Information and scary public information films (predictably it was culled by the Cameron Clegg Osborne government)
It appears that the Government is finally waking up to the harm from misinformation and disinformation, at least for public health and measles vaccination.
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Bring back the Central Office of Information and scary public information films (predictably it was culled by the Cameron Clegg Osborne government)
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Notably reported on on Saturday by @manchestermill.bsky.social: manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...
They contacted him about it. So not only is he employing him, but he's had at least 3 days to sack him.
They contacted him about it. So not only is he employing him, but he's had at least 3 days to sack him.
'I wouldn't touch a Jewish woman': Meet the Reform team in Gorton and Denton
Members of Reform's campaign team shared racist content online and aligned themselves with far-right groups
manchestermill.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Notably reported on on Saturday by @manchestermill.bsky.social: manchestermill.co.uk/goodwins-gan...
They contacted him about it. So not only is he employing him, but he's had at least 3 days to sack him.
They contacted him about it. So not only is he employing him, but he's had at least 3 days to sack him.
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Another triumph for Goodwin's campaign. No doubt he'll continue to pretend he cares about anti-semitism.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
February 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Another triumph for Goodwin's campaign. No doubt he'll continue to pretend he cares about anti-semitism.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...
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And you know what’s worse, Guardian? NONE OF THE CAST OF THE FULL
MONTY IS FROM SHEFFIELD. Mark Addy’s from York ffs.
MONTY IS FROM SHEFFIELD. Mark Addy’s from York ffs.
Wuthering slights: why are film-makers afraid of casting Yorkshire actors as Cathy Earnshaw?
Wuthering Heights is inseparable from its landscape – but northern actors seldom get the lead role, instead are pigeonholed as stereotypical or supporting characters. This Bradford-born actor objects
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
And you know what’s worse, Guardian? NONE OF THE CAST OF THE FULL
MONTY IS FROM SHEFFIELD. Mark Addy’s from York ffs.
MONTY IS FROM SHEFFIELD. Mark Addy’s from York ffs.
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Talking of Cobweb - who remembers this MIT boondoggle? Reminds me very much of Cobweb
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Ag...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Ag...
Open Agriculture Initiative - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
December 11, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Talking of Cobweb - who remembers this MIT boondoggle? Reminds me very much of Cobweb
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Ag...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Ag...
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Yeah - I think that broadly speaking very few of the problems of social media are not consequences of “we chose to forget all of the lessons of broadcast and traditional media regulation…what happened next will not shock you!”
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Yeah - I think that broadly speaking very few of the problems of social media are not consequences of “we chose to forget all of the lessons of broadcast and traditional media regulation…what happened next will not shock you!”
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Why do people think that things aren’t working? Drive anywhere and it’s obvious. This is excellent on how austerity and the squeeze on local government finances has damaged the fabric of the nation and how the current government has done little to address it open.substack.com/pub/cllrdrna...
How the Conservative Party Baked a National Pothole Crisis
They even gave it an official name in Oxfordshire: ‘Managed Decline’
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Why do people think that things aren’t working? Drive anywhere and it’s obvious. This is excellent on how austerity and the squeeze on local government finances has damaged the fabric of the nation and how the current government has done little to address it open.substack.com/pub/cllrdrna...
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Giving Braverman the education brief is quite a choice for Reform. I was on an education commission with her once before she went completely mad and she knew absolutely nothing at all.
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Giving Braverman the education brief is quite a choice for Reform. I was on an education commission with her once before she went completely mad and she knew absolutely nothing at all.
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Just crossing my fingers that moving from “we’re an abstract funnel of anger and one-man force for change” to “we’re a proper political party, let’s hear from Suella Braverman and Richard Tice” harshes the buzz a bit
February 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Just crossing my fingers that moving from “we’re an abstract funnel of anger and one-man force for change” to “we’re a proper political party, let’s hear from Suella Braverman and Richard Tice” harshes the buzz a bit
group-cum-think - combination polycule and think-tank
Going by what’s been publicly reported over the last few years, this paper is well placed to just ask them directly via WhatsApp
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
group-cum-think - combination polycule and think-tank
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A good point here: is it only journos that Labour Together were vexatiously reporting to the spies for bullshit - for being inconvenient and getting in their way - and if it wasn’t, what did the spooks do with the info they were sent?
February 17, 2026 at 10:06 AM
A good point here: is it only journos that Labour Together were vexatiously reporting to the spies for bullshit - for being inconvenient and getting in their way - and if it wasn’t, what did the spooks do with the info they were sent?
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Hitting the discover page, a short story:
February 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Hitting the discover page, a short story:
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to quote myself from the bird site in 2019: "hot take, a system that relies on individual intercession by legislators on behalf of constituents against the administrative state for fair results is garbage anyway: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Jared O'Mara: Who runs an absent MP's office?
Jared O'Mara is
bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
to quote myself from the bird site in 2019: "hot take, a system that relies on individual intercession by legislators on behalf of constituents against the administrative state for fair results is garbage anyway: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
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Um, alright. Did that help?
February 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Um, alright. Did that help?
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Where's our Vincent Hanna when we need one?
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Where's our Vincent Hanna when we need one?
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they should make a Star Wars that's about the Baby Ewok, raised in a family of artists, their earliest memory being their parents playing wild rhythms on the heads of decapitated Stormtroopers, who becomes a promising yet directionless and troubled artist in their 20s.
ok a new star wars ranking
babies in star wars
1. Pipey
2. The Baby Ewok
3. Baby Yoda
4. Stinky the Hutt
babies in star wars
1. Pipey
2. The Baby Ewok
3. Baby Yoda
4. Stinky the Hutt
February 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
they should make a Star Wars that's about the Baby Ewok, raised in a family of artists, their earliest memory being their parents playing wild rhythms on the heads of decapitated Stormtroopers, who becomes a promising yet directionless and troubled artist in their 20s.
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Note that the UHF area for Anglia is somewhat less further west than VHF. The sometimes expressed idea that this encroached into former North / Yorkshire areas is thus incorrect. Belmont was not attached in 1966 to the Northern region unlike the BBC probably because it would make it too large.
April 1969 map of the planned UHF 625-line transmitter network in the Anglia Television region. More info: transdiffusion.org/2026/02/17/i...
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Note that the UHF area for Anglia is somewhat less further west than VHF. The sometimes expressed idea that this encroached into former North / Yorkshire areas is thus incorrect. Belmont was not attached in 1966 to the Northern region unlike the BBC probably because it would make it too large.
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Otoh, it's right and proper that MPs receive lots of hassle given the role of government in shrinking the state to the point of serious dysfunction.
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Otoh, it's right and proper that MPs receive lots of hassle given the role of government in shrinking the state to the point of serious dysfunction.
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I think this "MP as ombudsman of last resort" was a stupid development, and we need to address the root issue of why government (local and national), other state institutions (NHS), utilities, banks etc have such finely honed mechanisms for fobbing everyone off that MPs need to do this role
February 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I think this "MP as ombudsman of last resort" was a stupid development, and we need to address the root issue of why government (local and national), other state institutions (NHS), utilities, banks etc have such finely honed mechanisms for fobbing everyone off that MPs need to do this role
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One of the unique things about the British system is the sheer scale of bureaucratic bloat and fill-yer-boots managerialism, where 'efficiency' has consistently required worse staff pay and conditions and better senior management perks.
February 17, 2026 at 10:23 AM
One of the unique things about the British system is the sheer scale of bureaucratic bloat and fill-yer-boots managerialism, where 'efficiency' has consistently required worse staff pay and conditions and better senior management perks.
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But with Martin Wolf's piece on this today in mind, the claim that UK policymakers had no other practical and moral option than squeezing a loans and fees ratchet for higher ed does not mesh well with very different financing choices made around the EU.
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
But with Martin Wolf's piece on this today in mind, the claim that UK policymakers had no other practical and moral option than squeezing a loans and fees ratchet for higher ed does not mesh well with very different financing choices made around the EU.
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Only in the world of online #AlternateHistory can one make an observation like "American Taiwan in Puerto Rico would be too obvious a cliché"
February 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Only in the world of online #AlternateHistory can one make an observation like "American Taiwan in Puerto Rico would be too obvious a cliché"
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“Instead of Blair’s target of 50% of young people going to university, Reform will ensure 50% of young people do not go to university”. From the same school of mathematics as Gove saying 90% of schools would be above average.
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
“Instead of Blair’s target of 50% of young people going to university, Reform will ensure 50% of young people do not go to university”. From the same school of mathematics as Gove saying 90% of schools would be above average.
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Around 3 million people work in *all* skilled trades. You can argue, given shortages, we maybe need 3.5 million. She wants 50% of 40 million adults to be trained in these jobs?!
February 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Around 3 million people work in *all* skilled trades. You can argue, given shortages, we maybe need 3.5 million. She wants 50% of 40 million adults to be trained in these jobs?!
Matt Goodwin, Reform's Tony Cook
February 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Matt Goodwin, Reform's Tony Cook