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@cesigno.bsky.social
one of the london borough of lambeth's middlemost public intellectuals.
there's not much ideological space on the left for your party. if you are a normal left wing voter who dislikes labour anti trans and anti immigrant stances, you can vote green. if you dislike the greens dumb foreign policy stances you can vote lib dem.
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
there's not much ideological space on the left for your party. if you are a normal left wing voter who dislikes labour anti trans and anti immigrant stances, you can vote green. if you dislike the greens dumb foreign policy stances you can vote lib dem.
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Shared Fantasy, the first sociological monograph about roleplaying games, is about a period when established players are dealing with a new wave of younger players with different priorities. The period is 1978.
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Shared Fantasy, the first sociological monograph about roleplaying games, is about a period when established players are dealing with a new wave of younger players with different priorities. The period is 1978.
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Christmas at the BBC
![Title panel:
CHRISTMAS… AT THE BBC.
The Traitors Christmas Special:
Who in the BBC Boardroom is trying to bring down the gaff from within?
[Image: The Traitors scene with Claudia Winkleman looking like “ooh-er” while the BBC board sit at a table looking suspiciously at each other]
Apologising To The People Who Want To Destroy Us At Christmas:
A festive extravaganza of self-flagellation before our enemies
[Image: A cozy fireside scene with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch standing, while at their feet lots of BBC employees are kneeling before them and begging for forgiveness].
Donald's Big Distraction:
Heartwarming Julia Donaldson animation in which a dragon sues the BBC to draw his friends' attention onto something else
[Image: Julia Donaldson’s ‘Zog’ with a Donald Trump wig, holding up a lawyer’s letter to show his dragon friends while trying to block their view of a pile of box files and computer drives some with ‘Epstein’ written on them].
The King's Speech:
We let Nigel Farage tell you the BBC is left wing as if that's some kind of fact
[Image: Nigel Farage as the King delivering his Christmas speech to camera].
A Ghost Story for Christmas:
A venerable British institution is haunted by Boris Johnson's appointees
[Image: A BBC studio with a window, outside in the dark snowy night a spectral apparition in the form of Robbie Gibb taps at the window and wails “I want to destroooy you”]
Christmas Labour Inertia-Time:
Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy present four hours of total silence from under their desks
[Image: Show them both under their desks holding up glasses of sherry]
Rightward Drift Christmas Special:
A bonanza of trust-corrosion with confected immigration panic and Reform coverage
[Image: A computer and a smartphone in a cute snowy scene, both displaying the BBC News website with multiple headlines and LIVE feeds and and BREAKING NEWS stories headlined: “IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS!”]
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November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Christmas at the BBC
it's really funny that the position of the rw media is now 'the economy is great and labour are pretending everything isn't fine"
Rather unusual for a chancellor to be told to resign for not increasing taxes as expected in light of better-than-expected revenue forecasts.
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www.telegraph.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
it's really funny that the position of the rw media is now 'the economy is great and labour are pretending everything isn't fine"
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"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
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I would like to thank Silicon Valley for making psychedelics so uncool that adults will stop doing them. Tripping is for teenagers.
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I would like to thank Silicon Valley for making psychedelics so uncool that adults will stop doing them. Tripping is for teenagers.
I simply don't believe mascara can make eyelashes longer. it's a conspiracy
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I simply don't believe mascara can make eyelashes longer. it's a conspiracy
if you don't abandon the mansion tax I'm going to be forced to realise several million pounds of tax free capital gains
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
if you don't abandon the mansion tax I'm going to be forced to realise several million pounds of tax free capital gains
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"What Truss is absolutely not doing, insist sources close to the project, is selling a timeshare scheme"
beautiful stuff
beautiful stuff
I've got several bridges to sell you, as it happens www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Liz Truss promotes £500k club membership to ‘pro-growth leaders’
The former prime minister has been enlisted to front the advertising drive for the Leconfield, a yet-to-be-built network for super-rich executives
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"What Truss is absolutely not doing, insist sources close to the project, is selling a timeshare scheme"
beautiful stuff
beautiful stuff
'and this is why the Tory party will be endorsing student loan forgiveness'
British politics is now just about making up a guy and assuming he will vote for you
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
'and this is why the Tory party will be endorsing student loan forgiveness'
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The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
kinda fun thing where centre left pundits tall about the government alienating left wingers on vaguely defined cultural issues, but won't name their attack on trans rights because they work for publications that think we shouldn't exist 🙃
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
kinda fun thing where centre left pundits tall about the government alienating left wingers on vaguely defined cultural issues, but won't name their attack on trans rights because they work for publications that think we shouldn't exist 🙃
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The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
www.dallasnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
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yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
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This entire article is just the views of Naomi Cunningham and her organisation Sex Matters dressed up as though it were some sort of actual news piece. Without even a semblance of attempted balance. From the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sandie Peggie lawyer says Scottish government is in denial
Lawyer Naomi Cunningham says the Supreme Court judgment is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This entire article is just the views of Naomi Cunningham and her organisation Sex Matters dressed up as though it were some sort of actual news piece. Without even a semblance of attempted balance. From the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I look forward to lord glasman welcoming the governments' left on economy budget removing the two child cap
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I look forward to lord glasman welcoming the governments' left on economy budget removing the two child cap
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Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
a really cheap and easy way for labour to regain good will on the left would be to stop punching trans people
Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
a really cheap and easy way for labour to regain good will on the left would be to stop punching trans people
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you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
Should states write their own AI laws, or should David Sacks?
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
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Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
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I want the green lady to fight Hobbes and Shaw from Fast and the Furious Present: Hobbes and Shaw
Plans are already underway for the future of the Wicked franchise, following the smash-hit debut of Wicked: For Good. https://bit.ly/4rrUWpg
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I want the green lady to fight Hobbes and Shaw from Fast and the Furious Present: Hobbes and Shaw
funny that American supermarkets are so bad they have to nationalize Big Tesco
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
funny that American supermarkets are so bad they have to nationalize Big Tesco
ooooo remembers when they leaked the budget half an hour early
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
ooooo remembers when they leaked the budget half an hour early
my hot take on isas is that there's no reason for retired people to get tax relief on new savings. you save over your life and spend down when you retire. isas for the retired can't encourage savings, they just move existing savings into more tax efficient forms.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
my hot take on isas is that there's no reason for retired people to get tax relief on new savings. you save over your life and spend down when you retire. isas for the retired can't encourage savings, they just move existing savings into more tax efficient forms.