@crypttext.bsky.social
Semi-retired civil engineer. Itinerant observer.
Happy Curmudgeon. Reader of books.
Lover of animals and grandchildren (in that order)
Knob with a job… (wife’s words, not mine)
🇺🇦603,628sq.km🇺🇦 🇵🇸 📎 🚫DMs
Happy Curmudgeon. Reader of books.
Lover of animals and grandchildren (in that order)
Knob with a job… (wife’s words, not mine)
🇺🇦603,628sq.km🇺🇦 🇵🇸 📎 🚫DMs
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Chaos in councils, links to Russia, allegations of racism, and incoherent policy messaging.
Seems like patience with Reform is ALREADY wearing thin... 👀
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/vot...
Seems like patience with Reform is ALREADY wearing thin... 👀
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/vot...
Support for Reform NOSEDIVES across several major polls
Blimey, this should set some alarm bells ringing. After a rough few weeks, Reform now find their advantage in the polls slipping.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Chaos in councils, links to Russia, allegations of racism, and incoherent policy messaging.
Seems like patience with Reform is ALREADY wearing thin... 👀
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/vot...
Seems like patience with Reform is ALREADY wearing thin... 👀
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/vot...
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I was just handed this leaflet at the bus stop about my local MP. I think it’s fair to say that Gaza continues to be a problem for Labour.
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I was just handed this leaflet at the bus stop about my local MP. I think it’s fair to say that Gaza continues to be a problem for Labour.
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South Park destroys Pete Hegseth.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
South Park destroys Pete Hegseth.
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I preferred it when Rod Stewart sung
lovely songs such as ‘Sailing,’
‘Mull of Kintyre’ and ‘Margaret May.’
Now he’s become all radicalised, wallpapering his rooms in animal skin and sending back his gongs.
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lovely songs such as ‘Sailing,’
‘Mull of Kintyre’ and ‘Margaret May.’
Now he’s become all radicalised, wallpapering his rooms in animal skin and sending back his gongs.
😬
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I preferred it when Rod Stewart sung
lovely songs such as ‘Sailing,’
‘Mull of Kintyre’ and ‘Margaret May.’
Now he’s become all radicalised, wallpapering his rooms in animal skin and sending back his gongs.
😬
lovely songs such as ‘Sailing,’
‘Mull of Kintyre’ and ‘Margaret May.’
Now he’s become all radicalised, wallpapering his rooms in animal skin and sending back his gongs.
😬
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Paging Robbie Gibb and Michael Prescott: if you’re pulling together another of those little dossiers on political bias at the BBC, I’ve got a submission for you.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Paging Robbie Gibb and Michael Prescott: if you’re pulling together another of those little dossiers on political bias at the BBC, I’ve got a submission for you.
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Rachel Reeves is right to highlight that 60% of kids in poverty are in households where at least one parent works, & she goes on to cite the high costs of rent as one reason why these families are struggling.
So why haven't you introduced rent caps? #bbclaurak
So why haven't you introduced rent caps? #bbclaurak
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Rachel Reeves is right to highlight that 60% of kids in poverty are in households where at least one parent works, & she goes on to cite the high costs of rent as one reason why these families are struggling.
So why haven't you introduced rent caps? #bbclaurak
So why haven't you introduced rent caps? #bbclaurak
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He’s blocked me, but I’m sure Tommy Stephen Yaxley-Lennon Robinson is chuffed to feature in my ‘2025’ 1000 piece jigsaw
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www.coldwarsteve.com/2025/11/18/u...
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www.coldwarsteve.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
He’s blocked me, but I’m sure Tommy Stephen Yaxley-Lennon Robinson is chuffed to feature in my ‘2025’ 1000 piece jigsaw
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www.coldwarsteve.com/2025/11/18/u...
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www.coldwarsteve.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Billionaires like Elon Musk hate empathy
which is incompatible with
obscene wealth condemning millions of people
to die of hunger, disease, climate change
#SocialistSunday
which is incompatible with
obscene wealth condemning millions of people
to die of hunger, disease, climate change
#SocialistSunday
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Billionaires like Elon Musk hate empathy
which is incompatible with
obscene wealth condemning millions of people
to die of hunger, disease, climate change
#SocialistSunday
which is incompatible with
obscene wealth condemning millions of people
to die of hunger, disease, climate change
#SocialistSunday
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Here's Reeves telling us how bad child poverty is, that kids go to bed hungry, wake up in cold homes & end up in hospital with respiratory problems, all because of child poverty.
Last year Labour suspended 7 MPs from the PLP for voting to scrap the cap
She thinks we're idiots
Last year Labour suspended 7 MPs from the PLP for voting to scrap the cap
She thinks we're idiots
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Here's Reeves telling us how bad child poverty is, that kids go to bed hungry, wake up in cold homes & end up in hospital with respiratory problems, all because of child poverty.
Last year Labour suspended 7 MPs from the PLP for voting to scrap the cap
She thinks we're idiots
Last year Labour suspended 7 MPs from the PLP for voting to scrap the cap
She thinks we're idiots
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The scale of the Brexit damage forces the less dishonest Brexiters to admit reality.
(Sunak, same paper, continues to delude himself and his readers)
(Farage would rip up any reset and plunge business into more costly uncertainty)
“Such evidence cannot be dismissed as Project Fear. It is data”
(Sunak, same paper, continues to delude himself and his readers)
(Farage would rip up any reset and plunge business into more costly uncertainty)
“Such evidence cannot be dismissed as Project Fear. It is data”
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The scale of the Brexit damage forces the less dishonest Brexiters to admit reality.
(Sunak, same paper, continues to delude himself and his readers)
(Farage would rip up any reset and plunge business into more costly uncertainty)
“Such evidence cannot be dismissed as Project Fear. It is data”
(Sunak, same paper, continues to delude himself and his readers)
(Farage would rip up any reset and plunge business into more costly uncertainty)
“Such evidence cannot be dismissed as Project Fear. It is data”
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If you look at the ridiculous case studies they dredged up & the desperate attempts to hang Reeves for ‘lying’ about the rationale behind a policy she *did not introduce*, you might work out why right-wing media is straining *not* to talk about the finer detail of her (unremarkable) budget.
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If you look at the ridiculous case studies they dredged up & the desperate attempts to hang Reeves for ‘lying’ about the rationale behind a policy she *did not introduce*, you might work out why right-wing media is straining *not* to talk about the finer detail of her (unremarkable) budget.
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The U.S. has signaled it's prepared to use force if Nicolás Maduro refuses to step down, according to WSJ. Venezuela’s response plan, per Reuters, includes guerrilla tactics. Another tactic whould would see Venezuela’s intelligence services and armed regime loyalists unleash chaos in Caracas.
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The U.S. has signaled it's prepared to use force if Nicolás Maduro refuses to step down, according to WSJ. Venezuela’s response plan, per Reuters, includes guerrilla tactics. Another tactic whould would see Venezuela’s intelligence services and armed regime loyalists unleash chaos in Caracas.
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I see that - like Cummings - we’re moving from “Morgan is a genius, his PowerPoint presentations are legendary, let’s print everything he sends us on WhatsApp as roaring banner front page headlines” to “What kind of fucking imbecile would ever listen to this clueless no-talent chump”.
The rise and fall of the superadviser, and the future of Morgan McSweeney | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I see that - like Cummings - we’re moving from “Morgan is a genius, his PowerPoint presentations are legendary, let’s print everything he sends us on WhatsApp as roaring banner front page headlines” to “What kind of fucking imbecile would ever listen to this clueless no-talent chump”.
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Or a library
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Or a library
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"After this week, perhaps the socialism of Keir Starmer & Rachel Reeves is a little clearer"
Starmer and Reeves are as much socialists as you are, Trevor.
Starmer and Reeves are as much socialists as you are, Trevor.
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"After this week, perhaps the socialism of Keir Starmer & Rachel Reeves is a little clearer"
Starmer and Reeves are as much socialists as you are, Trevor.
Starmer and Reeves are as much socialists as you are, Trevor.
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Playing with Fire.
British banks expect their capital requirements to be eased.
Lower capital requirements and higher leverage to be permitted as post-2008 crash reforms scrapped.
Banks will do more gambling to boost profits. Public purse will bear the cost of bailouts.
archive.ph/hygat
British banks expect their capital requirements to be eased.
Lower capital requirements and higher leverage to be permitted as post-2008 crash reforms scrapped.
Banks will do more gambling to boost profits. Public purse will bear the cost of bailouts.
archive.ph/hygat
Lenders gear up for loosening of capital rules by Bank of England
Bankers are expecting easing of leverage ratio as part of forthcoming review
www.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Playing with Fire.
British banks expect their capital requirements to be eased.
Lower capital requirements and higher leverage to be permitted as post-2008 crash reforms scrapped.
Banks will do more gambling to boost profits. Public purse will bear the cost of bailouts.
archive.ph/hygat
British banks expect their capital requirements to be eased.
Lower capital requirements and higher leverage to be permitted as post-2008 crash reforms scrapped.
Banks will do more gambling to boost profits. Public purse will bear the cost of bailouts.
archive.ph/hygat
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November, Hergé.
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
November, Hergé.
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Time to admit the truth, Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure. Investment is worse off by between 12pc - 18pc, employment by between 3pc - 4pc and productivity by between 3pc - 4pc. There have been few more devastating assessments than this. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure
Leaving the EU has reduced Britain’s GDP by up to 8pc, according to a devastating US study
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Time to admit the truth, Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure. Investment is worse off by between 12pc - 18pc, employment by between 3pc - 4pc and productivity by between 3pc - 4pc. There have been few more devastating assessments than this. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the moa...
phys.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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"Ex-Farage ally may be planning to split the Reform vote"
[They're planning } ‘remigration’ means deporting all the non-white people, including:
Those who are citizens.
Those who were born here.
Those whose parents were born here ... etc"
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
[They're planning } ‘remigration’ means deporting all the non-white people, including:
Those who are citizens.
Those who were born here.
Those whose parents were born here ... etc"
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Ex-Farage ally may be planning to split the Reform vote
It looks like Reform could lose voters to their right in the same way that the Tories have — how deep is your Lowe?
www.thecanary.co
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"Ex-Farage ally may be planning to split the Reform vote"
[They're planning } ‘remigration’ means deporting all the non-white people, including:
Those who are citizens.
Those who were born here.
Those whose parents were born here ... etc"
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
[They're planning } ‘remigration’ means deporting all the non-white people, including:
Those who are citizens.
Those who were born here.
Those whose parents were born here ... etc"
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...