Iain
@discobanana.bsky.social
Drinker of tea. Devourer of biscuits.
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
‘That's a pretty brave move (in the Sir Humphrey sense)’ is such a good way to sum up a political decision.
I don’t think I’m over interpreting but Polanski seems to hint quite strongly in his Rest is Politics podcast that he’s thinking of running against Stella Creasy in Walthamstow. Think that would be a pretty brave move (in the Sir Humphrey sense). One of the v few Labour with a genuine personal vote
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
‘That's a pretty brave move (in the Sir Humphrey sense)’ is such a good way to sum up a political decision.
I am willing to bet the ‘legal action from a parent’ is being instigated, and probably bankrolled, by someone working for either JK Rowling or one of the shitty campaign groups she inspired. May she rot in hell for what she has started in the UK.
Seeing this, I looked-up what the Scouts are doing. They're still very clearly trans inclusive, with a great story for Trans Day or Remembrance.
It's great that Scouts are still trans inclusive. But also SIGH.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It's great that Scouts are still trans inclusive. But also SIGH.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
Girls’ adventure charity says it made decision after seeking legal advice in wake of supreme court ruling on gender
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I am willing to bet the ‘legal action from a parent’ is being instigated, and probably bankrolled, by someone working for either JK Rowling or one of the shitty campaign groups she inspired. May she rot in hell for what she has started in the UK.
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Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Hard to overstate Siebel's impact on the US brewing industry. It was founded in 1868 and has trained literal generations of US brewing talent. Survived Prohibition by teaching baking and other adjacent trades. If your favorite brewer didn't go there, their favorite brewer did. An immeasurable loss.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hard to overstate Siebel's impact on the US brewing industry. It was founded in 1868 and has trained literal generations of US brewing talent. Survived Prohibition by teaching baking and other adjacent trades. If your favorite brewer didn't go there, their favorite brewer did. An immeasurable loss.
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NEW: Today the Siebel Institute—the US' oldest/most prestigious brewing school & a cornerstone of the industry globally—announced its relocation from Chicago to Montreal, citing "[r]ecent regulatory changes in the US [that] have made it much more challenging for many of our international students."
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NEW: Today the Siebel Institute—the US' oldest/most prestigious brewing school & a cornerstone of the industry globally—announced its relocation from Chicago to Montreal, citing "[r]ecent regulatory changes in the US [that] have made it much more challenging for many of our international students."
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it's not as simple as "hardware has gotten better, software has gotten worse" because a lot of companies making physical devices are lost in the wilderness from a design perspective, but a rule of thumb that anything that charges you monthly gets worse over time works pretty well
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
it's not as simple as "hardware has gotten better, software has gotten worse" because a lot of companies making physical devices are lost in the wilderness from a design perspective, but a rule of thumb that anything that charges you monthly gets worse over time works pretty well
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Me: Word processing program I can use forever, please?
Microsoft: Monthly subscription?
Me: No, I want to own...
Microsoft: Monthly subscription it is.
Me: *sigh*
Microsoft: Save to OneDrive by default settings activated.
Microsoft: Monthly subscription?
Me: No, I want to own...
Microsoft: Monthly subscription it is.
Me: *sigh*
Microsoft: Save to OneDrive by default settings activated.
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Me: Word processing program I can use forever, please?
Microsoft: Monthly subscription?
Me: No, I want to own...
Microsoft: Monthly subscription it is.
Me: *sigh*
Microsoft: Save to OneDrive by default settings activated.
Microsoft: Monthly subscription?
Me: No, I want to own...
Microsoft: Monthly subscription it is.
Me: *sigh*
Microsoft: Save to OneDrive by default settings activated.
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We should point out the irony here. Trump announced just days ago he would begin stopping drug traffickers in Venezuela “by land,” and yesterday, he promised to pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez—who’s serving 45 years in prison for working with El Chapo to smuggle 400+ tons of cocaine into the US.
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We should point out the irony here. Trump announced just days ago he would begin stopping drug traffickers in Venezuela “by land,” and yesterday, he promised to pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez—who’s serving 45 years in prison for working with El Chapo to smuggle 400+ tons of cocaine into the US.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Oops sorry we ruined the country and everything we voted for was a lie. Our total bad. Anyway, how about those bloody migrants eh??
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Oops sorry we ruined the country and everything we voted for was a lie. Our total bad. Anyway, how about those bloody migrants eh??
‘If you were to hop around various phone-in shows in the days after the budget, you would find a worrying number of remarkably angry people, utterly infuriated at the prospect of people being able to feed their kids.’
Excellent points made in this article. The penultimate paragraph says it all.
Excellent points made in this article. The penultimate paragraph says it all.
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
‘If you were to hop around various phone-in shows in the days after the budget, you would find a worrying number of remarkably angry people, utterly infuriated at the prospect of people being able to feed their kids.’
Excellent points made in this article. The penultimate paragraph says it all.
Excellent points made in this article. The penultimate paragraph says it all.
Can't remember which of your videos you mentioned it in, but did you remember to cancel the WSJ trial subscription, @acollierastro.bsky.social?
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Can't remember which of your videos you mentioned it in, but did you remember to cancel the WSJ trial subscription, @acollierastro.bsky.social?
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So basically flying commercial is now off limits to any noncitizen with a parking ticket?
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
So basically flying commercial is now off limits to any noncitizen with a parking ticket?
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These are not serious people.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
These are not serious people.
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One day someone will pay me to make fun of their product. One day!
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One day someone will pay me to make fun of their product. One day!
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Sergeant Stanislav Mozheiko # 4481 of SRG 5 doing the pepper spraying of both protesters and his fellow officers
www.50-a.org/officer/TPNH
www.50-a.org/officer/TPNH
Stanislav Mozheiko
3 allegations
www.50-a.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sergeant Stanislav Mozheiko # 4481 of SRG 5 doing the pepper spraying of both protesters and his fellow officers
www.50-a.org/officer/TPNH
www.50-a.org/officer/TPNH
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Oh and at one point, one cop pepper-sprayed another cop. (Around the 12-second mark.)
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh and at one point, one cop pepper-sprayed another cop. (Around the 12-second mark.)
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Members of the NYPD's Strategic Response Group pepper-sprayed several protesters as they cleared the road for federal immigration officials.
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Members of the NYPD's Strategic Response Group pepper-sprayed several protesters as they cleared the road for federal immigration officials.
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How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...