Arbre
@missarbre.bsky.social
Mardy but nice
Prone to the occasionla typo
📍UK
Prone to the occasionla typo
📍UK
I feel this should happen more often when an internet gobshite meets an actual expert in their field
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I feel this should happen more often when an internet gobshite meets an actual expert in their field
BBC1 on Boxing Day
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
BBC1 on Boxing Day
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I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
September 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
In light of today’s news. Time to reshare this from last year. Those angry men threatening asylum hotels are the actual men women and girls need protecting from.
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In light of today’s news. Time to reshare this from last year. Those angry men threatening asylum hotels are the actual men women and girls need protecting from.
Such bravery from people who think of themselves as normal. Countless lives saved by Dan Barr in Liverpool, Samir Zitouni and Stephen Crean on the Cambridgeshire train and Ahmed al-Ahmed at Bondi. Truly humbling.
Liverpool fan Dan Barr stopped Paul Doyle driving further into parade crowd
Dan Barr jumped into action when he saw a car striking pedestrians at Liverpool's victory parade.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Such bravery from people who think of themselves as normal. Countless lives saved by Dan Barr in Liverpool, Samir Zitouni and Stephen Crean on the Cambridgeshire train and Ahmed al-Ahmed at Bondi. Truly humbling.
How do you placate people who think any change is desecration?
I've got a long piece about a visit to the construction site to see how they're actually building this stuff on tomorrow's newsletter, and they are going to a frankly *insane* amount of effort to placate people who just don't want stuff built, and we are all going to pay the bill.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How do you placate people who think any change is desecration?
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“Ahem excuse me your joke doesn’t accurately reflect my highly specific personal experience”
WRITE YOUR OWN FUCKING JOKE THEN
WRITE YOUR OWN FUCKING JOKE THEN
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Ahem excuse me your joke doesn’t accurately reflect my highly specific personal experience”
WRITE YOUR OWN FUCKING JOKE THEN
WRITE YOUR OWN FUCKING JOKE THEN
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Martin Parr, absolute mensch.
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Martin Parr, absolute mensch.
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
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Before / After the school street Rue du Capitaine Lagache in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. In video with sound this time ;) For the anecdote, this video was not done with a before / after effect in mind, but by luck it turns out there was a Street view photo that could work with it !
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Before / After the school street Rue du Capitaine Lagache in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. In video with sound this time ;) For the anecdote, this video was not done with a before / after effect in mind, but by luck it turns out there was a Street view photo that could work with it !
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This is a true story
I often think about how, based on the title of his book, historian Nils Gilman was (fleetingly) invited to keynote at the National Citrus Growers Convention
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is a true story
Anyone who says they didn’t count them is a liar
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Anyone who says they didn’t count them is a liar
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Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
“grassroots” right wing org
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“grassroots” right wing org
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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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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Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
Incredible stuff
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Incredible stuff
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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can't believe the BBC edited Donald Trump's posts to make it seem like he threatened violence against members of Congress
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
can't believe the BBC edited Donald Trump's posts to make it seem like he threatened violence against members of Congress
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Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?