Pete Blanchard
@peteblanchard.bsky.social
Proud father, hispanophile, history buff, once-competent bass player, ex-Fordie, pro-European.
Oh, and Janey Godley was right.
Oh, and Janey Godley was right.
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Musk is just straight up white nationalist now.
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Musk is just straight up white nationalist now.
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
@panels10.bsky.social Fancy a little Xmas project?
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
@panels10.bsky.social Fancy a little Xmas project?
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'Tis the season
December 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
'Tis the season
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Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
Authors say Amazon's knockoff book problem is leaving them frustrated — and making the internet worse in the process.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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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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"...the current US government believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe. In other words, the US is not (just) an unwilling ally, it is a willing adversary. Time to act accordingly."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde
Don’t say you weren’t warned: Trump’s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"...the current US government believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe. In other words, the US is not (just) an unwilling ally, it is a willing adversary. Time to act accordingly."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Can we just stop and reflect on how fucking terrifying it is that “mainstream” conservatism is just straight up normalising anti-semitism and the Nazi holocaust now?
Six million people were murdered!
Synagogues still get attacked.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Six million people were murdered!
Synagogues still get attacked.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Can we just stop and reflect on how fucking terrifying it is that “mainstream” conservatism is just straight up normalising anti-semitism and the Nazi holocaust now?
Six million people were murdered!
Synagogues still get attacked.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Six million people were murdered!
Synagogues still get attacked.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
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Most people know the Holocaust happened throughout Nazi-occupied Europe, but did you know the Holocaust heavily impacted Tunisia as well?
It's a lesser-known but incredibly important part of World War II history, where Tunisia's ancient Jewish community faced terrible persecution.
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It's a lesser-known but incredibly important part of World War II history, where Tunisia's ancient Jewish community faced terrible persecution.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Most people know the Holocaust happened throughout Nazi-occupied Europe, but did you know the Holocaust heavily impacted Tunisia as well?
It's a lesser-known but incredibly important part of World War II history, where Tunisia's ancient Jewish community faced terrible persecution.
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It's a lesser-known but incredibly important part of World War II history, where Tunisia's ancient Jewish community faced terrible persecution.
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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When you're raising a child it's daunting and frightening and lifechanging and you need the support of real humans around you who have done it for themselves, and to learn from them. What you do not need is conmen selling you their lying machines to do a job we have been doing since our beginnings.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When you're raising a child it's daunting and frightening and lifechanging and you need the support of real humans around you who have done it for themselves, and to learn from them. What you do not need is conmen selling you their lying machines to do a job we have been doing since our beginnings.
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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This is really grim
No good deed, thanks to the vicious propaganda campaigns of the billionaire media, now goes unpunished.
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This is really grim
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The justice system has the opportunity to launch the funniest* investigation here
news.sky.com/story/badeno...
news.sky.com/story/badeno...
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The justice system has the opportunity to launch the funniest* investigation here
news.sky.com/story/badeno...
news.sky.com/story/badeno...
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Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
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I want to say something witty, but a) I’ve had a few drinks, and b) Fucking Hell.
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I want to say something witty, but a) I’ve had a few drinks, and b) Fucking Hell.
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Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
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It's got to change! 'Share' if you agree!
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It's got to change! 'Share' if you agree!
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Police search for Nigel Farage whose not been seen since an unhinged rant about Bernard Manning, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and The Black & White Minstrals Show as concerns grow over his mental state..
“It’s so strange he didn’t appear on Kuenssberg this weekend for the second week in a row” a PC said
“It’s so strange he didn’t appear on Kuenssberg this weekend for the second week in a row” a PC said
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Police search for Nigel Farage whose not been seen since an unhinged rant about Bernard Manning, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and The Black & White Minstrals Show as concerns grow over his mental state..
“It’s so strange he didn’t appear on Kuenssberg this weekend for the second week in a row” a PC said
“It’s so strange he didn’t appear on Kuenssberg this weekend for the second week in a row” a PC said
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This country benefits more from a poor person who’s a good person than it does from a billionaire who’s a shit.
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This country benefits more from a poor person who’s a good person than it does from a billionaire who’s a shit.
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The Kremlin has welcomed changes in the U.S. National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments that marked a radical departure from Washington's previous policy were "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.
Changes to U.S. Security Strategy 'Largely Consistent' With Russia's Vision – Kremlin - The Moscow Times
Russia has welcomed changes in the U.S.
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The Kremlin has welcomed changes in the U.S. National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments that marked a radical departure from Washington's previous policy were "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.
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He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him
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This is how Spanish TV announced the boycott of Eurovision
If Russia is banned for what they're doing to Ukraine, surely Israel should be banned for what they're doing in Palestine?
When is the UK going to boycott Eurovision?
If Russia is banned for what they're doing to Ukraine, surely Israel should be banned for what they're doing in Palestine?
When is the UK going to boycott Eurovision?
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is how Spanish TV announced the boycott of Eurovision
If Russia is banned for what they're doing to Ukraine, surely Israel should be banned for what they're doing in Palestine?
When is the UK going to boycott Eurovision?
If Russia is banned for what they're doing to Ukraine, surely Israel should be banned for what they're doing in Palestine?
When is the UK going to boycott Eurovision?