Michael
@shevekuk.bsky.social
He/him. Gay guy from London, very ex-physicist, into all kinds of science and geeky stuff. Left wing, when's the fully automated luxury communism arriving?
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the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
I'm probably not doing Christmas cards this year, as it's been a bad year healthwise and I am flaming knackered.
Some of you will probably pipe up and say "surely you're simply flaming?". And I will thank you for your service to comedy.
Some of you will probably pipe up and say "surely you're simply flaming?". And I will thank you for your service to comedy.
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm probably not doing Christmas cards this year, as it's been a bad year healthwise and I am flaming knackered.
Some of you will probably pipe up and say "surely you're simply flaming?". And I will thank you for your service to comedy.
Some of you will probably pipe up and say "surely you're simply flaming?". And I will thank you for your service to comedy.
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Were they arrested for blocking the road? Or is it OK to block the road, prevent the movement of emergency vehicles and generally cause a stinking nuisance, as long as you’re in a massive gas guzzling tractor, and not Extinction Rebellion sitting peacefully in the road? We should be told
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Were they arrested for blocking the road? Or is it OK to block the road, prevent the movement of emergency vehicles and generally cause a stinking nuisance, as long as you’re in a massive gas guzzling tractor, and not Extinction Rebellion sitting peacefully in the road? We should be told
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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Io beauty shot.
Taken by the Juno spacecraft on 3 February 2024.
The right-hand hemisphere is illuminated by the Sun.
On the left, the night side isn't totally dark because of Jupitershine.
Image credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS
Taken by the Juno spacecraft on 3 February 2024.
The right-hand hemisphere is illuminated by the Sun.
On the left, the night side isn't totally dark because of Jupitershine.
Image credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Io beauty shot.
Taken by the Juno spacecraft on 3 February 2024.
The right-hand hemisphere is illuminated by the Sun.
On the left, the night side isn't totally dark because of Jupitershine.
Image credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS
Taken by the Juno spacecraft on 3 February 2024.
The right-hand hemisphere is illuminated by the Sun.
On the left, the night side isn't totally dark because of Jupitershine.
Image credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS
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Man, the mansion tax is a good idea, but I'm still hoping that if the planning liberalisation actually passes that they instead replace council tax with a progressive tax on the property value
Then you'd actually get a working market shaped to benefit the nation
Then you'd actually get a working market shaped to benefit the nation
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Man, the mansion tax is a good idea, but I'm still hoping that if the planning liberalisation actually passes that they instead replace council tax with a progressive tax on the property value
Then you'd actually get a working market shaped to benefit the nation
Then you'd actually get a working market shaped to benefit the nation
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Architects pitch alternative Liverpool Street station “Arch” to rival Network Rail’s “tower”
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/arc...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/arc...
Architects pitch alternative Liverpool Street station “Arch” to rival Network Rail’s “tower”
An alternative vision for an oversite office development of Liverpool Street station has been unveiled, offering what its designers claim is a less disruptive route to funding an upgrade of the railwa...
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Architects pitch alternative Liverpool Street station “Arch” to rival Network Rail’s “tower”
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/arc...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/arc...
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The amount of illegal this is is a lot.
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The amount of illegal this is is a lot.
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Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
Zohran Mamdani chastised a Manhattan synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews in New York.
Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions with Jewish Leaders
The mayor-elect chastised a synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
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Hey.
Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?
THEN LOOK AT THIS
This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.
Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️
Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?
THEN LOOK AT THIS
This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.
Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hey.
Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?
THEN LOOK AT THIS
This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.
Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️
Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?
THEN LOOK AT THIS
This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.
Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️
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This is an incredible image of comet 3I/ATLAS, taken by Satoru Murata ICQ Comet Observations group on 16 November 2025 from western New Mexico.
Structure within the major dust tail from the comet is clearly visible, together with two smaller jets trailing the nucleus and maybe even an anti-tail.
Structure within the major dust tail from the comet is clearly visible, together with two smaller jets trailing the nucleus and maybe even an anti-tail.
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is an incredible image of comet 3I/ATLAS, taken by Satoru Murata ICQ Comet Observations group on 16 November 2025 from western New Mexico.
Structure within the major dust tail from the comet is clearly visible, together with two smaller jets trailing the nucleus and maybe even an anti-tail.
Structure within the major dust tail from the comet is clearly visible, together with two smaller jets trailing the nucleus and maybe even an anti-tail.
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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Looks like somebody's just reslized that, if they're not REALLY CAREFUL, this man could be the next President of the United States. 😏
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Looks like somebody's just reslized that, if they're not REALLY CAREFUL, this man could be the next President of the United States. 😏
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If Nigel Farage is racist, but there isn’t an ethnic minority to hear it, is it really racism?
Joining us on Question Time to discuss this are former PM Boris Johnson; Tommy Robinson; Nick Fuentes and an extra special guest, and a first for British broadcasting with an AI generated Enoch Powell
Joining us on Question Time to discuss this are former PM Boris Johnson; Tommy Robinson; Nick Fuentes and an extra special guest, and a first for British broadcasting with an AI generated Enoch Powell
Well, that’s ok then.
Farage logic.
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If Nigel Farage is racist, but there isn’t an ethnic minority to hear it, is it really racism?
Joining us on Question Time to discuss this are former PM Boris Johnson; Tommy Robinson; Nick Fuentes and an extra special guest, and a first for British broadcasting with an AI generated Enoch Powell
Joining us on Question Time to discuss this are former PM Boris Johnson; Tommy Robinson; Nick Fuentes and an extra special guest, and a first for British broadcasting with an AI generated Enoch Powell
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All crew,
Do not click on links in emails. They pose a major security risk. For more information: http://bit.ly/1MUISmu
Worf
Do not click on links in emails. They pose a major security risk. For more information: http://bit.ly/1MUISmu
Worf
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
All crew,
Do not click on links in emails. They pose a major security risk. For more information: http://bit.ly/1MUISmu
Worf
Do not click on links in emails. They pose a major security risk. For more information: http://bit.ly/1MUISmu
Worf
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
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I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
The US administration is threatening to court martial a sitting senator
Which is the shithole country now?
#MuhChecksAndBalances
Which is the shithole country now?
#MuhChecksAndBalances
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The US administration is threatening to court martial a sitting senator
Which is the shithole country now?
#MuhChecksAndBalances
Which is the shithole country now?
#MuhChecksAndBalances
A pox on England's incomprehensible repeat prescription process.
Or rather a proliferation of processes devised by some fucking committee and total gibberish to the patient
Or rather a proliferation of processes devised by some fucking committee and total gibberish to the patient
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A pox on England's incomprehensible repeat prescription process.
Or rather a proliferation of processes devised by some fucking committee and total gibberish to the patient
Or rather a proliferation of processes devised by some fucking committee and total gibberish to the patient
Similarly @centreforcities.bsky.social encourage gentle density in cities, citing economic comparisons with matched peer cities elsewhere
A government paper smiles on it www.gov.uk/government/p...
But do the current reforms actually say it?!
Language so convoluted I can't understand a word
A government paper smiles on it www.gov.uk/government/p...
But do the current reforms actually say it?!
Language so convoluted I can't understand a word
Brownfield Passport: Making the Most of Urban Land
www.gov.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Similarly @centreforcities.bsky.social encourage gentle density in cities, citing economic comparisons with matched peer cities elsewhere
A government paper smiles on it www.gov.uk/government/p...
But do the current reforms actually say it?!
Language so convoluted I can't understand a word
A government paper smiles on it www.gov.uk/government/p...
But do the current reforms actually say it?!
Language so convoluted I can't understand a word
The Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social have proposed a zoning system for UK planning, where if you meet local plan requirements and national building regs, permission is automatic and not discretional
Do the present reforms do that? Language so convoluted, opaque I can't work it out!!!
Do the present reforms do that? Language so convoluted, opaque I can't work it out!!!
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social have proposed a zoning system for UK planning, where if you meet local plan requirements and national building regs, permission is automatic and not discretional
Do the present reforms do that? Language so convoluted, opaque I can't work it out!!!
Do the present reforms do that? Language so convoluted, opaque I can't work it out!!!