Space Yak
@spaceyak.bsky.social
Continuity Corbyn hipster analyst. He/him
This is quite mean to the Rover 75 which I always thought was a quite good attempt at a modern car with retro styling.
Reeves: The disabled will have a Rover 75 and they’ll be grateful for it
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is quite mean to the Rover 75 which I always thought was a quite good attempt at a modern car with retro styling.
This harks back to Gordon Brown's unopposed leadership election except that the political differences between Streeting and Starmer are even smaller and less clear.
Is Streeting just planning to nuke the NHS, lose the election and retire to a well paid private health sinecure?
Is Streeting just planning to nuke the NHS, lose the election and retire to a well paid private health sinecure?
“A coronation rather than a contest to install him as Labour leader”, you say.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This harks back to Gordon Brown's unopposed leadership election except that the political differences between Streeting and Starmer are even smaller and less clear.
Is Streeting just planning to nuke the NHS, lose the election and retire to a well paid private health sinecure?
Is Streeting just planning to nuke the NHS, lose the election and retire to a well paid private health sinecure?
A British tabloid page with a person's photo and name in big letters at the top instantly says to me: "This is one of the most despicable humans ever to walk the earth"
for how awful american media is they don't hold a candle to the vileness of the british press. difficult to find a more contemptible group of people
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A British tabloid page with a person's photo and name in big letters at the top instantly says to me: "This is one of the most despicable humans ever to walk the earth"
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If Chotiner was British/based in Britain, he'd be *loathed* by every mainstream journalist & politician in the UK for that very reason. People went mad went over the "Trojan Horse School Affair" podcast, when a young journo asked very normal questions (that were never asked in the first place).
it both rules and sucks that isaac chotiner continues to run circles around basically the entire media class using a unique genetic superpower known as "object permanence"
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If Chotiner was British/based in Britain, he'd be *loathed* by every mainstream journalist & politician in the UK for that very reason. People went mad went over the "Trojan Horse School Affair" podcast, when a young journo asked very normal questions (that were never asked in the first place).
This seems like a case in point about how unevenly the press treats racism.
They used spurious racism accusations to destroy Jeremy Corbyn. Farage is on the other hand, despite his racism having been clear and obvious for ages is only now getting a little scrutiny.
They used spurious racism accusations to destroy Jeremy Corbyn. Farage is on the other hand, despite his racism having been clear and obvious for ages is only now getting a little scrutiny.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This seems like a case in point about how unevenly the press treats racism.
They used spurious racism accusations to destroy Jeremy Corbyn. Farage is on the other hand, despite his racism having been clear and obvious for ages is only now getting a little scrutiny.
They used spurious racism accusations to destroy Jeremy Corbyn. Farage is on the other hand, despite his racism having been clear and obvious for ages is only now getting a little scrutiny.
Reading this column has me absolutely shaking with rage, the callous way he talks approvingly of ICE raids. What an evil motherfucker Trevor Phillips is.
I mean why stop here? Why not just ban anyone who wasn't born here from having any recognisable family or community connections whatsoever?
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Reading this column has me absolutely shaking with rage, the callous way he talks approvingly of ICE raids. What an evil motherfucker Trevor Phillips is.
Feels like right now everything sucks, money is tight, small local businesses are struggling everywhere.
Feel I should mark this spot for when the AI bubble collapses and people retrospectively refer to the current period as a time of excess.
Feel I should mark this spot for when the AI bubble collapses and people retrospectively refer to the current period as a time of excess.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Feels like right now everything sucks, money is tight, small local businesses are struggling everywhere.
Feel I should mark this spot for when the AI bubble collapses and people retrospectively refer to the current period as a time of excess.
Feel I should mark this spot for when the AI bubble collapses and people retrospectively refer to the current period as a time of excess.
Something that's often not remarked upon is that a lot of "wealth" is a claim upon future income,and in order to realise that income a share of output needs to be diverted to provide it.
Wealth, in a sense, is a hidden tax.
Wealth, in a sense, is a hidden tax.
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Something that's often not remarked upon is that a lot of "wealth" is a claim upon future income,and in order to realise that income a share of output needs to be diverted to provide it.
Wealth, in a sense, is a hidden tax.
Wealth, in a sense, is a hidden tax.
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This one really is useful because you won’t see a more clear demonstration of one of the most damaging political phenomena of the era: the reactionary professional mind rejecting unacceptable reality, only able to process and comprehend it via something close to conspiracy theory.
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This one really is useful because you won’t see a more clear demonstration of one of the most damaging political phenomena of the era: the reactionary professional mind rejecting unacceptable reality, only able to process and comprehend it via something close to conspiracy theory.
Main memory that sticks with me is that Twentyman interview. And his "could you imagine Corbyn in charge, hur hur" before going on to praise the furlough scheme, a policy the Corbyn Labour party fought for.
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Main memory that sticks with me is that Twentyman interview. And his "could you imagine Corbyn in charge, hur hur" before going on to praise the furlough scheme, a policy the Corbyn Labour party fought for.
It's really absurd feature of the UK tax system that rich people taxes (dividends, capital gains) are far lower than poor people taxes (income tax, NI).
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's really absurd feature of the UK tax system that rich people taxes (dividends, capital gains) are far lower than poor people taxes (income tax, NI).
Definitely how I've come to feel about our situation. The Soviet Union by doing nothing more than existing kept capitalism's excesses in check.
Social democracy was a capital strategic retreat. Let the workers have dignity for some time while we regroup and plan for the next raid. After the Fukuyama "end of story" there was no reason for the capital to hold the horses anymore.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Definitely how I've come to feel about our situation. The Soviet Union by doing nothing more than existing kept capitalism's excesses in check.
The key thing here is that Labour voters having been taken for granted by Labour's leadership for years now have somewhere else to go.
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The key thing here is that Labour voters having been taken for granted by Labour's leadership for years now have somewhere else to go.
Labour have spent 30 years using incumbency, FPTP and the lack of a party to the left to prop themselves up in power.
There's no point in keeping their corrupt little clique in power now a strong far better left wing party exists in the form of the Greens.
There's no point in keeping their corrupt little clique in power now a strong far better left wing party exists in the form of the Greens.
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Labour have spent 30 years using incumbency, FPTP and the lack of a party to the left to prop themselves up in power.
There's no point in keeping their corrupt little clique in power now a strong far better left wing party exists in the form of the Greens.
There's no point in keeping their corrupt little clique in power now a strong far better left wing party exists in the form of the Greens.
What is the actual "doom loop" here? Like, I get the austerity doom loop, it goes:
- OBR produces low growth forecast
- Government makes cuts
- Cuts lower growth meaning...
- OBR produces low growth forecast
This feels like they've found a new word they can't stop using.
- OBR produces low growth forecast
- Government makes cuts
- Cuts lower growth meaning...
- OBR produces low growth forecast
This feels like they've found a new word they can't stop using.
Well, well, well.
Would you look who it is warning of "doom" if you don't invest in the world's most dangerous financial bubble ever.
Would you look who it is warning of "doom" if you don't invest in the world's most dangerous financial bubble ever.
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What is the actual "doom loop" here? Like, I get the austerity doom loop, it goes:
- OBR produces low growth forecast
- Government makes cuts
- Cuts lower growth meaning...
- OBR produces low growth forecast
This feels like they've found a new word they can't stop using.
- OBR produces low growth forecast
- Government makes cuts
- Cuts lower growth meaning...
- OBR produces low growth forecast
This feels like they've found a new word they can't stop using.
The collapse of the AI bubble is less a case of "if" and more a case of "when"
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The collapse of the AI bubble is less a case of "if" and more a case of "when"
For most 35 year olds, "Retire at 65" is looking impossible.
Sky News ran a 5 minute piece called 'Retire at 35'. The long and the short of it? Just stop being poor.
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
For most 35 year olds, "Retire at 65" is looking impossible.
I really don't get the obsession with not raising income tax, it's nowhere near as unpopular as they think it is.
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I really don't get the obsession with not raising income tax, it's nowhere near as unpopular as they think it is.
So, there were more strikes in the 70s but the press massively exaggerated the extent of them. Infrastructure was well maintained, industry was struggling but the decline didn't happen until the 80s.
Also the average working person was quite a lot better off (a side effect of those strikes).
Also the average working person was quite a lot better off (a side effect of those strikes).
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
So, there were more strikes in the 70s but the press massively exaggerated the extent of them. Infrastructure was well maintained, industry was struggling but the decline didn't happen until the 80s.
Also the average working person was quite a lot better off (a side effect of those strikes).
Also the average working person was quite a lot better off (a side effect of those strikes).
Feel like everyone hates Streeting apart from a very small clique of people, all of whom have newspaper columns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Feel like everyone hates Streeting apart from a very small clique of people, all of whom have newspaper columns.
Definitely where I've come to on this. Stop worrying about rich people getting a few quid in benefits and just claw it back through the tax system.
This is basically the biggest thing I have changed my mind on in adult life. Having been raised in a Land Of Plenty soc dem, I was convinced of the 'insane subsidy to the rich' case for means testing until I came over here, saw the alternative, and I am now an Universal Coverage absolutist
The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Definitely where I've come to on this. Stop worrying about rich people getting a few quid in benefits and just claw it back through the tax system.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
My question here is why they mention an AI tool? Surely the bigger question is "What data are they looking at exactly?"
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My question here is why they mention an AI tool? Surely the bigger question is "What data are they looking at exactly?"
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In Britain, it is now 100% acceptable to label Palestinian existence as "Jew Hate".
I thank my MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social and the Labour party for diligently working to completely invert racism into antiracism and to redefine Jewishness as a mandatory white supremacy that will lead to fascism.🎉
I thank my MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social and the Labour party for diligently working to completely invert racism into antiracism and to redefine Jewishness as a mandatory white supremacy that will lead to fascism.🎉
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In Britain, it is now 100% acceptable to label Palestinian existence as "Jew Hate".
I thank my MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social and the Labour party for diligently working to completely invert racism into antiracism and to redefine Jewishness as a mandatory white supremacy that will lead to fascism.🎉
I thank my MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social and the Labour party for diligently working to completely invert racism into antiracism and to redefine Jewishness as a mandatory white supremacy that will lead to fascism.🎉
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It’s not surprising that unemployment has risen - it’s the intended consequence of the Bank of England’s sustained high interest rates.
What’s important is that people who are out of work or who can’t work because of ill-health aren’t punished as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What’s important is that people who are out of work or who can’t work because of ill-health aren’t punished as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK unemployment rate rises to 5% as jobs market weakens
Latest official data ahead of the Budget later this month shows it is the highest rate since 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It’s not surprising that unemployment has risen - it’s the intended consequence of the Bank of England’s sustained high interest rates.
What’s important is that people who are out of work or who can’t work because of ill-health aren’t punished as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What’s important is that people who are out of work or who can’t work because of ill-health aren’t punished as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...