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Steve Hubbard
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Former animator and academic- occasional sculptor- occasional writer - occasional comic creator - now largely making musical instruments.
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stevehubbard.bsky.social
Recently finished Christopher Fowlers ‘Bryant & May: Oranges and Lemons’ featuring the introduction of Sydney Hargreaves to the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Now well into the penultimate book in the series, and so almost finished with my year’s reading project. #bryant&may #christopherfowler #booksky
December 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
stevehubbard.bsky.social
youtu.be/fPW3B6v60nc?... AI going from bad to worse
OpenAI Wants You To Go Insane
YouTube video by Adam Conover
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December 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Well it's called history you IEA dimwit and @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and I both have a grasp of it so frankly I'm flattered.
December 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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graceblakeley.substack.com
This is insane youtu.be/osxr7xSxsGo?...
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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December 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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naomialderman.bsky.social
I find it *incomprehensible* that people can claim they are "fighting for the rights of women and girls" and not apparently acknowledge that - at the very least - many many reasonable women and girls *disagree with them about this*.
mimmymum.bsky.social Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 11d
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬

He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
The Telegraph Graham Linehan My trans critics are cowards. Yes, Ardal O'Hanlon - that includes yOu I expected more from my friend of 25 years. But he would rather condemn me than fight for the rights of women and girls I expected more from Ardal. I never thought he would intone the catechism. "I still get on great with everyone," he said in a recent interview with The Times, "though I haven't seen much of the show's creator, Graham Linehan, and am baffled as to why he got involved in the culture wars. I feel sorry for him - he's entitled to his opinions, but the way he presented them made it confrontational. When I read that, I phoned him immediately. When people betray me, I always make the mistake of phoning them straight away. My heart was thumping in my chest as I found his number and gave him a faux-polite, "Hey Ardal, how's it going?". My anger was already boiling. I knew exactly what he would say - the exact same things Bill Bailey said when I phoned him, the exact same things Amelia Bullmore said when I wrote to her. I knew, and I phoned anyway, because I can't help myself. And when he started reading from the same script as all the others, I lost my temper. At some point, Ardal said, "I just disagree with you." I would have said all this to him on the phone, but I was so angry I could not get any of it out. In fact, at one point I said, "You're on my f--ing s--t list." Ridiculous, of course, but unfortunately true. Like Father Ted at the Golden Cleric Awards, I keep a tally of every person who took the easy path and watched me twist in the wind. I can't help it. I remember them all. Tim Heidecker saying I'd gone down a "rabbit hole". David O'Doherty, who didn't have the guts to speak to me. My own brother-in-law publicly calling me insane. Adam Buxton, Jon Ronson, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee. People who knew me, people who had my phone number, people who could have asked, people who assumed the worst because doing otherwise would have exposed them to the same treatment I was receiving. In condemning me, to use Douglas Murray's line, they raise a little flag outside their home so the mob will pass them by. And every time one of them hands a journalist another little quote - another "baffled," another "sorry," another "he's awful, but I hope he's okay" - they get to carry on with their lives while mine gets smaller. None of them
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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daveyph.bsky.social
I joined! Why don’t you? 🫵
zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10d
I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party.

We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.

And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.

Then we're coming for Reform.

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December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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thegmcconnachie.bsky.social
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 10d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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jamesrball.com
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
A flow chart shows 17.4 million leave voters in 2016, vs 16.1m remain. In 2025, 5 million of those people have died, and 3 million new voters have come of age. The result (plus some people changing their mind) is 19.8 million voters now back rejoin, versus just 11.7 million wanting to stay out.
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."

This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.

pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (permalink) Last night, I gave a speech for the University of Washington's "Neuroscience, AI and Society" lecture series, through the university's Computational Neuroscience Center. It was called "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI," and it's based on the manuscript for my next book, "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI," which will be out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux next June:
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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junlper.beer
the way that ai is being advertised now is that everyone has to pretend to be incompetent and incredibly incapable and useless at everything
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13d
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."
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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manmademoon.bsky.social
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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terre-strial.bsky.social
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.

It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”

- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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naomialderman.bsky.social
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
jonkingh.bsky.social Jonathan Kingham @jonkingh.bsky.social · 16d
This is so disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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mkabir.bsky.social
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”

— Bertrand Russell
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
A deep dark forest. A scientist leads a guest through the trees, saying: "The rewilding project has exceeded all of our expectations! Keep your eyes open for the species that have come back: Red deer, wild boar, Pine marten. Or perhaps even our proudest return: The great old one Yog-drath'll, eternal unsleeping evil of the primordial forest." (all these creatures are hidden in the image)
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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pulpcurry.bsky.social
It’s that time of year. Time to celebrate the Yuletide season with @tomgauld.bsky.social ‘s John Le Carre advent calendar.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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pileusmedia.bsky.social
BBC describing Zarah Sultana as "Far-Left."

But the BBC do not use the term "Far-Right" for Nigel Farage.

Subtle and clever form of manipulation.
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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pulpcurry.bsky.social
I make a small monthly donation to Wikipedia. If you can afford it, l would encourage you to do the same.
kurtandersen.bsky.social Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 22d
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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theshadowssmile.bsky.social
#90sTop30

I felt even more nostalgic doing this challenge than the 80s one, it has been a wonderful trip down memory lane... Thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for organising

My final choice goes to the inimitable Mr Carl McCoy 🖤

Fields Of The Nephilim - For Her Light 🖤

youtu.be/6OrsxYevlgw?...
Fields of the Nephilim - For Her Light (Official Video)
YouTube video by Malo Te
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November 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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allangpaterson.bsky.social
Right folks, let's get this over the line 😀

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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antlervel.vet
It’s so cool to have hitched your wagon 20 years ago to an industry that was booming beyond anyone’s expectations and have it turn out to be stripmined and utterly hollowed out by Shareholder Value, and every other industry you could slot into has been, surprise, hollowed out by Shareholder Value
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM