Finn
@thegoblinpoet.bsky.social
new site, same old butter gun
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launching the Institute for Type of Guy studies
we discovered a kind of guy we had not previously imagined
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
launching the Institute for Type of Guy studies
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every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
just to be quite clear, it's absolutely correct that the service members involved in a war crime are thrown under the bus regardless of Hegseth's involvement
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
just to be quite clear, it's absolutely correct that the service members involved in a war crime are thrown under the bus regardless of Hegseth's involvement
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Any political journalist after 2017 can't scrutinise policy, All They Know Is Mcdonalds, Charge Their Phone, Tweet, Be Bisexual, Eat Hot Chip And Lie
Think this is exactly right - political journalism that is completely abstracted from policy, which was not the norm before 2017, has become the default. Impossible to have a serious attempt to either shrink what the state does or widen the tax base (have to do at least one) on that basis.
All this budget news, claims, counter claims is confusing, but two things of consequence.
1. We're all talking about that, not any financial benefits (or losses) of the budget.
2. Yet more focus on the very weird few weeks and politics of it all. Starting to feel dangerously like a norm.
1. We're all talking about that, not any financial benefits (or losses) of the budget.
2. Yet more focus on the very weird few weeks and politics of it all. Starting to feel dangerously like a norm.
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Any political journalist after 2017 can't scrutinise policy, All They Know Is Mcdonalds, Charge Their Phone, Tweet, Be Bisexual, Eat Hot Chip And Lie
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
FYI for anyone looking for a 2026 project, it turns out the Guinness world record for most stairs descended by a slinky is incredibly underwhelming
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
FYI for anyone looking for a 2026 project, it turns out the Guinness world record for most stairs descended by a slinky is incredibly underwhelming
thinking back to The Good Old Days pre-smart phone, when from around 15 I would regularly disappear for days on end and my mum would only know where I had been when I reappeared hungover and exhausted on a Sunday before school
retvrn to tradition
retvrn to tradition
If that is from the BBC piece then it was the mum of the autistic lad which really creeped me out.
November 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
thinking back to The Good Old Days pre-smart phone, when from around 15 I would regularly disappear for days on end and my mum would only know where I had been when I reappeared hungover and exhausted on a Sunday before school
retvrn to tradition
retvrn to tradition
please, no social mobility for my beloved working class
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
please, no social mobility for my beloved working class
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listen this is what happens when you promote Mass transit
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
listen this is what happens when you promote Mass transit
what does the Tory party have to offer an undergrad who hasn't done the reading and is desperately bullshitting to back up their half baked claims?
they made them leader 😌
they made them leader 😌
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
what does the Tory party have to offer an undergrad who hasn't done the reading and is desperately bullshitting to back up their half baked claims?
they made them leader 😌
they made them leader 😌
GIMLI: never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a fairy
LEGOLAS: what about side by side with the black panthers and women's lib?
GIMLI: aye, I could do that
(GIMLI is in full leather throughout)
LEGOLAS: what about side by side with the black panthers and women's lib?
GIMLI: aye, I could do that
(GIMLI is in full leather throughout)
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
GIMLI: never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a fairy
LEGOLAS: what about side by side with the black panthers and women's lib?
GIMLI: aye, I could do that
(GIMLI is in full leather throughout)
LEGOLAS: what about side by side with the black panthers and women's lib?
GIMLI: aye, I could do that
(GIMLI is in full leather throughout)
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Bond markets spooked as the Chancellor appears to disappear behind raised hands; gilts stage rally as she reveals she was actually there the whole time
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Bond markets spooked as the Chancellor appears to disappear behind raised hands; gilts stage rally as she reveals she was actually there the whole time
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
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I think that far too much weight is being placed on 'can you rules-lawyer your way through an interview about how you've put people's taxes up' and 'what will people actually experience' - if you're raising my taxes (you are), just raise them by enough to get out of the v tight 27-9 spending rounds!
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I think that far too much weight is being placed on 'can you rules-lawyer your way through an interview about how you've put people's taxes up' and 'what will people actually experience' - if you're raising my taxes (you are), just raise them by enough to get out of the v tight 27-9 spending rounds!
just logging in after my first day doing devops for the OBR. going great so far, taking a little break for a big gulp of coffee and to catch up on the budget news
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
just logging in after my first day doing devops for the OBR. going great so far, taking a little break for a big gulp of coffee and to catch up on the budget news
realising I'm in *England* with sudden mounting error as all of the supermarkets are closed
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
realising I'm in *England* with sudden mounting error as all of the supermarkets are closed
wow lanyards are based
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
wow lanyards are based
the only pivot this pair should be making is to "in jail"
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
the only pivot this pair should be making is to "in jail"
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There’s a word we used to say. They don’t let you say it anymore, but I think it’s a beautiful word. We call it: dialectic. You have the thesis, and then the antithesis, and if you put them together it’s a synthesis. Very powerful. We’ll be looking into that. Very materialist, the theory of history
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There’s a word we used to say. They don’t let you say it anymore, but I think it’s a beautiful word. We call it: dialectic. You have the thesis, and then the antithesis, and if you put them together it’s a synthesis. Very powerful. We’ll be looking into that. Very materialist, the theory of history
BREAKING
President Trump declares Mamdani "Lisan al-Gaib"
President Trump declares Mamdani "Lisan al-Gaib"
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
BREAKING
President Trump declares Mamdani "Lisan al-Gaib"
President Trump declares Mamdani "Lisan al-Gaib"
me, seeing this post out of context: yeah I bet it is difficult to get monkeys to form a government
like, because it’s so hard to start and conduct these monkey studies, scientists generally don’t do them unless absolutely necessary, especially in government
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
me, seeing this post out of context: yeah I bet it is difficult to get monkeys to form a government
the only framework the Ukies should accept is the one they hang Putin from
Reuters:
U.S. PROPOSALS TO END WAR INCLUDE UKRAINE GIVING UP TERRITORY AND SOME WEAPONS, REDUCING SIZE OF ARMED FORCES, AMONG MANY OTHER POINTS – TWO PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER // U.S. HAS SIGNALLED TO ZELENSKIY THAT UKRAINE MUST ACCEPT FRAMEWORK AND ITS MAIN POINTS, THE SOURCES SAY
U.S. PROPOSALS TO END WAR INCLUDE UKRAINE GIVING UP TERRITORY AND SOME WEAPONS, REDUCING SIZE OF ARMED FORCES, AMONG MANY OTHER POINTS – TWO PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER // U.S. HAS SIGNALLED TO ZELENSKIY THAT UKRAINE MUST ACCEPT FRAMEWORK AND ITS MAIN POINTS, THE SOURCES SAY
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
the only framework the Ukies should accept is the one they hang Putin from
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Look, if you are trailing a budget and then immediately walking it back, before trailing an asylum bill and immediately walking it back, then you are just bad at politics and policy. There are no redeeming features here.
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Look, if you are trailing a budget and then immediately walking it back, before trailing an asylum bill and immediately walking it back, then you are just bad at politics and policy. There are no redeeming features here.
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