Thomas I-G
@thomasig.bsky.social
Incoherent views expressed are my own
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He/Him 🏴🏳️🌈
Слава Україні🇺🇦
My substack: Notes and Rambles
https://open.substack.com/pub/notesandrambles?r=1ix0um&utm_medium=ios
My photo alt: @afilmphotographer
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The markets on Monday morning: "fuck you on about?"
"Rachel Reeves will have to resign because of the markets" is apparently the new "Labour will need an IMF bailout because of the markets".
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The markets on Monday morning: "fuck you on about?"
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November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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28-0 at half time. Can't even say it's down to ill-discipline, just totally outplayed and outmuscled backed up by a bizarre kicking game.
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
28-0 at half time. Can't even say it's down to ill-discipline, just totally outplayed and outmuscled backed up by a bizarre kicking game.
Just arrived the the Your Party conference. Buzzing!
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just arrived the the Your Party conference. Buzzing!
LM- and I can't emphasise this enough-AO.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
LM- and I can't emphasise this enough-AO.
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And they’ve banned all points of order from the floor. Participatory democracy in action!
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
And they’ve banned all points of order from the floor. Participatory democracy in action!
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Imagine seeing this shambles and thinking "yes, these are the people I'd like to manage a planned economy".
Huge cheers as a speaker at Your Party conference shouts "no witch hunts, no expulsions" on stage and calls for all members of other socialist/communist groups to be allowed into the party (many have been booted out in recent weeks)
Many are astounded Corbyn's allies have expelled many Trotskyists.
Many are astounded Corbyn's allies have expelled many Trotskyists.
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Imagine seeing this shambles and thinking "yes, these are the people I'd like to manage a planned economy".
Robert De Niro in The Untouchables (1987)
Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Robert De Niro in The Untouchables (1987)
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.
2017 Mercedes C-class
1966 Fiat 124
2021 Abarth 595
2003 Alfa Romeo
2003 Jaguar S-type
I desperately need a classic again.
2017 Mercedes C-class
1966 Fiat 124
2021 Abarth 595
2003 Alfa Romeo
2003 Jaguar S-type
I desperately need a classic again.
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
*cracks knuckles*
Renault 4
Austin Allegro Equipe
Fiat Strada
Nissan Micra
Mini Cooper Estate
Currently: Škoda Scala, the first time I’ve bought new.
*cracks knuckles*
Renault 4
Austin Allegro Equipe
Fiat Strada
Nissan Micra
Mini Cooper Estate
Currently: Škoda Scala, the first time I’ve bought new.
Mine’s quite boring 😞
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Vauxhall Chevette
Ford Orion
Ford Mondeo
Renault Scenic (mk1, mk2 and mk3)
Kia Niro EV
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned
Vauxhall Chevette
Ford Orion
Ford Mondeo
Renault Scenic (mk1, mk2 and mk3)
Kia Niro EV
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.
2017 Mercedes C-class
1966 Fiat 124
2021 Abarth 595
2003 Alfa Romeo
2003 Jaguar S-type
I desperately need a classic again.
2017 Mercedes C-class
1966 Fiat 124
2021 Abarth 595
2003 Alfa Romeo
2003 Jaguar S-type
I desperately need a classic again.
So cats only became domesticated when the Pharoah's started worshipping them as gods, and little else has changed since, really.
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
So cats only became domesticated when the Pharoah's started worshipping them as gods, and little else has changed since, really.
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It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
This article pretty much sums up everything about UK rail travel.
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This article pretty much sums up everything about UK rail travel.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
10/10, no notes.
Zarah Sultana: "We need a wealth tax, but we also need to nationalise the entire economy."
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
10/10, no notes.
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This is pretty massive.
There is scant detail so far but they say "solar radiation" has caused problems for some aircraft.
This *could* be related to single-event upsets, where cosmic rays trigger computer errors. I've asked Airbus if they can share more detail.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
There is scant detail so far but they say "solar radiation" has caused problems for some aircraft.
This *could* be related to single-event upsets, where cosmic rays trigger computer errors. I've asked Airbus if they can share more detail.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Flight disruption warning as Airbus requests modifications to 6,000 planes
The European aerospace giant said it had found that intense radiation from the Sun could corrupt data crucial to flight controls.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is pretty massive.
There is scant detail so far but they say "solar radiation" has caused problems for some aircraft.
This *could* be related to single-event upsets, where cosmic rays trigger computer errors. I've asked Airbus if they can share more detail.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
There is scant detail so far but they say "solar radiation" has caused problems for some aircraft.
This *could* be related to single-event upsets, where cosmic rays trigger computer errors. I've asked Airbus if they can share more detail.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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And that becomes a problem if your party leader doesn't know his own mind (Miliband), is an empty vessel (Starmer), or is a sparksnotes ideologue (Badenoch)
You don't, imv, need to communicate your intellectual pathways, but you do need to have some rhyme, reason and mental road-test to what you do
You don't, imv, need to communicate your intellectual pathways, but you do need to have some rhyme, reason and mental road-test to what you do
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And that becomes a problem if your party leader doesn't know his own mind (Miliband), is an empty vessel (Starmer), or is a sparksnotes ideologue (Badenoch)
You don't, imv, need to communicate your intellectual pathways, but you do need to have some rhyme, reason and mental road-test to what you do
You don't, imv, need to communicate your intellectual pathways, but you do need to have some rhyme, reason and mental road-test to what you do
Ffs.
Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
The two sides had been at odds over a fee to allow UK defence firms to access a greater share of loans.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ffs.
10/10, no notes.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
10/10, no notes.
Difficult to square the fact that without the UKs independent (or in reality, very much not independent) nuclear deterrent, we would be a small player in even European defence - even more so now Germany is investing hundreds of billions in its manufacturing might for defence.
Btw I don't think it is good that UK voters and governments from both ex-main parties seem to care less and less about the effective practice of the military way rather than pantomime militarism.
But many need to stop kidding themselves about the state of UK defence politics
But many need to stop kidding themselves about the state of UK defence politics
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Difficult to square the fact that without the UKs independent (or in reality, very much not independent) nuclear deterrent, we would be a small player in even European defence - even more so now Germany is investing hundreds of billions in its manufacturing might for defence.
Ah yes. 25% inflation, IRA bombings, and the introduction of the Austin Princess.
All terrible events in their own right.
All terrible events in their own right.
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Ah yes. 25% inflation, IRA bombings, and the introduction of the Austin Princess.
All terrible events in their own right.
All terrible events in their own right.
I knew the typical self-pitying and vitriolic reactions to the actually good bits of the budget yesterday would set me off, and they have.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I knew the typical self-pitying and vitriolic reactions to the actually good bits of the budget yesterday would set me off, and they have.
I've said it before, but so many other countries with a richer and more diverse culture of saving by investments must look at the UK and how we obsess over cash saving like we're one of those crazy coupon TV shows...
People really don't want to buy stocks.
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I've said it before, but so many other countries with a richer and more diverse culture of saving by investments must look at the UK and how we obsess over cash saving like we're one of those crazy coupon TV shows...