Woke Blob
@wokeblob.bsky.social
Commander Vimes didn’t like the phrase “The innocent have nothing to fear,” believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like “The innocent have nothing to fear.”
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I'm going to post this on the family WhatsApp and then turn off my phone
it's also the second half of the decade. we're nearer the 2030s than we are to the first lockdown
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm going to post this on the family WhatsApp and then turn off my phone
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I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
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Smart point about Twitter from an excellent post on the same.
For the vast majority of people, being in a place where your every post is met with a torrent of hateful, abusive, personal bile does not make you a more open thinker through 'debate', it huddles you in an intellectual defensive crouch.
For the vast majority of people, being in a place where your every post is met with a torrent of hateful, abusive, personal bile does not make you a more open thinker through 'debate', it huddles you in an intellectual defensive crouch.
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Smart point about Twitter from an excellent post on the same.
For the vast majority of people, being in a place where your every post is met with a torrent of hateful, abusive, personal bile does not make you a more open thinker through 'debate', it huddles you in an intellectual defensive crouch.
For the vast majority of people, being in a place where your every post is met with a torrent of hateful, abusive, personal bile does not make you a more open thinker through 'debate', it huddles you in an intellectual defensive crouch.
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
1
CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
4
EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
5
EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
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EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
7
CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
8
[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
9
[Customer looks inside the cup]
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[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibbip5v2gcsv5j7kp6qm7lp6hpmaqcsanoobea2dxms7gxgrqk4qy@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
Education shouldn't be about what you can remember, and institutional schooling is a terrible, damaging relic of the industrialising era.
And billionaires are a cancerous polyp on a failing system which allows them to exist
And billionaires are a cancerous polyp on a failing system which allows them to exist
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Education shouldn't be about what you can remember, and institutional schooling is a terrible, damaging relic of the industrialising era.
And billionaires are a cancerous polyp on a failing system which allows them to exist
And billionaires are a cancerous polyp on a failing system which allows them to exist
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Perspective changes everything.
[Ars Mathermatica]
[Ars Mathermatica]
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Perspective changes everything.
[Ars Mathermatica]
[Ars Mathermatica]
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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People in the second referendum campaign would say "you believe in voting for the backstop? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, winning an election on a second referendum platform with Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader" and then not win an election.
March 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
People in the second referendum campaign would say "you believe in voting for the backstop? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, winning an election on a second referendum platform with Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader" and then not win an election.
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It is inherently dangerous to democracy for one man to hold as much wealth and power as Elon Musk.
It should be a primary goal of democratic states to prevent such concentrations of power, & to ensure that global plutocrats cannot shut off the arteries of democracy.
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
It should be a primary goal of democratic states to prevent such concentrations of power, & to ensure that global plutocrats cannot shut off the arteries of democracy.
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
March 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It is inherently dangerous to democracy for one man to hold as much wealth and power as Elon Musk.
It should be a primary goal of democratic states to prevent such concentrations of power, & to ensure that global plutocrats cannot shut off the arteries of democracy.
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
It should be a primary goal of democratic states to prevent such concentrations of power, & to ensure that global plutocrats cannot shut off the arteries of democracy.
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
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Elon Musk is not a genius #232. Interesting analysis by @lockettwill.bsky.social
Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning
The fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
March 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Elon Musk is not a genius #232. Interesting analysis by @lockettwill.bsky.social
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I’m going to need all of you to do a FAR better job spreading the word about this film when we finally come to cinema screens! 😅
March 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I’m going to need all of you to do a FAR better job spreading the word about this film when we finally come to cinema screens! 😅
What?
Ok this is now my most anticipated film bar none. Why have I not heard about this?
Ok this is now my most anticipated film bar none. Why have I not heard about this?
Showed Rogue Trooper cut to someone outside of the production bubble for the first time. An artist i very much admire and hope to rope in to our merry team.
Reaction was a huge relief! 😅👍🏼
Reaction was a huge relief! 😅👍🏼
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What?
Ok this is now my most anticipated film bar none. Why have I not heard about this?
Ok this is now my most anticipated film bar none. Why have I not heard about this?
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I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Big beats are the best, Get high all the time.
February 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Big beats are the best, Get high all the time.
Post a great sci-fi villain
February 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Post a great sci-fi villain
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And now for Tomorrow's Government
![1
[Title panel like old Tomorrow's World ident font]:
TOMORROW’S GOVERNMENT
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KEIR STARMER [dressed in 70s suit as old tomorrow's world type presenter]:
Government, government, government. Why's it so *hard*, Rachel?
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RACHEL REEVES:
Haha it is Keir, isn’t it? Well, maybe not for long…
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REEVES:
In the future, a new invention called ‘AI’ might make it sort of not hard in a vague way possibly.
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REEVES:
AI is named after its inventor, Alan Illintent - who’s joined us to demonstrate his machine
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[We see a TECH BRO called Alan Illintent, next to a massive 1970s type computer with a big black screen and two buttons, red and green, for a keyboard. At the back of the machine is a big black cloth]
REEVES:
So Alan's going to climb under this cloth here
[Alan climbs under a black cloth at the back of the machine)
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REEVES:
And then you simply speak your wish into the machine.
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[KEIR leans in close to the computer's microphone]:
Ahem
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STARMER:
Please can you grow my economy.
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ON SCREEN - in green letters on black screen
INPUT ALL NHS DATA?
Y/N
[Keir tap's the 'Y' button]
TAP
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REPLACE ALL JOBS?
Y/N
[Keir tap's the 'Y' button]
TAP
12
GIVE ME YR MONEY?
Y/N
[Keir tap's the 'Y' button]
TAP
STARMER:
Is it working?
ALAN ILLINTENT [popping out from under his sheet]:
You’re doing great](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreicu3ge45jtfu5m36wzkjwdul5woq4iemgzjmoi2y6p4ze66t2ealy@jpeg)
February 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And now for Tomorrow's Government
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Media: "Elon Musk stirs debate by changing the logo of X to the swastika, a Hindu glyph symbolizing the sun, prosperity, and good luck."
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Media: "Elon Musk stirs debate by changing the logo of X to the swastika, a Hindu glyph symbolizing the sun, prosperity, and good luck."
It's remarkably easy to wave to a crowd in a way that doesn't look like a Nazi salute.
So easy, in fact, it's hard to see it as a mistake when one starts acting all Dr Strangelove on a stage.
Twice.
So easy, in fact, it's hard to see it as a mistake when one starts acting all Dr Strangelove on a stage.
Twice.
January 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It's remarkably easy to wave to a crowd in a way that doesn't look like a Nazi salute.
So easy, in fact, it's hard to see it as a mistake when one starts acting all Dr Strangelove on a stage.
Twice.
So easy, in fact, it's hard to see it as a mistake when one starts acting all Dr Strangelove on a stage.
Twice.
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I believe as a feminist investigative journalist, it's vital to promote and support women's work, so I finally got around to making this starter pack. go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
January 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I believe as a feminist investigative journalist, it's vital to promote and support women's work, so I finally got around to making this starter pack. go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
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Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
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Lest we forget
December 7, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Lest we forget
🧵
Took me a bit but I've found the framing to put into words a way to express to the people fretting about the death of the UHC CEO why we just aren't heeding their admonishment:
The social contract stipulates that all life is sacred, and Brian Thompson violated it.
But it's more than that.
The social contract stipulates that all life is sacred, and Brian Thompson violated it.
But it's more than that.
December 6, 2024 at 10:14 AM
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Post a ship that's not Star Wars or Star Trek
November 29, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Post a ship that's not Star Wars or Star Trek