Andy
@ab-initio.me.uk
🏳️🌈🇪🇺❄️ He/Him. Control(s) Freak. Interested in tasteful thirst, politics, green transport & energy. There is no LGB without the T!
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Guess they needed to can one sixth
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Guess they needed to can one sixth
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So I made this video 4 years ago - and somehow things have got worse since then… youtu.be/bJnT2yL66Kw?...
Interview for a senior role at BBC News
YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So I made this video 4 years ago - and somehow things have got worse since then… youtu.be/bJnT2yL66Kw?...
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BREAKING: BBC has confirmed Tim Davie is to step down as BBC Director General
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Social media views are not proof of 'demand'. They are proof of what the algorithm was programmed to show to users. And, obviously, some of the accounts which have 'viewed' or 'liked' this are not real.
Debate about Carlson hosting Fuentes has focused on the supply side (who should be hosted and what type of conversation). But there is a huge demand side: On X, the post had 17 million views and 103K likes; on YouTube, the post had 5.6 million views and 249K likes. This is astonishing.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Social media views are not proof of 'demand'. They are proof of what the algorithm was programmed to show to users. And, obviously, some of the accounts which have 'viewed' or 'liked' this are not real.
Did I just hear that right?
God save the Quing 🫣
God save the Quing 🫣
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Did I just hear that right?
God save the Quing 🫣
God save the Quing 🫣
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Husbands with Grindr profiles?
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Husbands with Grindr profiles?
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Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
Oldest selfie bandwagon - at a friends 30th in Bali
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Oldest selfie bandwagon - at a friends 30th in Bali
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Since it is apparently up to self-appointed, middle-aged white British men to decide who truly is or is not British, I’ve decided Matt Goodwin isn’t.
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Since it is apparently up to self-appointed, middle-aged white British men to decide who truly is or is not British, I’ve decided Matt Goodwin isn’t.
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JD Vance Edition:
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
JD Vance Edition:
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Laurence Fox wrote a song about Charlie Kirk, and this is the only comment on it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Laurence Fox wrote a song about Charlie Kirk, and this is the only comment on it.
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@eddavey.libdems.org.uk you should remove any references pertaining to supporting LGBT+ people from the website and manifesto as it's blatantly a complete lie.
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk you should remove any references pertaining to supporting LGBT+ people from the website and manifesto as it's blatantly a complete lie.
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I do think it's good that the Bluesky execs are on here and clearly very brittle people, because if nothing else when the service sucks at least you can have the satisfaction of hurting their feelings.
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I do think it's good that the Bluesky execs are on here and clearly very brittle people, because if nothing else when the service sucks at least you can have the satisfaction of hurting their feelings.
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“You booked a flight to Oslo but didn’t take it therefore you owe us a fifth of everything you own”
Rachel Reeves considers 20% tax on assets of people deciding to leave UK
Rachel Reeves considers 20% tax on assets of people deciding to leave UK
Plans for ‘settling-up charge’ predicted to raise £2bn and would follow policy in place among most G7 countries
Rich people quitting the UK could be required to pay a 20% tax on their business assets as part of plans reportedly being considered by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.
The Treasury has drawn up plans for a “settling-up charge” on assets; a move that would bring the UK into line with most other G7 nations and raise a predicted £2bn for the public coffers, according to the Times. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“You booked a flight to Oslo but didn’t take it therefore you owe us a fifth of everything you own”
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
Watched last night, Im sure there is a law requiring it.
Watched last night, Im sure there is a law requiring it.
November 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
Watched last night, Im sure there is a law requiring it.
Watched last night, Im sure there is a law requiring it.
Media is going to have to do the “X (Formerly Twitter)” thing with the Nonce
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Media is going to have to do the “X (Formerly Twitter)” thing with the Nonce
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Nicola Sturgeon and David Tennant being named Scotland’s most popular politician and actor respectively is going to be the inspiration for this week’s JK Rowling crashout
October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Nicola Sturgeon and David Tennant being named Scotland’s most popular politician and actor respectively is going to be the inspiration for this week’s JK Rowling crashout
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I was 22 and I’m now 45
I had just started 2nd year at uni (day release) and had a crush on one of the full-time students we shared some lectures with.
I was 22 and I’m now 45
I had just started 2nd year at uni (day release) and had a crush on one of the full-time students we shared some lectures with.
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I was 16 and I am now 28.
I told my mum first, on my 16th birthday. I was so stressed in the run up to it, I snapped a pencil that I was twiddling with my fingers.
Happily, it turned out fine.
I was 16 and I am now 28.
I told my mum first, on my 16th birthday. I was so stressed in the run up to it, I snapped a pencil that I was twiddling with my fingers.
Happily, it turned out fine.
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I was 17 when I started coming out. I’m 38 now
I was 17 when I started coming out. I’m 38 now
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I was 22 and I’m now 45
I had just started 2nd year at uni (day release) and had a crush on one of the full-time students we shared some lectures with.
I was 22 and I’m now 45
I had just started 2nd year at uni (day release) and had a crush on one of the full-time students we shared some lectures with.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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Beautiful.
Plaid Cymru battered them.
Plaid Cymru battered them.
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Beautiful.
Plaid Cymru battered them.
Plaid Cymru battered them.