Adam Belcher
@adam.tophatsoftware.co.uk
Yorkshireman, 27, Software Engineer, Emperor of @empireofadammia.org.uk, Chair of Wakefield & District @libdems.org.uk local party. MMXXIV - MMXXVI
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Sonic Sees Shadow, Predicting Six More Months of Mixed Reviews
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Sonic Sees Shadow, Predicting Six More Months of Mixed Reviews
It's happened, for the first time I've watched a YouTube video and underneath it's said "Uploaded 20 years ago"
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 AM
It's happened, for the first time I've watched a YouTube video and underneath it's said "Uploaded 20 years ago"
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🚀The @LibDems campaign to re-take Sheffield Hallam at the next General Election is officially GO!
🔶Fantastic to mark the launch with fab candidate Sophie Crossthorn, and dozens of activists!
💥Awesome response on the doors for Sophie - and for Michael, standing for council!
🔶Fantastic to mark the launch with fab candidate Sophie Crossthorn, and dozens of activists!
💥Awesome response on the doors for Sophie - and for Michael, standing for council!
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
🚀The @LibDems campaign to re-take Sheffield Hallam at the next General Election is officially GO!
🔶Fantastic to mark the launch with fab candidate Sophie Crossthorn, and dozens of activists!
💥Awesome response on the doors for Sophie - and for Michael, standing for council!
🔶Fantastic to mark the launch with fab candidate Sophie Crossthorn, and dozens of activists!
💥Awesome response on the doors for Sophie - and for Michael, standing for council!
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Bearsden South (East Dunbartonshire) Council By-Election Result [1st Prefs]:
🔶 LDM: 38.1% (+14.9)
🎗️ SNP: 17.2% (-6.2)
➡️ RFM: 15.5% (New)
🌹 LAB: 14.2% (-1.9)
🌍 GRN: 8.1% (+0.9)
🌳 CON: 6.2% (-17.0)
🧑🧑🧒🧒 SFP: 0.8% (New)
No Inds (-4.7, -2.3) as prev.
Lib Dem 'Gain' from Con - Stage 5.
Changes w/ 2022.
🔶 LDM: 38.1% (+14.9)
🎗️ SNP: 17.2% (-6.2)
➡️ RFM: 15.5% (New)
🌹 LAB: 14.2% (-1.9)
🌍 GRN: 8.1% (+0.9)
🌳 CON: 6.2% (-17.0)
🧑🧑🧒🧒 SFP: 0.8% (New)
No Inds (-4.7, -2.3) as prev.
Lib Dem 'Gain' from Con - Stage 5.
Changes w/ 2022.
January 30, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Bearsden South (East Dunbartonshire) Council By-Election Result [1st Prefs]:
🔶 LDM: 38.1% (+14.9)
🎗️ SNP: 17.2% (-6.2)
➡️ RFM: 15.5% (New)
🌹 LAB: 14.2% (-1.9)
🌍 GRN: 8.1% (+0.9)
🌳 CON: 6.2% (-17.0)
🧑🧑🧒🧒 SFP: 0.8% (New)
No Inds (-4.7, -2.3) as prev.
Lib Dem 'Gain' from Con - Stage 5.
Changes w/ 2022.
🔶 LDM: 38.1% (+14.9)
🎗️ SNP: 17.2% (-6.2)
➡️ RFM: 15.5% (New)
🌹 LAB: 14.2% (-1.9)
🌍 GRN: 8.1% (+0.9)
🌳 CON: 6.2% (-17.0)
🧑🧑🧒🧒 SFP: 0.8% (New)
No Inds (-4.7, -2.3) as prev.
Lib Dem 'Gain' from Con - Stage 5.
Changes w/ 2022.
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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Hard agree. It’s just wrong! There’s a reason my community is full of Latino and Hmong and Somali people, and it’s because another America does exist and has existed. A free and welcoming America we can return to
I've said this before, but "america was always fascist" is simply not an effective messaging strategy for fighting an american fascist movement. you should not cede them control of the national identity! that's what they want!
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Hard agree. It’s just wrong! There’s a reason my community is full of Latino and Hmong and Somali people, and it’s because another America does exist and has existed. A free and welcoming America we can return to
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The Adammic flag in New Turing has been lowered to half mast.
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The Adammic flag in New Turing has been lowered to half mast.
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We are sad to learn of the death of Sir Fabian van den Berg, Knight of the Order of Adammia and an honourary citizen for over ten years, at the age of 29. Sir Fabian was well known in the community at the Insomnia Gaming Festival from which many honourary citizens came.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
We are sad to learn of the death of Sir Fabian van den Berg, Knight of the Order of Adammia and an honourary citizen for over ten years, at the age of 29. Sir Fabian was well known in the community at the Insomnia Gaming Festival from which many honourary citizens came.
Rest in peace Fabian van den Berg 1996 - 2026
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Rest in peace Fabian van den Berg 1996 - 2026
Watching Industry S4E2 - how delightful to see a fictional election declaration for Wakefield, depicted in an athletics centre much like the IRL Thornes Park athletics centre where I've been to many a count, and where I'll be returning to once again this May
January 25, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Watching Industry S4E2 - how delightful to see a fictional election declaration for Wakefield, depicted in an athletics centre much like the IRL Thornes Park athletics centre where I've been to many a count, and where I'll be returning to once again this May
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Walz having to basically plead with Minnesotans not to take up arms against the federal government. That’s the extent of the breakdown of political authority in the United States.
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Walz having to basically plead with Minnesotans not to take up arms against the federal government. That’s the extent of the breakdown of political authority in the United States.
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
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This is a fantastic speech.
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This is a fantastic speech.
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Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
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Anyway the Tories are down to 117 MPs now... another day closer to Ed Davey becoming leader of the opposition.
January 18, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anyway the Tories are down to 117 MPs now... another day closer to Ed Davey becoming leader of the opposition.
FUCK LIBRE OFFICE FUCK LIBRE OFFICE FUCK LIBRE OFFICE
January 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
FUCK LIBRE OFFICE FUCK LIBRE OFFICE FUCK LIBRE OFFICE
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RFK Jr. Demands Records of Everyone Who Has Played a Sonic Game hard-drive.net/rfk-jr-deman...
January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
RFK Jr. Demands Records of Everyone Who Has Played a Sonic Game hard-drive.net/rfk-jr-deman...
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NEW: Big, big news in Westminster for the Conservative Party. Kemi Badenoch has not only sacked but removed the whip from Robert Jenrick, saying he was planning to defect.
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
NEW: Big, big news in Westminster for the Conservative Party. Kemi Badenoch has not only sacked but removed the whip from Robert Jenrick, saying he was planning to defect.
TIL @empireofadammia.org.uk was founded on the exact same day as the Hypixel Minecraft server
January 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
TIL @empireofadammia.org.uk was founded on the exact same day as the Hypixel Minecraft server
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"Migration Advisory Committee analysis suggests tougher rules are shutting out young people who would make a clear fiscal contribution over their lifetime — while potentially deterring top earners who have many options to go elsewhere."
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
Is UK immigration set for ‘net zero’?
Migration surge after Brexit and Covid lockdowns has eased while clampdown has slashed arrivals
www.ft.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
"Migration Advisory Committee analysis suggests tougher rules are shutting out young people who would make a clear fiscal contribution over their lifetime — while potentially deterring top earners who have many options to go elsewhere."
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
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Minister of State Alex Norris tells the BBC he won't personally come off X because it's important for communicating with voters.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
January 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Minister of State Alex Norris tells the BBC he won't personally come off X because it's important for communicating with voters.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
YouTube really wants me to watch videos about how terrible the Stranger Things finale supposedly was. It was fine. Like 7/10.
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
YouTube really wants me to watch videos about how terrible the Stranger Things finale supposedly was. It was fine. Like 7/10.