local book enjoyer
@asamar.bsky.social
28 bi and vegetarian. painting every day till i die
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Felt like this when mortgage payments went up a few years ago - yes, it's horrible to now be paying an extra £200 a month, but that's been happening to renters year on year and there were no sadface articles on that, just "market forces" and "nobody has a right to live in a city"
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Felt like this when mortgage payments went up a few years ago - yes, it's horrible to now be paying an extra £200 a month, but that's been happening to renters year on year and there were no sadface articles on that, just "market forces" and "nobody has a right to live in a city"
Reposted by local book enjoyer
The pointlessness of immigration policy when nobody actually knows the facts.
Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The pointlessness of immigration policy when nobody actually knows the facts.
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Nope, we can’t now go back to “just reporting news”, because of the huge number of MP and journalists who spent the last decade angrily explaining that the Labour Party is rammed with self-indulgent wankers who disastrously want to ensure children are fed, to show off how pure and virtuous they are.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nope, we can’t now go back to “just reporting news”, because of the huge number of MP and journalists who spent the last decade angrily explaining that the Labour Party is rammed with self-indulgent wankers who disastrously want to ensure children are fed, to show off how pure and virtuous they are.
Reposted by local book enjoyer
This fucking prick has spent years giving in to the most hateful people and denying that’s what he’s doing but suddenly he’s shocked and furious that the vile rhetoric he’s been enabling at every step actually affects people he knows. Fuck off Keir.
Irks me when he says this because I’ve been at an LGBT event he’s been at, I’ve seen him attend others; he is in no way unaware of this being a problem nor his own role in it
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This fucking prick has spent years giving in to the most hateful people and denying that’s what he’s doing but suddenly he’s shocked and furious that the vile rhetoric he’s been enabling at every step actually affects people he knows. Fuck off Keir.
Reposted by local book enjoyer
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
Reposted by local book enjoyer
The "reporter" lady fucking sources and running catch and kill ops is a huge part of the issue with journalism but so is the corrupt sack of shit ex who knew about all this and said nothing till he felt personally betrayed and is now tossing out tidbits in planned instalments to have you pay him
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The "reporter" lady fucking sources and running catch and kill ops is a huge part of the issue with journalism but so is the corrupt sack of shit ex who knew about all this and said nothing till he felt personally betrayed and is now tossing out tidbits in planned instalments to have you pay him
Reposted by local book enjoyer
"Left on the economy, right on culture" is also, as needs repeating a hundred thousand time, the central lie of fascism.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
The thing about "left on the economy, right on culture" is it's based on analysis of swing voters. Those voters are often low attention and their politics are often not especially coherent. Which is fine for them, it's not their job to run the country, but, you know, the government is
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Left on the economy, right on culture" is also, as needs repeating a hundred thousand time, the central lie of fascism.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
Reposted by local book enjoyer
When the, ah, Nuzzi affair first dropped we were treated to several journalist luminaries insisting to us that it wasn't that big of a deal except she should have told her editor she was sleeping with her source.
this fuckin guy ...dropping allegations of journalistic malpractice and source betrayal in separate piece meal events like it’s delicious media gossip and then writing, “we haven’t reached the halfway point, and I haven’t yet described the most bizarre, consequential, and newsworthy events”
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
When the, ah, Nuzzi affair first dropped we were treated to several journalist luminaries insisting to us that it wasn't that big of a deal except she should have told her editor she was sleeping with her source.
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Reposted by local book enjoyer
One of the big issues of our time is seeing 'young people cant afford homes' and 'homeowners cant afford to be taxed more' as two separate problems, rather than the inevitable consequence of an economy built around inflated house prices to placate landlords
Some sympathy for this potentially made up woman but I wonder how the poster feels about the numerous people who would love to be able to call a house their own and form relationships with their neighbours but can't because of the housing market. Does their emotional plea count for anything?
Mumsnet is already on the case.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
One of the big issues of our time is seeing 'young people cant afford homes' and 'homeowners cant afford to be taxed more' as two separate problems, rather than the inevitable consequence of an economy built around inflated house prices to placate landlords
Reposted by local book enjoyer
You can't actually cap migration into Ireland without:
1. Dismantling the Common Travel Area
2. Leaving the EU
3. Placing a hard border between the Republic and the North
This "population growth" argument the self-declared sensible people have come up with is in reality really extreme
1. Dismantling the Common Travel Area
2. Leaving the EU
3. Placing a hard border between the Republic and the North
This "population growth" argument the self-declared sensible people have come up with is in reality really extreme
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
You can't actually cap migration into Ireland without:
1. Dismantling the Common Travel Area
2. Leaving the EU
3. Placing a hard border between the Republic and the North
This "population growth" argument the self-declared sensible people have come up with is in reality really extreme
1. Dismantling the Common Travel Area
2. Leaving the EU
3. Placing a hard border between the Republic and the North
This "population growth" argument the self-declared sensible people have come up with is in reality really extreme
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Of course they don't actually want that! What they are talking about is restricting certain groups of people while others are unrestricted and they should be honest about it. If 200,000 French people decided to move to Ireland tomorrow all these restrictions will do less than nothing
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Of course they don't actually want that! What they are talking about is restricting certain groups of people while others are unrestricted and they should be honest about it. If 200,000 French people decided to move to Ireland tomorrow all these restrictions will do less than nothing
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Re. Farage being racist in his youth, imo is not that much of a story or a suprise. But if it tells us anything today, it's that the lesson Farage learnt in his youth was that it could be fun to bully people, and that he has built several political movements that valorise being a dickhead
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Re. Farage being racist in his youth, imo is not that much of a story or a suprise. But if it tells us anything today, it's that the lesson Farage learnt in his youth was that it could be fun to bully people, and that he has built several political movements that valorise being a dickhead
Reposted by local book enjoyer
I mean the thing about trying to govern with no political ambitions is that your opponents can just project whatever they want onto it and there's nothing you can really do to stop them
The predictable crushing uniformity of the coverage of this Budget tells you an awful lot about the priorities of those papers, and also why there's actually quite a lot to praise in it bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I mean the thing about trying to govern with no political ambitions is that your opponents can just project whatever they want onto it and there's nothing you can really do to stop them
Reposted by local book enjoyer
I can only imagine his niece is as disappointed in him as every other LGBTQ+ individual in the UK, that he and his party are responsible for a rise in anti-trans sentiment creating a more hostile environment for LGBTQ+ generally.
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I can only imagine his niece is as disappointed in him as every other LGBTQ+ individual in the UK, that he and his party are responsible for a rise in anti-trans sentiment creating a more hostile environment for LGBTQ+ generally.
Reposted by local book enjoyer
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
Reposted by local book enjoyer
'peace eludes south Lebanon'
Yes, Lebanon just keeps misplacing its peace. How careless of it. It needs to keep its peace in a safe place so this doesn't keep happening.
Yes, Lebanon just keeps misplacing its peace. How careless of it. It needs to keep its peace in a safe place so this doesn't keep happening.
BBC News: "Year after ceasefire, peace eludes south Lebanon as Israeli strikes continue"
So BBC News, is it, in fact, a ceasefire?
So BBC News, is it, in fact, a ceasefire?
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
'peace eludes south Lebanon'
Yes, Lebanon just keeps misplacing its peace. How careless of it. It needs to keep its peace in a safe place so this doesn't keep happening.
Yes, Lebanon just keeps misplacing its peace. How careless of it. It needs to keep its peace in a safe place so this doesn't keep happening.
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Fighting the good fight against ‘victim hood’ culture by running to a national newspaper to whinge because the television hurt my feelings
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fighting the good fight against ‘victim hood’ culture by running to a national newspaper to whinge because the television hurt my feelings
Reposted by local book enjoyer
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
#hobbystreak Day 1924: Painted the red sections with two layers of highlights. I think since it's one of the main orruks in the squad I want to push them a bit further, definitely want to add some chipping on the edges too
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#hobbystreak Day 1924: Painted the red sections with two layers of highlights. I think since it's one of the main orruks in the squad I want to push them a bit further, definitely want to add some chipping on the edges too
Reposted by local book enjoyer
gone, and also forgotten
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
gone, and also forgotten
Reposted by local book enjoyer
piracy feels a lot like the fear of suburban break & enter in that it's a spooky thing that gets talked up in media and news a lot but then you accidentally leave your door unlocked for a week and discover that actually no one really cares to break in to begin with
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
piracy feels a lot like the fear of suburban break & enter in that it's a spooky thing that gets talked up in media and news a lot but then you accidentally leave your door unlocked for a week and discover that actually no one really cares to break in to begin with
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Six months ago, Labour was spending every shred of political capital - up to and including suspending seven of its own MPs - to maintain the two child benefit cap.
Now, they're describing it's abolition as an overriding moral imperative.
Cynical, untrustworthy twisters.
Now, they're describing it's abolition as an overriding moral imperative.
Cynical, untrustworthy twisters.
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Six months ago, Labour was spending every shred of political capital - up to and including suspending seven of its own MPs - to maintain the two child benefit cap.
Now, they're describing it's abolition as an overriding moral imperative.
Cynical, untrustworthy twisters.
Now, they're describing it's abolition as an overriding moral imperative.
Cynical, untrustworthy twisters.
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Reposted by local book enjoyer
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...