Athena Kugblenu
@athenakugblenu.bsky.social
Comedian'n'writer'n'podcaster. TED Speaker. Take my coffee like I take my power.
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📕 Buy History's Most Epic FIBS & FAILS!
🎧 Bust or Trust or PROcrastinate
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i will not proof read, i will not ask for an edit button, I will never apologise. think of it as a test. if you can read my posts without correcting my spelling or grammar you are my kinda person xx
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There is a certain breed of "left wing" politician that equates unpopularity with vindication. I can't get my head around it either tbh
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There is a certain breed of "left wing" politician that equates unpopularity with vindication. I can't get my head around it either tbh
There is a certain breed of "left wing" politician that equates unpopularity with vindication. I can't get my head around it either tbh
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There is a certain breed of "left wing" politician that equates unpopularity with vindication. I can't get my head around it either tbh
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Oh… another sacrifice to the insatiable Blue Labour beast
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has seen her favourability drop 32 points among Labour members since her plans for asylum policy reform were announced
Cabinet rankings: Mahmood sees sharp drop in approval among Labour members – LabourList
Shabana Mahmood’s approval among Labour members has plummeted since her announcement on reform of asylum policy, exclusive polling for LabourList has revealed. The poll, conducted…
labourlist.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Oh… another sacrifice to the insatiable Blue Labour beast
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I never believed in the concept of an “Alpha male” until now.
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I never believed in the concept of an “Alpha male” until now.
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"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.
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right at this moment, I know there’s A Thing but I don’t know the details yet. a blissful state that’s about to be ruined.
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
right at this moment, I know there’s A Thing but I don’t know the details yet. a blissful state that’s about to be ruined.
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At this point Windows 14 is going to be a Blackboard and chalk
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
At this point Windows 14 is going to be a Blackboard and chalk
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I'm old enough to remember when good design was paramount. If something was functional and resiliant, we knew the name of the designer who created it. I can't name you one designer working today. I might be ignorant. It might reflect the change in priority from 'good design' to 'fuck the consumer'
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm old enough to remember when good design was paramount. If something was functional and resiliant, we knew the name of the designer who created it. I can't name you one designer working today. I might be ignorant. It might reflect the change in priority from 'good design' to 'fuck the consumer'
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I get psychic damage from fixing a bunch of poorly designed stuff and sometimes interacting with things that things can be engineered well. It's hard to describe but it makes me really angry. Things *can* be well made but they are purposefully not.
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I get psychic damage from fixing a bunch of poorly designed stuff and sometimes interacting with things that things can be engineered well. It's hard to describe but it makes me really angry. Things *can* be well made but they are purposefully not.
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Good design means cutting down the friction on things that make life annoying, time consuming, depressing, irritating, but people don’t buy stuff when they’re happy. Unfortunately we need we’re spending when we need to be boycotting.
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good design means cutting down the friction on things that make life annoying, time consuming, depressing, irritating, but people don’t buy stuff when they’re happy. Unfortunately we need we’re spending when we need to be boycotting.
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She isnt wrong .
So much junk has designer labels on it. From clothing to furniture.
Mass produced junk that ends up in the landfill before you can finish paying for it.
So much junk has designer labels on it. From clothing to furniture.
Mass produced junk that ends up in the landfill before you can finish paying for it.
I'm old enough to remember when good design was paramount. If something was functional and resiliant, we knew the name of the designer who created it. I can't name you one designer working today. I might be ignorant. It might reflect the change in priority from 'good design' to 'fuck the consumer'
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
She isnt wrong .
So much junk has designer labels on it. From clothing to furniture.
Mass produced junk that ends up in the landfill before you can finish paying for it.
So much junk has designer labels on it. From clothing to furniture.
Mass produced junk that ends up in the landfill before you can finish paying for it.
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These new cars are not good designs. They all look the same and you can't even change the spark plugs without removing the whole engine. Saw a commercial for a car the other day where they compared it with a car from a competitor, I laughed. Both cars looked exactly the same. Pathetic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
These new cars are not good designs. They all look the same and you can't even change the spark plugs without removing the whole engine. Saw a commercial for a car the other day where they compared it with a car from a competitor, I laughed. Both cars looked exactly the same. Pathetic.
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Yeah, at some point it went from "this will connect humanity and in sharing we will forget our differences, war will end, and we'll live our lives in eternal peace and happiness" to them absolutely, deliberately making everyone's lives worse for some power and some billions. Wankers, all.
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Yeah, at some point it went from "this will connect humanity and in sharing we will forget our differences, war will end, and we'll live our lives in eternal peace and happiness" to them absolutely, deliberately making everyone's lives worse for some power and some billions. Wankers, all.
I'm old enough to remember when good design was paramount. If something was functional and resiliant, we knew the name of the designer who created it. I can't name you one designer working today. I might be ignorant. It might reflect the change in priority from 'good design' to 'fuck the consumer'
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm old enough to remember when good design was paramount. If something was functional and resiliant, we knew the name of the designer who created it. I can't name you one designer working today. I might be ignorant. It might reflect the change in priority from 'good design' to 'fuck the consumer'
We could rebel by not buying their shit. Imagine that. Not buying stuff from people who make no secret their business model is basically 'rob the consumer'
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We could rebel by not buying their shit. Imagine that. Not buying stuff from people who make no secret their business model is basically 'rob the consumer'
At this point Windows 14 is going to be a Blackboard and chalk
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
At this point Windows 14 is going to be a Blackboard and chalk
Why are tech ppl obsessed with making things worse?
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Why are tech ppl obsessed with making things worse?
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I had to spend an hour uninstalling the latest three Windows updates on my tablet as it created a glitch where Word refused to move away from page 3 in a document 🤪
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I had to spend an hour uninstalling the latest three Windows updates on my tablet as it created a glitch where Word refused to move away from page 3 in a document 🤪
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Why is Pras is jail but not Elon who openly purchased his way into the White House?
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Why is Pras is jail but not Elon who openly purchased his way into the White House?
Why is Pras is jail but not Elon who openly purchased his way into the White House?
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Why is Pras is jail but not Elon who openly purchased his way into the White House?
When are energy prices not rising??
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
When are energy prices not rising??
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Why the fuck isn't Boris Johnson answering these questions on Question Time?
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Why the fuck isn't Boris Johnson answering these questions on Question Time?
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What many politicians don't realise - or want to understand - is that many of the "highly-skilled" immigrants whose labour they crave were raised by the same asylum seekers and refugees they openly despise. They take the racist political rhetoric personally, and act accordingly. Why wouldn't they?
"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus...the NHS is so heavily reliant on doctors from elsewhere – 42% of its entire medical workforce qualified overseas."
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What many politicians don't realise - or want to understand - is that many of the "highly-skilled" immigrants whose labour they crave were raised by the same asylum seekers and refugees they openly despise. They take the racist political rhetoric personally, and act accordingly. Why wouldn't they?
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Kendrick's half time show was THIS YEAR. It's been a long year
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kendrick's half time show was THIS YEAR. It's been a long year
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You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...