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Big Fez
@bigfez.bsky.social
· Mar 26
85% of wrong political opinions can be avoided simply by asking the question 'and what do you think the *other* person will do then?'
Be the change you want to see in the world (I think more foods should be served in sports direct mugs)
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Be the change you want to see in the world (I think more foods should be served in sports direct mugs)
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Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
It's one of those things where I *know* in a few years people will be like "Well, didn't it seem crazy at the time?" and yeah it did but still 90% of people just nodded along with it
It's fucking ridiculous that it's cheaper to get a plane from London to Glasgow than a train.
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It's one of those things where I *know* in a few years people will be like "Well, didn't it seem crazy at the time?" and yeah it did but still 90% of people just nodded along with it
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WANTED: A Chair that does not give way when sat on.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WANTED: A Chair that does not give way when sat on.
loads of interesting stuff in here, and some good 'check my own assumptions' work as well
It's Friday afternoon, so who wouldn't want to enter the weekend with one more round of my patented bubble plots of British politics? In this final (one hopes) of my mini-series I look at who the 'odd ones out' of British politics are. Who is 'out of touch' with the rest of the public. Let's see 1/n
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
loads of interesting stuff in here, and some good 'check my own assumptions' work as well
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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Dick Advocaat is the head coach of the Curaçao football team, who will be the first ever alcoholic drink managed by an alcoholic drink to play at a World Cup finals.
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Dick Advocaat is the head coach of the Curaçao football team, who will be the first ever alcoholic drink managed by an alcoholic drink to play at a World Cup finals.
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Hi, I’m a website, product, or service you’ve relied on for years without incident. Great news: I’ve now been revamped with a mandatory AI component that makes me unusable.
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hi, I’m a website, product, or service you’ve relied on for years without incident. Great news: I’ve now been revamped with a mandatory AI component that makes me unusable.
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See also: The Onion's take on car bloat
Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident
PRESCOTT, AZ—Explaining that she did not have any strong preferences when it came to make or model, area woman Laura Bauer, a conscientious SUV shopper, confirmed Wednesday that she just wanted someth...
theonion.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
See also: The Onion's take on car bloat
This album is more than twenty years old but a lot of the lyrics sound like they could have been written yesterday. Slightly disconcerting to be honest.
open.spotify.com/album/0wz3WQ...
open.spotify.com/album/0wz3WQ...
Where The Humans Eat
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This album is more than twenty years old but a lot of the lyrics sound like they could have been written yesterday. Slightly disconcerting to be honest.
open.spotify.com/album/0wz3WQ...
open.spotify.com/album/0wz3WQ...
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Living Rent has urged the City of Edinburgh Council to strike off two landlords who have been found guilty of serious misconduct at the First Tier Tribunal.
Tenants union calls on council to strike off guilty Leith landlords
Living Rent has urged the City of Edinburgh Council to strike off two landlords who have been found guilty of serious misconduct at the First Tier Tribunal.
www.scottishhousingnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Living Rent has urged the City of Edinburgh Council to strike off two landlords who have been found guilty of serious misconduct at the First Tier Tribunal.
'things that only an ex-bbc staffer can do'
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
'things that only an ex-bbc staffer can do'
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The suspiciously long arm of the law
IOP Police officers use AI tool to draft reports from body camera video #chsnews
IOP Police officers use AI tool to draft reports from body camera video
The Isle of Palms Police Department is the first city-level police department in the state to try out an artificial intelligence tool that helps them draft incident reports.
www.live5news.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The suspiciously long arm of the law
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Oh, you’re a big Ramones fan? Name 5 of their t-shirts
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Oh, you’re a big Ramones fan? Name 5 of their t-shirts
Update: one month later, the penny drops:
"the tyranny of the plurality"
"the tyranny of the plurality"
I was gonna post something about 'tyranny of the minority' but that's just 'tyranny', isn't it? Original flavour.
But yeah people arguing for electoral reform (small r) should use Tyranny of the Minority more i think. A good slogan.
But yeah people arguing for electoral reform (small r) should use Tyranny of the Minority more i think. A good slogan.
Seat Projection:
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Update: one month later, the penny drops:
"the tyranny of the plurality"
"the tyranny of the plurality"
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"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
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"all the leaves are grey, and the sky is grey" - a dog singing california dreaming.
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"all the leaves are grey, and the sky is grey" - a dog singing california dreaming.
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I'm finding it hard to keep myself uninformed.
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'm finding it hard to keep myself uninformed.
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Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
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THIS is the inconvenient truth
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
THIS is the inconvenient truth
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The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
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Everyone’s talking about “green aviation” like it’s going to save the planet.
But is electric or hydrogen flight really that green? 👀
Let’s talk about it.
#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech #SustainableTravel
But is electric or hydrogen flight really that green? 👀
Let’s talk about it.
#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech #SustainableTravel
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Everyone’s talking about “green aviation” like it’s going to save the planet.
But is electric or hydrogen flight really that green? 👀
Let’s talk about it.
#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech #SustainableTravel
But is electric or hydrogen flight really that green? 👀
Let’s talk about it.
#FlightFree #ClimateCrisis #GreenTech #SustainableTravel