DanC
@danc.bsky.social
Ex-English teacher, writer & editor, anti-fascist, linguist, LUFC-enjoyer & 6Music dad.
EngLangBlog: https://tinyurl.com/5n8kmxwy
Lexis podcast: https://tinyurl.com/mr4atnkh
Pronouns: He/him
Proper nouns: Eldritch, Marx, Bielsa
EngLangBlog: https://tinyurl.com/5n8kmxwy
Lexis podcast: https://tinyurl.com/mr4atnkh
Pronouns: He/him
Proper nouns: Eldritch, Marx, Bielsa
On the day it's announced that the German Hairy Snail is endangered and about to be rescued, my thoughts turn unrelatedly to #LUFC and Daniel Farke.
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
On the day it's announced that the German Hairy Snail is endangered and about to be rescued, my thoughts turn unrelatedly to #LUFC and Daniel Farke.
Make a sub, make a sub, make a sub. For the love of all that is holy.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Make a sub, make a sub, make a sub. For the love of all that is holy.
Same old story from Farke. If James isn't on for Aaronson in next 5 minutes, he's handing the game to them.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Same old story from Farke. If James isn't on for Aaronson in next 5 minutes, he's handing the game to them.
Five star? No stars, sorry. And that's from an Essex viewer.
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Five star? No stars, sorry. And that's from an Essex viewer.
Did I hear this right @thesquareball.net ?
Commentator in this game said that Kieran Trippier was thinking of reversing his England retirement. But that 'Thomas Tuchel might prefer to look at the younger ones.'
Commentator in this game said that Kieran Trippier was thinking of reversing his England retirement. But that 'Thomas Tuchel might prefer to look at the younger ones.'
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Did I hear this right @thesquareball.net ?
Commentator in this game said that Kieran Trippier was thinking of reversing his England retirement. But that 'Thomas Tuchel might prefer to look at the younger ones.'
Commentator in this game said that Kieran Trippier was thinking of reversing his England retirement. But that 'Thomas Tuchel might prefer to look at the younger ones.'
Those curses I left in invisible ink around Anfield last Saturday seem to have worked their magic. Sadly, I forgot it was a match against one of our relegation rivals.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Those curses I left in invisible ink around Anfield last Saturday seem to have worked their magic. Sadly, I forgot it was a match against one of our relegation rivals.
The message from so many of these games today could be that lower-placed clubs can genuinely challenge the top ones, but #LUFC fans are inevitably seeing this as a sign of imminent relegation. Might have been a different diagnosis before our last few abject performances.
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The message from so many of these games today could be that lower-placed clubs can genuinely challenge the top ones, but #LUFC fans are inevitably seeing this as a sign of imminent relegation. Might have been a different diagnosis before our last few abject performances.
Cas is bang on with this and the timing of Starmer and Mahmood's love-in for the Danish model couldn't look more dumb.
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cas is bang on with this and the timing of Starmer and Mahmood's love-in for the Danish model couldn't look more dumb.
These developments in Denmark will surely affect Labour's thinking 🙄
“This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.”
“This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.”
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
These developments in Denmark will surely affect Labour's thinking 🙄
“This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.”
“This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.”
Reposted by DanC
Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
So much stuff in 2025 reminds me of Tharg's Future Shocks from 1982. I don't think those stories generally ended well 😬
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
So much stuff in 2025 reminds me of Tharg's Future Shocks from 1982. I don't think those stories generally ended well 😬
Indie pop will never die!
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Indie pop will never die!
Nothing says Great Britain in 2025 better than a damp union flag hanging limply in the pissing rain from a lamp post near Kettering.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nothing says Great Britain in 2025 better than a damp union flag hanging limply in the pissing rain from a lamp post near Kettering.
Reposted by DanC
Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands are following Trump’s lead in targeting “Antifa.” The coordinated narrative reframes antifascism as terrorism while ignoring evidence that far-right extremists pose the real threat.
How the International Far Right is Getting on Board With Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Designation
Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part o...
globalextremism.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands are following Trump’s lead in targeting “Antifa.” The coordinated narrative reframes antifascism as terrorism while ignoring evidence that far-right extremists pose the real threat.
You'd never know that 3 of the 5 arrests were from the 'Stop the Hate' pro-Israel demo from this headline... or even the first 40 lines.
Weird 🤔
Weird 🤔
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You'd never know that 3 of the 5 arrests were from the 'Stop the Hate' pro-Israel demo from this headline... or even the first 40 lines.
Weird 🤔
Weird 🤔
This can't be the first deployment of these images today, but I feel the need to do it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This can't be the first deployment of these images today, but I feel the need to do it.
Oh well, if we're all doom and gloom on here, just imagine what Waccoe and Swastwitter are like 😬
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Oh well, if we're all doom and gloom on here, just imagine what Waccoe and Swastwitter are like 😬
That's all on Farke - lost that game in the 60-75 minute period where he stands there like a hairy rabbit and freezes in the headlights, making his changes far too late - and we've seen it before so many times.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
That's all on Farke - lost that game in the 60-75 minute period where he stands there like a hairy rabbit and freezes in the headlights, making his changes far too late - and we've seen it before so many times.