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@grahammoonie.bsky.social
Union comms, nouveau nerd and D&D player, he/him/Muppet of a man
I too am Nick
Exactly my experience. "I do that but I'm not ADHD" over & over. Then I saw a 12-panel cartoon of typical traits & I had 11 of them so decided to pursue a diagnosis. After decades of SSRIs not really working the consultant said "You're depressed because your life's out of control because of ADHD."
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I too am Nick
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Imagine, realising for the first time that you can just buy a thing and use it forever, no monthly subscription, no vendor-bricking, who on earth in this day and age would want such a thing? 🤷♀️😱
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Imagine, realising for the first time that you can just buy a thing and use it forever, no monthly subscription, no vendor-bricking, who on earth in this day and age would want such a thing? 🤷♀️😱
National discovers how the Lords works
Monday's NATIONAL: Reform switch peer racks up expenses of £34k #TomorrowsPapersToday
December 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
National discovers how the Lords works
Ah yes, all the most dystopian predictions in sci-fi, let’s do them
I would say this because I edited it but @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social's piece on tech bros founding their own for-profit cities really is unmissable reading www.ft.com/content/b127...
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ah yes, all the most dystopian predictions in sci-fi, let’s do them
Good news, I no longer have glitter in my beard.
Bad news, it has just relocated to the rest of me
Bad news, it has just relocated to the rest of me
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Good news, I no longer have glitter in my beard.
Bad news, it has just relocated to the rest of me
Bad news, it has just relocated to the rest of me
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worth noting the MMR scare was specifically because Andrew Wakefield wanted to sell a different vaccine - but went with it when everyone started going antivaxx completely.
one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
worth noting the MMR scare was specifically because Andrew Wakefield wanted to sell a different vaccine - but went with it when everyone started going antivaxx completely.
Genuinely don’t know how anyone can look at this racist braying posho cnut and think he gives the remotest fuck about anyone but Nigel Farage
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Genuinely don’t know how anyone can look at this racist braying posho cnut and think he gives the remotest fuck about anyone but Nigel Farage
The boy just refused to move to the front seat on the top deck and honestly, I’m not sure how I could have failed so badly as a parent
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The boy just refused to move to the front seat on the top deck and honestly, I’m not sure how I could have failed so badly as a parent
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For all the talk of Andrew Tate and Adolescence, I wrote about the more dangerous phenomenon we’re all choosing to ignore: the radicalisation of middle aged men
For the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
For the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
For all the talk of Andrew Tate and Adolescence, I wrote about the more dangerous phenomenon we’re all choosing to ignore: the radicalisation of middle aged men
For the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
For the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
Can you please just stop being such a wanker Harry Brook
December 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Can you please just stop being such a wanker Harry Brook
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The essence of Blue Labour thought is that somewhere in Downing Street there is a button marked “reindustrialise” that Tony Blair could have pressed, but instead he opted for the “more Woke Studies” button.
My brother in Christ, reindustrialization is based on international capital flows, not dumbass ideas to move down the value chain by turning colleges into vocational schools. You do realize that modern industry is almost always *high* skilled automation?
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
No reindustrialising? Our academic institutions are a part of the problem, overproducing elites and funnelling them into bullshit unproductive jobs. Half the universities need to close or become vocational colleges. You didn't even mention productivity.
Brexit is in the past. That ship has sailed.
Brexit is in the past. That ship has sailed.
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The essence of Blue Labour thought is that somewhere in Downing Street there is a button marked “reindustrialise” that Tony Blair could have pressed, but instead he opted for the “more Woke Studies” button.
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Things are perfectly set up, surely, for Scotland to need a three-goal margin over Brazil, be leading four-one and then concede.
#WereOnTheMarchWithAllysArmy
#WereOnTheMarchWithAllysArmy
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Things are perfectly set up, surely, for Scotland to need a three-goal margin over Brazil, be leading four-one and then concede.
#WereOnTheMarchWithAllysArmy
#WereOnTheMarchWithAllysArmy
Why does everything suddenly want you to create a pass key?
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Why does everything suddenly want you to create a pass key?
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Great liveblog content!
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Great liveblog content!
These TNT commentators are dreadful (apart from the woman who is fine). Cook - boring. Finn - somehow both chirpy and boring. Prior - just intensely irritating attempt to sound exciting
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
These TNT commentators are dreadful (apart from the woman who is fine). Cook - boring. Finn - somehow both chirpy and boring. Prior - just intensely irritating attempt to sound exciting
Find Out Now are not a reliable polling outfit right?
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Find Out Now are not a reliable polling outfit right?
People on dating sites frequently say they want a “partner in crime” but suggest even a relatively low level heist and they run a mile
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
People on dating sites frequently say they want a “partner in crime” but suggest even a relatively low level heist and they run a mile
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L, and I cannot stress this enough, OL
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
L, and I cannot stress this enough, OL
I have since noticed two small missed patches on the back of my head.
Ffs
A “friend” has helpfully said “like you have the mange”
Ffs
A “friend” has helpfully said “like you have the mange”
I have a date later and I’m trying to tidy my hair I made a dreadful error leaving myself looking like a poorly tonsured monk. The only solution was to do the whole lot to the bone.
Never do this stuff in a rush
Never do this stuff in a rush
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I have since noticed two small missed patches on the back of my head.
Ffs
A “friend” has helpfully said “like you have the mange”
Ffs
A “friend” has helpfully said “like you have the mange”
I have a date later and I’m trying to tidy my hair I made a dreadful error leaving myself looking like a poorly tonsured monk. The only solution was to do the whole lot to the bone.
Never do this stuff in a rush
Never do this stuff in a rush
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I have a date later and I’m trying to tidy my hair I made a dreadful error leaving myself looking like a poorly tonsured monk. The only solution was to do the whole lot to the bone.
Never do this stuff in a rush
Never do this stuff in a rush
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*Dandles grandchild on knee*
“It’s true, junior. I can remember a time when the Today programme wasn’t a mix of plugs for presenters’ podcasts, self-reference and a bit of nature and children’s books.”
“It’s true, junior. I can remember a time when the Today programme wasn’t a mix of plugs for presenters’ podcasts, self-reference and a bit of nature and children’s books.”
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
*Dandles grandchild on knee*
“It’s true, junior. I can remember a time when the Today programme wasn’t a mix of plugs for presenters’ podcasts, self-reference and a bit of nature and children’s books.”
“It’s true, junior. I can remember a time when the Today programme wasn’t a mix of plugs for presenters’ podcasts, self-reference and a bit of nature and children’s books.”
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These were the first books I read by @aliettedebodard.com and I've loved her work ever since! It's so cool to see them released again with fabulous new covers by @fringe-element.net
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
These were the first books I read by @aliettedebodard.com and I've loved her work ever since! It's so cool to see them released again with fabulous new covers by @fringe-element.net
Perhaps says a lot about the first half of my year that Messy is my most listened to song
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Perhaps says a lot about the first half of my year that Messy is my most listened to song
It’s been almost three years and I still miss the ring on my finger
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It’s been almost three years and I still miss the ring on my finger