Mal
@mal3gordon.bsky.social
British horror fan. The only good X is certificate X.
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In 2020, Jim Ratcliffe moved his fortune to Monaco, saving himself an estimated £4 billion in tax.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile | Editorial
Editorial: Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gif
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
In 2020, Jim Ratcliffe moved his fortune to Monaco, saving himself an estimated £4 billion in tax.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.
That says it all.
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Old Etonian Nadhim Zahawi was sacked as Tory chairman for breaching the ministerial code, didn't stand for re-election because he was going to lose, even though his seat had been a Tory stronghold since 1950, begged Kemi for a life peerage but was turned down, then defected to Reform to spread lies.
February 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Old Etonian Nadhim Zahawi was sacked as Tory chairman for breaching the ministerial code, didn't stand for re-election because he was going to lose, even though his seat had been a Tory stronghold since 1950, begged Kemi for a life peerage but was turned down, then defected to Reform to spread lies.
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The Today programme this morning interviewed Diana Furchgott-Roth, a senior staff member at the Heritage Foundation, about Trump's climate policies, during which she came out with the zinger: “a lot of people like it a bit warmer.”
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
February 13, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The Today programme this morning interviewed Diana Furchgott-Roth, a senior staff member at the Heritage Foundation, about Trump's climate policies, during which she came out with the zinger: “a lot of people like it a bit warmer.”
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
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Vox pops are pointless and misleading. If they have to be balanced then what do they prove? If they are not balanced they don’t give a variety of views. I speak as someone who was once asked why my vox pops from Clydebank (where I was born) didn’t seem to include any Conservatives…. Any guesses?
Vox Pops: yes or no?
Am obviously hating the way Radio Four, rather than binning vox pops on this and other issues, now just uses a few comments from Radio Five Live's morning phone-in. Cheaper, and saves a reporter having to stand in the cold recruiting jobless and retired passers-by. But it's still rubbish journalism.
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Vox pops are pointless and misleading. If they have to be balanced then what do they prove? If they are not balanced they don’t give a variety of views. I speak as someone who was once asked why my vox pops from Clydebank (where I was born) didn’t seem to include any Conservatives…. Any guesses?
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Good morning!
(art by Jack Thurston)Raquel Welch stands in her furry bikini surrounded by dinosaurs.
(art by Jack Thurston)Raquel Welch stands in her furry bikini surrounded by dinosaurs.
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Good morning!
(art by Jack Thurston)Raquel Welch stands in her furry bikini surrounded by dinosaurs.
(art by Jack Thurston)Raquel Welch stands in her furry bikini surrounded by dinosaurs.
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“Hold it right there, Charles! ... Not on our first date, you don’t!”
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
“Hold it right there, Charles! ... Not on our first date, you don’t!”
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Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
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I wonder how widely known it is that MAGA is actively spending American taxpayers' money in support of Reform and their agenda?
So much for sovereignty. Britain has arguably never been weaker or more powerless or less able to forge its own path.
So much for sovereignty. Britain has arguably never been weaker or more powerless or less able to forge its own path.
“The myth of London as a third-world sinkhole is now central to Maga politics. Restoring Britain’s allegedly vanishing character is also an official goal of Donald Trump’s foreign policy.” My column. as.ft.com/r/5d92d208-8...
Why Maga loathes London
[FREE TO READ] Trump and his supporters see the UK capital as the symbol of a Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’
as.ft.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I wonder how widely known it is that MAGA is actively spending American taxpayers' money in support of Reform and their agenda?
So much for sovereignty. Britain has arguably never been weaker or more powerless or less able to forge its own path.
So much for sovereignty. Britain has arguably never been weaker or more powerless or less able to forge its own path.
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My old mum had just phoned me to bring me the important news that A VERY LARGE WALRUS has been spotted on a beach in Fife
Having now found a news article I can confirm this report is accurate www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
Having now found a news article I can confirm this report is accurate www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
Walrus spotted having a rest near a coastal town in Scotland
Sightings of walruses in the UK are rare. Volunteers at a wildlife charity kept a close eye on the animal, which was seen in Elie in Fife, before it left the next morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
My old mum had just phoned me to bring me the important news that A VERY LARGE WALRUS has been spotted on a beach in Fife
Having now found a news article I can confirm this report is accurate www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
Having now found a news article I can confirm this report is accurate www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
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Remembering Joyce Grenfell, born this day in 1910.
February 10, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Remembering Joyce Grenfell, born this day in 1910.
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7. The failure to change our disastrous electoral system, which might gift the UK to Reform on a small share of the vote, can, I feel, be understood as a matter of putting party over country and faction over party.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour’s cowardice | George Monbiot
Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he won’t. All the party has left are threats about ‘splitting the vote’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
7. The failure to change our disastrous electoral system, which might gift the UK to Reform on a small share of the vote, can, I feel, be understood as a matter of putting party over country and faction over party.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ironic that a man barely ever in his workplace should make such a call.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Ironic that a man barely ever in his workplace should make such a call.
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There's a welcome repeat of Michael Palin's Number 27 tomorrow night on BBC Four. Madly, this is its first screening since 1988. Newly shot intro by the man himself. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Number 27
A young property developer tries to convince a 90-year-old woman to sell her house.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
There's a welcome repeat of Michael Palin's Number 27 tomorrow night on BBC Four. Madly, this is its first screening since 1988. Newly shot intro by the man himself. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample
The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample
The BBC is bringing back its Radiophonic Workshop as a tool for a new generation of musicians.
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample
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I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
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Seen on Mastodon. This is by Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards.
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Seen on Mastodon. This is by Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards.
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Jeffrey Epstein survivors speak out
#SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL
"I was 14"
"I was 16"
"I was 16"
"17"
"14"
"There are about a thousand of us"
"It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows"
"It's time to shine a light into the darkness"
"Release all of the Epstein files"
#SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL
"I was 14"
"I was 16"
"I was 16"
"17"
"14"
"There are about a thousand of us"
"It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows"
"It's time to shine a light into the darkness"
"Release all of the Epstein files"
February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Jeffrey Epstein survivors speak out
#SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL
"I was 14"
"I was 16"
"I was 16"
"17"
"14"
"There are about a thousand of us"
"It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows"
"It's time to shine a light into the darkness"
"Release all of the Epstein files"
#SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL
"I was 14"
"I was 16"
"I was 16"
"17"
"14"
"There are about a thousand of us"
"It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows"
"It's time to shine a light into the darkness"
"Release all of the Epstein files"
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After nearly 4 years, @indicator.bsky.social are once again blowing the dust off another early Hammer film from the vaults!
Keep your peepers peeled for Thursday’s announcement…
Keep your peepers peeled for Thursday’s announcement…
February 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
After nearly 4 years, @indicator.bsky.social are once again blowing the dust off another early Hammer film from the vaults!
Keep your peepers peeled for Thursday’s announcement…
Keep your peepers peeled for Thursday’s announcement…
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After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
February 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software
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If people are going to make money from social media, it seems so wildly obvious that what can be broadcast by the platforms is regulated in the same was as TV is.
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM
If people are going to make money from social media, it seems so wildly obvious that what can be broadcast by the platforms is regulated in the same was as TV is.
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Farage was banging on about Turkish barbers, so these lads in Glasgow did this.
It's in Dumbarton Road, if you fancy a trim.
It's in Dumbarton Road, if you fancy a trim.
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Farage was banging on about Turkish barbers, so these lads in Glasgow did this.
It's in Dumbarton Road, if you fancy a trim.
It's in Dumbarton Road, if you fancy a trim.
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Stumbled across a DVD shop in Durham market yesterday with a display that would please @generalwitch.bsky.social fans!
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Stumbled across a DVD shop in Durham market yesterday with a display that would please @generalwitch.bsky.social fans!
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The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online
The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online
For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate a...
www.openculture.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online