Michael
@mykl.sparkle.blue
Just a vibe, you know?
From the UK, jetzt in Deutschland.
Used to wrangle code, coders, and customers for a living. Now just for fun.
Interested in complex systems and how they fail us. Oh, and jokes.
From the UK, jetzt in Deutschland.
Used to wrangle code, coders, and customers for a living. Now just for fun.
Interested in complex systems and how they fail us. Oh, and jokes.
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The people going after the CEO clearly haven't read the full article.
It's obvious that the WI is being threatened with ruinous litigation, and in response it's setting up alternative structures to accommodate trans women.
What else is the CEO supposed to do? Direct your ire at the government.
It's obvious that the WI is being threatened with ruinous litigation, and in response it's setting up alternative structures to accommodate trans women.
What else is the CEO supposed to do? Direct your ire at the government.
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The people going after the CEO clearly haven't read the full article.
It's obvious that the WI is being threatened with ruinous litigation, and in response it's setting up alternative structures to accommodate trans women.
What else is the CEO supposed to do? Direct your ire at the government.
It's obvious that the WI is being threatened with ruinous litigation, and in response it's setting up alternative structures to accommodate trans women.
What else is the CEO supposed to do? Direct your ire at the government.
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It's worth noting that the Government has a massive majority and could fix this in an instant with a one-line piece of legislation. It doesn't want to.
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's worth noting that the Government has a massive majority and could fix this in an instant with a one-line piece of legislation. It doesn't want to.
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profoundly sad www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
profoundly sad www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
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Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of a fraudster. Eli Weinstein promised to reform — but within months, he was back in business.
Read the full story in The Big Take: bloom.bg/44FIRmf
📷️: 731, Thomas P. Costello/USA Today Network
Read the full story in The Big Take: bloom.bg/44FIRmf
📷️: 731, Thomas P. Costello/USA Today Network
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of a fraudster. Eli Weinstein promised to reform — but within months, he was back in business.
Read the full story in The Big Take: bloom.bg/44FIRmf
📷️: 731, Thomas P. Costello/USA Today Network
Read the full story in The Big Take: bloom.bg/44FIRmf
📷️: 731, Thomas P. Costello/USA Today Network
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Kushner said he wouldn't have a foreign policy role in this administration just like the Trump Organization said it wouldn't make new foreign deals, just like Karoline Leavitt said Trump has never engaged in a conflict of interest.
As Jared Kushner prepares to meet with Putin today on behalf of Trump, REMEMBER: After taking billions from the Saudis and other foreign governments, Kushner explicitly said he would not have a foreign policy role in this administration.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Kushner said he wouldn't have a foreign policy role in this administration just like the Trump Organization said it wouldn't make new foreign deals, just like Karoline Leavitt said Trump has never engaged in a conflict of interest.
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“That [the title Reeves won] is not the British girls’ championship, it is clearly defined as the girl who does best in the British championship.” is… no, I’ve got nothing.
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims ⬇️
Rachel Reeves accused of overstating junior chess title
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“That [the title Reeves won] is not the British girls’ championship, it is clearly defined as the girl who does best in the British championship.” is… no, I’ve got nothing.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Cover of the day: from 1968, here is the Cement and Concrete Association’s brochure on the Western Avenue Extension aka Westway. It was published two years prior to the opening of the Westway, so it’s all artists’ impressions:
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Cover of the day: from 1968, here is the Cement and Concrete Association’s brochure on the Western Avenue Extension aka Westway. It was published two years prior to the opening of the Westway, so it’s all artists’ impressions:
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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I'm finally fulfilling my dream of wasting my life posting every hand captured line of dialogue in silence of the lambs
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I'm finally fulfilling my dream of wasting my life posting every hand captured line of dialogue in silence of the lambs
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Some BBC good news: The Celebrity Traitors ended run with 15m viewers, making it biggest title of 2025 across the UK at 7 days so far this year &, BBC says, “biggest on-demand audience of any series across the market at 7 days since records began (incl. both BVOD and SVOD)”. Ep 6 got 15.2m…
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Some BBC good news: The Celebrity Traitors ended run with 15m viewers, making it biggest title of 2025 across the UK at 7 days so far this year &, BBC says, “biggest on-demand audience of any series across the market at 7 days since records began (incl. both BVOD and SVOD)”. Ep 6 got 15.2m…
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The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
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Bit harsh on Geri tbh
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Bit harsh on Geri tbh
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It's brilliant that funding has been secured for the development of the James Hutton Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point. The addition of a signed trail with interpretation panels and new seating will open up this internationally important site. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It's brilliant that funding has been secured for the development of the James Hutton Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point. The addition of a signed trail with interpretation panels and new seating will open up this internationally important site. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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Our economic woes are caused by Brexit, (Ukraine), Covid, Brexit’s ugly baby - our dismal immigration policy, Truss budget, 14yrs of austerity…
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labour’s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that👆shit.
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labour’s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that👆shit.
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Our economic woes are caused by Brexit, (Ukraine), Covid, Brexit’s ugly baby - our dismal immigration policy, Truss budget, 14yrs of austerity…
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labour’s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that👆shit.
All rightwing policies.
Quite mad that our media acts as if Labour’s budget is the end of days, when they failed to adequately scrutinise any of
that👆shit.
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
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When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
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In Germany, you can use your physical ID with its NFC chip & a passcode to verify your identity online.
It’s still a little bumpy, but it generally works.
3 years ago—while building a new identity app for @bmi.bund.de—we redesigned the letter that gets sent 8 million times per year, because…
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It’s still a little bumpy, but it generally works.
3 years ago—while building a new identity app for @bmi.bund.de—we redesigned the letter that gets sent 8 million times per year, because…
1/X
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In Germany, you can use your physical ID with its NFC chip & a passcode to verify your identity online.
It’s still a little bumpy, but it generally works.
3 years ago—while building a new identity app for @bmi.bund.de—we redesigned the letter that gets sent 8 million times per year, because…
1/X
It’s still a little bumpy, but it generally works.
3 years ago—while building a new identity app for @bmi.bund.de—we redesigned the letter that gets sent 8 million times per year, because…
1/X
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The noise about relations between the OBR and the Treasury obscure a more important issue.
Nothing is more important for the future of the UK economy than the prospects for productivity growth, and the OBRs record in predicting productivity over the last decade and a half has been dreadful.
Nothing is more important for the future of the UK economy than the prospects for productivity growth, and the OBRs record in predicting productivity over the last decade and a half has been dreadful.
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The noise about relations between the OBR and the Treasury obscure a more important issue.
Nothing is more important for the future of the UK economy than the prospects for productivity growth, and the OBRs record in predicting productivity over the last decade and a half has been dreadful.
Nothing is more important for the future of the UK economy than the prospects for productivity growth, and the OBRs record in predicting productivity over the last decade and a half has been dreadful.
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🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...