Steve
@stega1958.bsky.social
Escaped teacher, retired children’s services manager.
Family.
Archery.
Karate.
Nose in a book.
Kindness first, love always.
Family.
Archery.
Karate.
Nose in a book.
Kindness first, love always.
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REVEALED: Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, has been campaigning alongside racists and far-right activists in his bid to win the seat.
Read the full story:
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/02/16/m...
Read the full story:
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/02/16/m...
Meet the racists and far-right activists campaigning for Matt Goodwin in Gorton and Denton – HOPE not hate
On 26 February, a parliamentary by-election will be held in Gorton and Denton and Reform UK has put up the far-right provocateur Matt Goodwin as...
hopenothate.org.uk
February 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
REVEALED: Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, has been campaigning alongside racists and far-right activists in his bid to win the seat.
Read the full story:
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/02/16/m...
Read the full story:
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/02/16/m...
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Awareness campaigns like this work, I knew to call 999 when my husband showed signs of a stroke. Because we got him to hospital within an hour he recovered with only minimal loss in one hand - it could have been much worse.
Sharing this - the symptoms of stroke. Someone important to me didn't recognise loss of speech as a sign, to their cost, upsettingly so.
Know the signs: F. A. S. T.
Dropped side of the FACE
Inability to raise both ARMS
SPEECH slurred or impossible
Act FAST, call an ambulance
#Stroke #StrokeAwareness
Know the signs: F. A. S. T.
Dropped side of the FACE
Inability to raise both ARMS
SPEECH slurred or impossible
Act FAST, call an ambulance
#Stroke #StrokeAwareness
February 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Awareness campaigns like this work, I knew to call 999 when my husband showed signs of a stroke. Because we got him to hospital within an hour he recovered with only minimal loss in one hand - it could have been much worse.
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They are very weird people, and it will be their downfall.
Performative religious nationalism might work in America, but most British people - including most Christians - think it's weird.
Performative religious nationalism might work in America, but most British people - including most Christians - think it's weird.
Charlie Downes (Restore Britain, campaign director): "More than anything, it is Christian faith. Ancestry and it is Christian faith"
Alex Phillips: "So if you are not a Christian, you can't be British?"
CD: "Well. You are certainly less British if you are not a believer in Christian principles".
Alex Phillips: "So if you are not a Christian, you can't be British?"
CD: "Well. You are certainly less British if you are not a believer in Christian principles".
February 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
They are very weird people, and it will be their downfall.
Performative religious nationalism might work in America, but most British people - including most Christians - think it's weird.
Performative religious nationalism might work in America, but most British people - including most Christians - think it's weird.
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Brilliant
and you won't be able to see that that's what's happening.
the park should not be full of broken glass.
you can't just ban children from the play area and call the problem solved.
1) they now have no play area
2) everyone else is still getting cut to ribbons
the park should not be full of broken glass.
you can't just ban children from the play area and call the problem solved.
1) they now have no play area
2) everyone else is still getting cut to ribbons
February 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Brilliant
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A post comparing the amount spent on supporting asylum seekers with the amount lost to benefit fraud and tax avoidance has been recirculating on Facebook, several years after it first emerged.
The figures referenced in the post are inaccurate.
The figures referenced in the post are inaccurate.
This comparison of asylum support, benefit fraud and tax avoidance costs is still wrong – Full Fact
A post circulating on Facebook features several inaccurate figures about the cost of “asylum seeker benefits”, benefit fraud and error and tax avoidance.
fullfact.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A post comparing the amount spent on supporting asylum seekers with the amount lost to benefit fraud and tax avoidance has been recirculating on Facebook, several years after it first emerged.
The figures referenced in the post are inaccurate.
The figures referenced in the post are inaccurate.
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High point of the book tour so far: suggesting on Radio 4 that billionaires be hunted for sport and not having one person disagree.
February 16, 2026 at 9:55 AM
High point of the book tour so far: suggesting on Radio 4 that billionaires be hunted for sport and not having one person disagree.
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I thought the country was full? Make your mind up, racists!
As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
February 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I thought the country was full? Make your mind up, racists!
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This alone should put the Discourse™ to bed
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This alone should put the Discourse™ to bed
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The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
“Seven schools and a nursery have reported more than 60 suspected cases of measles in an area of north London, and labs have confirmed 34 cases since January 12. Some children have been treated in hospital.”
archive.md/2026.02.1...
archive.md/2026.02.1...
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
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My next book? 😆
February 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
My next book? 😆
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Medieval people locking up paedos.
fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/01/18/a...
fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/01/18/a...
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Medieval people locking up paedos.
fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/01/18/a...
fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/01/18/a...
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Scotland’s Story
Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English. The Census says otherwise.
The number of people across these islands who do not speak English is around 190,000.
Yet again, Farage is caught lying.
Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English. The Census says otherwise.
The number of people across these islands who do not speak English is around 190,000.
Yet again, Farage is caught lying.
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Scotland’s Story
Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English. The Census says otherwise.
The number of people across these islands who do not speak English is around 190,000.
Yet again, Farage is caught lying.
Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English. The Census says otherwise.
The number of people across these islands who do not speak English is around 190,000.
Yet again, Farage is caught lying.
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The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
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A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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We are living in a world where we have safe and effective vaccines against some of the most detrimental diseases in history.
And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.
Measles could have been eradicated by now.
And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.
Measles could have been eradicated by now.
A reminder that measles cannot be treated, it can only be prevented.
It is one of the most contagious diseases in the world and can cause blindness, deafness and life-threatening lung and brain infections.
It is one of the most contagious diseases in the world and can cause blindness, deafness and life-threatening lung and brain infections.
More than 60 children infected in north London measles outbreak
Cases reported in seven schools and a nursery in Enfield amid concern over low levels of MMR vaccination in capital
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM
We are living in a world where we have safe and effective vaccines against some of the most detrimental diseases in history.
And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.
Measles could have been eradicated by now.
And yet people choose not to give them to their children and protect them and others.
Measles could have been eradicated by now.
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15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
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I regret to inform you that I have gone further down the terrible rabbit hole that is Elsie the Cow.
If you squint at enough eBay listings trying to read the words, you find a saga of a marriage gone mad.
If you squint at enough eBay listings trying to read the words, you find a saga of a marriage gone mad.
This morning, I got distracted while eating cheese because I remembered that the laughing cow is named Elsie and is married to Elmer the cow on the glue labels. To doublecheck that I hadn’t hallucinated that, I looked it up and fell down a dark internet rabbit hole.
February 14, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I regret to inform you that I have gone further down the terrible rabbit hole that is Elsie the Cow.
If you squint at enough eBay listings trying to read the words, you find a saga of a marriage gone mad.
If you squint at enough eBay listings trying to read the words, you find a saga of a marriage gone mad.
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When Labour came to power in 1997, a staggering 283,866 people were waiting 6 months or more for an operation.
By 2007 the number was down to 199.
Just one astonishing fact I came across while recording this and it's a reminder that government really can change things - for the better.
By 2007 the number was down to 199.
Just one astonishing fact I came across while recording this and it's a reminder that government really can change things - for the better.
As the rat infested Palace of Westminster literally sinks into the mud, there's talk that British parliamentary democracy might follow suit.
It's all lightness and larks in my latest for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/has-britain-...
It's all lightness and larks in my latest for @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/has-britain-...
Has Britain become Ungovernable?
News direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
February 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
When Labour came to power in 1997, a staggering 283,866 people were waiting 6 months or more for an operation.
By 2007 the number was down to 199.
Just one astonishing fact I came across while recording this and it's a reminder that government really can change things - for the better.
By 2007 the number was down to 199.
Just one astonishing fact I came across while recording this and it's a reminder that government really can change things - for the better.
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🤔You want your government to be popular?
💡Why not try doing something that's popular with the public.
Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.
It was true at the last general election. It's true now.
#publicownership
💡Why not try doing something that's popular with the public.
Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.
It was true at the last general election. It's true now.
#publicownership
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
🤔You want your government to be popular?
💡Why not try doing something that's popular with the public.
Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.
It was true at the last general election. It's true now.
#publicownership
💡Why not try doing something that's popular with the public.
Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.
It was true at the last general election. It's true now.
#publicownership
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The definitive post on the “Ratcliffe drama”. Look no further to find his ignorance exposed (he makes me wanna throw up)
With regards to his other comments on the Ratcliffe drama, well, I have some thoughts. With mild swearing. And a small history lesson.
When Sir Jim Ratcliffe Plays the Colonised
As someone raised in a country shaped by British colonial rule, I know what domination looks like. Migration under UK law isn’t it.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The definitive post on the “Ratcliffe drama”. Look no further to find his ignorance exposed (he makes me wanna throw up)
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Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
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"I can't be bought"
Says man who sells video birthday greetings for £70 a time.
Says man who sells video birthday greetings for £70 a time.
February 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
"I can't be bought"
Says man who sells video birthday greetings for £70 a time.
Says man who sells video birthday greetings for £70 a time.
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This is magnificent!
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
This is magnificent!
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