Stephenbc
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This is correct - but I also think he drives people mad because he's quite incredibly ernest and internet culture is not able to deal with that level of genuineness.
I think Stancil drives people particularly crazy because he breaks the way they expect social media to work. Like the way it's supposed to work is "you say something I don't like, I post a pithy dunk, my followers laugh, and you log off." But Will doesn't log off. He will never log off.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This is correct - but I also think he drives people mad because he's quite incredibly ernest and internet culture is not able to deal with that level of genuineness.
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I suspect we are going to be hearing a lot from people who are vehemently opposed to immigration and lifting the two-child cap over the next few days - and that they will almost never be challenged on the total contradiction.
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I suspect we are going to be hearing a lot from people who are vehemently opposed to immigration and lifting the two-child cap over the next few days - and that they will almost never be challenged on the total contradiction.
We're on about day 5 of no hummus in Mercadona, and no statement yet from PM Sanchez 🤔
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We're on about day 5 of no hummus in Mercadona, and no statement yet from PM Sanchez 🤔
Times Radio this morning a proper summary of modern Britain; a section bitching about paying more tax, followed by a section complaining there is no money to fix their broken criminal justice system.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Times Radio this morning a proper summary of modern Britain; a section bitching about paying more tax, followed by a section complaining there is no money to fix their broken criminal justice system.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
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There are 3 significant news items that almost everyone overlooked in the last month as they were drowned out by everything else.
The Russian puppet regime in Georgia is disappearing opposition members.
Armenia is walking the road to E.U membership.
Enormous Lithium deposits found in Germany.
The Russian puppet regime in Georgia is disappearing opposition members.
Armenia is walking the road to E.U membership.
Enormous Lithium deposits found in Germany.
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
There are 3 significant news items that almost everyone overlooked in the last month as they were drowned out by everything else.
The Russian puppet regime in Georgia is disappearing opposition members.
Armenia is walking the road to E.U membership.
Enormous Lithium deposits found in Germany.
The Russian puppet regime in Georgia is disappearing opposition members.
Armenia is walking the road to E.U membership.
Enormous Lithium deposits found in Germany.
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I read “It is hard to imagine that taking place in Britain” initially as “thank goodness”. Then I realised that Phillips *wants* this for Britain! He wants a Britain where visible minorities live in fear of abduction and deportation? WTAF?
Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I read “It is hard to imagine that taking place in Britain” initially as “thank goodness”. Then I realised that Phillips *wants* this for Britain! He wants a Britain where visible minorities live in fear of abduction and deportation? WTAF?
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Declining hegemons often lash out in an attempt to shore up their remaining power in the world system (hello, Suez crisis) — a fact that “American exceptionalism” narratives make both likelier and hard to perceive.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Declining hegemons often lash out in an attempt to shore up their remaining power in the world system (hello, Suez crisis) — a fact that “American exceptionalism” narratives make both likelier and hard to perceive.
@simpleslav.bsky.social I see your lads top of the charts again! 😉 Such a well run country...
Austria, Market poll:
FPÖ-PfE: 37% (+2)
ÖVP-EPP: 19% (-3)
SPÖ-S&D: 19% (-1)
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 11% (+2)
NEOS-RE: 10%
KPÖ-LEFT: 3%
+/- vs. 24-30 July 2025
Fieldwork: 17-20 November 2025
Sample size: 818
➤ europeelects.eu/austria
FPÖ-PfE: 37% (+2)
ÖVP-EPP: 19% (-3)
SPÖ-S&D: 19% (-1)
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 11% (+2)
NEOS-RE: 10%
KPÖ-LEFT: 3%
+/- vs. 24-30 July 2025
Fieldwork: 17-20 November 2025
Sample size: 818
➤ europeelects.eu/austria
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@simpleslav.bsky.social I see your lads top of the charts again! 😉 Such a well run country...
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Vamos Jenni. Felicitaciones por ser un ejemplo de resistencia ante los machistas españoles que le dieron la razón al insufrible de Rubiales.
Jenni Hermoso no fue convocada a la Eurocopa con la selección tras denunciar al machista de Rubiales. Ha sufrido todo tipo de amenazas e insultos machistas. Mientras Rubiales se pasea por las televisiones para presentar su bodrio de libro, ella se acaba de proclamar campeona en México. Crack total.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Vamos Jenni. Felicitaciones por ser un ejemplo de resistencia ante los machistas españoles que le dieron la razón al insufrible de Rubiales.
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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It’s like in an election when the first flurry of votes come in and the evil party are doing better than expected then out of nowhere the evil party leader loses their seat and a load of other of their big names and suddenly you start to dream of a good government
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It’s like in an election when the first flurry of votes come in and the evil party are doing better than expected then out of nowhere the evil party leader loses their seat and a load of other of their big names and suddenly you start to dream of a good government
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As some of us said at the time - and whether you think proscription was overkill or not - some of the 'Palestine Action, great bunch of peaceful lads this is absurd' - commentary was incredibly stupid given allegations liable to come out in a future trial.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Palestine Action activist struck officer with sledgehammer', court hears
Six Elbit Systems protesters caused
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
As some of us said at the time - and whether you think proscription was overkill or not - some of the 'Palestine Action, great bunch of peaceful lads this is absurd' - commentary was incredibly stupid given allegations liable to come out in a future trial.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
@almagroschool.bsky.social Suspect even Vox would be like "bit much lads" 😬😬
How big a piece of shit would you have to be to buy the confiscated jewelry of asylum seekers at a government auction?
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
@almagroschool.bsky.social Suspect even Vox would be like "bit much lads" 😬😬
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60 bn EUR to be invested in transport infrastructure in Spain over the next 4 years. The top speed on the flagship Madrid-Barcelona line to increase to 350 km/hr. Amazing what you can do when you have a govt not scared of its shadow, and steady economic growth
Transportes anuncia que el AVE unirá Madrid y Barcelona en menos de dos horas ondace.ro/bagup5
Transportes anuncia que el AVE unirá Madrid y Barcelona en menos de dos horas
Así lo ha revelado el ministro de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible, Óscar Puente, quien ha explicado que la línea incrementará su velocidad hasta los 350 kilómetros por hora, frente a los 300 kilómetros por hora actuales.
ondace.ro
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
60 bn EUR to be invested in transport infrastructure in Spain over the next 4 years. The top speed on the flagship Madrid-Barcelona line to increase to 350 km/hr. Amazing what you can do when you have a govt not scared of its shadow, and steady economic growth
The Brits insane phobia of taxes, driven by their hard right media, is going to cause that country to collapse soon enough. Every metric is like this for them. Cultural problem 😬😬
In other news look at councils projected cumulative deficit just on special needs costs over the next few years. Yikes.
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Brits insane phobia of taxes, driven by their hard right media, is going to cause that country to collapse soon enough. Every metric is like this for them. Cultural problem 😬😬
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The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
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Fascinating that the cause of collapse of both major parties has not just been basically identical (cost of living and service failings creating unpopularity, chasing radical right tail on immigration fuelling in-bloc schism), but that doubling down has persisted long after failure became clear.
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Fascinating that the cause of collapse of both major parties has not just been basically identical (cost of living and service failings creating unpopularity, chasing radical right tail on immigration fuelling in-bloc schism), but that doubling down has persisted long after failure became clear.
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In this AmericasQuarterly podcast on risks of US strikes on Venezuela, Brian Winter mentions how normie Right wing relatives in Texas think US war against any adversaries in LatAm will automatically be an easy cakewalk
Delusions here in the US go well beyond Trump
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Delusions here in the US go well beyond Trump
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-e9arb...
Understanding Trump’s Military Buildup in Latin America
The recent deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy’s largest aircraft carrier, has intensified speculation about Washington’s true objectives in the Southern Caribbean. In this episode of ...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In this AmericasQuarterly podcast on risks of US strikes on Venezuela, Brian Winter mentions how normie Right wing relatives in Texas think US war against any adversaries in LatAm will automatically be an easy cakewalk
Delusions here in the US go well beyond Trump
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-e9arb...
Delusions here in the US go well beyond Trump
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-e9arb...
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Illegal migration is not 'tearing Britain apart' - unchecked right wing propaganda is
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Illegal migration is not 'tearing Britain apart' - unchecked right wing propaganda is
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El presidente Juanma Moreno del PP ha sido recibido en Málaga a gritos de "fuera" por su gestión criminal en el cribado del cáncer de mama. Esto no lo verás en la televisión de Canal Sur.
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
El presidente Juanma Moreno del PP ha sido recibido en Málaga a gritos de "fuera" por su gestión criminal en el cribado del cáncer de mama. Esto no lo verás en la televisión de Canal Sur.
Spain had the highest growth of any major economy last year, and is right up there again this year, and yet I'd bet my life savings that not a single one of the 600+ British MPs could explain why we did so well, and they did so badly.
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Spain had the highest growth of any major economy last year, and is right up there again this year, and yet I'd bet my life savings that not a single one of the 600+ British MPs could explain why we did so well, and they did so badly.
Starmer's main error is also the reason the UK is in severe decline. Day one, he should have been on the phone to Pedro Sanchez, a highly experienced left wing PM who's economy is the fast growing in the world. But no, he thought being British he was just better and didn't need help. He was wrong.
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Starmer's main error is also the reason the UK is in severe decline. Day one, he should have been on the phone to Pedro Sanchez, a highly experienced left wing PM who's economy is the fast growing in the world. But no, he thought being British he was just better and didn't need help. He was wrong.