🏴Rich John🏴
@theboyrichjohn.bsky.social
Just an average middle-aged bloke. Into video games old and new. Left wing politics. Love stand-up comedy, but probably not the one you like. Will watch almost any sport that can be televised. Big motor racing fan, esp endurance/GT racing.
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PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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For those wondering why the Labour Government is behaving the way it is - here is a clue.
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
For those wondering why the Labour Government is behaving the way it is - here is a clue.
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A few ways this could go:
1) They get it past parliament, it’s wildly successful and retired reactionaries go wild for red, white and blue Labour
2) They get it past parliament, retired reactionaries still hate them
3) It crashes in Parliament and they look like vicious clowns
1) They get it past parliament, it’s wildly successful and retired reactionaries go wild for red, white and blue Labour
2) They get it past parliament, retired reactionaries still hate them
3) It crashes in Parliament and they look like vicious clowns
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A few ways this could go:
1) They get it past parliament, it’s wildly successful and retired reactionaries go wild for red, white and blue Labour
2) They get it past parliament, retired reactionaries still hate them
3) It crashes in Parliament and they look like vicious clowns
1) They get it past parliament, it’s wildly successful and retired reactionaries go wild for red, white and blue Labour
2) They get it past parliament, retired reactionaries still hate them
3) It crashes in Parliament and they look like vicious clowns
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Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
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💷 PFI buried the NHS in billions of debt 💸
Now it’s being rebranded + repackaged as a “new solution.”
But let’s not be fooled — a bad deal with a new name is still a bad deal.
Help us uncover the truth about PFI 👇
bit.ly/NHSandBudget
Now it’s being rebranded + repackaged as a “new solution.”
But let’s not be fooled — a bad deal with a new name is still a bad deal.
Help us uncover the truth about PFI 👇
bit.ly/NHSandBudget
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
💷 PFI buried the NHS in billions of debt 💸
Now it’s being rebranded + repackaged as a “new solution.”
But let’s not be fooled — a bad deal with a new name is still a bad deal.
Help us uncover the truth about PFI 👇
bit.ly/NHSandBudget
Now it’s being rebranded + repackaged as a “new solution.”
But let’s not be fooled — a bad deal with a new name is still a bad deal.
Help us uncover the truth about PFI 👇
bit.ly/NHSandBudget
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What is out of control is a ruling class who think working class people are just racist.
The same nonsense destroyed the Torie. Labour at hurtling towards the same self destruction. It’s time for politicians to get off twitter and spend time in the real world
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The same nonsense destroyed the Torie. Labour at hurtling towards the same self destruction. It’s time for politicians to get off twitter and spend time in the real world
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What is out of control is a ruling class who think working class people are just racist.
The same nonsense destroyed the Torie. Labour at hurtling towards the same self destruction. It’s time for politicians to get off twitter and spend time in the real world
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The same nonsense destroyed the Torie. Labour at hurtling towards the same self destruction. It’s time for politicians to get off twitter and spend time in the real world
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What an utter disgrace the Labour party has become. No wonder the Green party membership is surging. A party that speaks honestly about our need for immigration and the benefits it brings.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What an utter disgrace the Labour party has become. No wonder the Green party membership is surging. A party that speaks honestly about our need for immigration and the benefits it brings.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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These puffins and kings have also just been added to the following gallery/shop. Lots of interesting resonant ghosty kinda stuff there, if you’re interested. And you should be dammit
www.chloecumming.com/monoprintdra...
www.chloecumming.com/monoprintdra...
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
These puffins and kings have also just been added to the following gallery/shop. Lots of interesting resonant ghosty kinda stuff there, if you’re interested. And you should be dammit
www.chloecumming.com/monoprintdra...
www.chloecumming.com/monoprintdra...
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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I repeat myself but
Fuck Wes Streeting
Fuck Wes Streeting
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I repeat myself but
Fuck Wes Streeting
Fuck Wes Streeting
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Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
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PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
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The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The fact that this person remains Health Secretary is objectively one of the most significant British political scandals of the post-Covid era. But because he's doing something the media barons like, everyone has decided it's fine.
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Morgan Freeman is taking legal action over AI clones of his voice
"I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me"
(via Guardian)
"I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me"
(via Guardian)
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Morgan Freeman is taking legal action over AI clones of his voice
"I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me"
(via Guardian)
"I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me"
(via Guardian)
An excellent piece, with first-hand experience and sources. The sort of things experienced journalists do.
Tim Davie may have gone, but the real rot still exists - Robbie Gibb and his cohorts. A highly articulate takedown.
Bravo, Lewis.
Tim Davie may have gone, but the real rot still exists - Robbie Gibb and his cohorts. A highly articulate takedown.
Bravo, Lewis.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
An excellent piece, with first-hand experience and sources. The sort of things experienced journalists do.
Tim Davie may have gone, but the real rot still exists - Robbie Gibb and his cohorts. A highly articulate takedown.
Bravo, Lewis.
Tim Davie may have gone, but the real rot still exists - Robbie Gibb and his cohorts. A highly articulate takedown.
Bravo, Lewis.
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Evergreen post.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Evergreen post.
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I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue
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Every company website is so desperate. You're on their page for five seconds and they want to send you notifications for the rest of your life. It's like if you asked somebody at an airport how to get to Terminal D and they told you, then got down on one knee and proposed.
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Every company website is so desperate. You're on their page for five seconds and they want to send you notifications for the rest of your life. It's like if you asked somebody at an airport how to get to Terminal D and they told you, then got down on one knee and proposed.
Honestly, every company who started advertising their Christmas food already can get fucked. It's not snowing, there's no carollers at my door, no-one's buying their turkey and stuffing yet. Get a grip.
I'm already sick of Dawn French. And in general I like Dawn French. That's how annoying it is.
I'm already sick of Dawn French. And in general I like Dawn French. That's how annoying it is.
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Honestly, every company who started advertising their Christmas food already can get fucked. It's not snowing, there's no carollers at my door, no-one's buying their turkey and stuffing yet. Get a grip.
I'm already sick of Dawn French. And in general I like Dawn French. That's how annoying it is.
I'm already sick of Dawn French. And in general I like Dawn French. That's how annoying it is.
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i love that he just says it.
no skirting around, no ums and ahhs. we all know they should pay it, Zack is finally saying it
no skirting around, no ums and ahhs. we all know they should pay it, Zack is finally saying it
The Spectator are confused.
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It's not going to be cost free.
Billionaires are going to pay more.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
i love that he just says it.
no skirting around, no ums and ahhs. we all know they should pay it, Zack is finally saying it
no skirting around, no ums and ahhs. we all know they should pay it, Zack is finally saying it
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Worked with a guy called Austin Healy; I kept calling him Vauxhall Nova thinking it was hilarious but it seemed he didn't as I was given a verbal warning by HR.
November 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Worked with a guy called Austin Healy; I kept calling him Vauxhall Nova thinking it was hilarious but it seemed he didn't as I was given a verbal warning by HR.