Thom Beckett
@thombeckett.com
Former human.
🇳🇴 Lærer norsk. Gjør sikkert masse feil. Lat som om det er sjarmerende. 🇳🇴
🇳🇴 Lærer norsk. Gjør sikkert masse feil. Lat som om det er sjarmerende. 🇳🇴
Just before sunset, Wivenhoe.
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just before sunset, Wivenhoe.
Back, for now. Here’s my lovely cats all curled up together.
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Back, for now. Here’s my lovely cats all curled up together.
Think I’m going to take a little break from here. You’re all a delight of course, well, the ones I follow and interact with, but a post escaped containment, I had a few Nazis to block and I could just *not* be sharing my silly thoughts? Anyway, be back soon, will temporarily deactivate in a while.
September 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Think I’m going to take a little break from here. You’re all a delight of course, well, the ones I follow and interact with, but a post escaped containment, I had a few Nazis to block and I could just *not* be sharing my silly thoughts? Anyway, be back soon, will temporarily deactivate in a while.
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Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
September 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Since we’ve set the bar for proscribing an organisation so absurdly low, we should start with Tommy Robinson and all his fascist groups and move on to proscribing X and Tesla for facilitating and funding him.
September 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Since we’ve set the bar for proscribing an organisation so absurdly low, we should start with Tommy Robinson and all his fascist groups and move on to proscribing X and Tesla for facilitating and funding him.
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Please don't forget, and don't let anyone else forget, they did this openly.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Please don't forget, and don't let anyone else forget, they did this openly.
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We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet
September 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet
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Personally I think the biggest problem facing us today is the lack of civility among university students
The man, who did not give his name, identified himself as a former criminal from Kent who has spent 26 years in prison. “Keir Starmer needs to be assassinated,” he said. “Someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer.”
September 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Personally I think the biggest problem facing us today is the lack of civility among university students
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Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
Last weekend, peaceful protesters, many pensioners, marched against a genocide:
900 arrested.
This weekend, violent racist thugs baying for the overthrow of Parliament storm through central London attacking police and calling for the assassination of the Prime Minister:
9 arrested.
900 arrested.
This weekend, violent racist thugs baying for the overthrow of Parliament storm through central London attacking police and calling for the assassination of the Prime Minister:
9 arrested.
Politics latest: Nine arrested amid 'significant aggression', Met says, after 110,000 'Unite the Kingdom' marchers rally in London
Roughly 110,000 protesters have been in London for a 'Unite the Kingdom' rally and 'March against Fascism' counter-protest. Meanwhile, local parties and trade unions can start choosing between Bridget...
news.sky.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Last weekend, peaceful protesters, many pensioners, marched against a genocide:
900 arrested.
This weekend, violent racist thugs baying for the overthrow of Parliament storm through central London attacking police and calling for the assassination of the Prime Minister:
9 arrested.
900 arrested.
This weekend, violent racist thugs baying for the overthrow of Parliament storm through central London attacking police and calling for the assassination of the Prime Minister:
9 arrested.
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
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Hey Elon. I have some clients for you.
September 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey Elon. I have some clients for you.
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Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!
The owner of and absolute unquestionable algorithm controller of a preferred communications channel of the UK Government calling for violence and the overthrow of the Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Elon Musk addresses the ‘unite the kingdom’ march crowd via video link – UK politics live
Met Police believe 110,000 people attending rally, with one group in Whitehall throwing projectiles at officers
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!
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This is the owner of X actively campaigning to take down the elected government of a country he is neither a resident nor a citizen of - and using threats of violence in the streets to further his aims www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
September 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is the owner of X actively campaigning to take down the elected government of a country he is neither a resident nor a citizen of - and using threats of violence in the streets to further his aims www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It’s *just* possible we proscribed the wrong organisation.
A man at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally in London threatened Keir Starmer, saying he should be “assassinated.”
HOPE not hate said speeches were “extraordinarily extreme” as violence broke out and police faced projectiles.
#London
HOPE not hate said speeches were “extraordinarily extreme” as violence broke out and police faced projectiles.
#London
September 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It’s *just* possible we proscribed the wrong organisation.
Good headline. Good article. It’s increasingly difficult to think of any right that Republicans claim that they believe should also apply to their critics.
Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else reut.rs/3JYLkkp
Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else
After the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, U.S. Republicans have a warning for Americans: Mourn him respectfully or suffer the consequences.
reut.rs
September 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Good headline. Good article. It’s increasingly difficult to think of any right that Republicans claim that they believe should also apply to their critics.
Cheesy peas.
September 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cheesy peas.
When I look at this, my first thought is not that they’re uniting the kingdom, strangely.
They are attacking the Police again, at the 'peaceful march'.
Imagine if Pro Palestine supporters did this (they never do), they would all be instantly in jail.
Imagine if Pro Palestine supporters did this (they never do), they would all be instantly in jail.
September 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
When I look at this, my first thought is not that they’re uniting the kingdom, strangely.
Wait, guys, I’m not sure the right is as committed to free speech as they say they are.
September 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Wait, guys, I’m not sure the right is as committed to free speech as they say they are.
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Exactly this. One recurring realisation from my attempts to educate myself about Charlie Kirk is that he would have had no career at all if his supporters’ characterisations of college campuses were even close to accurate.
1) Young conservative activist held many well-attended events on many college campuses debating left-wing arguments
2) Campuses are rigidly orthodox places that don't allow conservative ideas, let alone open debate
These are contradictory! 1 disproves 2!
Reason has gone out the window with this.
2) Campuses are rigidly orthodox places that don't allow conservative ideas, let alone open debate
These are contradictory! 1 disproves 2!
Reason has gone out the window with this.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Exactly this. One recurring realisation from my attempts to educate myself about Charlie Kirk is that he would have had no career at all if his supporters’ characterisations of college campuses were even close to accurate.
Facebook does primarily seem to be site for the gullible nowadays. Must be handy to have got all of the people with the least ability to tell truth from fiction in one place so you can target scams at them.
Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
September 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Facebook does primarily seem to be site for the gullible nowadays. Must be handy to have got all of the people with the least ability to tell truth from fiction in one place so you can target scams at them.
Lucky that Kirk’s murderer was a right wing white boy since now we don’t need to learn anything from his death. Them right wing white boys gonna right wing white boy, the little scamps.
September 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Lucky that Kirk’s murderer was a right wing white boy since now we don’t need to learn anything from his death. Them right wing white boys gonna right wing white boy, the little scamps.
Reading the obituary of Lord Lambton after falling down a bit of a Wikipedia hole and very much enjoyed his excuse of how his sex scandal came about because the futility of his job as a junior minister led him to debauchery and gardening.
September 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reading the obituary of Lord Lambton after falling down a bit of a Wikipedia hole and very much enjoyed his excuse of how his sex scandal came about because the futility of his job as a junior minister led him to debauchery and gardening.
About the only thing we got from Back to the Future II is a watch that will tell you when it’ll stop raining. And facelifts I guess.
September 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
About the only thing we got from Back to the Future II is a watch that will tell you when it’ll stop raining. And facelifts I guess.