Ricardo 🇵🇸
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Lefty London bloke into painting, coffee, photography, trees and buns. “An awkward mix of the very serious and the very silly, but he gives it to you straight” - Stewart Lee. I also make up quotes and can’t see direct messages. #freepalestine
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My party trick is not showing up
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My party trick is not showing up
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As per fucking usual. Cops lie. Press lie. MPs lie. Families campaign in pain and anger. The truth comes out and no one, NO ONE gets punished no cops go to jail. Again and again and again it’s the same story but what is wrong with the justice system? Too many jury trials.
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As per fucking usual. Cops lie. Press lie. MPs lie. Families campaign in pain and anger. The truth comes out and no one, NO ONE gets punished no cops go to jail. Again and again and again it’s the same story but what is wrong with the justice system? Too many jury trials.
Throwback to this day in 2016 when at the height (i.e. nadir) of Brexitmania the Daily Mail complained about increasing EU migrant numbers at the same time as mourning, as a British national treasure, a German migrant most famous for playing a Spanish migrant in a racist TV show
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Throwback to this day in 2016 when at the height (i.e. nadir) of Brexitmania the Daily Mail complained about increasing EU migrant numbers at the same time as mourning, as a British national treasure, a German migrant most famous for playing a Spanish migrant in a racist TV show
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Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
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My phone generated a photo album called like "loving memories" with a photo of me and my partner at dinner as the cover, and when I opened it it was just various pizzas I've eaten over the last few years with sentimental music.
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My phone generated a photo album called like "loving memories" with a photo of me and my partner at dinner as the cover, and when I opened it it was just various pizzas I've eaten over the last few years with sentimental music.
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I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
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My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist.
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist.
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
Terrifying
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Terrifying
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
At this point the best they could do for the Left is disband and recommend everyone join the Greens
Corbyn and Sultana at odds over Your Party leadership as conference opens
Corbyn and Sultana at odds over Your Party leadership as conference opens
Delegates to chose between electing a single leader or a collective of lay members to run the leftwing movement
The two most prominent figures in Your Party are still divided over how it should be run as its inaugural conference kicked off this weekend.
Jeremy Corbyn confirmed to journalists on Saturday that he preferred a single leader and is likely to stand for the role but Zarah Sultana, his co-founder, said she would vote for collective leadership and that she does not believe parties should be run by “sole personalities”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
At this point the best they could do for the Left is disband and recommend everyone join the Greens
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
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In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Top marks to Lidl who were playing a decidely spooky version of Summertime earlier. Sounded like Nina Simone with haunting flutes, but I can't find it on YouTube, so it may have been someone else. As it drizzled outside and we queued damply it sounded like someone had a sense of humour.
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Top marks to Lidl who were playing a decidely spooky version of Summertime earlier. Sounded like Nina Simone with haunting flutes, but I can't find it on YouTube, so it may have been someone else. As it drizzled outside and we queued damply it sounded like someone had a sense of humour.
Could it be because you’ve been writing a column pretending to be old and befuddled for about the past 200 years? It truly is a mystery
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Could it be because you’ve been writing a column pretending to be old and befuddled for about the past 200 years? It truly is a mystery
Incredibly exciting day at work as people MISSING from a mailout are eventually FOUND but then some don’t appear in THE RIGHT LIST and INVESTIGATION has to occur and we are AT RISK of breaching the contract for not meeting the DEADLINE but in the end the EMAIL GOES OUT and the day is SAVED.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Incredibly exciting day at work as people MISSING from a mailout are eventually FOUND but then some don’t appear in THE RIGHT LIST and INVESTIGATION has to occur and we are AT RISK of breaching the contract for not meeting the DEADLINE but in the end the EMAIL GOES OUT and the day is SAVED.
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The version of the Gospels where the Samaritan crossed the road to kick the robbery victim in the head and go through his pockets for loose change was suppressed by the woke fathers of the early church.
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The version of the Gospels where the Samaritan crossed the road to kick the robbery victim in the head and go through his pockets for loose change was suppressed by the woke fathers of the early church.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Honestly the absolute nerve of this prick
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Honestly the absolute nerve of this prick
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Are YOU fed up with the regular dating apps? Try Carbon Dating instead. It does involve squeezing yourself through an accelerator mass spectrometer, and your matches could be up to 50,000 years old, and dead, but users say these are but minor inconveniences when compared to the experience of Hinge.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Are YOU fed up with the regular dating apps? Try Carbon Dating instead. It does involve squeezing yourself through an accelerator mass spectrometer, and your matches could be up to 50,000 years old, and dead, but users say these are but minor inconveniences when compared to the experience of Hinge.
I was running late to a 9am(!) meeting but I still took the time to go for a brisk walk around the block, get a glass of water and brush my teeth, because priorities. This did actually happen but it does sound like one of those “LinkedIn lunatic” posts.
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I was running late to a 9am(!) meeting but I still took the time to go for a brisk walk around the block, get a glass of water and brush my teeth, because priorities. This did actually happen but it does sound like one of those “LinkedIn lunatic” posts.