Just 15 minutes until the next 20 wickets start to tumble… 😂 #ashes #engvaus

It’s good to finally have a major party leader saying this kind of thing again… the cosy ‘daily mail’ consensus between the other parties on immigration and constant dehumanisation of trans people is bleak. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air!

Spare a thought for Palestinians who continue to be brutalised by the Israeli state for…checks notes… celebrating Xmas… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

*puts on Santa voice* “Meerry Xmas everybody…”

Oh GB News. Have a day off and enjoy a mince pie. How dare I talk positively about migration & refugee rights at this time of year that should be about *checks notes* good tidings and warm wishes. Tune in at 3pm to watch and judge for yourself. Merry Christmas everyone!

Happy Xmas Bluesky! If you’re a teacher with a bunch of book vouchers to spend post Xmas then why not give our podcast “Research Party” a listen. In the latest ep, @honeypisquared.bsky.social and I discuss “educating everyone”. On all the podcast platforms and YouTube… youtu.be/B6unTGwUj7k?...

Teacher salaries haven’t increased as much as average earnings. (Doctor lines are same). But I always wonder: how much of this is because of huge minimum wage increases bringing the average up?

Prediction: jacks & smith will put up a resolute defence fo a while…just up to the point where it’s leg to begin to believe a miracle might happen, at which point one of them will get out doing something stupid and the final three wickets will all fall for about 11 runs… C y’all in the morning!

Presents wrapped and Die Hard on the tv…it’s beginning to look a lot like Xmas

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Out: Children's books by the sex pest who we have decided to Suddenly Notice.™️ In: The very good book for young people about consent which will help stuff like this never happen again.

This!

This piece is billed as ‘father of girls thinks misogyny lessons are unnecessary’ but right at the end he actually asks the girls he is confidently speaking on behalf of and they…disagree. Amazing. www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

This is like the political equivalent of a magic eye where you stare at the blur for ages trying to see the thing and then you see it and it’s obvious….

this piece is terrifying. it should be actually illegal to do this to people, it's extraordinary that it's not. we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*. hey.paris/posts/appleid/

Reports from @amnestyuk.bsky.social clearly show that UK-made components have been found in weapons in the awful conflict in Sudan. But this government refuses to act. Once again, the minister refused to acknowledge the reality of the situation when I confronted him yesterday.

People don’t like tech companies stealing their stuff and making money off it 🤷‍♂️ I’m sure the govt will find a creative way to ignore the outcome of their consultation and accede to the tech bros preferences however…

Maybe my favourite piece of music…

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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.

We are so complicit as a nation in the genocide of Palestinians… bleak stuff and whether Labour or Tory our political class will carry on supporting Israel’s atrocities regardless of whether the public agree or not…sadly it was ever thus when it comes to foreign policy.

Also, there’s no visible means of support.

No.

One of the lessons the Luddites learned the hard way, and the critical AI movement could avoid relearning, is that when it comes to the harmful social impacts of tech the state is NOT a neutral arbiter between private capital and the common people. 💻🔨 Recommended text 👇'Writings of the Luddites'

So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10

We’re going to follow the US into an illegal war against Venezuelan fishing boats aren’t we…🤦

Not the worst idea I’ve ever heard…

Some of us set our alarms for 3:58am so that we can go “ffs” by 4:05…

Some good news at last…

Getting “first annual Montogomerie Burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence” vibes…

What a repellent nation we become due to the relentless kowtowing and appeasement of the worst humans - those who define themselves by hate and so many of these media gatekeepers who carefully guard and woo the bigots

Now…far be it from me to cast judgement on Liz Truss…but my sense of her strengths and weaknesses from her time in office was not “she is really good at coming across as natural and comfortable as a public speaker or in conversation on camera…” This could reach new heights of cringe…

We are in an insane world now where capitalism is completely reorienting to meet the needs of a speculative bubble in order to keep it inflating at the cost of real physical consumer goods… I mean, I say reorienting…it was ever thus, it’s just expanding into more of the commercial markets

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

Every company in the world "Try our new feature where you can ask an insane guy who hallucinates and lies important questions that deeply affect your life! He also steals from artists!"

As the person who does most of the VM socials, let me tell you this: bluesky is absolutely the worst platform of the bunch for slapping random adult content warnings on innocent posts to bury them. Would super appreciate if you share the post below like hell, and donate a fiver!

I mean, this really suggests that the whole law that was used to proscribe Palestine action is badly worded if it makes it impossible to defend in court…

Don’t think I’ve ever been this early to a gig, turns out it’s November 2026 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

Dr Assal Rad— "Today, the world’s leading human rights org said the genocide is not over. "Naturally, Western media has completely ignored it, because why would this be newsworthy?"

Funny how Labour only worry about breaking some manifesto commitments…

Looking forward to seeing Ocean Colour Scene tonight! The 30th anniversary of probably my favourite album of the 90s (and therefore of all time) 😬 Looking forward to seeing all the other middle aged 90s kids in attendance! Any Cambridge friends gonna be there?

It’s #budget day…Rachael Reeves missed an opportunity to put a tax on all the emergency podcasts incoming…😂

Really bodes well for the plan to get rid of jury trials not causing massive miscarriages of justice when related to things that might embarrass or inconvenience the government if the day…

Again, I invite the public to put two and two together about what has been happening in British politics and media for a long time now.

The facepalm was designed for precisely this kind of story. We are truly in the most cursed timeline!

"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.

The real “fantasy economics” is believing that a slavish adherence to OBR forecasts, treasury orthodoxy, & fiscal rules to pacify the bond markets will halt the economic doom spiral. The status quo approach has provably failed so surely should be treated as less credible than notional alternatives!

They all believe in the same nonsense ideology so I expect they are all equally bad…meanwhile inequality continues to go up…