Seems as though Trump may achieve his ultimate dream of fucking the entire world.

Sorry to ask what may be a strange question, but trans people, do you think the Labour government is actively or aggressively anti-trans?

It's not just young people. Labour's poisonous rhetoric and policies have utterly alternated a huge number of people.

I find this type of thinking fascinating. What does "I think everyone should have behaved differently from how they did" actually get you? What do we do with this thought experiment?

It's kind of nuts to see Capitalism eating itself in real time. We're witnessing the shift from "copying stuff is bad" to "copying stuff is good", with the accompanying legislation shift. Where the US leaned on everyone to protect IP, now it's leaning on everyone not to.

this is like the thesis statement of our times

The Labour party should be utterly ashamed to have this truth-twisting horror as Home Secretary. I cannot see how the Labour party can avoid an absolutely apocalyptic defeat in the next GE if they carry on with these awful people in key roles.

I strongly suspect that they know this… they use Twitter support as cover for doing what they were going to do/say anyway. It's obviously a constant in right wing politicking that they're the "silent majority" and that everyone secretly agrees with them.

"AI" video, computer generated/game footage, video from completely different conflicts and events - whatever tells the story they want to tell. This is "news" modern media. With the US government's weird kayfabe relationship with its supporters, it washes even when they know it's fake.

So the guy that owns Unherd and the Spectator and co-owns GB "News" was a significant figure in the Lib Dems. He made his money from his hedge fund, started with money from George Soros. He's a major philanthropist, but spends a fortune on poisoning British politics. A confusing character!

Kind of nuts that Matt Goodwin went from researching the far right to joining them… makes you wonder if he could be de-programmed. Maybe @jimmythegiant.bsky.social could talk him down.

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I'm starting to think that they actually want Reform (or some similar far right party) to win. I'm not even joking; they're doing what you'd do if you wanted a far right government to win the next GE and to have a lot of power.

These guys are, or claim to be, "terrified" of not war. If there's a war happening, anyone who doesn't immediately want to get involved, is a real worry, apparently. Even if the people who start the war are just barely allies and can't agree why they've started the war, we should still join in.

I'm expecting great insights from Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong, brave supporter of JKR and the Countryside Alliance and descendent of the landed gentry.

Celebrating the magic of stories by bringing the characters to life seems like a great way to bring reading to life. If the day can be a way for reading enthusiasts to inspire more reluctant readers, that would be a good outcome. Just as long as there's no pressure to join in, I guess.

I knew I had seen a similar thing somewhere before Labour is a far right party

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An economically, politically and morally bankrupt strategy. Bad for individuals, bad for families, bad for businesses, bad for public services, bad for integration and cohesion. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

Mmm… so there's likely to be a short-term spike in fuel prices - is that worth positioning your party against the principle of trying to wean everyone off fossil fuels?

I love how Nick Clegg thought he could make the Conservatives more liberal and that utterly failed, so he moved on to Meta and failed to make them liberal, too. I wonder what he's failing to make liberal now?

This is just earth and a sponge from your kitchen sink, keep this in mind next time you tell someone how expensive better construction is. In a straw house this could be your low tech high performance fossil free air tightness and vapor barrier layer, directly plasterd on straw.

I have a horrible feeling that it wouldn't quite work out like this - and I think it's highly unlikely Labour would implement PR. But still, it'd be nice! We might create a liveable future or something.

An unsurprising, but nevertheless hugely problematic reality. America separated church and state, and somehow created a writhing corporate religion with faith positions that conveniently align with shareholder interests.

I wouldn't have described @zackpolanski.bsky.social as messianic, but I did see him holding court in Heaven. More seriously, though, demanding that the Prime Minister takes the explicitly anti war stance he promised is hardly somehow immature.

Honestly, the best read is surely that the Home Secretary believes in what she's doing, not that it's all to try to impress Reform voters.

Yeah, sounds about right. It's kind of frustrating that a good proportion of new cars have all the technology they need to allow a "don't let me speed" option, but don't implement it. I'd love to be using ~100% of my awareness to watch for other road users in mixed-use situations.

Yeah, boil me down for liquid manure! Morning.

The UK government is forcing everyone to use services that routinely misuse your data and shit it out all over the Internet.

This is actually moderately self-aware (in terms of Labour's failure to deliver Labour values)… a real contrast to Starmer's petulant letter. And yet she wrote that nonsense to Zack Polanski in spite of likely realising the Greens were ahead, and she still supports Starmer.

Brendan O’Neill is a colossal twat. I have no idea if anyone takes his bullshit seriously, but it's really the worst gutter garbage going.

This is a good little rundown on the Green approach to drugs, but it can be summarised with: the Greens basically want to do what they've done in Portugal, because it's worked really well. Plenty of other countries have shifted on this, too. It's not some niche radical leftist idea, it's practical.

This may sound extreme, but I really think it's high time to make a move in this area: We need to find a way to destroy the Daily Mail. That piece of shit paper has been poisoning this country for 130 years. It's like a thorn that needs extracting.

So bizarre… what does "serious" mean in this context?

I am going to keep banging on about this… Labour are not pretending to be anti-immigrant to try to win over Reform voters - they're anti-immigrant because in the eyes of "Blue Labour" immigration is bad. They're not copying Reform, they agree with them. bylinetimes.com/2025/04/01/b...

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I am surprised that Britain's biggest political phoenix seems to be struggling so completely to rise from the flames. What the hell are the Conservatives playing at? They seem to be sitting around waiting to be consumed completely by whatever Farage is peddling.

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It sucks that this lad knows he's been fkd by the system, and that he's saddled himself with a lifelong financial impediment. We shouldn't be taxing knowledge work like this if we want to compete with the world. Or even compete with Scotland! www.youtube.com/shorts/dvfxo...

Always the way. It's a huge thing that Zack does such a good job in these situations.

Incredibly generous. The awful times he's been doing are very much intentional.

Succinctly summarising Labour's core message to immigrants, trans people, socialists, people who want electoral reform, people who want drug policy reform, anyone with any kind of hope for the country…

Worth watching for Zack's comments and the disgust on the face of the Sky dude that they're being called out. They really do not understand we see who they are...

Who?

Or they were desperate, and took the wrong approach to the situation, as usual?

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