Alicia
@agbutteriss.bsky.social
British liberal. Apparently technically a "Bluesky Elder", according to that one labeller.
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Alicia
@agbutteriss.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Right, I guess some Lib Dem has to do the "if you think Ed Davey had a point here, join us!" thing.
www.libdems.org.uk/join
I won't deny that the party has its problems, but if you're here on this site you are also probably on the right side of helping with them, so...
www.libdems.org.uk/join
I won't deny that the party has its problems, but if you're here on this site you are also probably on the right side of helping with them, so...
Well, this is deeply sad news - I was never a RetroGamer subscriber, but I've definitely gotten a lot of joy from Nick's work over the last several years, and I don't want to let his passing go without comment.
This is absolutely heartbreaking news.
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Well, this is deeply sad news - I was never a RetroGamer subscriber, but I've definitely gotten a lot of joy from Nick's work over the last several years, and I don't want to let his passing go without comment.
Okay, so, I guess if I were Ruesha Littlejohn I would simply not have put Hannah Cain into a headlock, but I also wouldn't go out of my way to seek out people talking about it to insult them. Like. That seems like a good way to get another ban [cw: disability slur?]. www.reddit.com/r/WomensSocc...
From the WomensSoccer community on Reddit: Ruesha Littlejohn continues to dig herself into a hole
Explore this post and more from the WomensSoccer community
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December 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Okay, so, I guess if I were Ruesha Littlejohn I would simply not have put Hannah Cain into a headlock, but I also wouldn't go out of my way to seek out people talking about it to insult them. Like. That seems like a good way to get another ban [cw: disability slur?]. www.reddit.com/r/WomensSocc...
So, uh, I take it the Trump World Cup Draw is going well?
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
So, uh, I take it the Trump World Cup Draw is going well?
Ngl, uh, 5 matches seems... generous?
Like, just relative to a baseline where I'm pretty sure the headlock alone would be a red (and thus a 3 match ban), it feels like proceding to the full takedown is worth more than 2 additional matches.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Like, just relative to a baseline where I'm pretty sure the headlock alone would be a red (and thus a 3 match ban), it feels like proceding to the full takedown is worth more than 2 additional matches.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Ruesha Littlejohn: Crystal Palace midfielder given extended ban for violent conduct
Crystal Palace midfielder Ruesha Littlejohn has been given an extended five-match ban for violent conduct after grabbing an opponent by the neck and throwing her to the ground.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ngl, uh, 5 matches seems... generous?
Like, just relative to a baseline where I'm pretty sure the headlock alone would be a red (and thus a 3 match ban), it feels like proceding to the full takedown is worth more than 2 additional matches.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Like, just relative to a baseline where I'm pretty sure the headlock alone would be a red (and thus a 3 match ban), it feels like proceding to the full takedown is worth more than 2 additional matches.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Obvs I hope for a swift recovery, but something absolutely sends me about the opening paragraph of this article accidentally implying that Grace Fisk got injured on purpose to leave Sarina short at centre-back. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Obvs I hope for a swift recovery, but something absolutely sends me about the opening paragraph of this article accidentally implying that Grace Fisk got injured on purpose to leave Sarina short at centre-back. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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tbqh microsoft excel would save the imperium
November 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
tbqh microsoft excel would save the imperium
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Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Further update: I think this was indeed someone just making stuff up: her appearance is very brief, but she is in a [ngl, kinda terrible?] training video the Welsh FA posted from the camp in Spain (that is: Not Leicester). (on [sigh] X, embedded here: faw.cymru/match/korea-...)
Correction: Cain possibly was injured - there's a few people saying that people are saying she's been seen around Leicester (that is: Not Spain, given where Wales's camp is for this International Break) in a neck brace? (though, to be clear: I've only seen reports of reports of reports)
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Further update: I think this was indeed someone just making stuff up: her appearance is very brief, but she is in a [ngl, kinda terrible?] training video the Welsh FA posted from the camp in Spain (that is: Not Leicester). (on [sigh] X, embedded here: faw.cymru/match/korea-...)
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Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
Well, I can't say that this is a big surprise...
(actually, I guess it is a little bit of a surprise that it's being posted about now, but I guess it is a high profile case)
(actually, I guess it is a little bit of a surprise that it's being posted about now, but I guess it is a high profile case)
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Well, I can't say that this is a big surprise...
(actually, I guess it is a little bit of a surprise that it's being posted about now, but I guess it is a high profile case)
(actually, I guess it is a little bit of a surprise that it's being posted about now, but I guess it is a high profile case)
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Carefully qualifying my "I've never racially abused people" claim, in a totally normal and non-suspicious manner.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Carefully qualifying my "I've never racially abused people" claim, in a totally normal and non-suspicious manner.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Has... has anything like this happened in professional football before?
I mean, fights, obviously, but a straight-up "oh man you have watched too much WWE" move?
(also, important context: Cain played the rest of the game, so presumably wasn't [seriously, or even moderately] injured)
I mean, fights, obviously, but a straight-up "oh man you have watched too much WWE" move?
(also, important context: Cain played the rest of the game, so presumably wasn't [seriously, or even moderately] injured)
In case you missed it!
Ruesha Littlejohn received a red card after things got a bit heated. Judo tossing Hannah Cain to the ground. Already winning by 3 adding a bit of injury to the insult innit?
Ruesha Littlejohn received a red card after things got a bit heated. Judo tossing Hannah Cain to the ground. Already winning by 3 adding a bit of injury to the insult innit?
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Has... has anything like this happened in professional football before?
I mean, fights, obviously, but a straight-up "oh man you have watched too much WWE" move?
(also, important context: Cain played the rest of the game, so presumably wasn't [seriously, or even moderately] injured)
I mean, fights, obviously, but a straight-up "oh man you have watched too much WWE" move?
(also, important context: Cain played the rest of the game, so presumably wasn't [seriously, or even moderately] injured)
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
If I were a bowler, I would simply not be offering shoulder-height balls to the guy who keeps hitting them back for boundaries. (... admittedly, if I could keep the ball within the crease at all, it'd be reliably low, slow, balls but hey) #TheAshes
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If I were a bowler, I would simply not be offering shoulder-height balls to the guy who keeps hitting them back for boundaries. (... admittedly, if I could keep the ball within the crease at all, it'd be reliably low, slow, balls but hey) #TheAshes
Man, RIP to the people over here who got up at silly o'clock to watch the whole of this day. (I'm assuming watching England's less than stellar 2nd inning score was also Like This)
#TheAshes
#TheAshes
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Man, RIP to the people over here who got up at silly o'clock to watch the whole of this day. (I'm assuming watching England's less than stellar 2nd inning score was also Like This)
#TheAshes
#TheAshes
I will not engage on BMA strikes I will not engage on the BMA strikes I will not engage on the BMA strikes I do very much value my clean record of not being put in the suspension corner for 72h I will not engage on the BMA strikes.
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I will not engage on BMA strikes I will not engage on the BMA strikes I will not engage on the BMA strikes I do very much value my clean record of not being put in the suspension corner for 72h I will not engage on the BMA strikes.
I mean, I don't know why, but on some level I did assume this government was above actively namedropping the far-right term for the HSC visa in the HoC?
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I mean, I don't know why, but on some level I did assume this government was above actively namedropping the far-right term for the HSC visa in the HoC?
Looking into what this government is doing every day like:
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Looking into what this government is doing every day like:
... ... ngl, I'm not reassured by the insistence that "the government will not be seizing jewellery at the border", given it's not actually in response to people saying anything about it being "at the border" (and I think it's a quick shift from stronger denials).
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
... ... ngl, I'm not reassured by the insistence that "the government will not be seizing jewellery at the border", given it's not actually in response to people saying anything about it being "at the border" (and I think it's a quick shift from stronger denials).
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The tone of an organisation is set from the leader on down, and the tone of Keir Starmer's leadership has always been 'say it if it is convenient'.
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The tone of an organisation is set from the leader on down, and the tone of Keir Starmer's leadership has always been 'say it if it is convenient'.
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'Is that true?' is an important question for governments to answer for many reasons, but from a 'actually getting re-elected' perspective, 'will this fix the problem we need it to?' is, you know, mission critical.
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'Is that true?' is an important question for governments to answer for many reasons, but from a 'actually getting re-elected' perspective, 'will this fix the problem we need it to?' is, you know, mission critical.
Anyway, the good news for Keir Starmer is that he will succeed in ensuring that his approval ratings with Reform voters won't drop.
Admittedly, he could also have done that by announcing that we're joining the Euro and abolishing the Pound, given that said approval is _literally_ 0.
Admittedly, he could also have done that by announcing that we're joining the Euro and abolishing the Pound, given that said approval is _literally_ 0.
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Anyway, the good news for Keir Starmer is that he will succeed in ensuring that his approval ratings with Reform voters won't drop.
Admittedly, he could also have done that by announcing that we're joining the Euro and abolishing the Pound, given that said approval is _literally_ 0.
Admittedly, he could also have done that by announcing that we're joining the Euro and abolishing the Pound, given that said approval is _literally_ 0.
<sigh> Looks like it's "no, the Labour party is not 'liberal', and especially not the faction in charge" time _again_.
I cannot stress enough: the entire Blue Labour political project is "being opposed to liberalism, and its victories over the last few decades"!
I cannot stress enough: the entire Blue Labour political project is "being opposed to liberalism, and its victories over the last few decades"!
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
<sigh> Looks like it's "no, the Labour party is not 'liberal', and especially not the faction in charge" time _again_.
I cannot stress enough: the entire Blue Labour political project is "being opposed to liberalism, and its victories over the last few decades"!
I cannot stress enough: the entire Blue Labour political project is "being opposed to liberalism, and its victories over the last few decades"!
I think the clearest[1] example of how morally wrongheaded the new asylum policy paper has to be either the claim that children are being sent cross channel small boats for "personal benefit" [implied: to their parents], or the one that anyone ever chooses destitution.
[1] Not biggest, necessarily.
[1] Not biggest, necessarily.
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I think the clearest[1] example of how morally wrongheaded the new asylum policy paper has to be either the claim that children are being sent cross channel small boats for "personal benefit" [implied: to their parents], or the one that anyone ever chooses destitution.
[1] Not biggest, necessarily.
[1] Not biggest, necessarily.
This is really terrible timing engagement-wise (which is probably for the best), but UWCL hot-take: I just feel in my bones that Arsenal are going to get knocked out at the league stage by dropping points to OH Leuven.
(I am from an Arsenal family, and it brings me no pleasure to report this)
(I am from an Arsenal family, and it brings me no pleasure to report this)
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is really terrible timing engagement-wise (which is probably for the best), but UWCL hot-take: I just feel in my bones that Arsenal are going to get knocked out at the league stage by dropping points to OH Leuven.
(I am from an Arsenal family, and it brings me no pleasure to report this)
(I am from an Arsenal family, and it brings me no pleasure to report this)