Gav
@antihippy.bsky.social
Photographer, Writer, Fencing coach & all round good sort. Not a fan of the fash.
He's a school bully. What I don't understand is why everyone is tip-toeing around that. Call him what he is. This was never banter it's about power, it's always about the power dynamic. Farage may not understand the whys & hows but he's been rewarded for it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
He's a school bully. What I don't understand is why everyone is tip-toeing around that. Call him what he is. This was never banter it's about power, it's always about the power dynamic. Farage may not understand the whys & hows but he's been rewarded for it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I'm sure I read this in a dystopian SF novel
⚡️ Russia is now testing pigeons with implanted brain chips to use as long-range surveillance drones.
united24media.com/latest-news/...
united24media.com/latest-news/...
Russia Launches First Brain-Chipped Bird Drones for Surveillance Over Cities
Russian company Neiry has tested pigeons as biodrones in Moscow, using neural implants and electronics to enhance their flight capabilities for various monitoring tasks.
united24media.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I'm sure I read this in a dystopian SF novel
A great thread - well worth your time.
This is also why, increasingly, the published authors pool is reducing to a single monied & connected class.
This is also why, increasingly, the published authors pool is reducing to a single monied & connected class.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A great thread - well worth your time.
This is also why, increasingly, the published authors pool is reducing to a single monied & connected class.
This is also why, increasingly, the published authors pool is reducing to a single monied & connected class.
So let me get this straight.
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So let me get this straight.
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
Rather than fix the court system, something that both New Labour & the Tories claim to love...
They're going to remove one of the most ancient privileges you have, something this country is famous for. Trial by jury.
They're also taking away your right to appeal
Ah yes, Bret Ratner. The director who killed off the original X Men films. Famous for ... Checking my notes ... Rush Hour.
And well known sex pest who pals around with Netanyahu
And well known sex pest who pals around with Netanyahu
Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ah yes, Bret Ratner. The director who killed off the original X Men films. Famous for ... Checking my notes ... Rush Hour.
And well known sex pest who pals around with Netanyahu
And well known sex pest who pals around with Netanyahu
Ah yes the 'Street Photography' communities.
I'm just saying lads, it's camera clubs all the way down...
I'm just saying lads, it's camera clubs all the way down...
I do love the subways and I do street photography + combine both.
I have been a member of a scottish street facebook group since it started about 9 years ago. They knocked this subway one back as an architectural photo
However I looked through my images, last 1 has even less human by proportion.
I have been a member of a scottish street facebook group since it started about 9 years ago. They knocked this subway one back as an architectural photo
However I looked through my images, last 1 has even less human by proportion.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ah yes the 'Street Photography' communities.
I'm just saying lads, it's camera clubs all the way down...
I'm just saying lads, it's camera clubs all the way down...
Tell me more about those poor struggling landlords
New Scottish Government data has revealed that rent for four bedroom properties has increased above the rate of inflation in every area in Scotland over the last 15 years
New data reveals how rent has dramatically increased across Scotland
NEW Scottish Government data has revealed that rent for four bedroom properties has increased above the rate of inflation in every area in Scotland…
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Tell me more about those poor struggling landlords
These people sound terrible. What is it about fashion people and their awfulness. I am sure it's not universal and yet I've met fashion people exactly like this
youtu.be/Bl8-33S4t0w?...
youtu.be/Bl8-33S4t0w?...
I Photographed Isabella Blow (And It Was Awful)
YouTube video by Fred and Harry Borden
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November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
These people sound terrible. What is it about fashion people and their awfulness. I am sure it's not universal and yet I've met fashion people exactly like this
youtu.be/Bl8-33S4t0w?...
youtu.be/Bl8-33S4t0w?...
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Quest Prints are online now!
Thanks to everyone who nabbed some prints so far!
edwardthompson.co.uk/Print-Sales-1
The sales will go into further Questing and eventually I'll have enough to make my next photo book!
Thanks to everyone who nabbed some prints so far!
edwardthompson.co.uk/Print-Sales-1
The sales will go into further Questing and eventually I'll have enough to make my next photo book!
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Quest Prints are online now!
Thanks to everyone who nabbed some prints so far!
edwardthompson.co.uk/Print-Sales-1
The sales will go into further Questing and eventually I'll have enough to make my next photo book!
Thanks to everyone who nabbed some prints so far!
edwardthompson.co.uk/Print-Sales-1
The sales will go into further Questing and eventually I'll have enough to make my next photo book!
It's also in an area accessed by many people who aren't exactly wealthy.
Shrink the car park sure, but of all the shopping centres around Edinburgh Cameron Toll is still full of shops and handy for people who don't drive everywhere, so they'd better not ruin that.
New masterplan for Cameron Toll includes housing and student accommodation www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It's also in an area accessed by many people who aren't exactly wealthy.
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'The Hands Of My Father'
What's in a picture?
Some people say: “A picture is worth a thousand words”. But the story those "thousand words" might tell often depends on the reader. And in the digital age of billions of images, finding an image that truly speaks to us is a matter of luck. 1/9
What's in a picture?
Some people say: “A picture is worth a thousand words”. But the story those "thousand words" might tell often depends on the reader. And in the digital age of billions of images, finding an image that truly speaks to us is a matter of luck. 1/9
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
'The Hands Of My Father'
What's in a picture?
Some people say: “A picture is worth a thousand words”. But the story those "thousand words" might tell often depends on the reader. And in the digital age of billions of images, finding an image that truly speaks to us is a matter of luck. 1/9
What's in a picture?
Some people say: “A picture is worth a thousand words”. But the story those "thousand words" might tell often depends on the reader. And in the digital age of billions of images, finding an image that truly speaks to us is a matter of luck. 1/9
On Sunday I did something manly - I sharpened my kitchen knives. Grr, I am a man!
I said to her: I'm so fucking tired of blunt knives, blunt knives are dangerous.
Last night I sliced off a piece of fingernail - this was a lot more painful & annoying than you might suspect.
I said to her: I'm so fucking tired of blunt knives, blunt knives are dangerous.
Last night I sliced off a piece of fingernail - this was a lot more painful & annoying than you might suspect.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
On Sunday I did something manly - I sharpened my kitchen knives. Grr, I am a man!
I said to her: I'm so fucking tired of blunt knives, blunt knives are dangerous.
Last night I sliced off a piece of fingernail - this was a lot more painful & annoying than you might suspect.
I said to her: I'm so fucking tired of blunt knives, blunt knives are dangerous.
Last night I sliced off a piece of fingernail - this was a lot more painful & annoying than you might suspect.
A few of my friends have died of cancer recently. Apparently this comes in waves & the first one just broke over me.
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A few of my friends have died of cancer recently. Apparently this comes in waves & the first one just broke over me.
The Prisoner, never surpassed.
The Prisoner - Checkmate by Gerald Kelsey (24th November 1967). Peter Wyngarde guests as the new Number Two.
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The Prisoner, never surpassed.
The cruelty was the point, the failure to properly address compensation is part of the cruelty. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was a post office scandal type lawsuit.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The cruelty was the point, the failure to properly address compensation is part of the cruelty. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was a post office scandal type lawsuit.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
When they're caught racists (& other -ists) always day: I didn't mean to hurt anyone, it was all a bit of fun.
And that's the point really. Fun for you, not harmful to you ... But it's not about your enjoyment. That's the point
And that's the point really. Fun for you, not harmful to you ... But it's not about your enjoyment. That's the point
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
When they're caught racists (& other -ists) always day: I didn't mean to hurt anyone, it was all a bit of fun.
And that's the point really. Fun for you, not harmful to you ... But it's not about your enjoyment. That's the point
And that's the point really. Fun for you, not harmful to you ... But it's not about your enjoyment. That's the point
This is very good & I agree with it. Any of us who've been involved in the sciences since ohhhh forever now, know how bad this could go. It's not just a potential bad either, it will be bad & unpredictably so.
My take on the general idea of having for-profit companies involved in the field:
Letting Silicon Valley Geoengineer the Atmosphere Will End Badly
We already have plenty of evidence of what happens when things better left to governments — which in this case might decide to never flip the switch at all — are ceded to private industry.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is very good & I agree with it. Any of us who've been involved in the sciences since ohhhh forever now, know how bad this could go. It's not just a potential bad either, it will be bad & unpredictably so.
Fascinating, worrying & terrifying all at the same time. Relentlessly so.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Why college students prefer News Daddy over The New York Times
Zoomers get all their news from TikTok — and refuse to go elsewhere
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Fascinating, worrying & terrifying all at the same time. Relentlessly so.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
So tell me why, we got to die?
And kill each other one by one
We've got to hug, and rub-a-dub
We've got to dance, and be in love
And kill each other one by one
We've got to hug, and rub-a-dub
We've got to dance, and be in love
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
So tell me why, we got to die?
And kill each other one by one
We've got to hug, and rub-a-dub
We've got to dance, and be in love
And kill each other one by one
We've got to hug, and rub-a-dub
We've got to dance, and be in love
This is "never got invited to parties brocast".
It's not just sad, it's pathetic. The previous owner of my house was an extremely divorced man. When I viewed the house I thought "now there's a guy who needs a hug".
And it seems he had to live here with his ex & her new bf.
It's not just sad, it's pathetic. The previous owner of my house was an extremely divorced man. When I viewed the house I thought "now there's a guy who needs a hug".
And it seems he had to live here with his ex & her new bf.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is "never got invited to parties brocast".
It's not just sad, it's pathetic. The previous owner of my house was an extremely divorced man. When I viewed the house I thought "now there's a guy who needs a hug".
And it seems he had to live here with his ex & her new bf.
It's not just sad, it's pathetic. The previous owner of my house was an extremely divorced man. When I viewed the house I thought "now there's a guy who needs a hug".
And it seems he had to live here with his ex & her new bf.
Freddo aside, the finest example of how shit modern life is the box of Magnums.
These used to be large delicious choc ices onna stick.
Now they're strange & small, and only come in boxes of 3. 3! What kind of person only needs 3 Magnums?
These used to be large delicious choc ices onna stick.
Now they're strange & small, and only come in boxes of 3. 3! What kind of person only needs 3 Magnums?
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Freddo aside, the finest example of how shit modern life is the box of Magnums.
These used to be large delicious choc ices onna stick.
Now they're strange & small, and only come in boxes of 3. 3! What kind of person only needs 3 Magnums?
These used to be large delicious choc ices onna stick.
Now they're strange & small, and only come in boxes of 3. 3! What kind of person only needs 3 Magnums?
Correct, and astonishing how many people ignore his part in his own downfall.
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Correct, and astonishing how many people ignore his part in his own downfall.
This is very good. It's the advice I give everyone in my org as well.
I'll tell you something though. There's a subset of users who will not do this.
They have been trained from the start to think that tech is jard, that it's some sort of special domain they are not allowed into.
I'll tell you something though. There's a subset of users who will not do this.
They have been trained from the start to think that tech is jard, that it's some sort of special domain they are not allowed into.
📢 Announcing hacklore.org 📢
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐
Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...
Site: www.hacklore.org
Stop Hacklore!
hacklore.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is very good. It's the advice I give everyone in my org as well.
I'll tell you something though. There's a subset of users who will not do this.
They have been trained from the start to think that tech is jard, that it's some sort of special domain they are not allowed into.
I'll tell you something though. There's a subset of users who will not do this.
They have been trained from the start to think that tech is jard, that it's some sort of special domain they are not allowed into.
Let's block out the sun with the flabby pale bodies of the wealthy
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Let's block out the sun with the flabby pale bodies of the wealthy