Dorian Lynskey
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
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Love Isaac Chotiner; agree with him more or less always; definitely on his side in this Ben Smith/Semafor squabble.
Also want to gently suggest that the intensity of the Chotiner hero-worship on my timeline is getting weird & embarrassing. Maybe chill?
Also want to gently suggest that the intensity of the Chotiner hero-worship on my timeline is getting weird & embarrassing. Maybe chill?
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Love Isaac Chotiner; agree with him more or less always; definitely on his side in this Ben Smith/Semafor squabble.
Also want to gently suggest that the intensity of the Chotiner hero-worship on my timeline is getting weird & embarrassing. Maybe chill?
Also want to gently suggest that the intensity of the Chotiner hero-worship on my timeline is getting weird & embarrassing. Maybe chill?
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Tony Blair's strange relationship with socialism.
@iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss New Labour’s reluctance to align itself with the idea of socialism.
Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #tonyblair #originstory #ukpolitics #podcast
@iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss New Labour’s reluctance to align itself with the idea of socialism.
Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #tonyblair #originstory #ukpolitics #podcast
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Tony Blair's strange relationship with socialism.
@iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss New Labour’s reluctance to align itself with the idea of socialism.
Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #tonyblair #originstory #ukpolitics #podcast
@iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss New Labour’s reluctance to align itself with the idea of socialism.
Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #tonyblair #originstory #ukpolitics #podcast
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I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
I challenge you to listen to Tim
Montgomerie’s defence of Nigel Farage on Radio 4 with a straight face
Montgomerie’s defence of Nigel Farage on Radio 4 with a straight face
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I challenge you to listen to Tim
Montgomerie’s defence of Nigel Farage on Radio 4 with a straight face
Montgomerie’s defence of Nigel Farage on Radio 4 with a straight face
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yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
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I don’t know enough about the situation with Lineham to opine on whether the judgement is valid or not, but everything about this paragraph in the BBC article makes me despair at how many institutions have been captured by the GC movement
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I don’t know enough about the situation with Lineham to opine on whether the judgement is valid or not, but everything about this paragraph in the BBC article makes me despair at how many institutions have been captured by the GC movement
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"I confess that I find her defiant inanity almost refreshing. At least she has the perverse merit of making it easy for her readers to discover where she stands — even if she stands in hell."
Becca Rothfeld is so good. "Galloway has thereby anointed himself a more benign Daddy. I don’t envy him: He seeks the dubious distinction of being a better version of a very bad thing."
Gift link:
A conservative argues we need to value ‘women as women.’ But what does that mean? wapo.st/4ad9cvE
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A conservative argues we need to value ‘women as women.’ But what does that mean? wapo.st/4ad9cvE
Review | A conservative argues we need to value ‘women as women.’ But what does that mean?
Leah Libresco Sargeant argues that we need to better acknowledge human need and vulnerability, and that valuing women “as women” is a start
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"I confess that I find her defiant inanity almost refreshing. At least she has the perverse merit of making it easy for her readers to discover where she stands — even if she stands in hell."
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Guys I have terrible news - this post has gone viral on Facebook, promoting hundreds of rage-filled comments from people who have taken it very seriously indeed. And, most annoyingly, the Autism Parents have found it!!
Mary Walker, 9, who has always displayed autistic traits, was miraculously fixed by her parents insisting that she stop it at once.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Guys I have terrible news - this post has gone viral on Facebook, promoting hundreds of rage-filled comments from people who have taken it very seriously indeed. And, most annoyingly, the Autism Parents have found it!!
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today's round of online-radicalised racist rent-a-mentals www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Mothers trying to learn English face demonstration outside school
The protest follows a campaign by YouTube influencers against schools offering migrant parents lessons to improve their language skills
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
today's round of online-radicalised racist rent-a-mentals www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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That famous left-wing bias again
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
That famous left-wing bias again
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What the actual fuck is going on?
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What the actual fuck is going on?
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if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
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I don't think many people outside Labour appreciate just how far away from the membership the party's current leadership is.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don't think many people outside Labour appreciate just how far away from the membership the party's current leadership is.
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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"what if 2003, but for the *actual* reasons conspiracy theorists thought we went in 2003 for?"
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"what if 2003, but for the *actual* reasons conspiracy theorists thought we went in 2003 for?"
Brutal
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Brutal
MAGA is falling apart. The Republicans are falling apart. Trump is falling apart. They will continue to do terrible (and in some cases irreparable) damage at home and abroad but something has changed. You can feel it
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
MAGA is falling apart. The Republicans are falling apart. Trump is falling apart. They will continue to do terrible (and in some cases irreparable) damage at home and abroad but something has changed. You can feel it
Inevitably people see the post and wail about “normalising” and “platforming” RFK (he’s the Health Secretary! That’s his platform!) but the actual feature is superb
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Inevitably people see the post and wail about “normalising” and “platforming” RFK (he’s the Health Secretary! That’s his platform!) but the actual feature is superb
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"Would you support or oppose taxing Not You, without any explanation or understanding of the inherent trade-offs involved?"
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Would you support or oppose taxing Not You, without any explanation or understanding of the inherent trade-offs involved?"
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Unbelievable the listing says this has had “the same family ownership for 35 years” like some sort of positive, when it looks like the family were dead the whole time and a group of squatters came in and opened a crack den alongside the dead bodies
They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in 75 Camden Mews, Camden, London, NW1 9BY, NW1 for £925,000. Marketed by Auction House London, Hampstead
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November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Unbelievable the listing says this has had “the same family ownership for 35 years” like some sort of positive, when it looks like the family were dead the whole time and a group of squatters came in and opened a crack den alongside the dead bodies
This is how epidemiologists say fuck around and found out. It is horrifying to think about how many people RFK will kill
2/ so many gutting moment but this was among the first, from one of the world’s leading scientists on vaccines and immunology:
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is how epidemiologists say fuck around and found out. It is horrifying to think about how many people RFK will kill
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They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc