Andy / FluffyFreak
@fluffyfreak.bsky.social
Senior Software Engineer. He/Him. I make games. Gameplay, networking, rendering, tools, optimisation. Generalist parachuted into projects for 20+ years.
Green party member 💚 bit of a lefty.
https://Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rebuilding an old sailing boat
Green party member 💚 bit of a lefty.
https://Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rebuilding an old sailing boat
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Why the government and normal people are going broke (on Sky News just now)
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Why the government and normal people are going broke (on Sky News just now)
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Our country is in crisis. Bills are too high. People are being forced to live in mouldy, unaffordable homes. One in three kids is living in poverty.
The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires.
The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires.
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Our country is in crisis. Bills are too high. People are being forced to live in mouldy, unaffordable homes. One in three kids is living in poverty.
The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires.
The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires.
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What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Financial markets across the world are flashing red.
The S&P 500 has finally turned down after weeks of irrational optimism. The FTSE 100 is sliding. Gold is falling. Bitcoin is collapsing.
Are we ready for the consequences? I’m not sure we are.
youtu.be/Pq4-jy84Dkw?...
The S&P 500 has finally turned down after weeks of irrational optimism. The FTSE 100 is sliding. Gold is falling. Bitcoin is collapsing.
Are we ready for the consequences? I’m not sure we are.
youtu.be/Pq4-jy84Dkw?...
Is the market crash already starting?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Financial markets across the world are flashing red.
The S&P 500 has finally turned down after weeks of irrational optimism. The FTSE 100 is sliding. Gold is falling. Bitcoin is collapsing.
Are we ready for the consequences? I’m not sure we are.
youtu.be/Pq4-jy84Dkw?...
The S&P 500 has finally turned down after weeks of irrational optimism. The FTSE 100 is sliding. Gold is falling. Bitcoin is collapsing.
Are we ready for the consequences? I’m not sure we are.
youtu.be/Pq4-jy84Dkw?...
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I am shocked at claims that the guy who has a history of singing pro-Nazi songs, was described by his teachers as a neo-fascist, and has made an entire (lucrative) career out of drumming up hatred of foreigners is ... brace yourself Dierdre ... actually racist.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I am shocked at claims that the guy who has a history of singing pro-Nazi songs, was described by his teachers as a neo-fascist, and has made an entire (lucrative) career out of drumming up hatred of foreigners is ... brace yourself Dierdre ... actually racist.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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year of linux on the desktop
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
year of linux on the desktop
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Derbyshire in full reverse on climate change
Derbyshire is the “spiritual heartland” of Reform UK Ltd but is its climate change policy putting the people of Derbyshire at risk?
Derbyshire is the “spiritual heartland” of Reform UK Ltd but is its climate change policy putting the people of Derbyshire at risk?
Derbyshire in full reverse on climate change
Derbyshire is the “spiritual heartland” of Reform UK Ltd but is its climate change policy putting the people of Derbyshire at risk?
centralbylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Derbyshire in full reverse on climate change
Derbyshire is the “spiritual heartland” of Reform UK Ltd but is its climate change policy putting the people of Derbyshire at risk?
Derbyshire is the “spiritual heartland” of Reform UK Ltd but is its climate change policy putting the people of Derbyshire at risk?
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I would have posted this on my Mastodon instance as well but it's down due to today's Cloudflare issues.
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I would have posted this on my Mastodon instance as well but it's down due to today's Cloudflare issues.
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Shabana Mahmood says she's called a "fucking paki" to defend Labour's refugee policy.
She's doing what every non-white conservative has been doing for years:
Weaponizing her skin colour to defend a racist agenda.
But she's not the problem. Keir Starmer is.
She's doing what every non-white conservative has been doing for years:
Weaponizing her skin colour to defend a racist agenda.
But she's not the problem. Keir Starmer is.
Home Secretary uses Racial Slur to defend Refugee policy
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Shabana Mahmood says she's called a "fucking paki" to defend Labour's refugee policy.
She's doing what every non-white conservative has been doing for years:
Weaponizing her skin colour to defend a racist agenda.
But she's not the problem. Keir Starmer is.
She's doing what every non-white conservative has been doing for years:
Weaponizing her skin colour to defend a racist agenda.
But she's not the problem. Keir Starmer is.
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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The solution was to say: "we will provide legal routes and the resources to process these claims faster." Instead we have what Labour disgorged into the discourse: totally rotten stuff that will only make things worse. We can all see it, yet somehow it evades these people who run the country.
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The solution was to say: "we will provide legal routes and the resources to process these claims faster." Instead we have what Labour disgorged into the discourse: totally rotten stuff that will only make things worse. We can all see it, yet somehow it evades these people who run the country.
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i can draw you a spaceship,a vehicle,a mech, with or without a background, should it be Star Wars,Mass Effect,Star Trek or your own universe and design behind it. can draw anything you want,price varies from 50 to 200 USD depending on the work! PM me here or via [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
i can draw you a spaceship,a vehicle,a mech, with or without a background, should it be Star Wars,Mass Effect,Star Trek or your own universe and design behind it. can draw anything you want,price varies from 50 to 200 USD depending on the work! PM me here or via [email protected]
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YouGov recorded their highest ever vote share for the Greens (17%) today. But as we said last month, it's very hard to say what this means in terms of seats. electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-yougo...
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
YouGov recorded their highest ever vote share for the Greens (17%) today. But as we said last month, it's very hard to say what this means in terms of seats. electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-yougo...
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I love us, but we are a very, very stupid country.
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I love us, but we are a very, very stupid country.
The small boats "problem" was manufactured by the Tories. They did it because they thought it would keep them in power by fending off UKIP (now Reform), and look where that's got them and all of us today!
The "problem" could be solved in a day with safe routes, allowing them to work & rent etc
The "problem" could be solved in a day with safe routes, allowing them to work & rent etc
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The small boats "problem" was manufactured by the Tories. They did it because they thought it would keep them in power by fending off UKIP (now Reform), and look where that's got them and all of us today!
The "problem" could be solved in a day with safe routes, allowing them to work & rent etc
The "problem" could be solved in a day with safe routes, allowing them to work & rent etc
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If you can zoom in far enough, check out the heady days of 2018 before the Conservative government closed access to legal applications thereby *causing* a small boats problem. And today they’re (mainly Chris Philp) doing the media rounds telling Labour where they’re going wrong. #refugees #r4today
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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The Brexit Benefit of small boat crossings.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Brexit Benefit of small boat crossings.
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"No, don't leave the pyramid scheme, won't someone think of the billionaires!"
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"No, don't leave the pyramid scheme, won't someone think of the billionaires!"
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The amount of hype Labour’s budget is getting you’d think it was The Phantom Menace.
meesa is going to hurt yousa is written on a screen
Alt: meesa is going to hurt yousa is written on a screen over Jar Jar Binks.
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The amount of hype Labour’s budget is getting you’d think it was The Phantom Menace.
Avi Loeb is full of shit, he's done cool stuff in the (now quite distant) past but he keeps yelling aliens these days about everything in fields he doesn't understand
Avi Loeb's calculations about 3I/ATLAS are 100% wrong because he has never understood that dust in the tail(s) responds to solar radiation pressure. Solar wind shapes the ion tail. But the radiation pressure is about 1000 times larger than the solar wind ram pressure, for particles that feel it.
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Avi Loeb is full of shit, he's done cool stuff in the (now quite distant) past but he keeps yelling aliens these days about everything in fields he doesn't understand
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Avi Loeb's calculations about 3I/ATLAS are 100% wrong because he has never understood that dust in the tail(s) responds to solar radiation pressure. Solar wind shapes the ion tail. But the radiation pressure is about 1000 times larger than the solar wind ram pressure, for particles that feel it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Avi Loeb's calculations about 3I/ATLAS are 100% wrong because he has never understood that dust in the tail(s) responds to solar radiation pressure. Solar wind shapes the ion tail. But the radiation pressure is about 1000 times larger than the solar wind ram pressure, for particles that feel it.
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Ok it's sad but also damn that's some killer last words
RIP Burger Becky
RIP Burger Becky
The 1/2 last toast from the legend herself:
Valhalla really really reeked of beer, but Jennell seems happy
The other angels are tired of me saying “fight for the other users” while throwing my halo around
- Becky
Valhalla really really reeked of beer, but Jennell seems happy
The other angels are tired of me saying “fight for the other users” while throwing my halo around
- Becky
lindken.com
lindken.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ok it's sad but also damn that's some killer last words
RIP Burger Becky
RIP Burger Becky
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The "religiously minded" choice...
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The "religiously minded" choice...
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"Polanski was joined by many Labour MPs in opposing the government’s plans, although most of them are thought to be prepared to reluctantly support the measures."
What's the point of being in Labour?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
What's the point of being in Labour?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack Polanski: "This is extreme, this is inhumane and it is a government of cowards."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
'A Government Of Cowards': Zack Polanski Blasts Labour As Asylum Backlash Grows
The Green Party leader joined Labour MPs in condemning Shabana Mahmood's plans.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Polanski was joined by many Labour MPs in opposing the government’s plans, although most of them are thought to be prepared to reluctantly support the measures."
What's the point of being in Labour?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
What's the point of being in Labour?
Join.greenparty.org.uk