Richard Gledhill
@gled5.bsky.social
Dad of 2, husband, Head of Media Studies, teacher of English and former lead singer of Hoth Wampa. As a member of the liberal elite, I have lived in Bolton, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Grimsby and, for the last 20 odd years, Wigan.
Glad I can say I followed you before you hit the big time.
February 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Glad I can say I followed you before you hit the big time.
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Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
I was having a dream that I was lying in the road and a car came round the corner. As I rolled off the 'road', I was really rolling off my bunk bed. My nose went down the ladder.
January 6, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I was having a dream that I was lying in the road and a car came round the corner. As I rolled off the 'road', I was really rolling off my bunk bed. My nose went down the ladder.
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Christmas giveaway time! I've got a 2026 Calendar in need of a good home. For a chance to win it just click Follow/Like/Retweet (and if you can spare a couple of quid a month & want to encourage me, sign up to my Patreon.com/happytoast - but that bit's not necessary to win)
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Christmas giveaway time! I've got a 2026 Calendar in need of a good home. For a chance to win it just click Follow/Like/Retweet (and if you can spare a couple of quid a month & want to encourage me, sign up to my Patreon.com/happytoast - but that bit's not necessary to win)
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
Black Mirror called. They want their dystopia back.
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Black Mirror called. They want their dystopia back.
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I'm giving away a copy of this year's Monster Month, just Like/Follow/Repost and you're in with a chance of winning.
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm giving away a copy of this year's Monster Month, just Like/Follow/Repost and you're in with a chance of winning.
Yes, I'm an English teacher who started my career in 1998.
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Yes, I'm an English teacher who started my career in 1998.
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This absolutely needs to be a campaign. The UK and the EU (Germany especially,) need to get all government business OFF of X. Start with that and charities and other organizations will follow.
Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.
Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.
Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.
First, leave X. Leave X. Now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This absolutely needs to be a campaign. The UK and the EU (Germany especially,) need to get all government business OFF of X. Start with that and charities and other organizations will follow.
Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.
Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.
More efforts to shift the Overton Window further. The more it slithers into the mainstream, the more it becomes normalised. I know it's a cliche but the old question of 'how did people become Nazis?' really is being shown in real time.
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
More efforts to shift the Overton Window further. The more it slithers into the mainstream, the more it becomes normalised. I know it's a cliche but the old question of 'how did people become Nazis?' really is being shown in real time.
A-ha
James
Carter USM
Flaming Lips
James Brown
James
Carter USM
Flaming Lips
James Brown
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A-ha
James
Carter USM
Flaming Lips
James Brown
James
Carter USM
Flaming Lips
James Brown
Orwell will be spinning in his grave.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Orwell will be spinning in his grave.
As a massive A-ha fan, I'm sorry to say that this isn't true. It's definitely the most beautiful very long note though. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record...
Longest-held vocal note in a song (studio recording)
This record is for the longest-held vocal note in a song. This record is to be attempted by an individual. This record is measured in minutes and seconds to the nearest 0.01 second. For the purposes o...
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As a massive A-ha fan, I'm sorry to say that this isn't true. It's definitely the most beautiful very long note though. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record...
RIP #Mani Used to see him regularly at our local in Blackburn, in the early 90s, as well as at countless gigs since. A lovely bloke and a bass legend. Gutted.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
RIP #Mani Used to see him regularly at our local in Blackburn, in the early 90s, as well as at countless gigs since. A lovely bloke and a bass legend. Gutted.
After some deliberation at work, we have come to the conclusion that @aiannucci.bsky.social should be the new DG of the #BBC. Would you be tempted Mr Iannucci?
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
After some deliberation at work, we have come to the conclusion that @aiannucci.bsky.social should be the new DG of the #BBC. Would you be tempted Mr Iannucci?
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🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
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🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bo...
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
If all you see are British cyclists winning stages on the Tour de France, it's Froomescrolling
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If all you see are British cyclists winning stages on the Tour de France, it's Froomescrolling
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The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment
More background around the important meeting of minds between Alexander Dugin and Steve Bannon as he forges his new ‘weapons’ of Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
More background around the important meeting of minds between Alexander Dugin and Steve Bannon as he forges his new ‘weapons’ of Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment
More background around the important meeting of minds between Steve Bannon and Alexander Dugin on the eve of the Maidan Revolution, as Bannon forges his new ‘weapons’ of Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment
More background around the important meeting of minds between Alexander Dugin and Steve Bannon as he forges his new ‘weapons’ of Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
More background around the important meeting of minds between Alexander Dugin and Steve Bannon as he forges his new ‘weapons’ of Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
I generally dislike musicals and I love Lost Boys BUT the soundtrack was awesome. If they incorporate that, it could be a winner.
October 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I generally dislike musicals and I love Lost Boys BUT the soundtrack was awesome. If they incorporate that, it could be a winner.
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Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:
djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."
djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."
And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.
#PedoPrez
djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."
djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."
And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.
#PedoPrez
October 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH:
djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."
djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."
And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.
#PedoPrez
djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it."
djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret."
And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children.
#PedoPrez