Gledster
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England. He/Him.
Just trying to make it through this life in a country that's descended into madness.
Food bank volunteer. Computer game player.
Just trying to make it through this life in a country that's descended into madness.
Food bank volunteer. Computer game player.
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All you need to know.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
How many trans people have the BBC had on this week discussing the BBC's pro-trans bias?
Zero.
Zero.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
All you need to know.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
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Remember, when journalists just let trans people live their lives in peace, it’s “ideological capture”, but when they use their own personal anti-trans beliefs to lead a campaign to close down the only place in the country trans youth received healthcare, it’s absolutely fine, nothing to see here.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Remember, when journalists just let trans people live their lives in peace, it’s “ideological capture”, but when they use their own personal anti-trans beliefs to lead a campaign to close down the only place in the country trans youth received healthcare, it’s absolutely fine, nothing to see here.
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1Password is owned by who?
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
1Password is owned by who?
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So the months of grinding expenditure of political capital, threatening, ridiculing, cajoling, suspending your own MPs - was not only morally gutless, but also wildly self-sabotaging?
Recite after me: we have always been at war with EastAsia. The two-child benefit cap has always been bad.
Recite after me: we have always been at war with EastAsia. The two-child benefit cap has always been bad.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So the months of grinding expenditure of political capital, threatening, ridiculing, cajoling, suspending your own MPs - was not only morally gutless, but also wildly self-sabotaging?
Recite after me: we have always been at war with EastAsia. The two-child benefit cap has always been bad.
Recite after me: we have always been at war with EastAsia. The two-child benefit cap has always been bad.
Mic's writing an analysis is always good, and you should buy his book as a gift for people at Christmas, but I'm docking him points for this graphic :
He just reminded me that Hartley-Brewer exists. I had peacefully forgotten that fact.
He just reminded me that Hartley-Brewer exists. I had peacefully forgotten that fact.
NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Mic's writing an analysis is always good, and you should buy his book as a gift for people at Christmas, but I'm docking him points for this graphic :
He just reminded me that Hartley-Brewer exists. I had peacefully forgotten that fact.
He just reminded me that Hartley-Brewer exists. I had peacefully forgotten that fact.
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iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
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This is what kills me. If Esther Ghey wants to talk about the dangers of kids being online too much, she can talk about radicalization, about bigotry, about the dehumanizing ideas of trans people Brianna's killers were exposed to.
She doesn't, she talks exclusively about Brianna's social media use.
She doesn't, she talks exclusively about Brianna's social media use.
putting her phone in a pouch would have made her killers less transphobic and violent?
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is what kills me. If Esther Ghey wants to talk about the dangers of kids being online too much, she can talk about radicalization, about bigotry, about the dehumanizing ideas of trans people Brianna's killers were exposed to.
She doesn't, she talks exclusively about Brianna's social media use.
She doesn't, she talks exclusively about Brianna's social media use.
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Utterly hilarious.
$billions spent and it can't even beat Wikipedia for accuracy.
$billions spent and it can't even beat Wikipedia for accuracy.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Utterly hilarious.
$billions spent and it can't even beat Wikipedia for accuracy.
$billions spent and it can't even beat Wikipedia for accuracy.
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This should be a national crisis, this is a choice, it’s always a fucking choice
Homelessness higher than official figures, research shows www.bbc.com/news/article...
Homelessness higher than official figures, research shows www.bbc.com/news/article...
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This should be a national crisis, this is a choice, it’s always a fucking choice
Homelessness higher than official figures, research shows www.bbc.com/news/article...
Homelessness higher than official figures, research shows www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It has started.The far right of UK politics is showing its hand.In it is 🍊💩’s roadmap to fascism.As the granddaughter of a Polish asylum seeker &daughter of an Italian economic migrant-this will annihilate my family. @thebulwark.com continues to report where others won’t.There are no moderate Tories
"If you do not feel a wave of nausea when contemplating this policy then you either haven’t understood it, or there is something profoundly wrong with you."
The Tories’ Dangerous Drift
In the U.K., a shocking proposal from a Conservative MP elicited pushback from her party only belatedly. It signals darker things to come.
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It has started.The far right of UK politics is showing its hand.In it is 🍊💩’s roadmap to fascism.As the granddaughter of a Polish asylum seeker &daughter of an Italian economic migrant-this will annihilate my family. @thebulwark.com continues to report where others won’t.There are no moderate Tories
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i think this weighing of monstrosities thing kind of sucks, but i also think it's depressing as hell how many monstrosities are out there stalking the earth today
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
i think this weighing of monstrosities thing kind of sucks, but i also think it's depressing as hell how many monstrosities are out there stalking the earth today
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The biggest tell that someone is a dullard is having no favorite bands or movies or some form of entertainment. It's how you know those "grindset" types are the dumbest fucks on the planet. They have no interests. They are literally the NPCs they bitch about. You're a cog in the shit machine
The JCO post about Elon not liking anything is something I've said before about a lot of politics poisoned posting addicts. People who never once post about a band they like or anything at all. There are so many like that.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The biggest tell that someone is a dullard is having no favorite bands or movies or some form of entertainment. It's how you know those "grindset" types are the dumbest fucks on the planet. They have no interests. They are literally the NPCs they bitch about. You're a cog in the shit machine
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
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to be clear, this is not just a problem with ChatGPT or AI in general, but a corporate and regulatory climate so bent on inflating value and so immune from consequence that the human cost is just a rounding error. Monstrousness is not just inevitable; it’s required.
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
to be clear, this is not just a problem with ChatGPT or AI in general, but a corporate and regulatory climate so bent on inflating value and so immune from consequence that the human cost is just a rounding error. Monstrousness is not just inevitable; it’s required.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
Funko: a company that existed to send stuff from its factory to landfill, with just a brief stay on people's shelves.
What an utter waste of resources Funko has been.
What an utter waste of resources Funko has been.
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Funko: a company that existed to send stuff from its factory to landfill, with just a brief stay on people's shelves.
What an utter waste of resources Funko has been.
What an utter waste of resources Funko has been.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
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Seems as good a time as any to remember that of the 56 countries that have comprehensive enough immigration systems for MIPEX to rank, the UK ranks 55th in family reunification rights. A terrible, moral stain of a situation.
The one country that ranks lower?
Denmark.
The one country that ranks lower?
Denmark.
Denmark steals possessions of people seeking asylum, as policy. It returns people to situations where they are killed.
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Seems as good a time as any to remember that of the 56 countries that have comprehensive enough immigration systems for MIPEX to rank, the UK ranks 55th in family reunification rights. A terrible, moral stain of a situation.
The one country that ranks lower?
Denmark.
The one country that ranks lower?
Denmark.
news.sky.com/story/post-o...
I'd missed this. Alan Bates finally is paid something approximating what he is due for his years of fighting the state.
I'd missed this. Alan Bates finally is paid something approximating what he is due for his years of fighting the state.
Post Office hero Bates lands seven-figure Horizon payout
Sir Alan Bates, who led the fight for justice for victims of the Horizon IT scandal, has had his claim settled by the government more than 20 years after he began campaigning on the issue, Sky News le...
news.sky.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
news.sky.com/story/post-o...
I'd missed this. Alan Bates finally is paid something approximating what he is due for his years of fighting the state.
I'd missed this. Alan Bates finally is paid something approximating what he is due for his years of fighting the state.
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The billionaire class would much rather literally burn piles of cash than help anyone else. The point of capitalism is attaining addition wealth like the high score on a video game no matter the social or interpersonal cost.
Tax billionaires at 94 percent on every dollar over 100 million.
Tax billionaires at 94 percent on every dollar over 100 million.
Rick Caruso spent $160 for every vote in LA to lose to Karen Bass. Every billionaire would rather set $100 million on fire before they will cede control of the electorate.
"In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups backed by New York City’s oligarchy spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani."
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The billionaire class would much rather literally burn piles of cash than help anyone else. The point of capitalism is attaining addition wealth like the high score on a video game no matter the social or interpersonal cost.
Tax billionaires at 94 percent on every dollar over 100 million.
Tax billionaires at 94 percent on every dollar over 100 million.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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