Michael Hanley
@hanlemic.bsky.social
Still being menaced by stilt-walking clowns.
No, I'm not building a secret base under the Thames.
Barnet Vale. 🐝🖤🧡⚽ #bringbarnetback
No, I'm not building a secret base under the Thames.
Barnet Vale. 🐝🖤🧡⚽ #bringbarnetback
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JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
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Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
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🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
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US Stock Market waiting to open
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
US Stock Market waiting to open
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Things are not going so well over at CBS News... Catch up on all the latest updates in our first "Today in Politics" bulletin of 2026: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
January 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Things are not going so well over at CBS News... Catch up on all the latest updates in our first "Today in Politics" bulletin of 2026: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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@cynderness.bsky.social Happy birthday!
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
@cynderness.bsky.social Happy birthday!
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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Yes, because people have been enacting vicious anti-immigrant policies and using rhetoric echoing Enoch Powell, suggesting immigrants have done incalculable damage to the UK. Who might that have been?
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Yes, because people have been enacting vicious anti-immigrant policies and using rhetoric echoing Enoch Powell, suggesting immigrants have done incalculable damage to the UK. Who might that have been?
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Above all, the police approach in that decade culminated in the unlawful killing of 96 people and decades of cover-up.
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Above all, the police approach in that decade culminated in the unlawful killing of 96 people and decades of cover-up.
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Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
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September 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns
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Chloe Kelly’s goal celebration face is the exact look my sister used to give me behind our mum’s back when I was being told off
July 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Chloe Kelly’s goal celebration face is the exact look my sister used to give me behind our mum’s back when I was being told off
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Of course, a certain rugby club with no ties to the borough continue to enjoy preferential treatment from the council. Labour really like acting like Tories these days, don't they.
July 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Of course, a certain rugby club with no ties to the borough continue to enjoy preferential treatment from the council. Labour really like acting like Tories these days, don't they.
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"While Barnet Council’s strategic planning committee voted as expected against the club’s proposals for a new ground, there was confusion over the council leader’s claim that the club had been offered alternative sites."
The ridiculous farce continues. But NIMBYism is so exhaustingly British...
The ridiculous farce continues. But NIMBYism is so exhaustingly British...
Fans disappointed as Barnet FC stadium application refused
While Barnet Council's strategic planning committee voted as expected against the club's proposals for a new ground, there was confusion over the council leader's claim that the club had been offered ...
barnetpost.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"While Barnet Council’s strategic planning committee voted as expected against the club’s proposals for a new ground, there was confusion over the council leader’s claim that the club had been offered alternative sites."
The ridiculous farce continues. But NIMBYism is so exhaustingly British...
The ridiculous farce continues. But NIMBYism is so exhaustingly British...
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Bears eat week’s worth of honey after escape from Devon enclosure
Bears eat week’s worth of honey after escape from Devon enclosure
Five-year-old Mish and Lucy get their paws on some snacks before being safely contained at Wildwood Devon
If you went down to the woods in Devon on Monday, you were sure for a big surprise. Two European brown bears escaped from their enclosure at a wildlife park – and went straight for a picnic, consuming a week’s worth of honey from the attraction’s food stores.
Mish and Lucy, both five years old, enjoyed a selection of snacks before being safely returned to their enclosure by the keeper team at Wildwood Devon, near Ottery St Mary. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Bears eat week’s worth of honey after escape from Devon enclosure
Wernher von Braun enters the chat.
May 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Wernher von Braun enters the chat.
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🎶"... These are a few of my favourite things..."🎶
May 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🎶"... These are a few of my favourite things..."🎶
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The German term for forcing institutions to become in sync with the demands of an authoritarian movement is "Gleichschaltung"
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The German term for forcing institutions to become in sync with the demands of an authoritarian movement is "Gleichschaltung"
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For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned
May 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned