Hughster
@hughster.bsky.social
Keyboard warrior with an opinion on everything (and a presence on far too many social media platforms). 🇬🇧
It is this easy for British organisations to acknowledge the harm X is doing and leave. And it's time they started facing public criticism for not doing so
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It is this easy for British organisations to acknowledge the harm X is doing and leave. And it's time they started facing public criticism for not doing so
Bance is back. (With replies off. Probably wise)
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Bance is back. (With replies off. Probably wise)
Shifting to total denial after equivocating so blatantly makes this so much worse. And it's not like he can easily fall back to "my word against theirs" when it's over 20 pretty respectable people who all went to school with him and independently confirm he did the same thing
‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Shifting to total denial after equivocating so blatantly makes this so much worse. And it's not like he can easily fall back to "my word against theirs" when it's over 20 pretty respectable people who all went to school with him and independently confirm he did the same thing
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I am somewhat sceptical of this new suggestion of going beyond the Leveson recommendations on reducing the number of jury trials, but I am getting a little annoyed at all the (IMO) excessive outrage on here over it
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am somewhat sceptical of this new suggestion of going beyond the Leveson recommendations on reducing the number of jury trials, but I am getting a little annoyed at all the (IMO) excessive outrage on here over it
An abomination that cannot stand. Are we a sovereign country or aren't we
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
An abomination that cannot stand. Are we a sovereign country or aren't we
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blocking people insane about Will remains one of the most consistent ways to make this website a more pleasant user experience; he draws the maddest fuckers.
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
blocking people insane about Will remains one of the most consistent ways to make this website a more pleasant user experience; he draws the maddest fuckers.
You fools, you idiots, the judge was merely applying the law
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You fools, you idiots, the judge was merely applying the law
Counterpoint: reducing the number of jury trials is good, actually. There's precious little empirical evidence they provide any meaningful safeguards or lead to fairer outcomes and are thus little more than a very expensive placebo. Fight me
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Counterpoint: reducing the number of jury trials is good, actually. There's precious little empirical evidence they provide any meaningful safeguards or lead to fairer outcomes and are thus little more than a very expensive placebo. Fight me
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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
Apparently it's now BBC editorial policy not to even say "trans" any more
Oh, bloody hell, it seems my screenshot was even an edit after the article was published
“Ms Brooks, who was 18 at the time, is a trans woman who was born a biological male.”
Aside from the gross last part of this BBC News sentence, wasn’t she 17 at the time?
Aside from the gross last part of this BBC News sentence, wasn’t she 17 at the time?
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Apparently it's now BBC editorial policy not to even say "trans" any more
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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...
No journalist should leave unchallenged claims from the far right to be thick-skinned, straight-talking free speech fundamentalists. They're the most easily offended, censorious crybabies in politics
Reform Party threatened legal action for critical news stories
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
No journalist should leave unchallenged claims from the far right to be thick-skinned, straight-talking free speech fundamentalists. They're the most easily offended, censorious crybabies in politics
If you really want to consume podcasts on YouTube then you should be content with staring at a plain image of the podcast logo. Podcasters are not YouTubers
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If you really want to consume podcasts on YouTube then you should be content with staring at a plain image of the podcast logo. Podcasters are not YouTubers
Now more than ever it must be continually restated that anti-trans extremists are building a false reality in the UK. That trans people exist and gender identity should be recognised is not "a debate" with two equally valid standpoints! It's been settled international human rights law for decades!
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 12:45 PM
Now more than ever it must be continually restated that anti-trans extremists are building a false reality in the UK. That trans people exist and gender identity should be recognised is not "a debate" with two equally valid standpoints! It's been settled international human rights law for decades!
If this isn't reversed and the government does nothing to force the issue then to be honest the BBC is already cooked
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 12:06 PM
If this isn't reversed and the government does nothing to force the issue then to be honest the BBC is already cooked
Not quite true—it only forces recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other member states, rather than requiring every member state to allow same-sex marriages to be performed there. Still a huge step forward as now there's much less point in member states continuing to block performing them
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 11:15 AM
Not quite true—it only forces recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other member states, rather than requiring every member state to allow same-sex marriages to be performed there. Still a huge step forward as now there's much less point in member states continuing to block performing them
Anyone who says "the UK was better in the 70s" could do with being reminded what the 70s were actually like for the majority here
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Anyone who says "the UK was better in the 70s" could do with being reminded what the 70s were actually like for the majority here
My sympathy levels are at near zero for such people. Number one, your parents' house rocketed in value by itself; they didn't "work so hard" for any of it. But more the point, neither did any of you. You admit you don't need it, you didn't earn a penny of it, and you're complaining? Shut up and pay
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
My sympathy levels are at near zero for such people. Number one, your parents' house rocketed in value by itself; they didn't "work so hard" for any of it. But more the point, neither did any of you. You admit you don't need it, you didn't earn a penny of it, and you're complaining? Shut up and pay
If you regularly asked a human assistant to tell you answers to things and do research for you, once you found out they had an error rate of *35%* (and rising) and *always* confidently asserted those errors as fact, you would never listen to them again
oh whoa the models aren't just getting better and better consistently huh
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If you regularly asked a human assistant to tell you answers to things and do research for you, once you found out they had an error rate of *35%* (and rising) and *always* confidently asserted those errors as fact, you would never listen to them again
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Sorry to keep banging on about it but it's literally *they are on Twitter and think it's the majority view*
This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sorry to keep banging on about it but it's literally *they are on Twitter and think it's the majority view*
I'm sorry but those on here doing "what Polanski actually said on NATO was…" are doing exactly what Corbynites were doing and it's getting pretty tedious. Just accept that on this he is deeply unserious and he will need to do something about it if he wants to get anywhere
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I'm sorry but those on here doing "what Polanski actually said on NATO was…" are doing exactly what Corbynites were doing and it's getting pretty tedious. Just accept that on this he is deeply unserious and he will need to do something about it if he wants to get anywhere
"54% of members said there should be a new Labour leader in place before the next general election. And 41% of those who backed Starmer for the leadership in 2020 said a new leader should be in place"
Four top Labour figures could beat Starmer in a leadership race, poll finds
Research shows members would back Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting over PM
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"54% of members said there should be a new Labour leader in place before the next general election. And 41% of those who backed Starmer for the leadership in 2020 said a new leader should be in place"