V For Viennetta
@joebaldwin.me.uk
Person. Admin gonk. Nerd. 80s synthpop idiot. Semi-talented iOS app dev. Tesco Value satirical poster. Lidl croissant enthusiast. It’s always David Cameron’s fault.
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At long last, space is opening up in British politics for Thatcherism
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
At long last, space is opening up in British politics for Thatcherism
One of the cats has decided that being on top of me while I’m lying down is just The Shit. It’s cute but also inconvenient
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
One of the cats has decided that being on top of me while I’m lying down is just The Shit. It’s cute but also inconvenient
AI should have stopped after they invented the FaceApp filter that let you make Yakuza characters smile IMO
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
AI should have stopped after they invented the FaceApp filter that let you make Yakuza characters smile IMO
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this is the ideology I have been calling “consumer communism.”
We’re not small business owners, ffs - we’re independent contractors, and we are routinely robbed by the world’s dumbest dingbats.
![A quote-tweet with the profile blocked out because I won’t be accused of sending flying monkeys at this digital turd.
counterpoint: pirate everything all the time. pirate a sandwich. download a car. abscond from from small business owner mindset with your brain
[High Priestess, Low Patie... • @cherie... • 14h
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.]
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every time vulgar leftism pipes in from the sidelines of petit bourgeoisdom i am forced to become 8.75% more marxist](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2ssvkga34xug334b66hvrje/bafkreigp2f33rtfu62kqjygnsxhg3jxxs6udwuyisipmyqrh5ew4c6kbyi@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
this is the ideology I have been calling “consumer communism.”
The bar for positivity is so low right now that "the film lid on a ready meal pulled off cleanly" is the best thing that's happened all day
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The bar for positivity is so low right now that "the film lid on a ready meal pulled off cleanly" is the best thing that's happened all day
There’s a lot of shit anti-AI arguments, but also expecting anything but “stick it up your arse and fuck off” when the pitch for it is basically “this should replace the median Bluesky poster’s job” is hilarious
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There’s a lot of shit anti-AI arguments, but also expecting anything but “stick it up your arse and fuck off” when the pitch for it is basically “this should replace the median Bluesky poster’s job” is hilarious
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
Frantically googling "the internationale lyrics"
Not saying I'm in a bad mood but Rachel Reeves better include a substantial bit of economic stimulus for the Joe Baldwin Booze, Lidl Croissant And Mince Pies Charitable Fund in the budget today or I'm going to become a Trotskyist
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Frantically googling "the internationale lyrics"
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Up there with the “we can always tell” nonsense the idea LGB cis people at large have “concerns” about trans people is one of the biggest GC lies.
Anyone who has any regular contact with the LGBT community at least those under 50 would know this - it’s a completely false “conflict”
Anyone who has any regular contact with the LGBT community at least those under 50 would know this - it’s a completely false “conflict”
Reminder that lesbians have a more positive view of trans people than trans people do
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Up there with the “we can always tell” nonsense the idea LGB cis people at large have “concerns” about trans people is one of the biggest GC lies.
Anyone who has any regular contact with the LGBT community at least those under 50 would know this - it’s a completely false “conflict”
Anyone who has any regular contact with the LGBT community at least those under 50 would know this - it’s a completely false “conflict”
Not saying I'm in a bad mood but Rachel Reeves better include a substantial bit of economic stimulus for the Joe Baldwin Booze, Lidl Croissant And Mince Pies Charitable Fund in the budget today or I'm going to become a Trotskyist
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Not saying I'm in a bad mood but Rachel Reeves better include a substantial bit of economic stimulus for the Joe Baldwin Booze, Lidl Croissant And Mince Pies Charitable Fund in the budget today or I'm going to become a Trotskyist
My fiancée was absolutely enchanted by Argos the first time she encountered it. “The shopping of the future” she called it, and she’s not really wrong tbf
Why is Will from the Inbetweeners* doing a TV advert spreading awareness that Argos sells more than just toys? Of course it does, it’s Argos. I feel like there’s a whole cultural perception of Argos that’s passed me by
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My fiancée was absolutely enchanted by Argos the first time she encountered it. “The shopping of the future” she called it, and she’s not really wrong tbf
I hate this dumb shit style of argumentation. You throw out a stupid idea and then if someone just is like “uh what” they tell you it’s your job to prove them wrong. No, it’s your job to prove your own mental ideas right.
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I hate this dumb shit style of argumentation. You throw out a stupid idea and then if someone just is like “uh what” they tell you it’s your job to prove them wrong. No, it’s your job to prove your own mental ideas right.
By “Will I, Won’t I” he means he’s umming and aahing about whether to stick the whole thing up his dirtbox.
My absolute fav. The caption, the pose. The setting.
Cliff, shit, just remembered we need one more picture for the calendar. Fuck it just grab the Custard Creams and riff with it.
Cliff, shit, just remembered we need one more picture for the calendar. Fuck it just grab the Custard Creams and riff with it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
By “Will I, Won’t I” he means he’s umming and aahing about whether to stick the whole thing up his dirtbox.
Nick Cave looks like the G-Man crossbred with Dylan Moran
just two cool guys looking normal and alive, like humans
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Nick Cave looks like the G-Man crossbred with Dylan Moran
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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 12:37 PM
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
Wes Streeting going to a Kraftwerk gig: “I’m sorry this is a WHAT Europe Express????”
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Wes Streeting going to a Kraftwerk gig: “I’m sorry this is a WHAT Europe Express????”
Seeing accounts you respect engaging in Whamageddon is like walking downstairs and seeing your mum doing a line of coke. Day’s ruined
I’d vote Labour again if they made participating in Whamageddon a capital offence. Not wanting to listen to Last Christmas should get you put on the register.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Seeing accounts you respect engaging in Whamageddon is like walking downstairs and seeing your mum doing a line of coke. Day’s ruined
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This doesn't make capitalism the best we could possibly have it!
The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.
The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This doesn't make capitalism the best we could possibly have it!
The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.
The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.
Reminds me of one of my favourite things I've read web.archive.org/web/20220812171202/https://www.gawker.com/culture/failure-to-cope-under-capitalism
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reminds me of one of my favourite things I've read web.archive.org/web/20220812171202/https://www.gawker.com/culture/failure-to-cope-under-capitalism
All else aside, how the hell is the Political Editor of the BBC in any way "unsung". He's literally the Political Editor of the BBC
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
All else aside, how the hell is the Political Editor of the BBC in any way "unsung". He's literally the Political Editor of the BBC
2026 is cancelled
Ronan Keating to host BBC One's #NewYearsEve celebrations. More details:
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RONAN KEATING TO HOST BBC ONE'S NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS
Get ready for the ultimate New Year’s Eve party as global music legend Ronan Keating takes centre stage to lead the celebrations into 2026. Ronan Keating & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party promises a n...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
2026 is cancelled
Probably for the best I don’t try and promote my diet app in between posts that are like “hey guys look at the new M&S Chocolate, Bacon And Lard Croutons, I’m definitely not binge eating them in between an entire Lidl bakery lmao!”
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Probably for the best I don’t try and promote my diet app in between posts that are like “hey guys look at the new M&S Chocolate, Bacon And Lard Croutons, I’m definitely not binge eating them in between an entire Lidl bakery lmao!”
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: M&S' £12 "BIG TIN" of chocolates is exactly how you remember Quality Street was as a child, i.e. it's actually a big fucking tin full to the brim of chocolate and not a half-filled plastic tub of sadness
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: M&S' £12 "BIG TIN" of chocolates is exactly how you remember Quality Street was as a child, i.e. it's actually a big fucking tin full to the brim of chocolate and not a half-filled plastic tub of sadness
Yeah sorry I don't know who is left arguing that Silksong isn't overtuned but HK is like Super Mario Bros in comparison. The grub challenges in HK are easier than the *normal platforming* in Silksong
Replaying Hollow Knight and holy shit the difficulty spike from it to Silksong is INSANE
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Yeah sorry I don't know who is left arguing that Silksong isn't overtuned but HK is like Super Mario Bros in comparison. The grub challenges in HK are easier than the *normal platforming* in Silksong
It still kind of freaks my nut out that it used to be you would have actual local adverts on TV, for just like random businesses, whereas now you basically *have* to be Coca Cola or it’s not happening.
Just interesting to think how insanely different the pre Internet advertising world was
You want to reach your customers? Uhh I guess you put an ad in the paper or put up a billboard. Maybe a radio ad. Television if you're Coca Cola
You want to reach your customers? Uhh I guess you put an ad in the paper or put up a billboard. Maybe a radio ad. Television if you're Coca Cola
I'm in a vintage store with a bunch of old Playboy magazines from the '80s.
A vision of the beauty of long-gone ages.
That is, the damn things are an inch thick, packed with full-page ads. Journalism was so lucrative
A vision of the beauty of long-gone ages.
That is, the damn things are an inch thick, packed with full-page ads. Journalism was so lucrative
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It still kind of freaks my nut out that it used to be you would have actual local adverts on TV, for just like random businesses, whereas now you basically *have* to be Coca Cola or it’s not happening.