GuyThwarts2
@markg87.bsky.social
In no particular order; Dad of two wonderful children, husband of a clever and beautiful wife. Avid follower of politics and have high hopes that PR can bring much needed change.
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Another proud day for America.
January 21, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Another proud day for America.
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No surprise to learn X is still permitting users to post these images generated by Grok despite claiming it had taken action. Enough is enough. @ofcom.bsky.social MUST use its powers to shut this down www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM
No surprise to learn X is still permitting users to post these images generated by Grok despite claiming it had taken action. Enough is enough. @ofcom.bsky.social MUST use its powers to shut this down www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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So the message of this press conference is that Robert Jenrick thinks the Tory party killed Britain, but he might have stayed in it had Kemi Badenoch not read his secret speech.
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
So the message of this press conference is that Robert Jenrick thinks the Tory party killed Britain, but he might have stayed in it had Kemi Badenoch not read his secret speech.
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Funny how Robert Jenrick, Reform’s latest signing, says “Britain is in decline” ,considering he helped run it as a Tory minister under May, Johnson,Truss &Sunak.
At this point, Reform looks less like a fresh start and more like a reunion tour for the people who caused the decline in the first place.
At this point, Reform looks less like a fresh start and more like a reunion tour for the people who caused the decline in the first place.
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Funny how Robert Jenrick, Reform’s latest signing, says “Britain is in decline” ,considering he helped run it as a Tory minister under May, Johnson,Truss &Sunak.
At this point, Reform looks less like a fresh start and more like a reunion tour for the people who caused the decline in the first place.
At this point, Reform looks less like a fresh start and more like a reunion tour for the people who caused the decline in the first place.
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Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
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Because I don’t fully understand the BlueSky algorithm, I’ve created a Bear Crew starter pack including some of my old friends from Twitter to make a feed from.
Comment below if you’re also from Twitter when it was good and I’ll add you.
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Comment below if you’re also from Twitter when it was good and I’ll add you.
🐻
January 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Because I don’t fully understand the BlueSky algorithm, I’ve created a Bear Crew starter pack including some of my old friends from Twitter to make a feed from.
Comment below if you’re also from Twitter when it was good and I’ll add you.
🐻
Comment below if you’re also from Twitter when it was good and I’ll add you.
🐻
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The muted response to the undressing of women and children by Elon Musk’s Grok is the latest symptom of a culture of impunity—and a chance to address that culture head-on, @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social argue.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The muted response to the undressing of women and children by Elon Musk’s Grok is the latest symptom of a culture of impunity—and a chance to address that culture head-on, @cwarzel.bsky.social and @matteowong.bsky.social argue.
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The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
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In the six-plus years since, every mental health professional I have come across has told me that my essay had it exactly right. I think every word of it has been proven right many times over.
Even today, he's still only going to get worse.
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Even today, he's still only going to get worse.
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Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
In the six-plus years since, every mental health professional I have come across has told me that my essay had it exactly right. I think every word of it has been proven right many times over.
Even today, he's still only going to get worse.
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Even today, he's still only going to get worse.
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
So this is doing the rounds and can't find any evidence that she's ever said this.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
So this is doing the rounds and can't find any evidence that she's ever said this.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
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I regret to inform Leila Cunningham that Londoners do not need her “pity.”
What it needs is for fewer people to talk about it like it’s a haunted theme park - I live here, and it is, despite its issues, a fabulous place to be.
What it needs is for fewer people to talk about it like it’s a haunted theme park - I live here, and it is, despite its issues, a fabulous place to be.
Apparently, I’m Supposed to be Pitied for Living in London
A Londoner’s response to Reform UK’s weirdly patronising pitch to the capital
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I regret to inform Leila Cunningham that Londoners do not need her “pity.”
What it needs is for fewer people to talk about it like it’s a haunted theme park - I live here, and it is, despite its issues, a fabulous place to be.
What it needs is for fewer people to talk about it like it’s a haunted theme park - I live here, and it is, despite its issues, a fabulous place to be.
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"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
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Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
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If you follow this argument through to its logical conclusion there should be a UK Government channel on pornhub.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
If you follow this argument through to its logical conclusion there should be a UK Government channel on pornhub.
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not sure the government grasps the people on X who seem to be fine wading through far-right propaganda, porn, & user-generated abuse imagery would notice or care if government accounts closed
January 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
not sure the government grasps the people on X who seem to be fine wading through far-right propaganda, porn, & user-generated abuse imagery would notice or care if government accounts closed
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"When it happens, Republicans will object (and you can only imagine the meltdown Trump himself will have on Truth Social). The response Dems give should be simple: *Too bad. We have the power now.* A strong message must be sent to the country and future generations that Trump will not be honored."
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.
www.publicnotice.co
December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"When it happens, Republicans will object (and you can only imagine the meltdown Trump himself will have on Truth Social). The response Dems give should be simple: *Too bad. We have the power now.* A strong message must be sent to the country and future generations that Trump will not be honored."
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I’ve been quieter than usual this week due to a weird mix of work commitments and falling asleep on the sofa at every opportunity.
In my defence, I may have overcorrected by writing the mother of all year-end posts.
This is fair warning, it is long - but, then again, so was 2025.
In my defence, I may have overcorrected by writing the mother of all year-end posts.
This is fair warning, it is long - but, then again, so was 2025.
2025: The Year We Got Used To It
A final long read for 2025, charting how we got used to cruelty, incompetence and farce - and how 2026 will need us all to be much noisier.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I’ve been quieter than usual this week due to a weird mix of work commitments and falling asleep on the sofa at every opportunity.
In my defence, I may have overcorrected by writing the mother of all year-end posts.
This is fair warning, it is long - but, then again, so was 2025.
In my defence, I may have overcorrected by writing the mother of all year-end posts.
This is fair warning, it is long - but, then again, so was 2025.
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One of the most fulfilling things I've done the last couple of years is attempt, incompetently, to be a mentor, whatever one of those is. Anyway, my mentee(?) @matt-taylor.bsky.social wrote this about why his kids don't believe in Santa for the Guardian yesterday and it's bloody good
My family has never believed in Father Christmas – I don't want to hurt my kids if the money ever runs out | Matt Taylor
I would never want them to feel that they had been naughty if I couldn’t afford their gifts one year, says writer and music producer Matt Taylor
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
One of the most fulfilling things I've done the last couple of years is attempt, incompetently, to be a mentor, whatever one of those is. Anyway, my mentee(?) @matt-taylor.bsky.social wrote this about why his kids don't believe in Santa for the Guardian yesterday and it's bloody good
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How to make sure that I cannot visit the USA until at least 2029 in one sentence-
Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist cunt
Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist cunt
December 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
How to make sure that I cannot visit the USA until at least 2029 in one sentence-
Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist cunt
Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist cunt
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The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The voice of the nation – who speaks for Britain?
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
The wrong people are telling the story of Britain, and the story they tell is exhausted | Gerry Mitchell
@gerrymitchell.bsky.social @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
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I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.