Michael Molcher
@molcher.bsky.social
@2000AD.bsky.social Brand Manager
Eisner Award-winning author of 'I Am The Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future' & 'The Art of Judge Dredd by Jock'
History weirdo with @englishcivilwar.bsky.social
Links: https://linktr.ee/molcher
Eisner Award-winning author of 'I Am The Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future' & 'The Art of Judge Dredd by Jock'
History weirdo with @englishcivilwar.bsky.social
Links: https://linktr.ee/molcher
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
One of the most authoritarian governments of the modern age. Which is saying something.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
One of the most authoritarian governments of the modern age. Which is saying something.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What are the really good animated action/SF shows right now?
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What are the really good animated action/SF shows right now?
Number Stations are 10,000% my shit, so I somewhat lost my mind when @sispurrier.bsky.social sent me this extract from the Fortean Times.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Number Stations are 10,000% my shit, so I somewhat lost my mind when @sispurrier.bsky.social sent me this extract from the Fortean Times.
Fantastic news!
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fantastic news!
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Charge Your Pikes!
While the reenactment pikes we use today on the battlefield don't have points (for obvious reasons), the pikes of the English Civil Wars would have been tipped with razor-sharp steel points.
📸: Michael Molcher
While the reenactment pikes we use today on the battlefield don't have points (for obvious reasons), the pikes of the English Civil Wars would have been tipped with razor-sharp steel points.
📸: Michael Molcher
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Charge Your Pikes!
While the reenactment pikes we use today on the battlefield don't have points (for obvious reasons), the pikes of the English Civil Wars would have been tipped with razor-sharp steel points.
📸: Michael Molcher
While the reenactment pikes we use today on the battlefield don't have points (for obvious reasons), the pikes of the English Civil Wars would have been tipped with razor-sharp steel points.
📸: Michael Molcher
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They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
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I'm looking for people who love murder mysteries and whodunnits. It's for a thing! Can you connect us? Thank you.
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I'm looking for people who love murder mysteries and whodunnits. It's for a thing! Can you connect us? Thank you.
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Put together these script packs for Thought Bubble and still have a few left. GN plus the Petrol Head pitch document and Judge Dredd: A Better World with the script for the Maitland episode. DM if interested.
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Put together these script packs for Thought Bubble and still have a few left. GN plus the Petrol Head pitch document and Judge Dredd: A Better World with the script for the Maitland episode. DM if interested.
BRB, off to bury the bodies...
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
BRB, off to bury the bodies...
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Izal has long been the wadding of choice for reenactment musketeers, who hunt the remaining world stock like Indiana Joneses
The old Izal rough/smooth toilet paper should be resurrected and placed in all public toilets. That way people will appreciate the joys of quilted luxury when they get home.
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Izal has long been the wadding of choice for reenactment musketeers, who hunt the remaining world stock like Indiana Joneses
Episode two of our @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social recordings out on Wednesday!
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November 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Episode two of our @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social recordings out on Wednesday!
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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How did a pub become a mortuary? 🍻 ☠️
The Olde Starre Inne in York was built in 1644, but within just a few months of opening, an allied army of Parliament and Scotland laid siege to the city.
📸: Michael Molcher
The Olde Starre Inne in York was built in 1644, but within just a few months of opening, an allied army of Parliament and Scotland laid siege to the city.
📸: Michael Molcher
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
How did a pub become a mortuary? 🍻 ☠️
The Olde Starre Inne in York was built in 1644, but within just a few months of opening, an allied army of Parliament and Scotland laid siege to the city.
📸: Michael Molcher
The Olde Starre Inne in York was built in 1644, but within just a few months of opening, an allied army of Parliament and Scotland laid siege to the city.
📸: Michael Molcher
WHY AREN'T YOU HELPING?!?!
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
WHY AREN'T YOU HELPING?!?!
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"10% of our revenue will come from criminals paying us for access to our customers" is an astonishing thing to put in writing
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud
Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"10% of our revenue will come from criminals paying us for access to our customers" is an astonishing thing to put in writing
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In the UK, you could demolish a church VAT-free, but if you wanted to repair that church, you would have to pay VAT.
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In the UK, you could demolish a church VAT-free, but if you wanted to repair that church, you would have to pay VAT.
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Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
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Who were the winners of the 2000 AD talent search competitions at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social? Find out here 👉 https://bit.ly/4oRiYYY
Who won the 2000 AD talent search at Thought Bubble 2025?
Whether you’re an aspiring comic book creator or you just love comics, Thought Bubble is the place to be – and this year’s event was bigger and better than ever before! Held amid the genteel tearooms ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Who were the winners of the 2000 AD talent search competitions at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social? Find out here 👉 https://bit.ly/4oRiYYY
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Here's my winning entry for this year's @2000ad.bsky.social Artist Talent Search at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social . Based on the Future Shock story FaceShopping written by @jamespeaty1575.bsky.social
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Here's my winning entry for this year's @2000ad.bsky.social Artist Talent Search at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social . Based on the Future Shock story FaceShopping written by @jamespeaty1575.bsky.social
Pages 1-2
Pages 1-2
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The way this woman was treated is horrific and it's actually quite heartening to see so many boycott in solidarity.
A comics festival is not more important than what happened to her.
A comics festival is not more important than what happened to her.
‘Angoulême comics festival in crisis as creators and publishers declare boycott’
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Angoulême comics festival in crisis as creators and publishers declare boycott
French government withdraws funding after claims of toxic management and dismissal of staff member who lodged rape complaint
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The way this woman was treated is horrific and it's actually quite heartening to see so many boycott in solidarity.
A comics festival is not more important than what happened to her.
A comics festival is not more important than what happened to her.
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What many politicians don't realise - or want to understand - is that many of the "highly-skilled" immigrants whose labour they crave were raised by the same asylum seekers and refugees they openly despise. They take the racist political rhetoric personally, and act accordingly. Why wouldn't they?
"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus...the NHS is so heavily reliant on doctors from elsewhere – 42% of its entire medical workforce qualified overseas."
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What many politicians don't realise - or want to understand - is that many of the "highly-skilled" immigrants whose labour they crave were raised by the same asylum seekers and refugees they openly despise. They take the racist political rhetoric personally, and act accordingly. Why wouldn't they?
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Enjoyed a GREAT online talk – organised by the @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social – this evening by Edward Davis about his two-volume biography of the Earl of Manchester www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw... Some fantastic-looking events coming up too!
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Enjoyed a GREAT online talk – organised by the @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social – this evening by Edward Davis about his two-volume biography of the Earl of Manchester www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw... Some fantastic-looking events coming up too!