Phil Harrison
@mrpmharrison.bsky.social
Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
"Many of those who usually pride themselves on their solidarity with the oppressed of the Middle East have been uncharacteristically restrained this time and oddly quick to move on..."
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Thousands of Iranians have been killed protesting for their freedom. Why are so many silent on their plight? | Jonathan Freedland
US bombs are not the answer, but there’s much the outside world can do – starting with noticing the horror unfolding in Tehran, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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January 17, 2026 at 9:44 AM
"Many of those who usually pride themselves on their solidarity with the oppressed of the Middle East have been uncharacteristically restrained this time and oddly quick to move on..."
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A weird question for a Saturday morning:
Have any pals on here ever travelled abroad for dental treatment? If so, where? Heard Hungary is good.
I have some quite major stuff that needs doing that I'm putting off because of the eye-watering cost. But I won't be able to put it off indefinitely...
Have any pals on here ever travelled abroad for dental treatment? If so, where? Heard Hungary is good.
I have some quite major stuff that needs doing that I'm putting off because of the eye-watering cost. But I won't be able to put it off indefinitely...
January 17, 2026 at 9:34 AM
A weird question for a Saturday morning:
Have any pals on here ever travelled abroad for dental treatment? If so, where? Heard Hungary is good.
I have some quite major stuff that needs doing that I'm putting off because of the eye-watering cost. But I won't be able to put it off indefinitely...
Have any pals on here ever travelled abroad for dental treatment? If so, where? Heard Hungary is good.
I have some quite major stuff that needs doing that I'm putting off because of the eye-watering cost. But I won't be able to put it off indefinitely...
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it's brutal how much of this is wanting to have what the state doesn't provide any more #TheTraitors
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
it's brutal how much of this is wanting to have what the state doesn't provide any more #TheTraitors
God, I'd be hopeless at this game.
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
God, I'd be hopeless at this game.
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
Matthew still thinks he's getting recruited, bless him.
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Matthew still thinks he's getting recruited, bless him.
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
Quite tempted to move to Manchester. Working in a record shop is fun!
January 16, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Quite tempted to move to Manchester. Working in a record shop is fun!
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We should all be furious on behalf of this young man. Abolish ICE.
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We should all be furious on behalf of this young man. Abolish ICE.
Pornhub experiencing a sudden surge...
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
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January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Pornhub experiencing a sudden surge...
Blimey. Sub-optimal week for Crystal Palace!
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Blimey. Sub-optimal week for Crystal Palace!
Imagine how much of a fucking fanny you'd have to be to accept a prize that someone else had won and be genuinely pleased with it?
It's actually quite hard to imagine how such a person could achieve anything in life.
It's actually quite hard to imagine how such a person could achieve anything in life.
January 16, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Imagine how much of a fucking fanny you'd have to be to accept a prize that someone else had won and be genuinely pleased with it?
It's actually quite hard to imagine how such a person could achieve anything in life.
It's actually quite hard to imagine how such a person could achieve anything in life.
A bizarre, brief, astonishing period when you could stick BBC2 on at 7pm and find yourself watching Butthole Surfers or Napalm Death or Nitzer Ebb while you ate your tea.
What a show.
What a show.
Any excuse to bollock on about this again... Snub TV is available, nearly entirely, on YouTube here, complete with VHS glitches and BBC2 idents...
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Snub TV (UK) - YouTube
Snub TV was an alternative culture television program that ran from 1987 to 1989. The original program, while made in the UK, was developed by American produ...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:41 PM
A bizarre, brief, astonishing period when you could stick BBC2 on at 7pm and find yourself watching Butthole Surfers or Napalm Death or Nitzer Ebb while you ate your tea.
What a show.
What a show.
Stephen's outfits are quite a lot aren't they?
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
January 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen's outfits are quite a lot aren't they?
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
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Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
I say this with desperate, perhaps unfounded optimism.
But all this has the potential to go quite badly wrong for them. Jenrick, Zahawi etc are big egos. It's a marriage of convenience, not love. Farage is malicious and overbearing. LOTS of sparks are going to fly because these are all awful people.
But all this has the potential to go quite badly wrong for them. Jenrick, Zahawi etc are big egos. It's a marriage of convenience, not love. Farage is malicious and overbearing. LOTS of sparks are going to fly because these are all awful people.
Flash of anger from Farage as a journalist asks what the deal between them was. Farage speaks over Jenrick, who looks sheepish and terribly alone.
January 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I say this with desperate, perhaps unfounded optimism.
But all this has the potential to go quite badly wrong for them. Jenrick, Zahawi etc are big egos. It's a marriage of convenience, not love. Farage is malicious and overbearing. LOTS of sparks are going to fly because these are all awful people.
But all this has the potential to go quite badly wrong for them. Jenrick, Zahawi etc are big egos. It's a marriage of convenience, not love. Farage is malicious and overbearing. LOTS of sparks are going to fly because these are all awful people.
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Reform have recruited which means they don’t get to murder tonight
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Reform have recruited which means they don’t get to murder tonight
'So I'm going to shut up for a bit...'
BREAKING - Jenrick tweets: "It's time for the truth."
Defection imminent.
Defection imminent.
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
'So I'm going to shut up for a bit...'
I drop wikipedia a tenner once a year.
It really is the last bastion of the old internet. The pre-evil internet.
It really is the last bastion of the old internet. The pre-evil internet.
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I drop wikipedia a tenner once a year.
It really is the last bastion of the old internet. The pre-evil internet.
It really is the last bastion of the old internet. The pre-evil internet.
David Lynch - died at 78.
Donald Trump - still going strong at 79.
There isn't a god.
Donald Trump - still going strong at 79.
There isn't a god.
David Lynch died a year ago.
I miss his artistry but I really miss him making me laugh.
I miss his artistry but I really miss him making me laugh.
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
David Lynch - died at 78.
Donald Trump - still going strong at 79.
There isn't a god.
Donald Trump - still going strong at 79.
There isn't a god.
In a sane political landscape, that affair would have ended Jenrick's political career there and then.
It's a shame that in these anti-political times, Jenrick doing extremely lucrative planning favours for mega-rich donors is not something anyone bothers to mention about him
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
In a sane political landscape, that affair would have ended Jenrick's political career there and then.
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This "open borders" line is *infuriating* - these people came here to study or work, because they had a uni place or a job to come to. They paid visa fees, student fees, NHS surcharge - and many of them are doing challenging and important work - staffing our care homes, for example, including Mum's.
Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
!["And this is what Keir Starmer’s press secretary has said about Robert Jenrick at the lobby briefing this morning.
[Highlighted] Robert Jenrick was the immigration minister in a government that presided over an open borders experiment [Highlighted], a health minister who left people stuck on waiting lists, and a Treasury minister during the worst decline in living standards on record.”
While Reform continues to welcome failed Tory retreads, this Labor government is putting the country back on track."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cixgmtrg7nzy4gkmyfeosaox/bafkreibe3jczrmbmzfnhj2adl4qe432lbpmcbn6m6qrentwih7vxj4fu7y@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This "open borders" line is *infuriating* - these people came here to study or work, because they had a uni place or a job to come to. They paid visa fees, student fees, NHS surcharge - and many of them are doing challenging and important work - staffing our care homes, for example, including Mum's.
George Saunders wrote this in 2020.
It's incredible and incredibly prescient.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It's incredible and incredibly prescient.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Love Letter”
Fiction by George Saunders: “What would you have done? I know what you will say: you would have fought. But how? How would you have fought?”
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January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
George Saunders wrote this in 2020.
It's incredible and incredibly prescient.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It's incredible and incredibly prescient.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Hmmm. Dunno about this. He bailed on us in September so I don't feel that warmly towards him.
An obvious talent though.
An obvious talent though.
🚨🟡🔵 EXCLUSIVE: Leeds United reach verbal agreement to sign Facundo Buonanotte! Chelsea to interrupt loan move from Brighton, leaving #CFC to return to #BHAFC and then join Leeds. Move to #LUFC will be on loan until the end of the season. Here we go, soon. 🇦🇷
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Hmmm. Dunno about this. He bailed on us in September so I don't feel that warmly towards him.
An obvious talent though.
An obvious talent though.
As Reform prepare to unveil Racist Rob as their newest, shiniest recruit, let's take a moment to remember his genuinely hilarious musings on football in the 80s.
In a party of rats, idiots and fakes, he'll fit in SO well.
In a party of rats, idiots and fakes, he'll fit in SO well.
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
As Reform prepare to unveil Racist Rob as their newest, shiniest recruit, let's take a moment to remember his genuinely hilarious musings on football in the 80s.
In a party of rats, idiots and fakes, he'll fit in SO well.
In a party of rats, idiots and fakes, he'll fit in SO well.
When you also factor in the current state of the housing market, it's hard to see this kind of thing as anything other than a demographic time-bomb.
I was so lucky to catch the very back-end of state-subsidised higher education. God knows what today's under 30s are supposed to do with this shit.
I was so lucky to catch the very back-end of state-subsidised higher education. God knows what today's under 30s are supposed to do with this shit.
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
When you also factor in the current state of the housing market, it's hard to see this kind of thing as anything other than a demographic time-bomb.
I was so lucky to catch the very back-end of state-subsidised higher education. God knows what today's under 30s are supposed to do with this shit.
I was so lucky to catch the very back-end of state-subsidised higher education. God knows what today's under 30s are supposed to do with this shit.
Happy 85th birthday Captain!
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Captain Beefheart - The Thousandth and Tenth Day of the Human Totem Pole
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January 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Happy 85th birthday Captain!
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