Nettlebrew
@nettlebrew.bsky.social
Just some old northern bloke. Well past my best before date.
You can't beat cosy on a cold day.
This is Peanut. He decided to stay home from work today. Doesn't have a job, but is too exhausted to go even if he did have one. 12/10 (TT: peanut5025)
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 PM
You can't beat cosy on a cold day.
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Banning children from using devices won't stop kids going online.
It creates secrecy, it will stop kids from talking to trusted adults when they come across dangerous content.
It also takes the responsibility from companies like X cleaning up their act on misinformation, abusive/dangerous content.
It creates secrecy, it will stop kids from talking to trusted adults when they come across dangerous content.
It also takes the responsibility from companies like X cleaning up their act on misinformation, abusive/dangerous content.
From what Australian friends tell me - kids who wanted to, just got round the ban and lied to parents and guardians.
Not convinced that's progress at all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not convinced that's progress at all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a parent – and a Conservative – I know that banning social media for under-16s is the right thing to do | Kemi Badenoch
Britain’s parents know that this content is harming their children. It’s vital to put young people’s mental health first, says Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative party
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Banning children from using devices won't stop kids going online.
It creates secrecy, it will stop kids from talking to trusted adults when they come across dangerous content.
It also takes the responsibility from companies like X cleaning up their act on misinformation, abusive/dangerous content.
It creates secrecy, it will stop kids from talking to trusted adults when they come across dangerous content.
It also takes the responsibility from companies like X cleaning up their act on misinformation, abusive/dangerous content.
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Mark Carney has delivered one of the most important speeches of our era. There is a better future waiting for Britain if we dare to follow his example.
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Mark Carney has delivered one of the most important speeches of our era. There is a better future waiting for Britain if we dare to follow his example.
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Left: President Trump claims that there are no wind farms in China
Right: There are 6,619 wind farms in China, and they create 40 % of the world’s wind electricity generation
Right: There are 6,619 wind farms in China, and they create 40 % of the world’s wind electricity generation
January 21, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Left: President Trump claims that there are no wind farms in China
Right: There are 6,619 wind farms in China, and they create 40 % of the world’s wind electricity generation
Right: There are 6,619 wind farms in China, and they create 40 % of the world’s wind electricity generation
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Thanks for that, Steve...
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Thanks for that, Steve...
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The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Trump: "I should have gotten the Nobel prize for each war...I saved millions and millions of people...and don't let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige.“
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
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Kemi Badenoch:
"I showed strong leadership when faced with disloyalty & sacked Robert Jenrick."
Keir Starmer:
"She'd just read the resignation letter he'd left on the photocopier. What else was she going to do? Correct the typo's & hand it back to him?" 😄
#PMQs
#PoliticsLive
"I showed strong leadership when faced with disloyalty & sacked Robert Jenrick."
Keir Starmer:
"She'd just read the resignation letter he'd left on the photocopier. What else was she going to do? Correct the typo's & hand it back to him?" 😄
#PMQs
#PoliticsLive
January 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Kemi Badenoch:
"I showed strong leadership when faced with disloyalty & sacked Robert Jenrick."
Keir Starmer:
"She'd just read the resignation letter he'd left on the photocopier. What else was she going to do? Correct the typo's & hand it back to him?" 😄
#PMQs
#PoliticsLive
"I showed strong leadership when faced with disloyalty & sacked Robert Jenrick."
Keir Starmer:
"She'd just read the resignation letter he'd left on the photocopier. What else was she going to do? Correct the typo's & hand it back to him?" 😄
#PMQs
#PoliticsLive
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Good morning ! Thank you to @peterlewis55.bsky.social for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Good morning ! Thank you to @peterlewis55.bsky.social for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay
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Quite irritated by this Love Actually description about UK-US relations. It is not about having a tantrum in public then getting twatted for it. It's about taking concrete action to reduce UK dependency on a country which no longer respects us or shares our values.
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Quite irritated by this Love Actually description about UK-US relations. It is not about having a tantrum in public then getting twatted for it. It's about taking concrete action to reduce UK dependency on a country which no longer respects us or shares our values.
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President Trump has linked his loss of the Nobel Peace Prize to a new demand for "total control" of Greenland, threatening European allies with tariffs while refusing to rule out the use of force.
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 PM
President Trump has linked his loss of the Nobel Peace Prize to a new demand for "total control" of Greenland, threatening European allies with tariffs while refusing to rule out the use of force.
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There is no strategy
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 20, 2026 at 6:41 AM
There is no strategy
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Letter in Times today
January 20, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Letter in Times today
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U.S. Far-right Influencer Fuentes, Andrew Tate and bros dance to Kanye West's 'Heil Hitler' in Miami Club and make Nazi salutes. Appears to have been requested during bottle parade. Tate is British. Will the press cover it? Will his mates like Farage say anything? Imagine if these lads were Muslim?
U.S. far-right influencers dance to Kanye West's 'Heil Hitler' in Miami club
Miami Beach's Mayor Said He Was 'Deeply Disturbed and Disgusted' by Videos Showing Influencers, Including Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate, Making a Nazi Salute Inside the City's Vendome Miami Nightclub. ...
www.haaretz.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:56 PM
U.S. Far-right Influencer Fuentes, Andrew Tate and bros dance to Kanye West's 'Heil Hitler' in Miami Club and make Nazi salutes. Appears to have been requested during bottle parade. Tate is British. Will the press cover it? Will his mates like Farage say anything? Imagine if these lads were Muslim?
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Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii): 90cm (35in). This Pacific seabird is easily identifiable by its bright blue webbed feet, which they use to keep their eggs warm. Their streamlined bodies make them excellent divers, & they can plummet from heights as high as 80 feet! #booby #bird #nature #wildlife
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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Fartrage says it is unacceptable for King Donald the Mad to apply economic pressure on a long-standing ally of more than 100 years.
But only a few weeks ago he was in the US asking them to put sanctions on the "undemocratic" UK.
What a complete and total shit wankstain this man is.
But only a few weeks ago he was in the US asking them to put sanctions on the "undemocratic" UK.
What a complete and total shit wankstain this man is.
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Fartrage says it is unacceptable for King Donald the Mad to apply economic pressure on a long-standing ally of more than 100 years.
But only a few weeks ago he was in the US asking them to put sanctions on the "undemocratic" UK.
What a complete and total shit wankstain this man is.
But only a few weeks ago he was in the US asking them to put sanctions on the "undemocratic" UK.
What a complete and total shit wankstain this man is.
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I’m just a humble retired social housing manager with an old (1986) degree in modern history & politics, but I could smell the bullshit coming off these so-called commentators & “journalists” ten years ago. Their judgement is non -existent, in inverse proportion to their media access & remuneration.
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I’m just a humble retired social housing manager with an old (1986) degree in modern history & politics, but I could smell the bullshit coming off these so-called commentators & “journalists” ten years ago. Their judgement is non -existent, in inverse proportion to their media access & remuneration.
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Trump: I need to take over Greenland now, because if I don’t, Russia will.
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
January 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Trump: I need to take over Greenland now, because if I don’t, Russia will.
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
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This isn't satire. No jokes. This is the President of the United States telling Norway that he's going to take Greenland from Denmark because Norway didn't give him a peace prize.
This isn't Orange Man Bad. This is Orange Man Mad.
This isn't Orange Man Bad. This is Orange Man Mad.
January 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This isn't satire. No jokes. This is the President of the United States telling Norway that he's going to take Greenland from Denmark because Norway didn't give him a peace prize.
This isn't Orange Man Bad. This is Orange Man Mad.
This isn't Orange Man Bad. This is Orange Man Mad.
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I wrote this poem the day after Renee Good was murdered - it’s about how the media and politicians immediately dehumanised her. I have had a few people ask “who wrote it?” So I am putting it up again - written in anger
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I wrote this poem the day after Renee Good was murdered - it’s about how the media and politicians immediately dehumanised her. I have had a few people ask “who wrote it?” So I am putting it up again - written in anger
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.