Nick Smith
@nicktheinventor.bsky.social
Available for karaoke.
Know about strategy, innovation and org culture.
Obsess about music, movies, literature and politics.
Block 5 Arsenal. Very ADHD.
Can supply #proofofcat #proofofdog
Know about strategy, innovation and org culture.
Obsess about music, movies, literature and politics.
Block 5 Arsenal. Very ADHD.
Can supply #proofofcat #proofofdog
Is this bad
🚨Exclusive: Half of voters who backed Labour at the last general election have deserted the party, according to internal polling shared with Labour MPs www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Half of 2024 Labour Voters Have Gone Elsewhere, Party Privately Tells MPs
Half of voters who backed Labour at the last general election have deserted the party, according to internal polling shared with Labour MPs.
www.politicshome.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Is this bad
Cracking stuff. Yet more grist for the mill that Labour have it badly, badly wrong.
Wake up babe, new Ansell just dropped benansell.substack.com/p/labour-at-...
Labour at the Margin...
...of survival
benansell.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Cracking stuff. Yet more grist for the mill that Labour have it badly, badly wrong.
Feel like in some way this is a metaphor for British politics.
Absolute carnage in the family group chat as my cousin posts a Christmas riddle from her fiancé’s office that no one can figure out, only to find that someone in the office got ChatGPT to make up the riddle and it’s gibberish that doesn’t have a solution
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Feel like in some way this is a metaphor for British politics.
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There’s nothing Wes Streeting could do or say to make me less likely to vote for OH
NEW: Wes Streeting says it’s “categorically untrue” that he’s plotting a coup against Keir Starmer.
“Whoever has been briefing this has been watching too much celebrity traitors.
“The briefing about me is the most unjustified attack against the faithful since Joe Marler was banished in the final.”
“Whoever has been briefing this has been watching too much celebrity traitors.
“The briefing about me is the most unjustified attack against the faithful since Joe Marler was banished in the final.”
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
There’s nothing Wes Streeting could do or say to make me less likely to vote for OH
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I sure am going to enjoy the punditry telling me how competent and smart Streeting is and none of the current PM's failings will be an issue once he's in charge. Just like they did with Starmer. And Sunak. And Johnson. And May. An
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I sure am going to enjoy the punditry telling me how competent and smart Streeting is and none of the current PM's failings will be an issue once he's in charge. Just like they did with Starmer. And Sunak. And Johnson. And May. An
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This @sarahkendzior ???
@support.bsky.team what are you thinking? She is an internationally renowned author and American anthropologist.
This is a very bad direction to go in.
@support.bsky.team what are you thinking? She is an internationally renowned author and American anthropologist.
This is a very bad direction to go in.
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This @sarahkendzior ???
@support.bsky.team what are you thinking? She is an internationally renowned author and American anthropologist.
This is a very bad direction to go in.
@support.bsky.team what are you thinking? She is an internationally renowned author and American anthropologist.
This is a very bad direction to go in.
Clowns to the left of me, clowns to the right, here I am oh also you are a clown.
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Clowns to the left of me, clowns to the right, here I am oh also you are a clown.
We have this in Sheffield it’s called Meadowhell Shopping Centre
Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We have this in Sheffield it’s called Meadowhell Shopping Centre
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
The Hitchcock stylings (shot composition, styling, score) in the first ep of Pluribus were
a cartoon of a chef with the words chef 's kiss below him
ALT: a cartoon of a chef with the words chef 's kiss below him
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Hitchcock stylings (shot composition, styling, score) in the first ep of Pluribus were
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No fiddling with income tax or raising car taxes or pathetic trade deals will cover this annual black hole. There is nothing any government in this country can do to make up this gap. The choice is to rejoin or inevitable and fast decline.
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
No fiddling with income tax or raising car taxes or pathetic trade deals will cover this annual black hole. There is nothing any government in this country can do to make up this gap. The choice is to rejoin or inevitable and fast decline.
Anyone else ever have or read the book "Why Cats Paint"?
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Anyone else ever have or read the book "Why Cats Paint"?
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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For reference - Here’s the Telegraph article with the Prescott memo complaining about the BBC published in FULL.
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
🧵
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It also has the best comment under its YouTube video.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
It also has the best comment under its YouTube video.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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YIKES
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
YIKES
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And now we have the White House Press Secretary attacking the BBC and promoting (K) GBNews 🙄
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
And now we have the White House Press Secretary attacking the BBC and promoting (K) GBNews 🙄
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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[Bosses resigning at BBC] When exactly did that become proof that Trump was right?
Well, there are always transcripts. And full video thanks to NPR.
I recommend the transcript (no audio) for reasons.
23 matches ctrl F for [fight], including when attendees are quoted.
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
Well, there are always transcripts. And full video thanks to NPR.
I recommend the transcript (no audio) for reasons.
23 matches ctrl F for [fight], including when attendees are quoted.
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
[Bosses resigning at BBC] When exactly did that become proof that Trump was right?
Well, there are always transcripts. And full video thanks to NPR.
I recommend the transcript (no audio) for reasons.
23 matches ctrl F for [fight], including when attendees are quoted.
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
Well, there are always transcripts. And full video thanks to NPR.
I recommend the transcript (no audio) for reasons.
23 matches ctrl F for [fight], including when attendees are quoted.
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
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Awfully pathetic of me this, I know, but will say it anyway. Alexander Isak holds the British record transfer fee and is fully fit, sitting on the bench and not been mentioned in the first half or at half-time. 2-0 down to a title rival and still nothing. Begs the question, should Gyokeres do more?
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Awfully pathetic of me this, I know, but will say it anyway. Alexander Isak holds the British record transfer fee and is fully fit, sitting on the bench and not been mentioned in the first half or at half-time. 2-0 down to a title rival and still nothing. Begs the question, should Gyokeres do more?
Aston Villa are playing Bournemouth off the park
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Aston Villa are playing Bournemouth off the park