Bald Seagull
@redtim.bsky.social
Your friendly neighbourhood seagull enthusiast.
Author of a poor design.
(He/him)
Author of a poor design.
(He/him)
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There are certain people on this site (and in the halls of congress) who think everything is a distraction instead of understanding the federal government is very big and powerful and can do lots of (evil) things at once. There are no distractions just omnibattle
Seeing some replies about how the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are distractions, but targeting journalists is straight out of the fascism playbook. It's not to distract from other issues -- the regime wants to chill critical coverage because they know they're unpopular.
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
There are certain people on this site (and in the halls of congress) who think everything is a distraction instead of understanding the federal government is very big and powerful and can do lots of (evil) things at once. There are no distractions just omnibattle
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the primary blocker to UBI is the puritan belief that humanity is so sinful and depraved that it should not be permitted personhood unless it becomes 'civilised'
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
the primary blocker to UBI is the puritan belief that humanity is so sinful and depraved that it should not be permitted personhood unless it becomes 'civilised'
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them
Reading a news article (BBC) about how much Venezuelan people are looking forward to US investment to boost their local areas which have become rundown under Maduro and it's at least halfway down the page before they very coyly make mention that prior US sanctions even existed.
January 30, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Reading a news article (BBC) about how much Venezuelan people are looking forward to US investment to boost their local areas which have become rundown under Maduro and it's at least halfway down the page before they very coyly make mention that prior US sanctions even existed.
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january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
Says here... *checks notes* ..."cry more about it, bitch boy". Huh, ok.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to do business with China as Starmer lands in Shanghai
The US president's comments come as Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Shanghai on the third day of his visit to China.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Says here... *checks notes* ..."cry more about it, bitch boy". Huh, ok.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted myself as a squared-up Ilhan Omar and you as a collapsing sewer ogre
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 AM
nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted myself as a squared-up Ilhan Omar and you as a collapsing sewer ogre
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A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
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The correct answer to this is "Yes, and everyone else too."
Should artists get a basic income like they do in Ireland?
Could the government pay salaries to musicians and artists - no strings attached like they do in Ireland?
www.bbc.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The correct answer to this is "Yes, and everyone else too."
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Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
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Best not to think of Labour as a political party, and more of a bunch of nomadic herders who share the same landmass, and occasionally come together for moments of peace and intermarriage in between raiding each other over blood feuds and livestock.
Starmer’s allies launch ‘Stop Andy Burnham’ campaign to block parliamentary return
Speculation has spread over whether Burnham will attempt to return to pursue a Labour leadership bid
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Best not to think of Labour as a political party, and more of a bunch of nomadic herders who share the same landmass, and occasionally come together for moments of peace and intermarriage in between raiding each other over blood feuds and livestock.
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the "problem" of "illegal" immigration disappears the second you stop thinking like a racist freak
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 PM
the "problem" of "illegal" immigration disappears the second you stop thinking like a racist freak
Went to see 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple the other day and I was not ready for the most charming bromance film I've seen in years.
January 23, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Went to see 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple the other day and I was not ready for the most charming bromance film I've seen in years.
I've actually volunteered at HTLGI in the past (free festival, free food, Hay is nice and the work is easy) they had Richard Tice there that year, but otherwise not too bad. This year looks fucking *rancid* though.
I would like to take a moment to salute How The Light Gets in, for their unstinting dedication to just continually being the absolute fucking worst in every way imaginable.
January 23, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I've actually volunteered at HTLGI in the past (free festival, free food, Hay is nice and the work is easy) they had Richard Tice there that year, but otherwise not too bad. This year looks fucking *rancid* though.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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So this Board of Peace is basically SPECTRE, right?
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
So this Board of Peace is basically SPECTRE, right?
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Apparently I missed some Transatlantic beef.
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Apparently I missed some Transatlantic beef.
Fuck me. That final sentence is just 🤯
UK home secretary here. If you were reading this without prior knowledge of the UK political system, you'd have no idea which of the three principal parties vying for power she belonged to.
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Fuck me. That final sentence is just 🤯
In an *extremely* competitive field, this might be one of the most profoundly stupid and wrong-headed things I've ever heard a politician (or anyone else, for that matter) say.
Susanna Reid asks Darren Jones what British companies who export to the US should do to prepare for a possible increase in tariffs.
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"
January 20, 2026 at 11:52 AM
In an *extremely* competitive field, this might be one of the most profoundly stupid and wrong-headed things I've ever heard a politician (or anyone else, for that matter) say.
New BBC tactic for dealing with Zack Polanski appears to be pretending he doesn't exist 😄
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
New BBC tactic for dealing with Zack Polanski appears to be pretending he doesn't exist 😄
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Every. Single. Time.
You back down, they take it as an incentive to go after you even harder. This is fascism. It believes in strength alone. You can't reason with it, you can't compromise with it. All you can do is destroy it with every tool available to you.
You back down, they take it as an incentive to go after you even harder. This is fascism. It believes in strength alone. You can't reason with it, you can't compromise with it. All you can do is destroy it with every tool available to you.
January 16, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Every. Single. Time.
You back down, they take it as an incentive to go after you even harder. This is fascism. It believes in strength alone. You can't reason with it, you can't compromise with it. All you can do is destroy it with every tool available to you.
You back down, they take it as an incentive to go after you even harder. This is fascism. It believes in strength alone. You can't reason with it, you can't compromise with it. All you can do is destroy it with every tool available to you.
Fun to watch the goalposts being shifting all over the place in real time, whilst constantly interrupting anything that sounds like an informed and sensible response, and what the fuck has this got to do with Momentum?!
James Schneider on the ban on violent racist Israeli football hooligans #GMB
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Fun to watch the goalposts being shifting all over the place in real time, whilst constantly interrupting anything that sounds like an informed and sensible response, and what the fuck has this got to do with Momentum?!
The amount of racial slurs that will be generated at this festival is going to create some sort of bigotry horizon.
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The amount of racial slurs that will be generated at this festival is going to create some sort of bigotry horizon.
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
The amount of space on my timeline taken up by that Dilbert guy compared to how much I give a shit about the topic is at an all time disconnect.
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The amount of space on my timeline taken up by that Dilbert guy compared to how much I give a shit about the topic is at an all time disconnect.