Joel
@snufkinlib.bsky.social
Cosmopolitan, liberal | Catholic | 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇮🇪🇬🇧🇦🇹🔶 | Mark 8:36 | he/him
The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily express the views of my employer
The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily express the views of my employer
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Joel
@snufkinlib.bsky.social
· Jun 9
Immigration is the central issue of our century and progressives must defend it or lose absolutely everything to fascism
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Theresa May devised the Hostile Environment, caused the Windrush Scandal then blamed it on Amber Rudd, and called me and my family citizens of nowhere. She was a monster *and* a weak PM
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Theresa May devised the Hostile Environment, caused the Windrush Scandal then blamed it on Amber Rudd, and called me and my family citizens of nowhere. She was a monster *and* a weak PM
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Johnson delivered real wins on Ukraine and Hong Kong! The vaccine rollout was good! Meanwhile Theresa May went on television as head of government to denounce the legislature as enemies of the people
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Johnson delivered real wins on Ukraine and Hong Kong! The vaccine rollout was good! Meanwhile Theresa May went on television as head of government to denounce the legislature as enemies of the people
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finally did it
so close to giving up on the other place (i keep saying this and then not doing it)
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
finally did it
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linkedin job history
Podcast Host Dec. 2025- Present
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Director, FBI Feb. 2025 - Dec. 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
linkedin job history
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Director, FBI Feb. 2025 - Dec. 2025
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Podcast Host Jun. 2023 - Feb. 2025
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Director, FBI Feb. 2025 - Dec. 2025
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Podcast Host Jun. 2023 - Feb. 2025
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so 'nimby at planning meetings' dynamics, but for jail. sounds cool.
it's also really class-based - the qualification for being a magistrate is basically 'do you seem like a respectable sort of person'
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
so 'nimby at planning meetings' dynamics, but for jail. sounds cool.
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This is also a place being rhetorically pro-immigration could be good. "I think immigration makes this country great and I don't care what anyone else thinks."
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is also a place being rhetorically pro-immigration could be good. "I think immigration makes this country great and I don't care what anyone else thinks."
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Yes. Also voters like it when you stand for something. "I don't care if Republicans think we're wrong or if it's not popular, I'm standing up for my neighbors and friends" has benefits beyond the issue itself.
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Yes. Also voters like it when you stand for something. "I don't care if Republicans think we're wrong or if it's not popular, I'm standing up for my neighbors and friends" has benefits beyond the issue itself.
It’s Budgetmas Eve, everybody! Don’t forget to leave out some milkshake and cookies for Rachel Thieves to steal before you wake! ☺️
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It’s Budgetmas Eve, everybody! Don’t forget to leave out some milkshake and cookies for Rachel Thieves to steal before you wake! ☺️
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Link just to make sure as many people as possible have the word "bongino" earworming it's way through their head rn.
www.youtube.com/shorts/09Nan...
www.youtube.com/shorts/09Nan...
I Wanna Be at the RNC
YouTube video by Nick Lutsko
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Link just to make sure as many people as possible have the word "bongino" earworming it's way through their head rn.
www.youtube.com/shorts/09Nan...
www.youtube.com/shorts/09Nan...
The Starmer 6-7 video is the first time I’ve ever been charmed by him. He should pivot hard into mischievous child vibes
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Starmer 6-7 video is the first time I’ve ever been charmed by him. He should pivot hard into mischievous child vibes
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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oh come on. be serious
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
oh come on. be serious
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oh my god
the bbc coining the phrase "teenage trans woman" in their coverage of the linehan case is driving me insane. it's so subtly revealing
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
oh my god
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(Though that isn't the maddest bit. The maddest bit is that houses built since 1991 are taxed on the basis of what they *would have been worth had they existed in 1991*, which produces odd results: when my in-laws moved from a three-bed house to a new retirement flat, their council tax went up!)
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
(Though that isn't the maddest bit. The maddest bit is that houses built since 1991 are taxed on the basis of what they *would have been worth had they existed in 1991*, which produces odd results: when my in-laws moved from a three-bed house to a new retirement flat, their council tax went up!)
increasingly concerned one of my colleagues may be neurotypical
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
increasingly concerned one of my colleagues may be neurotypical
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Please mail me with your profile and details of your strategy [email protected]
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please mail me with your profile and details of your strategy [email protected]
Man there a nail salons in Charlotte running promotions where 15% of proceeds go to Carolina Migrant Network. This has reached BLM 2020 levels where even small businesses are aligned with radical activism
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Man there a nail salons in Charlotte running promotions where 15% of proceeds go to Carolina Migrant Network. This has reached BLM 2020 levels where even small businesses are aligned with radical activism
Party allowed to talk about Brexit again… I spent 2020-24 dreaming of times like these
Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Party allowed to talk about Brexit again… I spent 2020-24 dreaming of times like these
Ireland receives five million new citizens and agrees to build at least 20 new houses for them
If they actually enter the cool zone Canada and Europe will receive tens of millions of wealthy American refugees who insist on calling themselves “expats”
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ireland receives five million new citizens and agrees to build at least 20 new houses for them
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Not only is it emotionally satisfying to say that everything that's happened since 2016 reinforces what a mistake Brexit was, it's also true
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Not only is it emotionally satisfying to say that everything that's happened since 2016 reinforces what a mistake Brexit was, it's also true
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What did you think 75% Remain meant? Vibes? Papers? Essays?
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What did you think 75% Remain meant? Vibes? Papers? Essays?
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You never get the time with a six month old back
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
You never get the time with a six month old back
Reeves commitment to Thatcherism extends to the snatching of various dairy products
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reeves commitment to Thatcherism extends to the snatching of various dairy products
Farage attacking the rest of the budget while oddly enthusiastic about the milkshake tax
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Farage attacking the rest of the budget while oddly enthusiastic about the milkshake tax