Pete
@spajn.org.uk
Retired IT bloke. Now riding my bikes, hiking, volunteering for the Wildlife Trust, occasionally hanging out with my rather wonderful children. One day I might get my Moto Guzzi back on the road. Born at 316ppm.
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Amazing coda here.
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Amazing coda here.
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Bollards save lives AND bring immense joy and happiness to the world.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 1, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Bollards save lives AND bring immense joy and happiness to the world.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
Interesting podcast - although he's obviously dead wrong about Pink Floyd.
Most of my friends and ex-colleagues probably have a net worth north of £1m, sometimes a long way north. Almost all of them could be defined as left wing, the exceptions being mostly those with a working class background.
Most of my friends and ex-colleagues probably have a net worth north of £1m, sometimes a long way north. Almost all of them could be defined as left wing, the exceptions being mostly those with a working class background.
The party is over: Is this the end for Labour and the Tories?
Prospect’s new editor Philip Collins explains the rise of the ‘zombie party’—and his vision for the new magazine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Interesting podcast - although he's obviously dead wrong about Pink Floyd.
Most of my friends and ex-colleagues probably have a net worth north of £1m, sometimes a long way north. Almost all of them could be defined as left wing, the exceptions being mostly those with a working class background.
Most of my friends and ex-colleagues probably have a net worth north of £1m, sometimes a long way north. Almost all of them could be defined as left wing, the exceptions being mostly those with a working class background.
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Its not true though. Melania is in the files, and we know she was an illegal immigrant...
February 2, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Its not true though. Melania is in the files, and we know she was an illegal immigrant...
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Matt Goodwin must be hoping no one in Gorton and Denton reads his Substack, with its obsession about too many Muslims and civilisational collapse. If only he hadn't picked a constituency which is 30% Muslim. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pop...
Matt Goodwin isn’t the winner Farage thinks he is
The academic turned right-wing firebrand is Reform’s candidate for Gorton and Denton. But his ‘Broken Britain’ mantra is unlikely to convince voters
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Matt Goodwin must be hoping no one in Gorton and Denton reads his Substack, with its obsession about too many Muslims and civilisational collapse. If only he hadn't picked a constituency which is 30% Muslim. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pop...
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OTD in 2002 Ukraine dismantled its final Tu-160, supersonic heavy bomber.
Having given up nukes, long range ability to threaten Russia and the entire firing chain, Ukraine was subsequently rewarded with invasion, concern and thoughts & prayers.
Having given up nukes, long range ability to threaten Russia and the entire firing chain, Ukraine was subsequently rewarded with invasion, concern and thoughts & prayers.
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
OTD in 2002 Ukraine dismantled its final Tu-160, supersonic heavy bomber.
Having given up nukes, long range ability to threaten Russia and the entire firing chain, Ukraine was subsequently rewarded with invasion, concern and thoughts & prayers.
Having given up nukes, long range ability to threaten Russia and the entire firing chain, Ukraine was subsequently rewarded with invasion, concern and thoughts & prayers.
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1. Take over one of the most prestigious arts centres in America
2. Put your buddies in charge of it
3. Insult everyone involved with it, both their work and what they believe in
4. Put your name on it
5. Shut it down entirely for two years and try to frame that as a triumph
2. Put your buddies in charge of it
3. Insult everyone involved with it, both their work and what they believe in
4. Put your name on it
5. Shut it down entirely for two years and try to frame that as a triumph
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
1. Take over one of the most prestigious arts centres in America
2. Put your buddies in charge of it
3. Insult everyone involved with it, both their work and what they believe in
4. Put your name on it
5. Shut it down entirely for two years and try to frame that as a triumph
2. Put your buddies in charge of it
3. Insult everyone involved with it, both their work and what they believe in
4. Put your name on it
5. Shut it down entirely for two years and try to frame that as a triumph
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Why isn't this a major news story?
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why isn't this a major news story?
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I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
You've got to wonder why so many media outlets reported the Bible Society survey so enthusiastically, without doing any due diligence.
Gen Z churchgoing is actually still declining, new British Social Attitudes Survey shows
New analysis of recently published British Social Attitudes Survey data by Humanists UK has shown that churchgoing, including among Gen Z, has continued its long-term decline. The findings are consist...
humanists.uk
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
You've got to wonder why so many media outlets reported the Bible Society survey so enthusiastically, without doing any due diligence.
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
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BTW the EASIEST way to convince a pet-owner the NHS shouldn't be privatised is to ask them how much their last vet bill cost.
January 28, 2026 at 10:27 AM
BTW the EASIEST way to convince a pet-owner the NHS shouldn't be privatised is to ask them how much their last vet bill cost.
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@tomcollinsworcs.bsky.social with Palantir involved in both Health and Defence in the UK, you need to raise this as a concern as this is not a company that should be trusted with sensitive and secure citizen and operational data.
ICE agents are using an app developed by Palantir that draws on the health records of millions of Americans to find and detain illegal immigrants
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 AM
@tomcollinsworcs.bsky.social with Palantir involved in both Health and Defence in the UK, you need to raise this as a concern as this is not a company that should be trusted with sensitive and secure citizen and operational data.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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The thing to remember about Suella Braverman is that not only is she nasty, untrustworthy, and full of hate and anger, but she's also abominably stupid.
January 26, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The thing to remember about Suella Braverman is that not only is she nasty, untrustworthy, and full of hate and anger, but she's also abominably stupid.
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from today's post: "Dear Leader is nuts — and his flunkies are deranged psychos. what could go wrong?" — perfectly abnormal stuff.
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Dear Leader is nuts — and his flunkies are deranged psychos. what could go wrong?
perfectly abnormal stuff
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January 26, 2026 at 4:21 PM
from today's post: "Dear Leader is nuts — and his flunkies are deranged psychos. what could go wrong?" — perfectly abnormal stuff.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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For a party that claims to be against it, Reform has been taking in a lot of refugees recently.
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM
For a party that claims to be against it, Reform has been taking in a lot of refugees recently.
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We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
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What the last week has taught us:
"The noise, the sturm-und-drang of this moment is not a coincidence. It’s the point.
This has been a week of explosions from destroying the NATO alliance to this fascistic street killing. It’s meant to stun us."
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
"The noise, the sturm-und-drang of this moment is not a coincidence. It’s the point.
This has been a week of explosions from destroying the NATO alliance to this fascistic street killing. It’s meant to stun us."
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Death Squads Execute Second Dissident
Or what the US press would say if this was happening on the streets of a "shithole" country overseas
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:26 PM
What the last week has taught us:
"The noise, the sturm-und-drang of this moment is not a coincidence. It’s the point.
This has been a week of explosions from destroying the NATO alliance to this fascistic street killing. It’s meant to stun us."
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
"The noise, the sturm-und-drang of this moment is not a coincidence. It’s the point.
This has been a week of explosions from destroying the NATO alliance to this fascistic street killing. It’s meant to stun us."
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
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The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
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As Davos is high on the agenda of Laura Kuenssberg this morning, presumably she'll be discussing the fact that Nigel Farage attended to 'stick it to the elites & globalist billionaires', only to find out he was there on behalf of a globalist billionaire
#BBCLauraK
#bbcbreakfast
#BBCLauraK
#bbcbreakfast
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 AM
As Davos is high on the agenda of Laura Kuenssberg this morning, presumably she'll be discussing the fact that Nigel Farage attended to 'stick it to the elites & globalist billionaires', only to find out he was there on behalf of a globalist billionaire
#BBCLauraK
#bbcbreakfast
#BBCLauraK
#bbcbreakfast