Stephen Buggy
@stephenbuggy.bsky.social
I work with data and on Homelessness. I am learning Portuguese. I live in Belfast
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I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Good point.
In China 22% of new trucks are electric, and this is said to explain part of the ca 11% decrease in diesel consumption
www.evshift.com/362960/china...
In China 22% of new trucks are electric, and this is said to explain part of the ca 11% decrease in diesel consumption
www.evshift.com/362960/china...
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Good point.
In China 22% of new trucks are electric, and this is said to explain part of the ca 11% decrease in diesel consumption
www.evshift.com/362960/china...
In China 22% of new trucks are electric, and this is said to explain part of the ca 11% decrease in diesel consumption
www.evshift.com/362960/china...
I've been learning power query over the last few days and it makes me about 50% less frustrated Excel isn't R tidyverse
January 21, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I've been learning power query over the last few days and it makes me about 50% less frustrated Excel isn't R tidyverse
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Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
I consider myself good at ggplot but this is something amazing that I didn't know
You can specify relative position in ggplot with I(x) I(y).
E.g. annotate("text", x = I(.5), y = I(.5), label = "hello!") will place the text in the middle of the plot.
This, combined with alignment arguments is like 87% of the magic for me.
E.g. annotate("text", x = I(.5), y = I(.5), label = "hello!") will place the text in the middle of the plot.
This, combined with alignment arguments is like 87% of the magic for me.
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I consider myself good at ggplot but this is something amazing that I didn't know
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Good week for a reminder about the confederate battle flag Minnesota refuses to return to the south
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Good week for a reminder about the confederate battle flag Minnesota refuses to return to the south
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the endless ground of your own deep pulse,
Rainer Maria Rilke, tr. David Young
Rainer Maria Rilke, tr. David Young
January 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
the endless ground of your own deep pulse,
Rainer Maria Rilke, tr. David Young
Rainer Maria Rilke, tr. David Young
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Returned to the gym recently and I already feel better. I’m so mad this shit works
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Returned to the gym recently and I already feel better. I’m so mad this shit works
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We have so much good evidence for cash transfers but so many just refuse to accept that those in poverty can make good decisions.
Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We have so much good evidence for cash transfers but so many just refuse to accept that those in poverty can make good decisions.
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Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
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This is false. Deportations reduce housing demand, but they shrink housing supply even more as the construction sector loses workers. Trump's deportations will make housing less affordable.
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is false. Deportations reduce housing demand, but they shrink housing supply even more as the construction sector loses workers. Trump's deportations will make housing less affordable.
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conscience is the wound, and there’s naught to staunch it
December 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
conscience is the wound, and there’s naught to staunch it
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And a good morning to everyone reading the “later life” section of Brigitte Bardot’s wikipedia page for the first time
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
And a good morning to everyone reading the “later life” section of Brigitte Bardot’s wikipedia page for the first time
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I feel like we should introduce these terms to circulation as we see the introduction of this position to every strategically important industry
December 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I feel like we should introduce these terms to circulation as we see the introduction of this position to every strategically important industry
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"Well, what shall we hang? The holly, or each other?"
Now that's a Christmas movie.
From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968).
With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
Now that's a Christmas movie.
From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968).
With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
December 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"Well, what shall we hang? The holly, or each other?"
Now that's a Christmas movie.
From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968).
With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
Now that's a Christmas movie.
From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968).
With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
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‘Tis the season to remember this classic tweet
December 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
‘Tis the season to remember this classic tweet
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December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
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I read someplace that when INDECENT PROPOSAL came out a TV reporter, outraged at the concept, did some vox pops outside the theater, asking a woman "Would you sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars?!" Only the woman without hesitation replied "I'd sleep with Robert Redford for fifty cents."
August 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I read someplace that when INDECENT PROPOSAL came out a TV reporter, outraged at the concept, did some vox pops outside the theater, asking a woman "Would you sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars?!" Only the woman without hesitation replied "I'd sleep with Robert Redford for fifty cents."
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Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
December 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
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Fun take on this is that the net effect of IHT in the long run is to make sure all land is owned by corporations. Since corporations never die and thus never pay IHT they have a long run competitive advantage. Eventually no one will have direct land ownership at all.
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fun take on this is that the net effect of IHT in the long run is to make sure all land is owned by corporations. Since corporations never die and thus never pay IHT they have a long run competitive advantage. Eventually no one will have direct land ownership at all.
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Think you can understand a lot about British politics from the ONS survey reporting that 56% of people said they voted in the last local elections, when turnout in those elections was about 36%.
December 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Think you can understand a lot about British politics from the ONS survey reporting that 56% of people said they voted in the last local elections, when turnout in those elections was about 36%.
Clearly the better ancient monument
December 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Clearly the better ancient monument
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NEW: A brief Q&A with the guy slapping Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Today, at Law Dork:
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Today, at Law Dork:
A brief Q&A with the guy slapping Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
www.lawdork.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
NEW: A brief Q&A with the guy slapping Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Today, at Law Dork:
“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“
Today, at Law Dork:
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This strong effort suggested by @daraor.bsky.social.
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This strong effort suggested by @daraor.bsky.social.