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@stilldelvingh.bsky.social
· Mar 17
Describe your feed:
News translated in 21st century languages (cynicism, memism & sarcasmism)
Unbelievably shitty real-life drama rants
Strategies to fix the mess unlikely to be heard/implemented
Book I’m writing updates
(A lil) Art&music
Self-mockery
WTF science
Interesting things other people say
News translated in 21st century languages (cynicism, memism & sarcasmism)
Unbelievably shitty real-life drama rants
Strategies to fix the mess unlikely to be heard/implemented
Book I’m writing updates
(A lil) Art&music
Self-mockery
WTF science
Interesting things other people say
BTW could Farage provide an example of unhurtful, uninsulting racial abuse?
When the racist comedian Bernard Manning fell out of fashion in more tolerant times and stopped appearing on TV he defended his long history of appalling offensive "jokes" as nothing more than "banter"and insisted that he "had a go at everyone".
This is the Bernard Manning defence.
This is the Bernard Manning defence.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
BTW could Farage provide an example of unhurtful, uninsulting racial abuse?
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How about we stop foreign-owned corporates & billionaires remitting the money they make out of us here to their offshore, tax dodging, related companies?
"Please stop creating wealth in our country. If the point is to take care of your family, it's unacceptable. Go create wealth elsewhere"
(Quick note: If said migrants have money to send away, it means they are working. Ergo providing services. Ergo creating wealth.)
(Quick note: If said migrants have money to send away, it means they are working. Ergo providing services. Ergo creating wealth.)
Trevor Phillips proposes banning "remittances" (ie: imposing currency/exchange controls on international cash transfers by foreign nationals from Britain). He says this would disincentivise immigration, in a Times piece saying the Home Secretary needs to go [much] further
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
How about we stop foreign-owned corporates & billionaires remitting the money they make out of us here to their offshore, tax dodging, related companies?
Please understand what that means:
Best way to hurt America is to support Trump
(Although also surely a few grifters making a living out of hurting America mostly because Musk is paying them to do so)
Best way to hurt America is to support Trump
(Although also surely a few grifters making a living out of hurting America mostly because Musk is paying them to do so)
A new X feature over the weekend revealed that dozens of pro-Trump accounts with large followings are not US-based, despite content and bios suggesting otherwise. https://cnn.it/4ojNqJX
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Please understand what that means:
Best way to hurt America is to support Trump
(Although also surely a few grifters making a living out of hurting America mostly because Musk is paying them to do so)
Best way to hurt America is to support Trump
(Although also surely a few grifters making a living out of hurting America mostly because Musk is paying them to do so)
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Now Trump has offed to gift Russia territory in Ukraine, will he bring a similar ‘peace’ to Taiwan?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s Xi Jinping raises future of Taiwan in call with Donald Trump
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and Xi told Trump that its return was an ‘integral part of the post-war international order’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Now Trump has offed to gift Russia territory in Ukraine, will he bring a similar ‘peace’ to Taiwan?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Today in the "Who gives a f*ck" Daily
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today in the "Who gives a f*ck" Daily
Unbelievable how unacceptable behaviour by young men can be dismissed as "acting out", "understandable immaturity" aso
When girls of any age are underaged women who know exactly what they are doing and ain't forgiven the singlest mistake
Maybe we should start raising all boys like girls
When girls of any age are underaged women who know exactly what they are doing and ain't forgiven the singlest mistake
Maybe we should start raising all boys like girls
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Unbelievable how unacceptable behaviour by young men can be dismissed as "acting out", "understandable immaturity" aso
When girls of any age are underaged women who know exactly what they are doing and ain't forgiven the singlest mistake
Maybe we should start raising all boys like girls
When girls of any age are underaged women who know exactly what they are doing and ain't forgiven the singlest mistake
Maybe we should start raising all boys like girls
"Please stop creating wealth in our country. If the point is to take care of your family, it's unacceptable. Go create wealth elsewhere"
(Quick note: If said migrants have money to send away, it means they are working. Ergo providing services. Ergo creating wealth.)
(Quick note: If said migrants have money to send away, it means they are working. Ergo providing services. Ergo creating wealth.)
Trevor Phillips proposes banning "remittances" (ie: imposing currency/exchange controls on international cash transfers by foreign nationals from Britain). He says this would disincentivise immigration, in a Times piece saying the Home Secretary needs to go [much] further
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"Please stop creating wealth in our country. If the point is to take care of your family, it's unacceptable. Go create wealth elsewhere"
(Quick note: If said migrants have money to send away, it means they are working. Ergo providing services. Ergo creating wealth.)
(Quick note: If said migrants have money to send away, it means they are working. Ergo providing services. Ergo creating wealth.)
Everything that is wrong about our ‘disinfotainment’ era supercharged on hate & outrage bait explained in 4 sentences by @markhamillofficial.bsky.social and Master Yoda
-Back in 1980-
-Back in 1980-
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Everything that is wrong about our ‘disinfotainment’ era supercharged on hate & outrage bait explained in 4 sentences by @markhamillofficial.bsky.social and Master Yoda
-Back in 1980-
-Back in 1980-
Doge had disbanded
-Doesn’t keep Reform from branding it a great idea for the UK-
Easy to think Milei-style chainsaw was abandoned just because it was a train wreck
Encline to think the havoc wrecking/data gathering op was complete is all
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a....
-Doesn’t keep Reform from branding it a great idea for the UK-
Easy to think Milei-style chainsaw was abandoned just because it was a train wreck
Encline to think the havoc wrecking/data gathering op was complete is all
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a....
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Doge had disbanded
-Doesn’t keep Reform from branding it a great idea for the UK-
Easy to think Milei-style chainsaw was abandoned just because it was a train wreck
Encline to think the havoc wrecking/data gathering op was complete is all
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a....
-Doesn’t keep Reform from branding it a great idea for the UK-
Easy to think Milei-style chainsaw was abandoned just because it was a train wreck
Encline to think the havoc wrecking/data gathering op was complete is all
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a....
Aaaaand it's raining
(Yes, it will freeze tonight, here come slippery times)
Climate change is so "unreal" I can see its effects *with my very eyes* despite the quite limited time I'm to spend on this Earth
(Yes, it will freeze tonight, here come slippery times)
Climate change is so "unreal" I can see its effects *with my very eyes* despite the quite limited time I'm to spend on this Earth
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Aaaaand it's raining
(Yes, it will freeze tonight, here come slippery times)
Climate change is so "unreal" I can see its effects *with my very eyes* despite the quite limited time I'm to spend on this Earth
(Yes, it will freeze tonight, here come slippery times)
Climate change is so "unreal" I can see its effects *with my very eyes* despite the quite limited time I'm to spend on this Earth
May I add it may be a little tricky to fix things if there's no intention to do anything about the origin of challenges
"Do not even mention closing the tape, let's mop some more instead - oh and by the way you're to foot the mop bill" seems to be the new trend in politics
(see climate change)
"Do not even mention closing the tape, let's mop some more instead - oh and by the way you're to foot the mop bill" seems to be the new trend in politics
(see climate change)
Busines and Trade Secretary, Peter Kyle: "When you win an election... you start off where the other lot left off, and the extent of challenges that Brexit left us, that some of the other periods of intense instability left us... you can't fix that in one month, in one budget, or in one year." ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
May I add it may be a little tricky to fix things if there's no intention to do anything about the origin of challenges
"Do not even mention closing the tape, let's mop some more instead - oh and by the way you're to foot the mop bill" seems to be the new trend in politics
(see climate change)
"Do not even mention closing the tape, let's mop some more instead - oh and by the way you're to foot the mop bill" seems to be the new trend in politics
(see climate change)
FTR FIMI=Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
(yeah well I didn't know)
(yeah well I didn't know)
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
FTR FIMI=Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
(yeah well I didn't know)
(yeah well I didn't know)
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We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
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The BBC grilling in the Commons today will be one to watch...
Politico: "Michael Prescott, who wrote the report into [alleged] bias which kicked this whole [row] off, is up at 3.30pm, while BBC board member Robbie Gibb...will face questions alongside BBC chair Samir Shah" afterwards.
Politico: "Michael Prescott, who wrote the report into [alleged] bias which kicked this whole [row] off, is up at 3.30pm, while BBC board member Robbie Gibb...will face questions alongside BBC chair Samir Shah" afterwards.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The BBC grilling in the Commons today will be one to watch...
Politico: "Michael Prescott, who wrote the report into [alleged] bias which kicked this whole [row] off, is up at 3.30pm, while BBC board member Robbie Gibb...will face questions alongside BBC chair Samir Shah" afterwards.
Politico: "Michael Prescott, who wrote the report into [alleged] bias which kicked this whole [row] off, is up at 3.30pm, while BBC board member Robbie Gibb...will face questions alongside BBC chair Samir Shah" afterwards.
"Really, really, there's no need to investigate Russian bribes in our party, let's forget about it ASAP, quickly, quickier than that, really, it's a nothingburger", Zia Yusuf, Head of Reform 'Nothing to Hide' Policy says
a close up of a man 's face wearing a sweater and a jacket .
Alt: a close up of a man 's face wearing a sweater and a jacket .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"Really, really, there's no need to investigate Russian bribes in our party, let's forget about it ASAP, quickly, quickier than that, really, it's a nothingburger", Zia Yusuf, Head of Reform 'Nothing to Hide' Policy says
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Holding power to account!
Spanish court ruled on Thursday that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, must pay €479 million to national media organisations for what it determined to be ‘unfair competition’, along with an additional €60 million in accrued interest.
Spanish court ruled on Thursday that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, must pay €479 million to national media organisations for what it determined to be ‘unfair competition’, along with an additional €60 million in accrued interest.
Court orders Meta to pay Spanish media companies nearly half a billion euros for 'unfair competition' - Spain in English
A Spanish court ruled on Thursday that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, must pay €479 million to national
www.spainenglish.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Holding power to account!
Spanish court ruled on Thursday that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, must pay €479 million to national media organisations for what it determined to be ‘unfair competition’, along with an additional €60 million in accrued interest.
Spanish court ruled on Thursday that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, must pay €479 million to national media organisations for what it determined to be ‘unfair competition’, along with an additional €60 million in accrued interest.
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i am chronically online just for moments like this 😭
this was miss norway in the “national costume” portion of the miss universe pageant and pleased as i am that miss mexico won i may need a recount
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i am chronically online just for moments like this 😭
"But wait I was trying to force her hand politely, so that makes me nice, right?"
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"But wait I was trying to force her hand politely, so that makes me nice, right?"
Why is it that, every single time I think "huh looks like this politician gets it", they start echoeing Russia's "Support The Warmonger" propaganda
How effing hard is it to stand against the massacre of innocents and consider deterrence might be more efficient than self-inflicted powerlessness
How effing hard is it to stand against the massacre of innocents and consider deterrence might be more efficient than self-inflicted powerlessness
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Why is it that, every single time I think "huh looks like this politician gets it", they start echoeing Russia's "Support The Warmonger" propaganda
How effing hard is it to stand against the massacre of innocents and consider deterrence might be more efficient than self-inflicted powerlessness
How effing hard is it to stand against the massacre of innocents and consider deterrence might be more efficient than self-inflicted powerlessness
Starting on Tuesday I will have only one job for almost a whole week and that hasn't happened to me since
a fidget spinner with a smiley face on it
Alt: a fidget spinner with a smiley face on it
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Starting on Tuesday I will have only one job for almost a whole week and that hasn't happened to me since
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We live in an age where there's a glut of information and scarcity of attention, mediated through platforms that prioritise engagement over accuracy, and emotion captures attention more readily than reason.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We live in an age where there's a glut of information and scarcity of attention, mediated through platforms that prioritise engagement over accuracy, and emotion captures attention more readily than reason.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
“They don’t want to integrate!”
Proceeds to protest efforts to integrate
Proceeds to protest efforts to integrate
Far-right mob plans protest over migrants’ English class at primary school
www.thetimes.com/article/badd...
www.thetimes.com/article/badd...
Far-right mob plans protest over migrants’ English class at primary school
Glasgow city council has rounded on a self-styled child protection group which is aiming to picket a school on Monday
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“They don’t want to integrate!”
Proceeds to protest efforts to integrate
Proceeds to protest efforts to integrate
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one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.