Vijay - /ʋɪd͡ʒjeɪ/
@vijaychopra.uk
Work for a FinTech, used to work in EdTech but had to pay the bills. | LibDem, News junkie, Urbanist. | Hobbies include TTRPGs, Comics & Star Trek. | Support SaintsFC & The Sirens. | Aspie & a host of neurological disabilities that it's brought alongside.
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![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I don't think this is hyperbole btw.
Things are spinning out pretty badly across multiple nations, obviously including the US, at a time when the stakes have never been higher. Twitter and elite whatsapps clearly key drivers.
Things are spinning out pretty badly across multiple nations, obviously including the US, at a time when the stakes have never been higher. Twitter and elite whatsapps clearly key drivers.
twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I don't think this is hyperbole btw.
Things are spinning out pretty badly across multiple nations, obviously including the US, at a time when the stakes have never been higher. Twitter and elite whatsapps clearly key drivers.
Things are spinning out pretty badly across multiple nations, obviously including the US, at a time when the stakes have never been higher. Twitter and elite whatsapps clearly key drivers.
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We must lead, not leave, when it comes to the ECHR.
As the first country to ratify the convention, we have a proud tradition of defending human rights.
Our job now is to help ensure it stays relevant to modern times, never to roll back hard-won rights.
As the first country to ratify the convention, we have a proud tradition of defending human rights.
Our job now is to help ensure it stays relevant to modern times, never to roll back hard-won rights.
We are ready to discuss human rights law changes, top ECHR boss tells BBC
Alain Berset, Council of Europe secretary general, said human rights laws may need to "change or adapt".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We must lead, not leave, when it comes to the ECHR.
As the first country to ratify the convention, we have a proud tradition of defending human rights.
Our job now is to help ensure it stays relevant to modern times, never to roll back hard-won rights.
As the first country to ratify the convention, we have a proud tradition of defending human rights.
Our job now is to help ensure it stays relevant to modern times, never to roll back hard-won rights.
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I literally have cousins who *live* in Queens and my sense of who Mamdani is “not a sex pest - has some wacky economic ideas but he won’t be able to do them because the NY mayor has sharply limited powers”. And I doubt it will change much.
This is a particular favourite - the idea that some voter in Crewe or Carlisle will remember in 2029 that their MP sent a tweet congratulating the newly elected New York Mayor and judge on his record accordingly, guys most people barely know who the Prime Minister is, you have Twitter brain rot
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I literally have cousins who *live* in Queens and my sense of who Mamdani is “not a sex pest - has some wacky economic ideas but he won’t be able to do them because the NY mayor has sharply limited powers”. And I doubt it will change much.
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This is a particular favourite - the idea that some voter in Crewe or Carlisle will remember in 2029 that their MP sent a tweet congratulating the newly elected New York Mayor and judge on his record accordingly, guys most people barely know who the Prime Minister is, you have Twitter brain rot
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is a particular favourite - the idea that some voter in Crewe or Carlisle will remember in 2029 that their MP sent a tweet congratulating the newly elected New York Mayor and judge on his record accordingly, guys most people barely know who the Prime Minister is, you have Twitter brain rot
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Port explained: “I predicted the rise of fascism, the acceleration of the climate crisis and, amazingly, Netflix releasing a documentary called Poop Cruise.”
Autistic doom-monger never less pleased to say I told you so
An autistic person accused for the last decade of being a “harbinger of doom” has never been less thrilled about being correct, it has been revealed. Eli Port, 30, who usually relishes the moment…
thedailytism.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Port explained: “I predicted the rise of fascism, the acceleration of the climate crisis and, amazingly, Netflix releasing a documentary called Poop Cruise.”
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i would very much like to know if you are a creator that has made a TTRPG, whether it's 1 or 100 or 1,000 pages long, and if you are going to #PAXUnplugged this year ... for extremely exciting reasons that i will announce soon 👀
open to suggestions as well, please link your game!
open to suggestions as well, please link your game!
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
i would very much like to know if you are a creator that has made a TTRPG, whether it's 1 or 100 or 1,000 pages long, and if you are going to #PAXUnplugged this year ... for extremely exciting reasons that i will announce soon 👀
open to suggestions as well, please link your game!
open to suggestions as well, please link your game!
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (-2)
CON: 19% (+1)
LAB: 18% (-3)
LDM: 13% (+1)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 31 Oct - 3 Nov.
Changes w/ 24-27 Oct.
RFM: 31% (-2)
CON: 19% (+1)
LAB: 18% (-3)
LDM: 13% (+1)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 31 Oct - 3 Nov.
Changes w/ 24-27 Oct.
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (-2)
CON: 19% (+1)
LAB: 18% (-3)
LDM: 13% (+1)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 31 Oct - 3 Nov.
Changes w/ 24-27 Oct.
RFM: 31% (-2)
CON: 19% (+1)
LAB: 18% (-3)
LDM: 13% (+1)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 31 Oct - 3 Nov.
Changes w/ 24-27 Oct.
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EVERYONE GO VOTE YES (it doesn’t make you click a link in your email, i used my throwaway one to confirm lol)
POLL: “Would You Watch Scott Bakula in #StarTrekUnited Spinoff?” 🚀
96% SAY YES!* ✅🗳️
*so far! POLLS ARE STILL OPEN! 🏃♂️
Vote Here! 👉 www.tvinsider.com/1224171/star...
The future of the Federation is at stake — vote today! (Conjoined species may vote more than once — verify with your sector rep). 🖖
96% SAY YES!* ✅🗳️
*so far! POLLS ARE STILL OPEN! 🏃♂️
Vote Here! 👉 www.tvinsider.com/1224171/star...
The future of the Federation is at stake — vote today! (Conjoined species may vote more than once — verify with your sector rep). 🖖
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
EVERYONE GO VOTE YES (it doesn’t make you click a link in your email, i used my throwaway one to confirm lol)
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Well...Rolling Coast was fully-funded in 5.5 hours and now, 13 hours later, we've smashed through our second stretch goal!
Thank you so much to everyone for backing this ambitious project!
There are still early bird specials to claim and stretch goals to unlock: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Thank you so much to everyone for backing this ambitious project!
There are still early bird specials to claim and stretch goals to unlock: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Rolling Coast: A Mausritter Campaign Setting
An ambitious, interconnected, and beautifully illustrated setting for Mausritter, transforming an amusement park into a vast mouse-scale kingdom of peril, potential, and play.
"Redwall meets Rollerc...
www.backerkit.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Well...Rolling Coast was fully-funded in 5.5 hours and now, 13 hours later, we've smashed through our second stretch goal!
Thank you so much to everyone for backing this ambitious project!
There are still early bird specials to claim and stretch goals to unlock: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Thank you so much to everyone for backing this ambitious project!
There are still early bird specials to claim and stretch goals to unlock: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Boy, sure doesn't SEEM like wall to wall coverage of Mamdani dragged down Democratic turn out or juiced opposition in other races... 🤔🤔
Maybe the reactionary pundit class are fucking idiots?
Maybe the reactionary pundit class are fucking idiots?
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Boy, sure doesn't SEEM like wall to wall coverage of Mamdani dragged down Democratic turn out or juiced opposition in other races... 🤔🤔
Maybe the reactionary pundit class are fucking idiots?
Maybe the reactionary pundit class are fucking idiots?
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I thought I'd seen everything, but Mamdani using the 2004 Bollywood hit song "Dhoom Machale" as his victory song to close out his speech, on stage alongside his wife and parents (with his mother dressed in a Saree), is *something else*
Unapologetically leaning into his heritage, no "triangulation"
Unapologetically leaning into his heritage, no "triangulation"
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I thought I'd seen everything, but Mamdani using the 2004 Bollywood hit song "Dhoom Machale" as his victory song to close out his speech, on stage alongside his wife and parents (with his mother dressed in a Saree), is *something else*
Unapologetically leaning into his heritage, no "triangulation"
Unapologetically leaning into his heritage, no "triangulation"
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“London and New York, two of the west’s largest, richest, and most diverse cities are now run by Muslim men, both of them elected on the ticket of left wing, pro-LGBT, pro-multicultural parties…The victory is a reminder of the fundamental weakness of Trumpism, Faragism, and the politics of hate.”
Mamdani shows a different way is possible
The New York mayor’s resounding victory is a warning to Trump and his own party’s old guard
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“London and New York, two of the west’s largest, richest, and most diverse cities are now run by Muslim men, both of them elected on the ticket of left wing, pro-LGBT, pro-multicultural parties…The victory is a reminder of the fundamental weakness of Trumpism, Faragism, and the politics of hate.”
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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"I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas, Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses, Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties, yes, aunties"
"This city is your city and this democracy is yours too"
Been a long time since an Anglosphere victory speech sounded like that...
"This city is your city and this democracy is yours too"
Been a long time since an Anglosphere victory speech sounded like that...
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
"I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas, Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses, Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties, yes, aunties"
"This city is your city and this democracy is yours too"
Been a long time since an Anglosphere victory speech sounded like that...
"This city is your city and this democracy is yours too"
Been a long time since an Anglosphere victory speech sounded like that...
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The post also looks at some of the myriad dangers the Security Institute have discovered when investigating AI models. It's alarming....
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The post also looks at some of the myriad dangers the Security Institute have discovered when investigating AI models. It's alarming....
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Look, I know it's one election, and not even in this country, but thank you New York. I'd forgotten what it was like to wake up to hope rather than despair.
The billionaires are going to hate this so much. I hope you react like you reacted to the green goblin being mean to Spiderman in 2002.
The billionaires are going to hate this so much. I hope you react like you reacted to the green goblin being mean to Spiderman in 2002.
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Look, I know it's one election, and not even in this country, but thank you New York. I'd forgotten what it was like to wake up to hope rather than despair.
The billionaires are going to hate this so much. I hope you react like you reacted to the green goblin being mean to Spiderman in 2002.
The billionaires are going to hate this so much. I hope you react like you reacted to the green goblin being mean to Spiderman in 2002.
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Some pretty useful charts in this Martin Wolf column on tax including
UK's tax burden is close to the median for advanced economies;
UK taxation has reached high levels by historical standards; and the top 10 per cent of earners pay 60 per cent of income tax
on.ft.com/47nYFvX
UK's tax burden is close to the median for advanced economies;
UK taxation has reached high levels by historical standards; and the top 10 per cent of earners pay 60 per cent of income tax
on.ft.com/47nYFvX
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Some pretty useful charts in this Martin Wolf column on tax including
UK's tax burden is close to the median for advanced economies;
UK taxation has reached high levels by historical standards; and the top 10 per cent of earners pay 60 per cent of income tax
on.ft.com/47nYFvX
UK's tax burden is close to the median for advanced economies;
UK taxation has reached high levels by historical standards; and the top 10 per cent of earners pay 60 per cent of income tax
on.ft.com/47nYFvX
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Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
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This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.
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This goes past poor reporting into being wilfully misleading. Despite identifying exploitation, no mention of it as an issue, or the human trafficking often involved. Instead just uncritically repeating the misleading claim that "illegal working is a pull factor". 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This goes past poor reporting into being wilfully misleading. Despite identifying exploitation, no mention of it as an issue, or the human trafficking often involved. Instead just uncritically repeating the misleading claim that "illegal working is a pull factor". 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Flights of Fancy
A Mausritter adventure collection of aerial escapades.
www.backerkit.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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A total and utter hero
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A total and utter hero