Vin Kennedy
@vinkennedy.bsky.social
English bloke, tolerant of pretty much anything consensual that anyone wants to do.
Amazes me how few replies beginning "So" are worth reading.
Amazes me how few replies beginning "So" are worth reading.
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Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.
@dissonancepod.bsky.social Looks like Vulgarity for Charity has a somewhat tragic rival.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
@dissonancepod.bsky.social Looks like Vulgarity for Charity has a somewhat tragic rival.
A headline so bizarre that my brain has fused.
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A headline so bizarre that my brain has fused.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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Buying #Christmas cards or presents?
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
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Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
MORNING POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS WITH SUPERB TASTE! PLEASE SHARE AND HAVE A LOOK AROUND @gailmyerscough.co.uk’s AMAZING ONLINE SHOP
Not sure whether I'd consider myself terribly fortunate or horribly unlucky.
HMHS Britannic sank on this day in 1916. She had left Southampton on 12 November but hit a mine in the Aegean Sea nine days later. Thirty people died. Among the survivors were Violet Jessop, Arthur Priest, and Archie Jewell, who had all survived the sinking of Britannic’s sister, Titanic, in 1912.
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Not sure whether I'd consider myself terribly fortunate or horribly unlucky.
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It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
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US plan for Ukraine-Russia peace calls on Kyiv to cede land under its control
Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
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November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Looking for unique #Christmas gifts?
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
If you're in any kind of state of despair thanks to the constant flood of bad news, rejoice at the impact in 20 years of the discovery that a simple shingles vaccine reduces likelihood of dementia by 1/6. That's staggeringly good news and will improve the life of millions of people.
pathways that are protective to the brain. Zostavax may prevent both acute disease and chronic alterations to the immune pathways that impact the pathophysiology of dementia. A review of nearly 1,000,000 vaccinated subjects reported a 16% decrease in the likelihood of subsequent diagnosis of
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you're in any kind of state of despair thanks to the constant flood of bad news, rejoice at the impact in 20 years of the discovery that a simple shingles vaccine reduces likelihood of dementia by 1/6. That's staggeringly good news and will improve the life of millions of people.
Cat has given her verdict on my new phone case from @gailmyerscough.co.uk
I do not endorse my cat's opinion.
I do not endorse my cat's opinion.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Cat has given her verdict on my new phone case from @gailmyerscough.co.uk
I do not endorse my cat's opinion.
I do not endorse my cat's opinion.
@laboursatvir.bsky.social As my MP, you might choose to give consideration to this. You cannot blindly rely on our votes if you continue to try to out-Reform Reform in performative anti-immigrant policies. We will move elsewhere.
Yes, who would have thought. If you adopt a bash-liberals strategy, liberal voters will vote for someone else. And despite what they think in No.10, liberal voters do actually exist.
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@laboursatvir.bsky.social As my MP, you might choose to give consideration to this. You cannot blindly rely on our votes if you continue to try to out-Reform Reform in performative anti-immigrant policies. We will move elsewhere.
While asleep I dreamt up a new business, if you're interested. It's a shop, in an under-road subway, called Suits, Roots and Skillets.
Tailor, hairdresser and kitchen supplies combined. Send contributions if you want to invest.
Tailor, hairdresser and kitchen supplies combined. Send contributions if you want to invest.
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
While asleep I dreamt up a new business, if you're interested. It's a shop, in an under-road subway, called Suits, Roots and Skillets.
Tailor, hairdresser and kitchen supplies combined. Send contributions if you want to invest.
Tailor, hairdresser and kitchen supplies combined. Send contributions if you want to invest.
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Tough time for freelance artists and the amazingly talented @gailmyerscough.co.uk is having a tough week sales wise. Have a look at her wonderful site! I’d be very grateful (as would she!). Please share! Thank you!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tough time for freelance artists and the amazingly talented @gailmyerscough.co.uk is having a tough week sales wise. Have a look at her wonderful site! I’d be very grateful (as would she!). Please share! Thank you!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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What an awful man. Great local journalism by the Tribune.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
What an awful man. Great local journalism by the Tribune.
A crucial post that explains so much.
Insane data from Germany shows how social media is geared towards more fringe political views. The left bar shows the share of uploaded videos by party on TikTok and the right bar shows what videos are shown in the feed. Social media loves the extremes and is NOT a fair mirror of reality.
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A crucial post that explains so much.
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At midnight, order a pizza to the address of a cemetery. Stand at the gate dressed in muddy old clothes. When the pizza arrives, try to pay with a ten shilling note.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
At midnight, order a pizza to the address of a cemetery. Stand at the gate dressed in muddy old clothes. When the pizza arrives, try to pay with a ten shilling note.
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Post the good news when you see it…
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Post the good news when you see it…
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"for the rest of us who don’t have the technical knowledge and time to follow his accomplishments, his advice is to “Never use your primary WiFi network for IoT devices” and to “Treat them as strangers in your home.” "
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline | Tom's Hardware
The smart vacuum cleaner was remotely bricked for not collecting data.
www.tomshardware.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
"for the rest of us who don’t have the technical knowledge and time to follow his accomplishments, his advice is to “Never use your primary WiFi network for IoT devices” and to “Treat them as strangers in your home.” "
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
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November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…
If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
Number 5 in a series of one billion.
Never trust AI.
Never trust AI.
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Number 5 in a series of one billion.
Never trust AI.
Never trust AI.
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Similarly, it was not a war crime in 1945 to drop an atomic bomb on a city. It may have been wicked. But that is not the same thing.
this is a pet peeve of mine. "war crime" is not something that means "bad thing I think is wrong". it is not a war crime to murder thousands of retreating enemy soldiers. it is a war crime to paint a Red Cross on a truck. if you think something is morally wrong just fucking say that.
ok so the basic problem here is that you have no idea what “war criminal” means except it’s a phrase that people react to
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Similarly, it was not a war crime in 1945 to drop an atomic bomb on a city. It may have been wicked. But that is not the same thing.
I know that my wonderful, forward-thinking wife has ordered one of my Christmas presents from Gail. Be like my wife. But then that would mean living with me. Horrible thought.
Instead, at least have a look at the wonderful stuff on her site.
Instead, at least have a look at the wonderful stuff on her site.
Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop.
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Have a look at my shop and please repost to spread the word. Thanks.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I know that my wonderful, forward-thinking wife has ordered one of my Christmas presents from Gail. Be like my wife. But then that would mean living with me. Horrible thought.
Instead, at least have a look at the wonderful stuff on her site.
Instead, at least have a look at the wonderful stuff on her site.
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
8
Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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