John Harrison
@47thcenturyboy.bsky.social
Aspiring writer. I enjoy comics, cycling, and painting miniatures.
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The politics of Superman open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Immigrant Superman will save the world
Trump hates Superman because he knows he's Lex Luthor.
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The politics of Superman open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
I generally love #Springwatch but I am getting sick of the Oasis references getting shoehorned in by Chris every other sentence.
May 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I generally love #Springwatch but I am getting sick of the Oasis references getting shoehorned in by Chris every other sentence.
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The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.
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I suppose President Biden’s critcial interview about Trump does “break with previous former Presidential convention” if you just ignore the orange hulk who spent 4yrs criticising Biden fiercely, repeated his “stolen election” lies and claimed Biden was responsible for his convictions.
May 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I suppose President Biden’s critcial interview about Trump does “break with previous former Presidential convention” if you just ignore the orange hulk who spent 4yrs criticising Biden fiercely, repeated his “stolen election” lies and claimed Biden was responsible for his convictions.
That speech by the Doctor at the end of tonight's #DoctorWho was as subtle as a baseball bat to the face, but boy did it sum up how it feels right now.
May 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
That speech by the Doctor at the end of tonight's #DoctorWho was as subtle as a baseball bat to the face, but boy did it sum up how it feels right now.
Way too many politicians think the newspapers represent public opinion in the way they did in the last century. Today's newspapers are waaaay to the right of the general public.
Many politicians - Tony Blair just the latest - appear more sceptical about public support for net zero agenda than evidence suggests is warranted.
Most recent YouGov poll found 61% of UK voters support govt plans on this, with just 24% opposed…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most recent YouGov poll found 61% of UK voters support govt plans on this, with just 24% opposed…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair
Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon capture
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Way too many politicians think the newspapers represent public opinion in the way they did in the last century. Today's newspapers are waaaay to the right of the general public.
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Oh look. So despite all the hand-wringing about Le Penn's sentence and the insistence that it would trigger great surges of public sympathy, hardly anyone came to her sadsack protest www.politico.eu/article/mari...
Le Pen’s ‘Save Democracy’ rally after guilty verdict falls short of expectations
The French far right has framed the verdict against Le Pen as an attack on democracy — but was unable to attract a large crowd to a rally of support on Sunday.
www.politico.eu
April 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Oh look. So despite all the hand-wringing about Le Penn's sentence and the insistence that it would trigger great surges of public sympathy, hardly anyone came to her sadsack protest www.politico.eu/article/mari...
Never trust a Tory talking about "oven ready deals." #BBCLauraK And one with Trump wouldn't be worth the paper it's printed on.
April 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Never trust a Tory talking about "oven ready deals." #BBCLauraK And one with Trump wouldn't be worth the paper it's printed on.
It is also worth noting that the UK could double its healthcare spending and still only be just above average.
Our for-profit health care system is not only broken & cruel, it's extremely wasteful.
While we spend billions on stock buybacks, CEO compensation & denying needed care, Medicare for All would save $650 billion & 68,000 lives a year per CBO & Yale University. Let's get it done.
While we spend billions on stock buybacks, CEO compensation & denying needed care, Medicare for All would save $650 billion & 68,000 lives a year per CBO & Yale University. Let's get it done.
March 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It is also worth noting that the UK could double its healthcare spending and still only be just above average.
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A homeopath being among roles on the UK skilled worker visa list just shows the government is now pandering to the 0.00000000000000000000001%
(Sorry.)
(Sorry.)
February 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A homeopath being among roles on the UK skilled worker visa list just shows the government is now pandering to the 0.00000000000000000000001%
(Sorry.)
(Sorry.)
Maybe the plan is to make Putin laugh so hard his head literally falls off.
Hard to keep up...
...but it seems in an afternoon Donald Trump is willing to:
- Give up Crimea and occupied Donbas on Kyiv's behalf
- Deny Ukraine Nato membership
- Demand Europe 100k provide peace keepers
- Rehabilitate Putin, though he invaded
+ De-emphasise US defence of Europe
...but it seems in an afternoon Donald Trump is willing to:
- Give up Crimea and occupied Donbas on Kyiv's behalf
- Deny Ukraine Nato membership
- Demand Europe 100k provide peace keepers
- Rehabilitate Putin, though he invaded
+ De-emphasise US defence of Europe
February 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Maybe the plan is to make Putin laugh so hard his head literally falls off.
And BBC News was breathlessly reporting about the opportunities of AI and interviewing Amazon Europe's AI person with zero criticism or even a hint of scepticism.
BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy.
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
And BBC News was breathlessly reporting about the opportunities of AI and interviewing Amazon Europe's AI person with zero criticism or even a hint of scepticism.
Please sign this.
The @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 50k. Halfway.
Please feel free to sign it if you object to gamekeepers exterminating almost all other species so that pissed toffs can shoot medicated birds in decimated landscapes.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please feel free to sign it if you object to gamekeepers exterminating almost all other species so that pissed toffs can shoot medicated birds in decimated landscapes.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Please sign this.
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The @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 50k. Halfway.
Please feel free to sign it if you object to gamekeepers exterminating almost all other species so that pissed toffs can shoot medicated birds in decimated landscapes.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please feel free to sign it if you object to gamekeepers exterminating almost all other species so that pissed toffs can shoot medicated birds in decimated landscapes.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 50k. Halfway.
Please feel free to sign it if you object to gamekeepers exterminating almost all other species so that pissed toffs can shoot medicated birds in decimated landscapes.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please feel free to sign it if you object to gamekeepers exterminating almost all other species so that pissed toffs can shoot medicated birds in decimated landscapes.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Any time #24HoursInPoliceCustody is in or around Bedford, I spend half the episode seeing if I recognise where they are or who they're talking to.
January 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Any time #24HoursInPoliceCustody is in or around Bedford, I spend half the episode seeing if I recognise where they are or who they're talking to.
I didn't realise #UniversityChallenge was a blood sport.
January 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I didn't realise #UniversityChallenge was a blood sport.
Is Elon Musk's plan to keep publicly soiling himself with his deranged posts about UK politics in the hope we all go back to Twitter to watch the sorry spectacle?
January 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Is Elon Musk's plan to keep publicly soiling himself with his deranged posts about UK politics in the hope we all go back to Twitter to watch the sorry spectacle?
The #Gladiators Celebrity Special was brilliant. Good change to Gauntlet. Bring on series 2.
January 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The #Gladiators Celebrity Special was brilliant. Good change to Gauntlet. Bring on series 2.
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Calling Sadiq Khan's knighthood a "reward for failure" is a bit rich from the party that knighted Gavin Williamson and gave Chris Grayling a peerage.
December 31, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Calling Sadiq Khan's knighthood a "reward for failure" is a bit rich from the party that knighted Gavin Williamson and gave Chris Grayling a peerage.
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Loose regulation, austerity, repeat: The UK economy, explained.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 28, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Loose regulation, austerity, repeat: The UK economy, explained.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
I live near Milton Keynes and am a massive Superman fan. I didn't know that part of Superman 4 was filmed there. Every day's a school day. #CelebrityMasterMind
December 27, 2024 at 7:41 PM
I live near Milton Keynes and am a massive Superman fan. I didn't know that part of Superman 4 was filmed there. Every day's a school day. #CelebrityMasterMind
I'm currently having a crack at Mass Effect Andromeda in an effort to finish it. So I was surprised to see an article on Vice about someone doing the same thing. Except it never talks about them actually doing it, just why they are. Which is baffling, it feels unfinished.
December 26, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I'm currently having a crack at Mass Effect Andromeda in an effort to finish it. So I was surprised to see an article on Vice about someone doing the same thing. Except it never talks about them actually doing it, just why they are. Which is baffling, it feels unfinished.
The new #WallaceAndGromit is the best show on TV this Christmas. Maybe the best one since The Wrong Trousers.
December 25, 2024 at 8:02 PM
The new #WallaceAndGromit is the best show on TV this Christmas. Maybe the best one since The Wrong Trousers.
That was a bit one-sided. #UniversityChallenge
December 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM
That was a bit one-sided. #UniversityChallenge
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Musk is reportedly considering a donation around 10x the size of the previous record donation. This is an Armada off Plymouth grade foreign assault on our democracy.
We need to act like it.
We need to act like it.
I understand the point here, but strongly disagree.
That politicians have failed to protect our democracy in the past does not justify a failure to protect it now.
The risk that our democratic system could be flooded with foreign money is real and immediate. It needs real and immediate action.
That politicians have failed to protect our democracy in the past does not justify a failure to protect it now.
The risk that our democratic system could be flooded with foreign money is real and immediate. It needs real and immediate action.
Changing electoral donation rules to stop one donor a bad idea. To change system that has benefited established parties & stop donations that now benefit an insurgent party will confirm sense system is rigged & drive backlash. To avoid that do a change which comes into effect after next election
December 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Musk is reportedly considering a donation around 10x the size of the previous record donation. This is an Armada off Plymouth grade foreign assault on our democracy.
We need to act like it.
We need to act like it.