Peter Harrison
@4harrisons.bsky.social
Perpetual politics student, late diagnosed autistic.
Enormously enjoying the episode of Say Nothing where they rob a bank dressed as nuns.
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Enormously enjoying the episode of Say Nothing where they rob a bank dressed as nuns.
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The Conservative *and Unionist* Party putting forward more policy that would set Northern Ireland on fire, again.
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Conservative *and Unionist* Party putting forward more policy that would set Northern Ireland on fire, again.
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#Trainposting: the new GBR livery is awful corporate nationalist slop. Just do British Rail liveries again, they were handsome, clean and welcoming.
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#Trainposting: the new GBR livery is awful corporate nationalist slop. Just do British Rail liveries again, they were handsome, clean and welcoming.
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Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff
Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff
As deaths in the US are blamed on ChatGPT and UK teenagers turn to it for mental health advice, isn’t it obvious that market forces must not set the rules?, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff
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Why should young people participate in an economy that offers them no hope for the future?
The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
Generation Despair
Work doesn’t pay, housing is a trap, and life has been enshittified — why should young people keep propping up a system rigged against them?
graceblakeley.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Why should young people participate in an economy that offers them no hope for the future?
The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
The inter-generational bargain that kept British capitalism afloat has collapsed - and Labour is too busy listening to corporate lobbyists to do anything about it.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/generation...
Stunning five pointer on #OnlyConnect there.
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Stunning five pointer on #OnlyConnect there.
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Philosophy in a Foxhole -
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
Philosophy in a Foxhole
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Philosophy in a Foxhole -
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
existentialcomics.com/comic/632
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Austerity is in the air again – from ‘overdiagnosis’ to the benefits bill. Here is what's at stake | Zoe Williams
Austerity is in the air again – from ‘overdiagnosis’ to the benefits bill. Here is what's at stake | Zoe Williams
A mindblowing new show reveals the human cost when the political system turns against the people, putting stories and faces to the hundreds of thousands of citizens thought to have died due to austerity, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Austerity is in the air again – from ‘overdiagnosis’ to the benefits bill. Here is what's at stake | Zoe Williams
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THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to Volume 3 of Capital by Karl Marx. Unfinished and unpolished but still fascinating and relevant #BookSky 📚 💙
app.thestorygraph.com/books/492b4a...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/492b4a...
Capital Volume III: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole by Karl Marx
The third volume of a political treatise that changed the worldUnfinished at the time of Marx's d...
app.thestorygraph.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to Volume 3 of Capital by Karl Marx. Unfinished and unpolished but still fascinating and relevant #BookSky 📚 💙
app.thestorygraph.com/books/492b4a...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/492b4a...
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Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
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Starmer's Labour is worse than the Tories because there isn't a Labour party waiting in the wings, unless we see some astonishing magic from the Greens. People rejected the Tories and Labour came in to tell them, no, that's not allowed, this is the only policy there is. Fuck you.
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Starmer's Labour is worse than the Tories because there isn't a Labour party waiting in the wings, unless we see some astonishing magic from the Greens. People rejected the Tories and Labour came in to tell them, no, that's not allowed, this is the only policy there is. Fuck you.
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It's not the only reason to oppose the language of takers and shirkers and all that, but people have been warning with good reason: when you establish the existence of a subclass of despised, worthless people it's acceptable to hate and abuse, everyone ends up in there eventually.
The “Labour” Party finds itself arguing ordinary workers, carers and others are “takers”.
Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's not the only reason to oppose the language of takers and shirkers and all that, but people have been warning with good reason: when you establish the existence of a subclass of despised, worthless people it's acceptable to hate and abuse, everyone ends up in there eventually.
Me too bro, me too 👇
A reindeer called Buddy sparked a huge search operation after he went on the run from a Christmas celebration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A reindeer called Buddy sparked a huge search operation after he went on the run from a Christmas celebration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Runaway reindeer in Formby sparks major search operation
The animal, named Buddy, fled a festive celebration on the coast and went on the run for hours.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Me too bro, me too 👇
A reindeer called Buddy sparked a huge search operation after he went on the run from a Christmas celebration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A reindeer called Buddy sparked a huge search operation after he went on the run from a Christmas celebration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The panel: here's a hundred reasons why young people might be depressed (unemployment, outflow of the pandemic etc etc)
Laura Kuenssberg: so it's all about it being too easy to claim benefits then?
#BBCLauraK
Laura Kuenssberg: so it's all about it being too easy to claim benefits then?
#BBCLauraK
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The panel: here's a hundred reasons why young people might be depressed (unemployment, outflow of the pandemic etc etc)
Laura Kuenssberg: so it's all about it being too easy to claim benefits then?
#BBCLauraK
Laura Kuenssberg: so it's all about it being too easy to claim benefits then?
#BBCLauraK
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What sort of reporting is this? 'Good news'?
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
What sort of reporting is this? 'Good news'?
Lee Bisset as Sieglinde in Opera North's production of Die Walkure is just magnificent. Her joy at the end of Act One is just wonderful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vxm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vxm...
Act I: Die Walküre | The Ring Cycle
YouTube video by Opera North
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Lee Bisset as Sieglinde in Opera North's production of Die Walkure is just magnificent. Her joy at the end of Act One is just wonderful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vxm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vxm...
A magnificent ten 👇
What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz
From Cecil at Waitrose and Slinky at Tesco to an app designed to be deleted, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A magnificent ten 👇
What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
Always enjoy making it to page 1000 in a book.
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Always enjoy making it to page 1000 in a book.
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I don't agree with everything here, and BlueSky has flaws, but the point about being able to curate your own feed and not have to see what a capitalist owner wants you to see is key.
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I don't agree with everything here, and BlueSky has flaws, but the point about being able to curate your own feed and not have to see what a capitalist owner wants you to see is key.
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'Oooh a politician using biscuits to tell a story on social media' - the clapping seals at the Guardian applaud.
Except it's government-as-household-budget Thatcherist propaganda that misrepresents central bank accounting as 'debt'. Right-wing Labour MPs are a careerist cancer.
Except it's government-as-household-budget Thatcherist propaganda that misrepresents central bank accounting as 'debt'. Right-wing Labour MPs are a careerist cancer.
Labour MP’s video explaining UK debt with biscuits racks up 3.3m views
Labour MP’s video explaining UK debt with biscuits racks up 3.3m views
Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee leading trend as politicians find traditional ways to reach voters no longer work
A perennial head-scratcher for progressives is how to craft a simple, compelling message on the economy. One Labour MP found the answer in a few packets of M&S biscuits.
Gordon McKee, who represents Glasgow South, has racked up more than 3.3m views on X with an 101-second video in which he demonstrates the UK’s debt to GDP ratio using stacks of custard creams and chocolate bourbons. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
'Oooh a politician using biscuits to tell a story on social media' - the clapping seals at the Guardian applaud.
Except it's government-as-household-budget Thatcherist propaganda that misrepresents central bank accounting as 'debt'. Right-wing Labour MPs are a careerist cancer.
Except it's government-as-household-budget Thatcherist propaganda that misrepresents central bank accounting as 'debt'. Right-wing Labour MPs are a careerist cancer.