Andy Wheeler
@andy-whee.bsky.social
Enjoying Blue Sky, nice bunch here.
Friendly.
Friendly.
How are comedians supposed to add humour to the news when the news is already funnier than anything?
Trump Greenland Penguins
Trump Greenland Penguins
I've done My Week: Donald Trump (again) for tomorrow. My first draft genuinely had a joke about Trump thinking there were penguins in Greenland but I took it out because it seemed too stupid.
January 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
How are comedians supposed to add humour to the news when the news is already funnier than anything?
Trump Greenland Penguins
Trump Greenland Penguins
"Board of Peace"? No. Piece! As in Piece of the Action. Let's make me some money.
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 AM
"Board of Peace"? No. Piece! As in Piece of the Action. Let's make me some money.
The deal will set up a new framework for the whole area around Greenland. It will be called the Arctic Resources Strategic Engagement. It will be led by the USA and Trump appointed to run it.
Yes, he will be the Chief ARSE.
Yes, he will be the Chief ARSE.
January 22, 2026 at 10:42 AM
The deal will set up a new framework for the whole area around Greenland. It will be called the Arctic Resources Strategic Engagement. It will be led by the USA and Trump appointed to run it.
Yes, he will be the Chief ARSE.
Yes, he will be the Chief ARSE.
Until recently there has been a debate in America over whether Trump should be impeached for being "the most openly corrupt President" and breaches of US law. Now there is no debate, of course he should be impeached. The new debate is whether he should also be sectioned.
Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’
Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’
Putin shows no signs of ending Ukraine war and claim adds weight to accusation Trump favours Russian president
The Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s “board of peace”, set up last week with the intention that it would oversee a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Monday that Russia was seeking to “clarify all the nuances” of the offer with Washington, before giving its response. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Until recently there has been a debate in America over whether Trump should be impeached for being "the most openly corrupt President" and breaches of US law. Now there is no debate, of course he should be impeached. The new debate is whether he should also be sectioned.
Elbit get the elbow. This needs more main news coverage. The hunger strikers didn't give in, they won a victory.
🚨BREAKING: Prisoners END their 73-DAY hunger strike after huge WIN.
The government BLOCKED a £2bn contract to train British troops with the UK wing of Israel’s BIGGEST weapons company - a key demand for the activists.
The government BLOCKED a £2bn contract to train British troops with the UK wing of Israel’s BIGGEST weapons company - a key demand for the activists.
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Elbit get the elbow. This needs more main news coverage. The hunger strikers didn't give in, they won a victory.
The one most important thing that Christ preached was unconditional love. He didn't say pick some people you like and just love them. He said love everyone.
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The one most important thing that Christ preached was unconditional love. He didn't say pick some people you like and just love them. He said love everyone.
I don't think most Iranians want that. This is far more than a choice between a theocracy and a monarchy. That would be a false dichotomy. Iran deserves democracy.
Nearly 50 years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew his father, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has spurred demonstrators onto the streets in a massive escalation of the protests sweeping Iran.
Iran's exiled crown prince rises as a figure in protests, decades after leaving his homeland
Nearly 50 years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew his father, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has spurred demonstrators onto the streets in a massive escalation of the protests sweeping Iran.
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I don't think most Iranians want that. This is far more than a choice between a theocracy and a monarchy. That would be a false dichotomy. Iran deserves democracy.
Is this just geographical or is it a long term memory of the old Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex?
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Where do the North and South of England begin?
Based on the answers of 46,000 English people about where they live, the southern border of “the North” is a line roughly from Shrewsbury to Grimsby, while the northern border of “the South” is a line roughly from the Severn to Great Yarmouth
Based on the answers of 46,000 English people about where they live, the southern border of “the North” is a line roughly from Shrewsbury to Grimsby, while the northern border of “the South” is a line roughly from the Severn to Great Yarmouth
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Is this just geographical or is it a long term memory of the old Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex?
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Go Greens!
Which parties do Britons say they ideally want and do not want to see form the next government?
Reform UK: 26% want / 48% do not want
Greens: 23% / 27%
Lib Dems: 21% / 21%
Conservatives: 21% / 38%
Labour: 20% / 45%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Reform UK: 26% want / 48% do not want
Greens: 23% / 27%
Lib Dems: 21% / 21%
Conservatives: 21% / 38%
Labour: 20% / 45%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Go Greens!
Put uniformed, armed thugs into a City to harass its population. Get protests and civil disobedience in response. A pressure cooker.
What do you expect to happen?
Another step towards the civil war that Trump wants, so that he can declare martial law and cancel elections. i.e. this is intentional.
What do you expect to happen?
Another step towards the civil war that Trump wants, so that he can declare martial law and cancel elections. i.e. this is intentional.
@eggerdc.bsky.social: "In broad daylight, on video, and in front of many witnesses, a masked ICE officer shot and killed an American citizen, a woman named Renee Good, behind the wheel of her car. Within minutes…Tricia McLaughlin was lying about her." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-killing-...
A Killing in Minneapolis. A Gaslighting From the White House.
Minutes after ICE shot her, the Trump administration had already declared Renee Nicole Good a ‘domestic terrorist.’
www.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Put uniformed, armed thugs into a City to harass its population. Get protests and civil disobedience in response. A pressure cooker.
What do you expect to happen?
Another step towards the civil war that Trump wants, so that he can declare martial law and cancel elections. i.e. this is intentional.
What do you expect to happen?
Another step towards the civil war that Trump wants, so that he can declare martial law and cancel elections. i.e. this is intentional.
Though whether they will engage if the Marinera is joined by a Russian military escort ship is not clear. The corvette Stoikiy is know to escort shadow tankers and nuclear submarines may be in the area.
They are after the Marinera. See:
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/u-s-special-...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/u-s-special-...
U.S. special operations units transit UK en route to Europe
Recent U.S. military air movements into the United Kingdom indicate a redeployment of American special forces into Europe, UK Defence Journal understands.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Though whether they will engage if the Marinera is joined by a Russian military escort ship is not clear. The corvette Stoikiy is know to escort shadow tankers and nuclear submarines may be in the area.
Humanitarian aid banned and an explanation of the thinking behind it - worth listening to.
January 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Humanitarian aid banned and an explanation of the thinking behind it - worth listening to.
Denmark should appoint a special envoy to California and offer a swap.
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints special envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints special envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
Greenland alarmed after Trump appoints special envoy to make country ‘part of the US’
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Denmark should appoint a special envoy to California and offer a swap.
I used to respect the BBC.
There are still many many good people working there, but now led by cowards and worse.
Robin Ince - well said.
There are still many many good people working there, but now led by cowards and worse.
Robin Ince - well said.
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I used to respect the BBC.
There are still many many good people working there, but now led by cowards and worse.
Robin Ince - well said.
There are still many many good people working there, but now led by cowards and worse.
Robin Ince - well said.
Reposted by Andy Wheeler
Thanks to everyone (especially @adambarnett.bsky.social) for the suggestions. There were so many pro-Putin statements by Farage, we turned them into a Griftmas Advent Calendar bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thanks to everyone (especially @adambarnett.bsky.social) for the suggestions. There were so many pro-Putin statements by Farage, we turned them into a Griftmas Advent Calendar bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Infantino. Trump.
FIFA Peace Prize. The what?!?
Sycophancy with the emphasis on sick.
And no doubt the following day the US Marines will be in Venezuela bringing "peace".
FIFA Peace Prize. The what?!?
Sycophancy with the emphasis on sick.
And no doubt the following day the US Marines will be in Venezuela bringing "peace".
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Infantino. Trump.
FIFA Peace Prize. The what?!?
Sycophancy with the emphasis on sick.
And no doubt the following day the US Marines will be in Venezuela bringing "peace".
FIFA Peace Prize. The what?!?
Sycophancy with the emphasis on sick.
And no doubt the following day the US Marines will be in Venezuela bringing "peace".
Clearly been listening and learning over the last year. This budget much better than the last one. Keep it up and you will get support.
🔴The Good News in Rachel Reeves’ Budget
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor’s statement, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor’s statement, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
The Good News in Rachel Reeves' Budget
From lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, to taking on the media-backed gambling lobby, there was much to praise and far less to criticise in the Chancellor's annual statement, ar...
bylinetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Clearly been listening and learning over the last year. This budget much better than the last one. Keep it up and you will get support.
The BBC may not be "institutionally biased" but it is subject to censorship. Be aware. It is sometimes the news stories that are not covered that reveal this.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The BBC may not be "institutionally biased" but it is subject to censorship. Be aware. It is sometimes the news stories that are not covered that reveal this.
Nathan Gill. UKIP / Brexit / Reform. Paid to support Russia.
Farage also said stuff in support of Russia and Putin, but absolutely no connection, nothing to see here, move along.
Farage also said stuff in support of Russia and Putin, but absolutely no connection, nothing to see here, move along.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nathan Gill. UKIP / Brexit / Reform. Paid to support Russia.
Farage also said stuff in support of Russia and Putin, but absolutely no connection, nothing to see here, move along.
Farage also said stuff in support of Russia and Putin, but absolutely no connection, nothing to see here, move along.
On the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials.
"I was only obeying Donald's orders..."
"I was only obeying Donald's orders..."
Trump just outright calling for Democrats to be executed now. (His previous post references a news story in which Democratic veterans in Congress urged soldiers to refuse unlawful orders, as their oath is to uphold the constitution).
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
On the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials.
"I was only obeying Donald's orders..."
"I was only obeying Donald's orders..."
"Waterboarding" used to have a different meaning.
Seriously, democracy is challenged when commercial organisations can bully politicians with seeming impunity.
Seriously, democracy is challenged when commercial organisations can bully politicians with seeming impunity.
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour, he asked the Court to put TW into special administration.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Blatant attempt to silence MPs.
TW paying £200m a year to advisers, charges customers for its failures.
Abuses will continue until execs held personally liable.
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard accuses the utility of ‘retaliation’ over his push for government to gain control of company
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Waterboarding" used to have a different meaning.
Seriously, democracy is challenged when commercial organisations can bully politicians with seeming impunity.
Seriously, democracy is challenged when commercial organisations can bully politicians with seeming impunity.
Disaster for Israel if they triumph in Palestine. The Ultra-Orthodox will finish their settlements in the West Bank, but then wonder why Israel is not better. The US Evangelicals will be disappointed that they are not "Rapturing". Both will blame LGBTs in Tel Aviv. Civil war results.
The Jewish right discovering in real time that the Trumpist right, and the open bigotries it has unleashed upon the US body politic, is not in fact going to spare Jews, is quite a trip.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Disaster for Israel if they triumph in Palestine. The Ultra-Orthodox will finish their settlements in the West Bank, but then wonder why Israel is not better. The US Evangelicals will be disappointed that they are not "Rapturing". Both will blame LGBTs in Tel Aviv. Civil war results.
Oooo. Looks like I've been blocked by someone with misophonia!
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Oooo. Looks like I've been blocked by someone with misophonia!
They have a buyer in mind. Someone wealthy who wants to be a king and needs some crown jewels. Someone we know.
Thieves steal jewels from Louvre in Paris, media reports reut.rs/43u2cX1
Thieves steal jewels from Louvre in Paris, media reports
A robbery has taken place at the Louvre museum in Paris early on Sunday, French Culture Minister Rachida Dati said, with the newspaper Le Parisien reporting several thieves have stolen pieces of jewellery from the Napoleon collection.
reut.rs
October 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
They have a buyer in mind. Someone wealthy who wants to be a king and needs some crown jewels. Someone we know.