Mic Wright
@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com
My notebook and pen are not sitting on the nightstand listening to me, you creepy box of LinkedIn sprites.
January 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
My notebook and pen are not sitting on the nightstand listening to me, you creepy box of LinkedIn sprites.
You have to understand that they do not and will not ever play ‘fair’. They will distort reality in whatever way suits them. Their side are martyrs and anyone else killed by their thugs is just collateral.
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
You have to understand that they do not and will not ever play ‘fair’. They will distort reality in whatever way suits them. Their side are martyrs and anyone else killed by their thugs is just collateral.
I’m going to stop you at that first sentence. It’s never been that. That’s some branding that you swallowed from old war films and ongoing fantasies.
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I’m going to stop you at that first sentence. It’s never been that. That’s some branding that you swallowed from old war films and ongoing fantasies.
Piers Morgan’s so far up Trump’s arse that he needs a head torch.
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Piers Morgan’s so far up Trump’s arse that he needs a head torch.
I mean, I get it, but this marketing made me laugh.
January 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I mean, I get it, but this marketing made me laugh.
There’s a very special kind of spite involved in using a submission to an anonymous confessions account to get at someone for writing a mild piece about an odd family Christmas.
January 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
There’s a very special kind of spite involved in using a submission to an anonymous confessions account to get at someone for writing a mild piece about an odd family Christmas.
Darren Grimes is 32 years old.
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Darren Grimes is 32 years old.
That is not Hunter S. Thompson. That is some guy dressed in bad Hunter S. Thompson cosplay.
December 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
That is not Hunter S. Thompson. That is some guy dressed in bad Hunter S. Thompson cosplay.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Merry Christmas!
In her Times column today about why she would send a Christmas card to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Libby Purves manages to slip in an even more horrendous paragraph:
December 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In her Times column today about why she would send a Christmas card to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Libby Purves manages to slip in an even more horrendous paragraph:
Bedtime reading.
December 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Bedtime reading.
I have a fun one in this month’s @bylinetimes.bsky.social — a Christmas Carol parody featuring Rupert Murdoch and illustrated by the legendary @martinrowson.bsky.social
You can read the whole thing here for just 75p.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I have a fun one in this month’s @bylinetimes.bsky.social — a Christmas Carol parody featuring Rupert Murdoch and illustrated by the legendary @martinrowson.bsky.social
You can read the whole thing here for just 75p.
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You can read the whole thing here for just 75p.
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The Times’ reporting on employment tribunals is routinely awful. The headlines are clickbait claims which the body copy often contradicts. In this case the issue was not the use of the word “fireman” but failing to challenge a campaign of persistent offensive behaviour. And he wasn’t fired. He left
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Times’ reporting on employment tribunals is routinely awful. The headlines are clickbait claims which the body copy often contradicts. In this case the issue was not the use of the word “fireman” but failing to challenge a campaign of persistent offensive behaviour. And he wasn’t fired. He left
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
Apple bobbing success.
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Apple bobbing success.
Someone I know is going through a profound mental health crisis — they are in a safe place — and here’s Facebook suggesting some messages I might post to them.
October 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Someone I know is going through a profound mental health crisis — they are in a safe place — and here’s Facebook suggesting some messages I might post to them.
The latest instalment of my Bad Press Awards column for @bylinetimes.bsky.social is out. This month… a ridiculous effort from William Sitwell is under the microscope.
October 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The latest instalment of my Bad Press Awards column for @bylinetimes.bsky.social is out. This month… a ridiculous effort from William Sitwell is under the microscope.
… and a look at some of her other i Paper back catalogue demonstrates that even more.
September 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
… and a look at some of her other i Paper back catalogue demonstrates that even more.
That she was writing this column a year ago shows just how demented columnist brain really is…
September 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
That she was writing this column a year ago shows just how demented columnist brain really is…
Quite the audition to be a pantomime villain this Christmas season.
September 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Quite the audition to be a pantomime villain this Christmas season.
Meanwhile, at The Daily Telegraph, Camilla Tominey has her angle and is sticking to it.
September 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Meanwhile, at The Daily Telegraph, Camilla Tominey has her angle and is sticking to it.
And this from The Times’ profile of Tyler Robinson shows how out of their depth they are / how little they’re motivated to look beyond the most surface-level reading of those messages.
![The markings on the bullets found by the authorities indicated that the suspect was steeped in online culture and included references to the Antifa, or the anti-fascist, movement. Antifa is a loose collection of far-left activists who have been active in the US over the past decade, at street protests and other events. They often oppose President Trump’s policies and far-right groups.
The markings read: “Hey fascist, catch!”, “Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao”, “If you read this you are gay LMAO [laughing my ass off]”, and “Notices bulges, OWO what’s this?”
“Bella ciao” is an apparent reference to an Italian song adopted by the anti-fascist resistance during the Second World War. The last phrase apparently references a joke based on anime role-play.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vovca6kgp5ge773agrlvr7uu/bafkreialzgm44e6yqmi4qw6vov47frfbsjx5pqpud75upczgr4lclr7uwm@jpeg)
September 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And this from The Times’ profile of Tyler Robinson shows how out of their depth they are / how little they’re motivated to look beyond the most surface-level reading of those messages.
‘Young Bob’ is a radicalised 16-year-old. No context from The Times here, just a platform for his ranting. Give it a couple of years and he’ll have a column.
![‘Radical left killed only proponent of healthy debate’
Thomas Moffat, the youth ambassador for Turning Point UK, spoke of an atmosphere of the radical left persecuting conservatives — describing an opposition that would not meet them for debate but would “shoot at them”.
Moffat, who addressed the crowd under the moniker “Young Bob”, said: “[Kirk] is the foundation of the conservative pipeline for young people in the United Kingdom and United States.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vovca6kgp5ge773agrlvr7uu/bafkreidsnfyd7mcp5aycxt7eifq5e3g3ot24npbwkixq3jg4bthpxlmtja@jpeg)
September 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
‘Young Bob’ is a radicalised 16-year-old. No context from The Times here, just a platform for his ranting. Give it a couple of years and he’ll have a column.
Just living in the dystopia where the funny social media clips app is desperate to show shooting videos.
September 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just living in the dystopia where the funny social media clips app is desperate to show shooting videos.