@calumshambolic.bsky.social
Good at cooking & disassociating
Currently: Sylvan, Glasgow
Previously: Lucky Pig, Edinburgh
Currently: Sylvan, Glasgow
Previously: Lucky Pig, Edinburgh
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In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
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"But surely the biggest issue is we simply have a different legal relationship with our streets from that of almost any major US city. It’s not so much that jaywalking is legal here, as that it’s an entirely non-existent concept."
Of self-driving cars, and the non-existence of jaywalking
Also this week: the unexpected indeterminacy of rivers; and a barcode map of the UK.
jonn.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"But surely the biggest issue is we simply have a different legal relationship with our streets from that of almost any major US city. It’s not so much that jaywalking is legal here, as that it’s an entirely non-existent concept."
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imagine the Times doing “at home with Richard Nixon, who seems kind of innocent”, in the middle of Watergate
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Peter Mandelson: Epstein is like dog muck; the smell won’t go away
Peter Mandelson was sacked as ambassador to the US because of his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Now, he has resigned from the Labour Party. Is this the end for him?
www.thetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:19 PM
imagine the Times doing “at home with Richard Nixon, who seems kind of innocent”, in the middle of Watergate
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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You know when people ask about your fantasy dinner party? Well the current line up of Reform MPs is the exact opposite of that.
January 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
You know when people ask about your fantasy dinner party? Well the current line up of Reform MPs is the exact opposite of that.
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martyr means witness.
It is not just the clergy standing in streets and the like. I've met retired white doctors and teachers who have proudly got tear-gassed and shot at with pepper balls protesting and kept coming back. People are committed to suffering violence to demonstrate their rage
January 24, 2026 at 9:20 PM
martyr means witness.
PSA: It is not essential for the government to be on the fascist, CSAM manufacturing platform
January 24, 2026 at 1:05 AM
PSA: It is not essential for the government to be on the fascist, CSAM manufacturing platform
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A Minnesota high school student was nabbed by ICE agents as she was trying to pick up food for her family after work. She was violently dragged from her car and lost her shoes. So, barefoot in the middle of winter, she was put into the back of an unmarked car in a small town (Willmar).
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
A Minnesota high school student was nabbed by ICE agents as she was trying to pick up food for her family after work. She was violently dragged from her car and lost her shoes. So, barefoot in the middle of winter, she was put into the back of an unmarked car in a small town (Willmar).
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Say what you will about Hitler, at least he knew which countries he was invading.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Say what you will about Hitler, at least he knew which countries he was invading.
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the best time to disentangle our relationship with the world superpower led by an insane right-winger was 20 years ago, the second-best time is now
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
the best time to disentangle our relationship with the world superpower led by an insane right-winger was 20 years ago, the second-best time is now
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Tired: Slim majority of Brits opposed links with Europe.
Wired: Large majority of Brits favour war with the US.
Wired: Large majority of Brits favour war with the US.
Starmer will have to be dragged into a breach with the US, and that is as it should be. But Greenland is a good place to draw the line. Terrible numbers for Trump, great numbers for Starmer.
January 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Tired: Slim majority of Brits opposed links with Europe.
Wired: Large majority of Brits favour war with the US.
Wired: Large majority of Brits favour war with the US.
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Then why did you launch it as catching evil immigrants?
"[The state] needs to feel more like your banking or shopping app. It’s in your hand. It’s easy to do.”
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Labour’s digital ID ‘will cut red tape and make modern life easier’
Darren Jones, chief secretary to the prime minister, says the voluntary app is a crucial step towards making the state fit for the 21st century
www.thetimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Then why did you launch it as catching evil immigrants?
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Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
My January comfort viewing incoming
TV that will bum you the hell out as its characters make awful choices and succumb ever more fully to the financial and social forces that make them worse people? yes, please! the fourth season of INDUSTRY: I adore it.
www.vulture.com/article/indu...
www.vulture.com/article/indu...
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
My January comfort viewing incoming
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Sure we can all think of billions of reasons
If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI chatbot Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says
Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Sure we can all think of billions of reasons
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The best time to leave X was a year ago, the next best time is today.
January 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The best time to leave X was a year ago, the next best time is today.
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So we’re helping America to seize a Russian oil tanker and are facilitating the flow of US weapons to be used on civilians in the Gaza Strip, in the hope that America will support us against Russia and we can convince them to not invade Greenland? Have I got that right
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
So we’re helping America to seize a Russian oil tanker and are facilitating the flow of US weapons to be used on civilians in the Gaza Strip, in the hope that America will support us against Russia and we can convince them to not invade Greenland? Have I got that right
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The Dumb-roe Doctrine
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The Dumb-roe Doctrine
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agree or disagree with school shootings, you can't help but be in awe of the efficiency of the AR-15
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 AM
agree or disagree with school shootings, you can't help but be in awe of the efficiency of the AR-15
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Would the world be better if we had e.g. declined to send squaddies to Helmand to get into pointless firefights with local gangsters, or told Nicolas Sarkozy to fuck off, when he asked for our help with whacking the dictator who secretly funded his election campaign? Maybe not! Would it be worse.
January 4, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Would the world be better if we had e.g. declined to send squaddies to Helmand to get into pointless firefights with local gangsters, or told Nicolas Sarkozy to fuck off, when he asked for our help with whacking the dictator who secretly funded his election campaign? Maybe not! Would it be worse.
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Wish they were more worried by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russian government says it’s “deeply worried” by the US strikes in Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Wish they were more worried by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine