Charlie Hawco 🏴🏳️🌈
@charliehawco.bsky.social
Potter, Scots fiddle player, data analyst
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Tldr racism, with black communities leveled for highways and car parks built for white suburbanites who left the city for government funded white only communities.
Explicitly by design. This is Boston & Cincinnati. In NYC highways were built too low to block buses reaching black communities.
Explicitly by design. This is Boston & Cincinnati. In NYC highways were built too low to block buses reaching black communities.
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Tldr racism, with black communities leveled for highways and car parks built for white suburbanites who left the city for government funded white only communities.
Explicitly by design. This is Boston & Cincinnati. In NYC highways were built too low to block buses reaching black communities.
Explicitly by design. This is Boston & Cincinnati. In NYC highways were built too low to block buses reaching black communities.
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All I can think is this what you teach the kids? That when cruel people bully you give in for an easy life? That cruelty and threats are what get your way and its wise to surrender to bigotry?
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
All I can think is this what you teach the kids? That when cruel people bully you give in for an easy life? That cruelty and threats are what get your way and its wise to surrender to bigotry?
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These are from his very first Christmas at home 2 years ago 🥹 (and now far too fucking small for him)
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
These are from his very first Christmas at home 2 years ago 🥹 (and now far too fucking small for him)
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Remain convinced that political journalists in the UK have become addicted to drama and click bait because it keeps them employed and they’ll tear apart the country to stay on top
No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Remain convinced that political journalists in the UK have become addicted to drama and click bait because it keeps them employed and they’ll tear apart the country to stay on top
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Incredibly disappointed by my university, and it was so obvious they'd realised how profitable it was in the pandemic when they lied about returning us in person.
'The Russell Group institution, one of the UK’s largest, has announced plans to expand beyond its traditional fully campus-based model of higher education and increase its digital and global presence, as well as its flexible learning opportunities.' 1/2
Half of Manchester students to be learning online in 10 years
Russell Group institution announces major pivot into digital teaching as universities evolve further beyond traditional models
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Incredibly disappointed by my university, and it was so obvious they'd realised how profitable it was in the pandemic when they lied about returning us in person.
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Just making folk up now
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Just making folk up now
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'Your Party' trying to do what the Green Party is doing, but in the most backwards way imaginable
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
'Your Party' trying to do what the Green Party is doing, but in the most backwards way imaginable
Was all set to leave for the gaymers inc meet up as well 😭
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Was all set to leave for the gaymers inc meet up as well 😭
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love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
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"you'll only start repaying when you've got a good job and won't notice it"
Okay so that was a lie wasn't it. Just scrap it.
share.google/1Hzpcmlm73kD...
Okay so that was a lie wasn't it. Just scrap it.
share.google/1Hzpcmlm73kD...
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
share.google
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"you'll only start repaying when you've got a good job and won't notice it"
Okay so that was a lie wasn't it. Just scrap it.
share.google/1Hzpcmlm73kD...
Okay so that was a lie wasn't it. Just scrap it.
share.google/1Hzpcmlm73kD...
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This is my Terminator moment. If I don't do it now I'll have to time travel back, and that's a whole thing
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is my Terminator moment. If I don't do it now I'll have to time travel back, and that's a whole thing
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When you see a fake AI video of a black woman surrounded by children saying it's the government's responsibility to feed her children, the person who made it isn't trying to convince you of anything. They're just trying to make a buck and have no scruples.
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When you see a fake AI video of a black woman surrounded by children saying it's the government's responsibility to feed her children, the person who made it isn't trying to convince you of anything. They're just trying to make a buck and have no scruples.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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The Meowth is out of the bag.
I am currently researching and writing my next book, 'Space Invaders' a queer history of videogames.
Just like 'Queer As Folklore' this is a subject very very close to my heart. It's very bloody exciting. What a lucky sod!
Thanks @manchesterup.bsky.social!
I am currently researching and writing my next book, 'Space Invaders' a queer history of videogames.
Just like 'Queer As Folklore' this is a subject very very close to my heart. It's very bloody exciting. What a lucky sod!
Thanks @manchesterup.bsky.social!
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The Meowth is out of the bag.
I am currently researching and writing my next book, 'Space Invaders' a queer history of videogames.
Just like 'Queer As Folklore' this is a subject very very close to my heart. It's very bloody exciting. What a lucky sod!
Thanks @manchesterup.bsky.social!
I am currently researching and writing my next book, 'Space Invaders' a queer history of videogames.
Just like 'Queer As Folklore' this is a subject very very close to my heart. It's very bloody exciting. What a lucky sod!
Thanks @manchesterup.bsky.social!
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If anyone spoils Stranger Things today, I WILL hang you from your testicles.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
If anyone spoils Stranger Things today, I WILL hang you from your testicles.
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An apologist could barely describe the budget as modest. Most see it for what it is - a pretty ineffectual one to get a nod of appeasement from middle class centrists who don't know a thing about the state of the UK beyond their mortgage or small business.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood | Martin Kettle
The chancellor’s statement will be remembered for the many taxes it raised, rather than the big one – income tax – it did not, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
An apologist could barely describe the budget as modest. Most see it for what it is - a pretty ineffectual one to get a nod of appeasement from middle class centrists who don't know a thing about the state of the UK beyond their mortgage or small business.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Some people are deeply, deeply broken. To bet on the fate of a nation. Of millions of people.
For Ukrainians, it is a tragedy, but for some foreigners, it is a gambling game.
A well-known American bookmaker has begun accepting bets on which Ukrainian settlement will be captured next.
t.me/c/1469021333...
A well-known American bookmaker has begun accepting bets on which Ukrainian settlement will be captured next.
t.me/c/1469021333...
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Some people are deeply, deeply broken. To bet on the fate of a nation. Of millions of people.
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
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Putting this into a first past the post system would be utter chaos. The UK has become a de-facto multi-party democracy and failing to have an electoral system capable of handling that is an act of sabotage by the government.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Putting this into a first past the post system would be utter chaos. The UK has become a de-facto multi-party democracy and failing to have an electoral system capable of handling that is an act of sabotage by the government.
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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You would think a former human rights barrister turned DPP would get the issues here.
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
You would think a former human rights barrister turned DPP would get the issues here.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺