Colin
@cognitivedistance.bsky.social
Plant trees. Love language. Use numbers. Take photographs. Despise populists. Capable of fact-based rational thought. Still alive.
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I have zero sympathy for Nigel Farage’s feelings. That rat bastard wants to deport half my wife’s coworkers, my dentist, several friends, my neighbours, a gal who works in my pub, and like 40 people from my church
September 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I have zero sympathy for Nigel Farage’s feelings. That rat bastard wants to deport half my wife’s coworkers, my dentist, several friends, my neighbours, a gal who works in my pub, and like 40 people from my church
The Macbeth audition is over:
"And 'Burnham would' has come to dunce inane."
"And 'Burnham would' has come to dunce inane."
September 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Macbeth audition is over:
"And 'Burnham would' has come to dunce inane."
"And 'Burnham would' has come to dunce inane."
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Who wants to see a video of Nigel Farage calling Nathan Gill a “decent, honourable man”?
September 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Who wants to see a video of Nigel Farage calling Nathan Gill a “decent, honourable man”?
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Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, each service will ensure that every requirement for every combat MOS, for every designated combat arms position, returns to the highest male standard only."
September 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, each service will ensure that every requirement for every combat MOS, for every designated combat arms position, returns to the highest male standard only."
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Sure. Left wing terrorism is at an all time high, going from 3% of domestic terror fatalities to 4%. Right wing terrorism on the other hand has dipped to an all time low of 95%
So technically, yeah.
So technically, yeah.
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Sure. Left wing terrorism is at an all time high, going from 3% of domestic terror fatalities to 4%. Right wing terrorism on the other hand has dipped to an all time low of 95%
So technically, yeah.
So technically, yeah.
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Data from the Office of National Statistics shows Londoners are less likely to be violent crime victims (26.4 offences per 1,000 pop) than the rest of England & Wales (31.9 offences). Violent crime has fallen in every London borough in the past year.
September 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Data from the Office of National Statistics shows Londoners are less likely to be violent crime victims (26.4 offences per 1,000 pop) than the rest of England & Wales (31.9 offences). Violent crime has fallen in every London borough in the past year.
Raise a glass to Moldova.
September 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Raise a glass to Moldova.
Meritocracy - Trump-style.
Brutal.
US Magistrate Judge Vaala trying to untangle Lindsey Halligan's first adventure in indicting someone:
September 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Meritocracy - Trump-style.
“Satire is the sharpest instrument of free speech. And the first thing all dictators do is crack down on freedom of speech,” Shenderovich said. “Because in a totalitarian state, you can crush the courts, you can crush elections; you can crush everything. But you can’t crush laughter.”
September 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Satire is the sharpest instrument of free speech. And the first thing all dictators do is crack down on freedom of speech,” Shenderovich said. “Because in a totalitarian state, you can crush the courts, you can crush elections; you can crush everything. But you can’t crush laughter.”
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You know if claims the latest church shooter was MAGA are true they’re just going to say it was an understandable response to this out of control left wing violence.
September 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
You know if claims the latest church shooter was MAGA are true they’re just going to say it was an understandable response to this out of control left wing violence.
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Tried to persuade my mum and sister to get their UK citizenship over lunch (both on settled status).
They both couldn't believe there would be a risk, and that they've been here for 50+ years.
Even though they admit Farage said what he said, they couldn't take it seriously.
I think they should.
They both couldn't believe there would be a risk, and that they've been here for 50+ years.
Even though they admit Farage said what he said, they couldn't take it seriously.
I think they should.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Tried to persuade my mum and sister to get their UK citizenship over lunch (both on settled status).
They both couldn't believe there would be a risk, and that they've been here for 50+ years.
Even though they admit Farage said what he said, they couldn't take it seriously.
I think they should.
They both couldn't believe there would be a risk, and that they've been here for 50+ years.
Even though they admit Farage said what he said, they couldn't take it seriously.
I think they should.
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Absolutely fukkin’ hilarious that our press are so intent on hunting opportunity to personally slag every Labour PM …. Meanwhile all goes quiet on money laundering, tax dodging Clacton house purchasing Farridge , his Russian connections his foreign mistress
Meanwhile, in donkey field news...
Seems that Starmer bought a field, loaned it to his parents to use as a donkey sanctuary and retook possession of it after they died.
And regardless of the exact arrangement, their Estate was not valuable enough to attract IHT anyway.
Amazing scoop.
Seems that Starmer bought a field, loaned it to his parents to use as a donkey sanctuary and retook possession of it after they died.
And regardless of the exact arrangement, their Estate was not valuable enough to attract IHT anyway.
Amazing scoop.
September 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Absolutely fukkin’ hilarious that our press are so intent on hunting opportunity to personally slag every Labour PM …. Meanwhile all goes quiet on money laundering, tax dodging Clacton house purchasing Farridge , his Russian connections his foreign mistress
Agreed.
That token-ugly-obese bloke who only has a two-word vocabulary ("Bosh. Bosh") is deeply uninspiring. Puts me off the whole programme. A token too far.
That token-ugly-obese bloke who only has a two-word vocabulary ("Bosh. Bosh") is deeply uninspiring. Puts me off the whole programme. A token too far.
I respect Strictly’s commitment to disability inclusion, but I’m really not sure I can stomach another year of all the able-bodied cast gushing about how inspiring they are
September 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Agreed.
That token-ugly-obese bloke who only has a two-word vocabulary ("Bosh. Bosh") is deeply uninspiring. Puts me off the whole programme. A token too far.
That token-ugly-obese bloke who only has a two-word vocabulary ("Bosh. Bosh") is deeply uninspiring. Puts me off the whole programme. A token too far.
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This is exactly what I thought would happen and you can just see this government doing it.
Sex Matters campaigning for “biological sex” to be encoded in your ID card. Meanwhile, the government off their own bat will happily lock your citizenship at birth or lack thereof and a register of approved contributions to society on the blockchain
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This is exactly what I thought would happen and you can just see this government doing it.
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Some serious work going on over on Twitter. Dodgy Nige is still in hiding. But more being uncovered daily 👏👏👏
September 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Some serious work going on over on Twitter. Dodgy Nige is still in hiding. But more being uncovered daily 👏👏👏
The Labour Party are absolutely looking 'authentically Labour' today:
inward-looking; divided; confused; and making serial errors of judgement.
Disappointing and worrying.
inward-looking; divided; confused; and making serial errors of judgement.
Disappointing and worrying.
September 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The Labour Party are absolutely looking 'authentically Labour' today:
inward-looking; divided; confused; and making serial errors of judgement.
Disappointing and worrying.
inward-looking; divided; confused; and making serial errors of judgement.
Disappointing and worrying.
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While it is objectively hilarious that Grimey has lost his grift, the funniest part of this is the idea that he "gave up" his GB News job, when he was so obviously sacked.
September 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
While it is objectively hilarious that Grimey has lost his grift, the funniest part of this is the idea that he "gave up" his GB News job, when he was so obviously sacked.
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Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
It is now 10-30 p.m. on Saturday.
The BBC News website still has zero interest in the pro-Russian corruption of a leading Reform Party politician.
Apparently, this does not constitute 'news'.
But slagging off Starmer is 'news'.
What do we pay our licence fee for?
The BBC News website still has zero interest in the pro-Russian corruption of a leading Reform Party politician.
Apparently, this does not constitute 'news'.
But slagging off Starmer is 'news'.
What do we pay our licence fee for?
It is Saturday, about 2 p.m.
The Reform corruption story does not figure on the BBC News website.
But Chris Mason having a crack at Starmer is a front-runner story.
A mistake, surely?
The Reform corruption story does not figure on the BBC News website.
But Chris Mason having a crack at Starmer is a front-runner story.
A mistake, surely?
September 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It is now 10-30 p.m. on Saturday.
The BBC News website still has zero interest in the pro-Russian corruption of a leading Reform Party politician.
Apparently, this does not constitute 'news'.
But slagging off Starmer is 'news'.
What do we pay our licence fee for?
The BBC News website still has zero interest in the pro-Russian corruption of a leading Reform Party politician.
Apparently, this does not constitute 'news'.
But slagging off Starmer is 'news'.
What do we pay our licence fee for?
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September 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Michael Crick, journalist: “It depresses me how much fellow political journalists are down-playing this - a dranatic story not just about Russia corrupting a British politician - as they've done in Germany & France - but also about the character judgement+relationships of Reform leaders Farage+Tice”
“The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty to bribery charges relating to making statements in favour of Russia while being an elected member of the European Parliament.” 1/
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Michael Crick, journalist: “It depresses me how much fellow political journalists are down-playing this - a dranatic story not just about Russia corrupting a British politician - as they've done in Germany & France - but also about the character judgement+relationships of Reform leaders Farage+Tice”
Why oh why is WORDLE no longer using the English Language?
Bastards.
Lost a run of 66 today.
Feeling like a sour Kraut.
Bastards.
Lost a run of 66 today.
Feeling like a sour Kraut.
September 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Why oh why is WORDLE no longer using the English Language?
Bastards.
Lost a run of 66 today.
Feeling like a sour Kraut.
Bastards.
Lost a run of 66 today.
Feeling like a sour Kraut.
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I imagine Farage's explanation:
"Every barrel of bad apples has a really rotten one in it."
"Every barrel of bad apples has a really rotten one in it."
I cannot wait to see Reform comment about this on their hourly slot they have in the media.
I’m sure they have a terribly good excuse just waiting to go here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m sure they have a terribly good excuse just waiting to go here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I imagine Farage's explanation:
"Every barrel of bad apples has a really rotten one in it."
"Every barrel of bad apples has a really rotten one in it."