@epicurious.bsky.social
You are entitled to your own opinion, NOT your own facts.
Misinformation is the greatest threat we face: it allows the powerful to manipulate the gullible into doing their bidding.
Turns out there are a lot of gullible people.
Misinformation is the greatest threat we face: it allows the powerful to manipulate the gullible into doing their bidding.
Turns out there are a lot of gullible people.
The rise of UKIP mirrors deprivation within communities. Deprivation mirrors low educational attainment. Low educational attainment leads to a tendency to vote for right-wing ideology.
The poverty caused by Brexit, the banking crash and austerity makes the rise of the right much more likely. ⭕️
The poverty caused by Brexit, the banking crash and austerity makes the rise of the right much more likely. ⭕️
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The rise of UKIP mirrors deprivation within communities. Deprivation mirrors low educational attainment. Low educational attainment leads to a tendency to vote for right-wing ideology.
The poverty caused by Brexit, the banking crash and austerity makes the rise of the right much more likely. ⭕️
The poverty caused by Brexit, the banking crash and austerity makes the rise of the right much more likely. ⭕️
The same vacant expression which tells you he’s too dim to understand how dim he is, but also the same smirk, which tells you he’s knows being dim won’t matter because daddy’s rich.
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The same vacant expression which tells you he’s too dim to understand how dim he is, but also the same smirk, which tells you he’s knows being dim won’t matter because daddy’s rich.
If you’re trying to find words to adequately describe the excrescence that is Trump, here’s some inspiration…
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you’re trying to find words to adequately describe the excrescence that is Trump, here’s some inspiration…
How telling that the director of information at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to criticise Time’s image choice.
“Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and hatred –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo”, Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.
“Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and hatred –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo”, Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.
October 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
How telling that the director of information at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to criticise Time’s image choice.
“Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and hatred –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo”, Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.
“Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and hatred –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo”, Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.
So is he now recruiting the armed services to keep him in power? And how could a Democrat president ever trust these people after this?
October 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So is he now recruiting the armed services to keep him in power? And how could a Democrat president ever trust these people after this?
Current international politics in a nutshell
October 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Current international politics in a nutshell
Excellent choice.
October 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Excellent choice.
Russia doesn’t want democracy.
Russia “intervenes” in democratic countries.
Russia “intervenes” in democratic countries.
October 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Russia doesn’t want democracy.
Russia “intervenes” in democratic countries.
Russia “intervenes” in democratic countries.
Talking of dodgy rich people, $100 million wired to the US president’s crypto account from a Middle Eastern country in return for agreeing $200 billion in commercial deals? Surely not? It would be all over the news, wouldn’t it?
September 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Talking of dodgy rich people, $100 million wired to the US president’s crypto account from a Middle Eastern country in return for agreeing $200 billion in commercial deals? Surely not? It would be all over the news, wouldn’t it?
However much we detest this obnoxious little man, there will always be someone who hates him more.
September 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
However much we detest this obnoxious little man, there will always be someone who hates him more.
Propaganda. Once you control the information, you control everything.
September 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Propaganda. Once you control the information, you control everything.
This is so shaming.
We have excluded Prince Andrew from public life, sacked Mandelson and seized the assets of Russian leaders, yet here we are, giving an *unprecedented* SECOND state visit, with all the honours, to Epstein’s long-time friend and Putin’s dependable idiot. No excuse.
We have excluded Prince Andrew from public life, sacked Mandelson and seized the assets of Russian leaders, yet here we are, giving an *unprecedented* SECOND state visit, with all the honours, to Epstein’s long-time friend and Putin’s dependable idiot. No excuse.
September 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is so shaming.
We have excluded Prince Andrew from public life, sacked Mandelson and seized the assets of Russian leaders, yet here we are, giving an *unprecedented* SECOND state visit, with all the honours, to Epstein’s long-time friend and Putin’s dependable idiot. No excuse.
We have excluded Prince Andrew from public life, sacked Mandelson and seized the assets of Russian leaders, yet here we are, giving an *unprecedented* SECOND state visit, with all the honours, to Epstein’s long-time friend and Putin’s dependable idiot. No excuse.
Trump is to end security programmes which protect European allies from Putin’s Russia.
Ending the longstanding program is expected to remove hundreds of millions of dollars that go to countries that border Russia.
Now, why would he do that?
Ending the longstanding program is expected to remove hundreds of millions of dollars that go to countries that border Russia.
Now, why would he do that?
September 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Trump is to end security programmes which protect European allies from Putin’s Russia.
Ending the longstanding program is expected to remove hundreds of millions of dollars that go to countries that border Russia.
Now, why would he do that?
Ending the longstanding program is expected to remove hundreds of millions of dollars that go to countries that border Russia.
Now, why would he do that?
Caption, anyone?
September 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Caption, anyone?
Take a moment. The bees are still buzzing.
August 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Take a moment. The bees are still buzzing.
The sudden roar of the burners and the near hysterical barking of the dog. Oh good, it’s another 6.30am wake up call from the airborne coach parties. Bleh.
August 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The sudden roar of the burners and the near hysterical barking of the dog. Oh good, it’s another 6.30am wake up call from the airborne coach parties. Bleh.
Back in the 1980s, Thatcher and Reagan enthusiastically promoted partisanship in the media whilst at the same time cutting funding for public service broadcasting. The continuation of this, plus a failure to regulate the Internet, has handed total power to propagandists. This needs correcting.
August 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Back in the 1980s, Thatcher and Reagan enthusiastically promoted partisanship in the media whilst at the same time cutting funding for public service broadcasting. The continuation of this, plus a failure to regulate the Internet, has handed total power to propagandists. This needs correcting.
Bee, enjoying the last of the lavender.
August 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Bee, enjoying the last of the lavender.
So many presidents left their mark on the Rose Garden over the years.
Presumably there will soon be a stained old sofa and possibly a broken fridge out there.
Presumably there will soon be a stained old sofa and possibly a broken fridge out there.
August 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
So many presidents left their mark on the Rose Garden over the years.
Presumably there will soon be a stained old sofa and possibly a broken fridge out there.
Presumably there will soon be a stained old sofa and possibly a broken fridge out there.
Beauty is as beauty does. The Rose Garden over the years:
August 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Beauty is as beauty does. The Rose Garden over the years: