Happy Jack
@manxdan123.bsky.social
Live in the sand in the Isle of Man
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Reminder that Henry Hoovers are made in Britain by a unionised workforce
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reminder that Henry Hoovers are made in Britain by a unionised workforce
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Presumably they don't allow him to get close enough to find out.
"Tucker Carlson has asserted: 'I don’t know a single happily married woman who’s liberal. Not one.'" www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...
Marriage, Misogyny, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Right Is Offering a Morally Barren Vision of the Family
Liberals cannot allow the right to monopolize the discourse on virtue and the good life or they will cede space to their rigid and hierarchical visions.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Presumably they don't allow him to get close enough to find out.
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People can just choose to not speed and show a basic level of concern for other people in their community
December 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
People can just choose to not speed and show a basic level of concern for other people in their community
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NEW: A judge ordered DOJ late Friday to return materials it seized from Comey friend Dan Richman, calling their rummaging through the documents a flagrant abuse of his constitutional rights.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Court orders DOJ to return data seized from Comey friend
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled the material obtained from law professor Daniel Richman was handled with “callous disregard” for his rights.
www.politico.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW: A judge ordered DOJ late Friday to return materials it seized from Comey friend Dan Richman, calling their rummaging through the documents a flagrant abuse of his constitutional rights.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
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I hate modem documentaries. I hate the 2.5 minute pitch at the start, I hate the recaps, I hate the Music of Rising Tension that triggers anxiety, I hate the way they presume you're stupid and the presenter pretends they're stupid too. The pitch alone - no trust you'll follow them in. Miserable.
July 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I hate modem documentaries. I hate the 2.5 minute pitch at the start, I hate the recaps, I hate the Music of Rising Tension that triggers anxiety, I hate the way they presume you're stupid and the presenter pretends they're stupid too. The pitch alone - no trust you'll follow them in. Miserable.
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Before whatever is about to happen happens: There will be a lot of reporting and commentary about executive orders. Much of that reporting, at least initially, will regurgitate what the White House *says* the orders do as opposed to what they can *actually* do based on the text and controlling law.
January 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Before whatever is about to happen happens: There will be a lot of reporting and commentary about executive orders. Much of that reporting, at least initially, will regurgitate what the White House *says* the orders do as opposed to what they can *actually* do based on the text and controlling law.
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happy confederate surrender day to all
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
happy confederate surrender day to all
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The next decade (at least) is going to be marked by more and more industries realizing the huge mistake they made by listening to silicon valley, blindly embracing tech, and abandoning established and profitable business models and practices
April 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The next decade (at least) is going to be marked by more and more industries realizing the huge mistake they made by listening to silicon valley, blindly embracing tech, and abandoning established and profitable business models and practices
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All it took was one disastrous Oval Office meeting...
April 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
All it took was one disastrous Oval Office meeting...
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The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
April 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
The British people on Blue Sky who lived through Classic Dom watching the world catch up to what a bunch of LARPers can do when they get hold of the levers of government.
One thing that can get lost in all this is that Jeff Goldberg knows much, much more about national security than the principals who were on that text chain.
March 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The British people on Blue Sky who lived through Classic Dom watching the world catch up to what a bunch of LARPers can do when they get hold of the levers of government.
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One thing that can get lost in all this is that Jeff Goldberg knows much, much more about national security than the principals who were on that text chain.
March 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One thing that can get lost in all this is that Jeff Goldberg knows much, much more about national security than the principals who were on that text chain.
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74% of Europeans say their country benefits from EU membership—the highest support recorded in 42 years.
With peace and security top of mind.
66% want a greater role for Europe in protecting them against global crisis & security risks.
We hear you. And we’re ready to deliver.
→ europa.eu/!3VByd4
With peace and security top of mind.
66% want a greater role for Europe in protecting them against global crisis & security risks.
We hear you. And we’re ready to deliver.
→ europa.eu/!3VByd4
March 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
74% of Europeans say their country benefits from EU membership—the highest support recorded in 42 years.
With peace and security top of mind.
66% want a greater role for Europe in protecting them against global crisis & security risks.
We hear you. And we’re ready to deliver.
→ europa.eu/!3VByd4
With peace and security top of mind.
66% want a greater role for Europe in protecting them against global crisis & security risks.
We hear you. And we’re ready to deliver.
→ europa.eu/!3VByd4
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I have studied the United States for close to a quarter century and I still can't quite fathom how the news from there is evenly split between something I expected to hear about Russia in 2009 and scenes that were cut from Idiocracy for being too extreme.
It's terrifying.
It's terrifying.
March 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I have studied the United States for close to a quarter century and I still can't quite fathom how the news from there is evenly split between something I expected to hear about Russia in 2009 and scenes that were cut from Idiocracy for being too extreme.
It's terrifying.
It's terrifying.
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NEW
By me
Making sense of the Trump-Roberts exchange about impeachment
Two public statements about the impeachment of judges – and why the Roberts one is highly significant
Substack
emptycity.substack.com/p/making-sen...
Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/03/maki...
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Making sense of the Trump-Roberts exchange about impeachment
Two public statements about the impeachment of judges – and why the Roberts one is highly significant
Substack
emptycity.substack.com/p/making-sen...
Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/03/maki...
Making sense of the Trump-Roberts exchange about impeachment
Two public statements about the impeachment of judges - and why the Roberts one is highly significant
emptycity.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEW
By me
Making sense of the Trump-Roberts exchange about impeachment
Two public statements about the impeachment of judges – and why the Roberts one is highly significant
Substack
emptycity.substack.com/p/making-sen...
Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/03/maki...
By me
Making sense of the Trump-Roberts exchange about impeachment
Two public statements about the impeachment of judges – and why the Roberts one is highly significant
Substack
emptycity.substack.com/p/making-sen...
Personal blog
davidallengreen.com/2025/03/maki...
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The thing about Nazis is that they aren’t shitty people because they’re Nazis: they’re Nazis because they’re shitty people
It’s the perfect ideology for stupid, cruel, incurious people who are angry that they are not treated with worshipful respect despite having no meaningful accomplishments
It’s the perfect ideology for stupid, cruel, incurious people who are angry that they are not treated with worshipful respect despite having no meaningful accomplishments
March 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The thing about Nazis is that they aren’t shitty people because they’re Nazis: they’re Nazis because they’re shitty people
It’s the perfect ideology for stupid, cruel, incurious people who are angry that they are not treated with worshipful respect despite having no meaningful accomplishments
It’s the perfect ideology for stupid, cruel, incurious people who are angry that they are not treated with worshipful respect despite having no meaningful accomplishments
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these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
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Republicans’ SAVE act would not even accept marriage certificates for name changes. You’d have to have a passport and good luck getting the State Department’s depleted workforce issuing you one
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Republicans’ SAVE act would not even accept marriage certificates for name changes. You’d have to have a passport and good luck getting the State Department’s depleted workforce issuing you one
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You have to hand it to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, he knows exactly how to handle Trump.
The US President responds to shiny objects, and to things that move. Watch Trump transform here, from apathetic boredom, to awe; and how he warms to the idea of keeping the shiny, moving thing.
The US President responds to shiny objects, and to things that move. Watch Trump transform here, from apathetic boredom, to awe; and how he warms to the idea of keeping the shiny, moving thing.
March 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You have to hand it to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, he knows exactly how to handle Trump.
The US President responds to shiny objects, and to things that move. Watch Trump transform here, from apathetic boredom, to awe; and how he warms to the idea of keeping the shiny, moving thing.
The US President responds to shiny objects, and to things that move. Watch Trump transform here, from apathetic boredom, to awe; and how he warms to the idea of keeping the shiny, moving thing.
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On R4’s Today the excellent @ciaranm.bsky.social took apart Musk’s claim Ukraine was behind a cyberattack that took down “X”. Also said it was shocking that a major online business could be vulnerable to something as crude as a Ddos. At least he has no access to sensitive government data - oh wait
March 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
On R4’s Today the excellent @ciaranm.bsky.social took apart Musk’s claim Ukraine was behind a cyberattack that took down “X”. Also said it was shocking that a major online business could be vulnerable to something as crude as a Ddos. At least he has no access to sensitive government data - oh wait
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All voters look for showmanship, guts, and a sense that this candidate is fighting for YOU. I’m not sure why some Dem politicians think “we find acceptable middle ground with feudalists” is a better pitch
We are 18 months out from an election. Now is the time to (1) shore up the base, who *is* paying attention & is fucking furious, and (2) build the narrative playing field we want to be working on in September 2026. Stop playing scared.
March 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
All voters look for showmanship, guts, and a sense that this candidate is fighting for YOU. I’m not sure why some Dem politicians think “we find acceptable middle ground with feudalists” is a better pitch
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I can't believe Big Balls, the Douche and Tommy Tuna could make a mistake like this, given their combined year of work experience.
DOGE’s federal property sell-off has accidentally revealed a CIA black site in Northern Virginia, according to Bloomberg.
March 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I can't believe Big Balls, the Douche and Tommy Tuna could make a mistake like this, given their combined year of work experience.
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Without question, the central feature of Trump’s tariff policy.
Conversely, I suspect one of the things Trump finds most attractive about tariffs is that the CEOs and Chairman of vastly more succesful companies than his have to come grovelling to him for exemptions that he can grant or withhold without any process, oversight, or transparency.
One of many problems with tariff policy is that big businesses have a direct phone line to Trump, he can dole out exemptions as favors or withhold them as extortion, meanwhile small businesses/consumers just have to bare the costs of all this.
March 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Without question, the central feature of Trump’s tariff policy.