Mike Chamberlain
@mikechamberlain.bsky.social
Gen-X remainer. I post a lot about politics. I’d like a world where I could post more about Perl and programming, but it’s been a while since my anger at Brexit and this UK government has left space for that. #remain #european #fbpe
My GenX version of this is Bring back 56k dial up internet. Make it hard for people to use. Make the friends you made decent and long lasting because you had to work harder to be there. Text based bulletin boards without images, irc and news groups because you didn’t have the bandwidth.
I think my most millenial opinion is we need to bring back disc drives
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My GenX version of this is Bring back 56k dial up internet. Make it hard for people to use. Make the friends you made decent and long lasting because you had to work harder to be there. Text based bulletin boards without images, irc and news groups because you didn’t have the bandwidth.
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Laughably evri came third.
news.sky.com/story/best-a...
In my experience there is DPD and Royal Mail, then there is the rest, then there is the bottom of the barrel, then there is 100 miles of the earths crust AND THEN there is evri.
news.sky.com/story/best-a...
In my experience there is DPD and Royal Mail, then there is the rest, then there is the bottom of the barrel, then there is 100 miles of the earths crust AND THEN there is evri.
Best and worst parcel delivery companies revealed
Royal Mail, Amazon, DPD, Evri and Yodel have been ranked in light of a report from Citizens Advice, which finds millions of people are experiencing problems with their parcel deliveries.
news.sky.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Laughably evri came third.
news.sky.com/story/best-a...
In my experience there is DPD and Royal Mail, then there is the rest, then there is the bottom of the barrel, then there is 100 miles of the earths crust AND THEN there is evri.
news.sky.com/story/best-a...
In my experience there is DPD and Royal Mail, then there is the rest, then there is the bottom of the barrel, then there is 100 miles of the earths crust AND THEN there is evri.
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I once had a surgeon tell me to sleep when I'm tired- naps, going to bed early, sleeping in- because the body cannot heal without adequate rest and it still stands as the most stunning advice I've ever received.
We are told not to "indulge" when we're tired (even by doctors!) and it is SO HARMFUL
We are told not to "indulge" when we're tired (even by doctors!) and it is SO HARMFUL
Because they are, to a person, freaks.
Why are there never return to nature people but for pre-industrial sleep cycles?
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I once had a surgeon tell me to sleep when I'm tired- naps, going to bed early, sleeping in- because the body cannot heal without adequate rest and it still stands as the most stunning advice I've ever received.
We are told not to "indulge" when we're tired (even by doctors!) and it is SO HARMFUL
We are told not to "indulge" when we're tired (even by doctors!) and it is SO HARMFUL
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How often do I have to keep reposting this strip?
#cloudflare
#cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How often do I have to keep reposting this strip?
#cloudflare
#cloudflare
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I can imagine that somewhere at cloudfare, there is a P1 incident call where a lot of people are having a really bad day.
I can’t imagine how stressful it is when some issue at your company takes out half the sodding internet.
I can’t imagine how stressful it is when some issue at your company takes out half the sodding internet.
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I can imagine that somewhere at cloudfare, there is a P1 incident call where a lot of people are having a really bad day.
I can’t imagine how stressful it is when some issue at your company takes out half the sodding internet.
I can’t imagine how stressful it is when some issue at your company takes out half the sodding internet.
If the libdems by some miracle find themselves in government, please one thing.
For godsake have a plan.
For godsake have a plan.
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If the libdems by some miracle find themselves in government, please one thing.
For godsake have a plan.
For godsake have a plan.
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Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Due to an admin error, we have lost our @oxfordforeurope.bsky.social account. (As you can see that account hasn’t posted for a while). So - after many attempts with the Bluesky team to regain the account - this is the new account.
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
If you see this, please could you repost and follow back? 🙏
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And in response to the bigot’s deleted post, no, we don’t spend billions on immigration. The opposite, we gain billions from it. And we’re losing billions by restricting it.
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
And in response to the bigot’s deleted post, no, we don’t spend billions on immigration. The opposite, we gain billions from it. And we’re losing billions by restricting it.
No one who supports Farage is ever going to vote Labour, and now no one who respects human rights and a humane immigration policy can vote for them either.
Who the fuck are they trying to appeal to?
Who the fuck are they trying to appeal to?
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
No one who supports Farage is ever going to vote Labour, and now no one who respects human rights and a humane immigration policy can vote for them either.
Who the fuck are they trying to appeal to?
Who the fuck are they trying to appeal to?
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As I wrote about last week, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new immigration plans are dividing Labour. “Performatively cruel,” Stella Creasy says.
Labour Splits Erupt As MPs Condemn Shabana Mahmood's Immigration Crackdown
One said the government had taken "a wrong turning".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
As I wrote about last week, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new immigration plans are dividing Labour. “Performatively cruel,” Stella Creasy says.
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Risotto is not work. It is meditation, followed by self care.
My issue with risotto is 40 minutes of work gone in a couple of minutes ! I do love it though this looks v good . Dried mushroom so flavourful
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Risotto is not work. It is meditation, followed by self care.
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Lib Dems for me. Not extreme and very sensible policies. Green desire to leave NATO right now is bonkers
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Lib Dems for me. Not extreme and very sensible policies. Green desire to leave NATO right now is bonkers
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So the plan is, we just take their valuable possessions off them, and put them in a camp...
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So the plan is, we just take their valuable possessions off them, and put them in a camp...
I recall another political party that would take the gold and jewellery away from people they were “processing” to “offset costs”.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I recall another political party that would take the gold and jewellery away from people they were “processing” to “offset costs”.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“And it can’t win power because it is led by self-aggrandising, politically incompetent frauds who in their long and storied parliamentary careers have achieved nothing materially significant besides name recognition”
And with that, the Corbyn dog was shot and buried.
And with that, the Corbyn dog was shot and buried.
I had high hopes for 'Your Party' as I personally like Corbyn. However, my enthusiasm has evaporated as has my trust.
'Your Party' Is a waste of time, vote Green instead - The Mancunion
As Your Party implodes, the Greens under Polanski are fast becoming the Left's most credible force
mancunion.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
“And it can’t win power because it is led by self-aggrandising, politically incompetent frauds who in their long and storied parliamentary careers have achieved nothing materially significant besides name recognition”
And with that, the Corbyn dog was shot and buried.
And with that, the Corbyn dog was shot and buried.
So, my wife’s been shall we say “on my case” for a while that I run out of breath going up stairs and various other issues, and after much reminding got me to see her cardiologist.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
So, my wife’s been shall we say “on my case” for a while that I run out of breath going up stairs and various other issues, and after much reminding got me to see her cardiologist.
Just found a sql query so big when viewed on screen it worked as a magic eye image.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Just found a sql query so big when viewed on screen it worked as a magic eye image.
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Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dear Britain:
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.
➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
Just stop over thinking it, make a movie, blow some baddies up, have bond get the girl, she dies and he makes the world right again with some pithy one liners.
The audience doesn’t give a shit, we just want Bond vs some twat that looks like Elon Musk
The audience doesn’t give a shit, we just want Bond vs some twat that looks like Elon Musk
"They are now stuck trying to find a believable way to resurrect him, and it is proving almost impossible."
Easy. Make the next James Bond movie as normal, but there are zeppelins to signal that this is an Alternate Universe.
Easy. Make the next James Bond movie as normal, but there are zeppelins to signal that this is an Alternate Universe.
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
radaronline.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just stop over thinking it, make a movie, blow some baddies up, have bond get the girl, she dies and he makes the world right again with some pithy one liners.
The audience doesn’t give a shit, we just want Bond vs some twat that looks like Elon Musk
The audience doesn’t give a shit, we just want Bond vs some twat that looks like Elon Musk
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Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
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If I started a petition to Parliament requesting them to debate telling Donald Trump to go and do one, do you think I’d get 100k signatures? It’s tempting.
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If I started a petition to Parliament requesting them to debate telling Donald Trump to go and do one, do you think I’d get 100k signatures? It’s tempting.
I’m really impressed to see the left just knuckle down in a time of crisis and concentrating on the real issues and not letting any of the old internal politics get in the way. The way they’ve sorted everything out so quickly… oh wait. W.T.F am I saying.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Corbyn and Sultana clash comes after months of fighting between the pair both jostling to be leader of populist left
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I’m really impressed to see the left just knuckle down in a time of crisis and concentrating on the real issues and not letting any of the old internal politics get in the way. The way they’ve sorted everything out so quickly… oh wait. W.T.F am I saying.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My wife arranges the best weekend aways. Just been to bellota ( seriously up and coming Spanish restaurant in Bury st Edmond’s with awesome food and now a multi month waiting list) followed by a two hour afternoon sleep in the hotel.
That’s how we roll. #GenX
That’s how we roll. #GenX
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My wife arranges the best weekend aways. Just been to bellota ( seriously up and coming Spanish restaurant in Bury st Edmond’s with awesome food and now a multi month waiting list) followed by a two hour afternoon sleep in the hotel.
That’s how we roll. #GenX
That’s how we roll. #GenX