Mike Chapman
@mikechapman96.bsky.social
From Teesside, Boro fan (obviously) living in NYC since 1996 (by way of Zambia, Ghana, Surrey, Leicester, London). Been around a bit in economics, publishing, technology. Proud dad.
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When I worked in a Teesside College there were many Muslim students. They sent Christmas cards and were active participants in college Xmas functions.
The flag shagging community need to be aware Jesus is a significant figure in Islam
and the vast majority of Muslims enjoy Christmas.
The flag shagging community need to be aware Jesus is a significant figure in Islam
and the vast majority of Muslims enjoy Christmas.
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When I worked in a Teesside College there were many Muslim students. They sent Christmas cards and were active participants in college Xmas functions.
The flag shagging community need to be aware Jesus is a significant figure in Islam
and the vast majority of Muslims enjoy Christmas.
The flag shagging community need to be aware Jesus is a significant figure in Islam
and the vast majority of Muslims enjoy Christmas.
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I made a handy flow chart for confused men…
October 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I made a handy flow chart for confused men…
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George Best: "I spent a lot of money on booze, women and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." #GeorgeBest
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
George Best: "I spent a lot of money on booze, women and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." #GeorgeBest
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New York in the late 1970s was a much better setting for movies than now. It was gritty, grimy, and violent. New York has been beautified and has so much less crime it's hard to suspend disbelief when movies pretend it's a hell hole.
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New York in the late 1970s was a much better setting for movies than now. It was gritty, grimy, and violent. New York has been beautified and has so much less crime it's hard to suspend disbelief when movies pretend it's a hell hole.
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One of the biggest losses in the UK has been our newspaper industry. Once the envy of the world, even when Murdoch owned most of it, now 95% is little more than dirt cheap, right-wing ragebait. Hard to believe that The Times was once called "The Thunderer".
October 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One of the biggest losses in the UK has been our newspaper industry. Once the envy of the world, even when Murdoch owned most of it, now 95% is little more than dirt cheap, right-wing ragebait. Hard to believe that The Times was once called "The Thunderer".
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I would like to see all sports played with cats, please.
September 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I would like to see all sports played with cats, please.
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200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway: 'It's terrific to remind the world it all started here.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stockton and Darlington Railway 200: Locomotion No 1 replica anniversary starts trip
A replica of the Locomotion No 1 is recreating the journey made by the real engine 200 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway: 'It's terrific to remind the world it all started here.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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tfw when the band plays their biggest hit to close the set, which is a bit of obvious move, but that’s okay, because their biggest hit is also the greatest song of all time
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
tfw when the band plays their biggest hit to close the set, which is a bit of obvious move, but that’s okay, because their biggest hit is also the greatest song of all time
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Without a well resourced and skilled Civil Service the country would descend into anarchy within a fortnight, sure it can always do things better but this myth that politicians pedal that you can massively cut it and still get everything done is just a lie.
September 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Without a well resourced and skilled Civil Service the country would descend into anarchy within a fortnight, sure it can always do things better but this myth that politicians pedal that you can massively cut it and still get everything done is just a lie.
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The most frustrating thing about the climate crisis is that we have a lot of the solutions already, they just need implementing at scale, and the only thing that's stopping that happening is the fact that it would make a few very rich people a bit less rich
September 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The most frustrating thing about the climate crisis is that we have a lot of the solutions already, they just need implementing at scale, and the only thing that's stopping that happening is the fact that it would make a few very rich people a bit less rich
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Let's not mention PPE contracts
September 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Let's not mention PPE contracts
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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We should be allowed to take our partner to work for a day so they can put faces to the names of the people we moan about at home. Particularly so they can see for themselves what an absolute prick Stuart is.
September 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We should be allowed to take our partner to work for a day so they can put faces to the names of the people we moan about at home. Particularly so they can see for themselves what an absolute prick Stuart is.
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Nearly a million people marched against Brexit. Not front page news.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.
August 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Nearly a million people marched against Brexit. Not front page news.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.
50 people gather outside a hotel. National news for weeks.
"Fears of mass unrest", media says.
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Appearances on standard BBC question time:
Nigel Farage: 38
Jeremy Corbyn: 1
Now tell me the BBC don't have an Agenda...
Nigel Farage: 38
Jeremy Corbyn: 1
Now tell me the BBC don't have an Agenda...
August 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Appearances on standard BBC question time:
Nigel Farage: 38
Jeremy Corbyn: 1
Now tell me the BBC don't have an Agenda...
Nigel Farage: 38
Jeremy Corbyn: 1
Now tell me the BBC don't have an Agenda...
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Gun laws in Minnesota:
No state permit required to purchase rifles.
No firearm registration.
No magazine capacity restriction.
No owner license required.
No background checks for private sales of rifles without pistol grips.
State law preempts local laws.
No state permit required to purchase rifles.
No firearm registration.
No magazine capacity restriction.
No owner license required.
No background checks for private sales of rifles without pistol grips.
State law preempts local laws.
August 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Gun laws in Minnesota:
No state permit required to purchase rifles.
No firearm registration.
No magazine capacity restriction.
No owner license required.
No background checks for private sales of rifles without pistol grips.
State law preempts local laws.
No state permit required to purchase rifles.
No firearm registration.
No magazine capacity restriction.
No owner license required.
No background checks for private sales of rifles without pistol grips.
State law preempts local laws.
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Kristi Noem and her squad of geniuses are painting the American side of the wall black—apparently to keep us from escaping.
August 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Kristi Noem and her squad of geniuses are painting the American side of the wall black—apparently to keep us from escaping.
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Bono should be pronounced Bone-o. If he wants to be called Bonno then he needs to spell it Bonno.
August 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bono should be pronounced Bone-o. If he wants to be called Bonno then he needs to spell it Bonno.
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More revisionist history. WWII did not end because the Allies appeased fascist aggressors. It ended when they were mercilessly pounded into submission.
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
More revisionist history. WWII did not end because the Allies appeased fascist aggressors. It ended when they were mercilessly pounded into submission.
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Refugees and migrants didn't put up your rent, greedy landlords and property developers did. They didn't double the price of your grocery shopping, the supermarkets did. They didn't hike your energy prices, the oil & gas companies did.
August 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Refugees and migrants didn't put up your rent, greedy landlords and property developers did. They didn't double the price of your grocery shopping, the supermarkets did. They didn't hike your energy prices, the oil & gas companies did.
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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Other Gen X do remember that those John Hughes teen movies were just movies, right? It’s not just me? And the adverts… they were just adverts. We didn’t actually exist in golden colour grading with pop soundtracks. We existed in dull boredom with the impending threat of nuclear holocaust and AIDS.
August 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Other Gen X do remember that those John Hughes teen movies were just movies, right? It’s not just me? And the adverts… they were just adverts. We didn’t actually exist in golden colour grading with pop soundtracks. We existed in dull boredom with the impending threat of nuclear holocaust and AIDS.