Shallow Thought
@mungo42.bsky.social
Believer that there is a difference between being in a position of authority, and having authority.
So when your kids sit and annoy you with, who'd win in a death match, we are about to find the answer between:
world's most powerful politician
v
world's richest man (until this death match started)
world's most powerful politician
v
world's richest man (until this death match started)
June 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
So when your kids sit and annoy you with, who'd win in a death match, we are about to find the answer between:
world's most powerful politician
v
world's richest man (until this death match started)
world's most powerful politician
v
world's richest man (until this death match started)
As the Catholic Church is the only institution in the world that could give FIFA a run for its money with regard to corruption, I fully expect the next Pope to be from Saudi Arabia.
April 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As the Catholic Church is the only institution in the world that could give FIFA a run for its money with regard to corruption, I fully expect the next Pope to be from Saudi Arabia.
Having cured cancer, solved world hunger and reversed climate change, scientists have turned to finding new ways to see turquoise by shooting lasers into their eyes.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before
Contested discovery achieved by experiment firing laser pulses into eyes, stimulating retina cells
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Having cured cancer, solved world hunger and reversed climate change, scientists have turned to finding new ways to see turquoise by shooting lasers into their eyes.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
It's lucky the Trump administration is full of people of only the highest moral fibre, because otherwise there would be huge suspicions on them just announcing policies to manipulate the stock market.
April 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's lucky the Trump administration is full of people of only the highest moral fibre, because otherwise there would be huge suspicions on them just announcing policies to manipulate the stock market.
The USA has changed it's stance on Russia at the UN.
Or alternatively....
Trump chooses not to for resolution against country that has a video of him being pee'd on by prostitutes in Moscow hotel room.
Or alternatively....
Trump chooses not to for resolution against country that has a video of him being pee'd on by prostitutes in Moscow hotel room.
February 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The USA has changed it's stance on Russia at the UN.
Or alternatively....
Trump chooses not to for resolution against country that has a video of him being pee'd on by prostitutes in Moscow hotel room.
Or alternatively....
Trump chooses not to for resolution against country that has a video of him being pee'd on by prostitutes in Moscow hotel room.
The difference between Trump and Zelenskyy is that one of them was formerly a comedian, and the other is currently a comedian.
February 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The difference between Trump and Zelenskyy is that one of them was formerly a comedian, and the other is currently a comedian.
The fortune thing for "Europe's Leaders" is that literally fucking nobody in Europe knows who JD Vance is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders
US vice-president questions whether European values are worth defending as he rails against ‘threat from within’
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The fortune thing for "Europe's Leaders" is that literally fucking nobody in Europe knows who JD Vance is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thank f*ck somebody is finally taking notice of that oppressed white minority in South Africa that currently only owns 90% of the wealth, whilst only comprising 7% of the population.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Trump cuts aid to South Africa over ‘racial discrimination’ against Afrikaners
US president also offers asylum to Afrikaners and criticises law that allows land seizures without compensation in some circumstances
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Thank f*ck somebody is finally taking notice of that oppressed white minority in South Africa that currently only owns 90% of the wealth, whilst only comprising 7% of the population.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
The Telegraph making the Daily Star look like a powerhouse of investigative journalism.
Less Pulitzer, and more "pull the other one"
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Less Pulitzer, and more "pull the other one"
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
SNP to consider banning cats
Owners could be forced to keep pets indoors or, in some cases, prohibited from owning them, to protect wild animals
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Telegraph making the Daily Star look like a powerhouse of investigative journalism.
Less Pulitzer, and more "pull the other one"
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Less Pulitzer, and more "pull the other one"
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
3 options:
1. God does not exist and Trump is delusional
2. God does exist, Trump is delusional, and God choses to do nothing to correct this smear on his character
3. God is also a fucking moron
1. God does not exist and Trump is delusional
2. God does exist, Trump is delusional, and God choses to do nothing to correct this smear on his character
3. God is also a fucking moron
January 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
3 options:
1. God does not exist and Trump is delusional
2. God does exist, Trump is delusional, and God choses to do nothing to correct this smear on his character
3. God is also a fucking moron
1. God does not exist and Trump is delusional
2. God does exist, Trump is delusional, and God choses to do nothing to correct this smear on his character
3. God is also a fucking moron
So the IMF think Labour's handling of the economy looks good.
Funny how this is in direct contrast to Elon Musk's opinion.
I can explain this, as one is compromised of the world's financial experts , and the other is a manchild gobshite.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Funny how this is in direct contrast to Elon Musk's opinion.
I can explain this, as one is compromised of the world's financial experts , and the other is a manchild gobshite.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
IMF upgrades UK growth forecast and takes swipe at Trump plans
UK economy predicted to grow by 1.6% this year as fund warns of potentially destabilising effect of Trump policy
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So the IMF think Labour's handling of the economy looks good.
Funny how this is in direct contrast to Elon Musk's opinion.
I can explain this, as one is compromised of the world's financial experts , and the other is a manchild gobshite.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Funny how this is in direct contrast to Elon Musk's opinion.
I can explain this, as one is compromised of the world's financial experts , and the other is a manchild gobshite.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Possibly the greatest response ever to:
"What would Jesus do?"
"What would Jesus do?"
January 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Possibly the greatest response ever to:
"What would Jesus do?"
"What would Jesus do?"
I set-up a Daily Telegraph subscription to read one article and promptly cancelled. When asked "Why are you cancelling your subscription?", I think the obvious answer is "you employee a bunch of fucking morons and pretend they are journalists"
January 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I set-up a Daily Telegraph subscription to read one article and promptly cancelled. When asked "Why are you cancelling your subscription?", I think the obvious answer is "you employee a bunch of fucking morons and pretend they are journalists"
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Yes, as people uproot their entire lives and generate thousands of pounds in cost for a few pounds per week.
Also usual right wing shite that forgets most benefit claimants are in work.
Yes, as people uproot their entire lives and generate thousands of pounds in cost for a few pounds per week.
Also usual right wing shite that forgets most benefit claimants are in work.
Benefit claimants ‘may move to Scotland’ after SNP lifts two-child cap
Report warns ‘incentives are large’ for low-income families in England to head north of the border for extra money
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Yes, as people uproot their entire lives and generate thousands of pounds in cost for a few pounds per week.
Also usual right wing shite that forgets most benefit claimants are in work.
Yes, as people uproot their entire lives and generate thousands of pounds in cost for a few pounds per week.
Also usual right wing shite that forgets most benefit claimants are in work.
Inexplicably to my mind, people voted for Trump, so there has to be an acceptance of democracy, and that we can't just disenfranchise all gullible, stupid or a fascist people.
But Musk, how the fuck did we end up with him.
I'm considering just beeping my horn at all Tesla's from now on.
But Musk, how the fuck did we end up with him.
I'm considering just beeping my horn at all Tesla's from now on.
January 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Inexplicably to my mind, people voted for Trump, so there has to be an acceptance of democracy, and that we can't just disenfranchise all gullible, stupid or a fascist people.
But Musk, how the fuck did we end up with him.
I'm considering just beeping my horn at all Tesla's from now on.
But Musk, how the fuck did we end up with him.
I'm considering just beeping my horn at all Tesla's from now on.
This should mark the end of the BBC and the UK government (and regional parliaments) using twitter as a form of communication.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s calls for Tommy Robinson release anger Labour MPs
Billionaire ally of Donald Trump also accuses Keir Starmer on X of failing to prosecute child rapists in Oldham
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This should mark the end of the BBC and the UK government (and regional parliaments) using twitter as a form of communication.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Suella Braverman gifts Liz Truss the gift of no longer being the dumbest Tory.
metro.co.uk/2025/01/02/s...
metro.co.uk/2025/01/02/s...
Suella Braverman bizarrely claims there's a land border between Italy and Turkey
metro.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Suella Braverman gifts Liz Truss the gift of no longer being the dumbest Tory.
metro.co.uk/2025/01/02/s...
metro.co.uk/2025/01/02/s...
The terrifying thing about this story is that he seems to have been given a sentence at 16 that circumvents habeas corpus for the rest of his life.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man on the run after being recalled to UK prison indefinitely makes plea to minister
Matthew Booth, from Bolton, is facing further time in jail after claims he has restarted a relationship with an ex
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The terrifying thing about this story is that he seems to have been given a sentence at 16 that circumvents habeas corpus for the rest of his life.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Could not give less of a fuck
If you can afford £10m of jewellery, you can afford to lose it.
Could not give less of a fuck
If you can afford £10m of jewellery, you can afford to lose it.
Jewellery worth £10.4m stolen from London home in one of Britain’s biggest burglaries
Raid on St John’s Wood mansion believed to be one of biggest thefts from a house in British criminal history
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:45 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Could not give less of a fuck
If you can afford £10m of jewellery, you can afford to lose it.
Could not give less of a fuck
If you can afford £10m of jewellery, you can afford to lose it.
Compare probably the greatest person to have ever held the position of President of the United States of America with the man that is returning to that office.
Humanitarian, democrat (small d), constantly strived for betterment. Everything that Trump is not.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Humanitarian, democrat (small d), constantly strived for betterment. Everything that Trump is not.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100
Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Compare probably the greatest person to have ever held the position of President of the United States of America with the man that is returning to that office.
Humanitarian, democrat (small d), constantly strived for betterment. Everything that Trump is not.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Humanitarian, democrat (small d), constantly strived for betterment. Everything that Trump is not.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
It's not a new manager that Man City need, it's this bloke to remove what Haaland cast upon them.
December 26, 2024 at 3:53 PM
It's not a new manager that Man City need, it's this bloke to remove what Haaland cast upon them.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
The start of that headline that was dropped in the edit:
Following the lodge meeting...
The start of that headline that was dropped in the edit:
Following the lodge meeting...
Willie Collum: Rangers penalty decision in final against Celtic 'unacceptable'
SFA head of referee operations Willie Collum says VAR made a ''really, really poor'' and
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 6:39 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
The start of that headline that was dropped in the edit:
Following the lodge meeting...
The start of that headline that was dropped in the edit:
Following the lodge meeting...
So when the legislation to increase women's pension age came into being, I was 12 years old, and a boy, and I knew about it.
This group that claim they didn't see the news, or read a paper for 15 years, are now suddenly up in arms about a decision made yesterday.
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm
This group that claim they didn't see the news, or read a paper for 15 years, are now suddenly up in arms about a decision made yesterday.
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm
December 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
So when the legislation to increase women's pension age came into being, I was 12 years old, and a boy, and I knew about it.
This group that claim they didn't see the news, or read a paper for 15 years, are now suddenly up in arms about a decision made yesterday.
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm
This group that claim they didn't see the news, or read a paper for 15 years, are now suddenly up in arms about a decision made yesterday.
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm
What exactly are the "Hard won Brexit freedoms"?
December 18, 2024 at 12:29 PM
What exactly are the "Hard won Brexit freedoms"?