PK
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I remain of the view that the UK is ungovernable.
The alternatives to Starmer are a hard right drunk, who has never delivered on anything, yet manages to pick up the 30% of racist Britons with his “immigrants to blame” card, and a left wing idealist who tells his 20% what they want to hear. /1
The alternatives to Starmer are a hard right drunk, who has never delivered on anything, yet manages to pick up the 30% of racist Britons with his “immigrants to blame” card, and a left wing idealist who tells his 20% what they want to hear. /1
perfect piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I remain of the view that the UK is ungovernable.
The alternatives to Starmer are a hard right drunk, who has never delivered on anything, yet manages to pick up the 30% of racist Britons with his “immigrants to blame” card, and a left wing idealist who tells his 20% what they want to hear. /1
The alternatives to Starmer are a hard right drunk, who has never delivered on anything, yet manages to pick up the 30% of racist Britons with his “immigrants to blame” card, and a left wing idealist who tells his 20% what they want to hear. /1
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THINKING RABBIT 1990
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May 1, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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THINKING RABBIT 1990
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I can’t get over all the journalists and centrist pundits who sneered that “Twitter isn’t real life” when it was full of weird leftists but now insist it’s a vital window into the public mood when the entire site is Nazis, illegal porn, bots, and Belarusians calling themselves “Iowa MAGA Farm Guy”
thinking about how long leftists were blamed for making twitter inhospitable for MPs who are refusing point blank to leave now it's full of nazis and child porn
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I can’t get over all the journalists and centrist pundits who sneered that “Twitter isn’t real life” when it was full of weird leftists but now insist it’s a vital window into the public mood when the entire site is Nazis, illegal porn, bots, and Belarusians calling themselves “Iowa MAGA Farm Guy”
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you can't understand what needs to be fixed if you don't get that we've been barking up the wrong trees and poisoning our minds for decades. these places are bad for us. they are bad for the world. you should view what we do here as slightly less responsible than shooting up heroin.
January 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
you can't understand what needs to be fixed if you don't get that we've been barking up the wrong trees and poisoning our minds for decades. these places are bad for us. they are bad for the world. you should view what we do here as slightly less responsible than shooting up heroin.
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Maybe in 2026 we can start to agree that "a complex algorithm selects content" is an editorial stance and platforms should be responsible to a certain degree.
January 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Maybe in 2026 we can start to agree that "a complex algorithm selects content" is an editorial stance and platforms should be responsible to a certain degree.
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It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
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I actually do not feel great about committing to doing the same thing over and over as some kind of principled stance. I'm here to reduce harm. Like actually. Not to craft a great magical story that sounds really good but doesn't actually happen.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I actually do not feel great about committing to doing the same thing over and over as some kind of principled stance. I'm here to reduce harm. Like actually. Not to craft a great magical story that sounds really good but doesn't actually happen.
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If you want a top smart, not in the shops unique Christmas gift for the telly obsessive in your life, why not consider one of my books in print or digital?
linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks
linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If you want a top smart, not in the shops unique Christmas gift for the telly obsessive in your life, why not consider one of my books in print or digital?
linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks
linktr.ee/BenBakerBooks
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I've written and produced a radio play (and with only minimal help from Charles Dickens)! "A Noisebox Christmas Carol" gets its premiere on Christmas Eve at 8:30pm and I'm very proud of it. The @noiseboxradio.com team have really stepped up and its all very silly indeed. A proper Christmas special.
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I've written and produced a radio play (and with only minimal help from Charles Dickens)! "A Noisebox Christmas Carol" gets its premiere on Christmas Eve at 8:30pm and I'm very proud of it. The @noiseboxradio.com team have really stepped up and its all very silly indeed. A proper Christmas special.
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Okay, that's enough of that.
A.I. sucks. Think for yourself. Create for yourself. Struggle. Take your time. Do not cede your humanity to an algorithm because it's hard. Make something yourself. It won't be perfect. But it'll be yours.
And call your mom.
A.I. sucks. Think for yourself. Create for yourself. Struggle. Take your time. Do not cede your humanity to an algorithm because it's hard. Make something yourself. It won't be perfect. But it'll be yours.
And call your mom.
December 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Okay, that's enough of that.
A.I. sucks. Think for yourself. Create for yourself. Struggle. Take your time. Do not cede your humanity to an algorithm because it's hard. Make something yourself. It won't be perfect. But it'll be yours.
And call your mom.
A.I. sucks. Think for yourself. Create for yourself. Struggle. Take your time. Do not cede your humanity to an algorithm because it's hard. Make something yourself. It won't be perfect. But it'll be yours.
And call your mom.
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What genAI promises is a flat, boring world in which you get what you want every time and never have to engage with anything that challenges you. It’s pure anti-culture. It deifies the consumer - and “consumer” is pointedly chosen - at the expense of art and artist.
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What genAI promises is a flat, boring world in which you get what you want every time and never have to engage with anything that challenges you. It’s pure anti-culture. It deifies the consumer - and “consumer” is pointedly chosen - at the expense of art and artist.
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I cannot stress how much contempt I have for every single person who is doing the "well AI is here to stay, and it actually has some uses" dance. Go buy memecoins if you want to be duped by obvious scams, it would be less embarrassing for you
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I cannot stress how much contempt I have for every single person who is doing the "well AI is here to stay, and it actually has some uses" dance. Go buy memecoins if you want to be duped by obvious scams, it would be less embarrassing for you
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Don’t say this lightly but Birmingham Mail’s gaming of its position on Apple News/Google to farm clicks makes it one of the most effective spreaders of false information in the country.
Could list a dozen way more egregious examples of fake ragebait it’s pumped out recently.
Could list a dozen way more egregious examples of fake ragebait it’s pumped out recently.
An online Birmingham Mail headline "Drivers with cruise control urged to press button or face £73 charge in June" breached the Editors' Code as there was no such charge - in fact drivers could "save" £73 on fuel www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0226...
02269-25 A man v birminghammail.co.uk - IPSO
A man complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that birminghammail.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined ‘’Drivers with cruise…
www.ipso.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Don’t say this lightly but Birmingham Mail’s gaming of its position on Apple News/Google to farm clicks makes it one of the most effective spreaders of false information in the country.
Could list a dozen way more egregious examples of fake ragebait it’s pumped out recently.
Could list a dozen way more egregious examples of fake ragebait it’s pumped out recently.
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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The agenda moves quickly, Paul, because you are all on X and allow a foreign owned media organisation with an agenda against this country to set that agenda. That's on you and your bosses.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The agenda moves quickly, Paul, because you are all on X and allow a foreign owned media organisation with an agenda against this country to set that agenda. That's on you and your bosses.
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Sorry to keep banging on about it but it's literally *they are on Twitter and think it's the majority view*
This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sorry to keep banging on about it but it's literally *they are on Twitter and think it's the majority view*
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twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
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Which is why: we (meaning everywhere, but definitely the EU) should absolutely BAN algorithmic automated recommendations on social media. Just ban it. Let people just use filters and search for content. This is too dangerous and you cannot "regulate algorithms" in a good way. Ban them
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Which is why: we (meaning everywhere, but definitely the EU) should absolutely BAN algorithmic automated recommendations on social media. Just ban it. Let people just use filters and search for content. This is too dangerous and you cannot "regulate algorithms" in a good way. Ban them
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I do think chatGPT is making at least two generations mentally ill and I don’t say that lightly
October 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I do think chatGPT is making at least two generations mentally ill and I don’t say that lightly
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This is an interesting piece but I just read it going “the missing bit is the section on how the internet has fried everyone’s brains”.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Buxton: Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK
How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This is an interesting piece but I just read it going “the missing bit is the section on how the internet has fried everyone’s brains”.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The British psyche, courtesy of Bing search
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The British psyche, courtesy of Bing search
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everyone is learning about their world from screens that specifically tell them whatever narrative they will find most validating and provide them with endless rationales to ignore or explain away any facts that complicate the validating narrative. this is why politics has gone insane
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
everyone is learning about their world from screens that specifically tell them whatever narrative they will find most validating and provide them with endless rationales to ignore or explain away any facts that complicate the validating narrative. this is why politics has gone insane