Chris Doonan
@rabbits91.bsky.social
Something I've been thinking about recently: how when you lose someone associated with a certain place, you end up losing the place as well. I went to my Grandma's old village recently for the first time in a decade over Xmas and it was physically the same as it's always been, yet oddly different
January 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Something I've been thinking about recently: how when you lose someone associated with a certain place, you end up losing the place as well. I went to my Grandma's old village recently for the first time in a decade over Xmas and it was physically the same as it's always been, yet oddly different
Sharing this excellent piece from @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com's (equally excellent) substack www.motherjones.com/environment/...
When I first heard about this idea it sounded borderline conspiracy theory. And yet...
When I first heard about this idea it sounded borderline conspiracy theory. And yet...
America's Real Criminal Element Is Lead
The hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and the maybe even the ADHD epidemic.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Sharing this excellent piece from @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com's (equally excellent) substack www.motherjones.com/environment/...
When I first heard about this idea it sounded borderline conspiracy theory. And yet...
When I first heard about this idea it sounded borderline conspiracy theory. And yet...
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A core part of “why Labour is failing” is that the backbenchers given prime retirement seats - the people who ought to be the brains of the party - are not asking “what decisions should we be taking to defend ourselves and our allies and to increase resilience?” “How do we reform public services?”…
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
A core part of “why Labour is failing” is that the backbenchers given prime retirement seats - the people who ought to be the brains of the party - are not asking “what decisions should we be taking to defend ourselves and our allies and to increase resilience?” “How do we reform public services?”…
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You are all expending a lot of energy on why the government is so unpopular when Occam’s Razor suggests it’s because they aren’t very good at this.
December 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
You are all expending a lot of energy on why the government is so unpopular when Occam’s Razor suggests it’s because they aren’t very good at this.
Still convinced I met George Best in my local corner shop when I was about 10. My parents were less sure. In reality I think I met a man with a beard.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Still convinced I met George Best in my local corner shop when I was about 10. My parents were less sure. In reality I think I met a man with a beard.
So I've been spending the last few days away in County Durham and North Yorkshire, and it's really striking seeing the number of villages that quite evidently grew out of the industrial revolution and where now there's no clear reason for them to be there beyond "they're there".
December 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So I've been spending the last few days away in County Durham and North Yorkshire, and it's really striking seeing the number of villages that quite evidently grew out of the industrial revolution and where now there's no clear reason for them to be there beyond "they're there".
Russian dictator. Not sure I like this game.
I’m a farmer’s daughter
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Russian dictator. Not sure I like this game.
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Again, liberalism on easy mode. It’s easier to defend her rights if she’s a long suffering victim. But rights aren’t just for long suffering victims! Ian Bradley had rights. Myra Hindley had rights. You don’t defend my rights by making them predicated on virtue.
December 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Again, liberalism on easy mode. It’s easier to defend her rights if she’s a long suffering victim. But rights aren’t just for long suffering victims! Ian Bradley had rights. Myra Hindley had rights. You don’t defend my rights by making them predicated on virtue.
I think Stephen's being a bit unfair on Kemi here. She's managed to squeeze evident lack of interest in the topic, racism *and* amnesia into one short tweet.
Fans were growing concerned she might be falling behind in the "most incompetent party leader" table, but she might have pulled it around.
Fans were growing concerned she might be falling behind in the "most incompetent party leader" table, but she might have pulled it around.
Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I think Stephen's being a bit unfair on Kemi here. She's managed to squeeze evident lack of interest in the topic, racism *and* amnesia into one short tweet.
Fans were growing concerned she might be falling behind in the "most incompetent party leader" table, but she might have pulled it around.
Fans were growing concerned she might be falling behind in the "most incompetent party leader" table, but she might have pulled it around.
"Hello, I'd like to order one French stereotype please. Yes, the strongest you've got...
"Oh Christ no, that's simply too much."
"Oh Christ no, that's simply too much."
how did I not know that Sarkozy met his second wife when he officiated at her wedding as the local mayor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas...
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Hello, I'd like to order one French stereotype please. Yes, the strongest you've got...
"Oh Christ no, that's simply too much."
"Oh Christ no, that's simply too much."
This is at least the fourth version I've read of this interview, and my overriding feeling is always, "he actually sounds like a decent bloke, he really should consider running for Prime Minister."
I love this recurring bit where journos try to ask Starmer what motivates him and his answer is always something lofty that bears no relation to his policies
Keir Starmer Observer interview with @rachelsylvester.bsky.social articulates opportunity for young people as his defining mission for his government
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is at least the fourth version I've read of this interview, and my overriding feeling is always, "he actually sounds like a decent bloke, he really should consider running for Prime Minister."
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
My litmus test with this is "has the ability to track our relatives made us less paranoid" and it's hard to say the answer is anything other than "no".
have written that piece before but there's a whole lot of "oh wow this generation of kids are fucked" and nowhere near enough "huh what exactly have that generation of parents been doing and how can we not do that, going forward"
People are very hard on young people on here, lack of critical thinking, lack of responsibility etc, and then you see something like this and it all makes a different kind of sense.
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My litmus test with this is "has the ability to track our relatives made us less paranoid" and it's hard to say the answer is anything other than "no".
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Here’s a great piece on the under appreciated risk of cash investments
www.schroders.com/en-us/us/ind...
www.schroders.com/en-us/us/ind...
www.schroders.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Here’s a great piece on the under appreciated risk of cash investments
www.schroders.com/en-us/us/ind...
www.schroders.com/en-us/us/ind...