Steven
@stevenm5.bsky.social
Autistic, gay, deaf. Currently into translated fiction canon and film monographs. Here for (reading) political punditry, cinema and literature.
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Always nice to hear the review of the year from Laura Kuenssberg.
Trump:
- moved into the White House
- asked Europe to increase defence spending
- moved to create a ceasefire in Gaza
- didn't create a global trade war
Hmm. I sort of thought he did more than that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump:
- moved into the White House
- asked Europe to increase defence spending
- moved to create a ceasefire in Gaza
- didn't create a global trade war
Hmm. I sort of thought he did more than that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Always nice to hear the review of the year from Laura Kuenssberg.
Trump:
- moved into the White House
- asked Europe to increase defence spending
- moved to create a ceasefire in Gaza
- didn't create a global trade war
Hmm. I sort of thought he did more than that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump:
- moved into the White House
- asked Europe to increase defence spending
- moved to create a ceasefire in Gaza
- didn't create a global trade war
Hmm. I sort of thought he did more than that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is a piece on how my GP practice appeared to be misuing the new online booking service by suggesting it's the only way of making appointments. (ie not through phone or walk-in)
If something similar has happened to you, I'd be interested to hear about it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If something similar has happened to you, I'd be interested to hear about it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is a piece on how my GP practice appeared to be misuing the new online booking service by suggesting it's the only way of making appointments. (ie not through phone or walk-in)
If something similar has happened to you, I'd be interested to hear about it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If something similar has happened to you, I'd be interested to hear about it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
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Appalling from @tottenhamhotspur.com to agree to this too
Where’s their sense of solidarity with all of its supporters
Really shameful this from both sides
Where’s their sense of solidarity with all of its supporters
Really shameful this from both sides
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Appalling from @tottenhamhotspur.com to agree to this too
Where’s their sense of solidarity with all of its supporters
Really shameful this from both sides
Where’s their sense of solidarity with all of its supporters
Really shameful this from both sides
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I don't see what's stopping the European Commission from saying something along the lines of: "We will no longer post on X and we don't think citizens of EU nations should post there either."
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I don't see what's stopping the European Commission from saying something along the lines of: "We will no longer post on X and we don't think citizens of EU nations should post there either."
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I really don't think he's saying that, tho. More that there's a genuine risk of fascist authoritarianism under Reform of the sort we've never seen before under the Tories. Which I don't think is a surprising thing for him to think. Or, tbh, wrong.
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I really don't think he's saying that, tho. More that there's a genuine risk of fascist authoritarianism under Reform of the sort we've never seen before under the Tories. Which I don't think is a surprising thing for him to think. Or, tbh, wrong.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Re-post if you think there’d be a market for this… 👇😻🎄
Plans for an Ozvent calendar are meeting with some scepticism
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Re-post if you think there’d be a market for this… 👇😻🎄
Read in November 2025
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Read in November 2025
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Farage has vowed to cut funding to universities that undermine ‘free speech’. This is just the beginning of the Trump playbook and we know from Johnson’s time there are few constitutional guardrails to stop the abuse of power. Cosying up isn’t going to cut it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Farage has vowed to cut funding to universities that undermine ‘free speech’. This is just the beginning of the Trump playbook and we know from Johnson’s time there are few constitutional guardrails to stop the abuse of power. Cosying up isn’t going to cut it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Tom Stoppard an awful loss. Recommend this from BBC archives. Play of the Week - Professional Foul (1977) by Tom Stoppard & Michael Li... youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
Play of the Week - Professional Foul (1977) by Tom Stoppard & Michael Lindsay-Hogg
YouTube video by Play For Forever
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November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Tom Stoppard an awful loss. Recommend this from BBC archives. Play of the Week - Professional Foul (1977) by Tom Stoppard & Michael Li... youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
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I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
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I 100% recommend @pierrenovellie.bsky.social's book Why Can't I Enjoy Things? - hands down the best first person book on autism I've read. Obviously everyone's experience is different so I also echo others' advice to just talk to other ND folk about their experience and realise you're not alone!
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I 100% recommend @pierrenovellie.bsky.social's book Why Can't I Enjoy Things? - hands down the best first person book on autism I've read. Obviously everyone's experience is different so I also echo others' advice to just talk to other ND folk about their experience and realise you're not alone!
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Here’s a link beyond the paywall. And a donate button, if you wish to support the Tribune.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s a link beyond the paywall. And a donate button, if you wish to support the Tribune.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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Delon’s finest hour imo and maybe even Losey’s finest film (against very stiff competition!)…
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Delon’s finest hour imo and maybe even Losey’s finest film (against very stiff competition!)…
Read in November 2025
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Read in November 2025