@taffysbrother.bsky.social
Left of centre and long in the tooth. Lunar-tic. Fascinated with culture.
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Playing with my phone this morning, Isnap clouds, it's not too clear, but chuffed to snap a swift and contrail together. 🙃
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'This Man Is A Fraud': Unearthed Video Reveals What Farage Used To Think About Robert Jenrick
January 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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"I said Nadhim Zahawi is a respected statesman who will bring invaluable experience to Reform. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a tax-dodging piece of shit"
"You said he's a tax-dodging piece of shit"
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"I said Nadhim Zahawi is a respected statesman who will bring invaluable experience to Reform. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a tax-dodging piece of shit"
"You said he's a tax-dodging piece of shit"
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Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
January 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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ICE officers slipping on ice while trying to terrorize communities is the most accurate metaphor imaginable. No balance. No footing. No moral ground. Just cruelty, incompetence, and gravity doing its thing.
January 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
ICE officers slipping on ice while trying to terrorize communities is the most accurate metaphor imaginable. No balance. No footing. No moral ground. Just cruelty, incompetence, and gravity doing its thing.
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I asked Grok who are the top disinformation spreaders on X. Its list starts with Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Please repost. I find that my posts criticising Musk on X are suppressed by the algorithm.
One day I might write the mega-thread about Musk's promotion of pro-Russian accounts.
Please repost. I find that my posts criticising Musk on X are suppressed by the algorithm.
One day I might write the mega-thread about Musk's promotion of pro-Russian accounts.
January 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I asked Grok who are the top disinformation spreaders on X. Its list starts with Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Please repost. I find that my posts criticising Musk on X are suppressed by the algorithm.
One day I might write the mega-thread about Musk's promotion of pro-Russian accounts.
Please repost. I find that my posts criticising Musk on X are suppressed by the algorithm.
One day I might write the mega-thread about Musk's promotion of pro-Russian accounts.
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What kind of sicko confuses protecting (mainly) women and children from sexual abuse with limiting freedom of speech?
Don't buy Tesla's, don't use X.
Don't buy Tesla's, don't use X.
January 10, 2026 at 10:41 PM
What kind of sicko confuses protecting (mainly) women and children from sexual abuse with limiting freedom of speech?
Don't buy Tesla's, don't use X.
Don't buy Tesla's, don't use X.
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Today was the 24th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo, infamous for its brutal torture of its inmates. For years we have campaigned with some success for the release of innocent detainees & yet 15 remain. Today in London we joined the worldwide protest demanding its closure
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Today was the 24th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo, infamous for its brutal torture of its inmates. For years we have campaigned with some success for the release of innocent detainees & yet 15 remain. Today in London we joined the worldwide protest demanding its closure
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“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
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I wouldn't be surprised if US authorities find an arbitrary way to force Pope Leo into religious exile like the Dalai Lama. I'm not Catholic, but gosh it's refreshing seeing a leader actually LEAD- with integrity, and fearlessly.
Pope Leo doing what Keir Starmer won't do, criticise Trump for attacking Venezuela,
"War is back in vogue. And the zeal for war is spreading"
"The principle established after WWII that prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others has been completely undermined"
"War is back in vogue. And the zeal for war is spreading"
"The principle established after WWII that prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others has been completely undermined"
January 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if US authorities find an arbitrary way to force Pope Leo into religious exile like the Dalai Lama. I'm not Catholic, but gosh it's refreshing seeing a leader actually LEAD- with integrity, and fearlessly.
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Denmark isn't mucking about.
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Denmark isn't mucking about.
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Poetry Corner: In Memoriam Jilly Cooper.
By the Eye’s poet-in-residence E. J. Thribb.
From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’. Available to watch in full on the Eye’s YouTube: youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ
By the Eye’s poet-in-residence E. J. Thribb.
From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’. Available to watch in full on the Eye’s YouTube: youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ
January 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Poetry Corner: In Memoriam Jilly Cooper.
By the Eye’s poet-in-residence E. J. Thribb.
From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’. Available to watch in full on the Eye’s YouTube: youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ
By the Eye’s poet-in-residence E. J. Thribb.
From ‘Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025’. Available to watch in full on the Eye’s YouTube: youtu.be/AQ5Xxj2EwGQ
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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *LeShuttle *Boxt *WeFixLondon *PolishTourismOrganisation *MetallicElephant *DormeoUK *SpeediancegYM *its.co.uk *Agincare *Freshpet *CityMoves *HafrenFurnish *Belgicaweb *AllClearTravel *HousingUnits *TonicSurgery *CandlelightUK *SimplyFactoring *TwistedGifts
GB News is an 'anti-Muslim hate channel', two-year study into output concludes
GB News “accounted for almost 50 per cent of all mentions of Muslims or Islam on UK news channels” in a two-year period, a study has found ...
www.thenational.scot
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *LeShuttle *Boxt *WeFixLondon *PolishTourismOrganisation *MetallicElephant *DormeoUK *SpeediancegYM *its.co.uk *Agincare *Freshpet *CityMoves *HafrenFurnish *Belgicaweb *AllClearTravel *HousingUnits *TonicSurgery *CandlelightUK *SimplyFactoring *TwistedGifts
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"So Mr Trump, what was it that first attracted you to the country with the world's largest oil reserves?"
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
"So Mr Trump, what was it that first attracted you to the country with the world's largest oil reserves?"
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So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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December 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Stones and a shadow.
The stones are on Mars.
The shadow is from a nuclear-battery-powered robot.
Taken earlier today.
The stones are on Mars.
The shadow is from a nuclear-battery-powered robot.
Taken earlier today.
December 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Stones and a shadow.
The stones are on Mars.
The shadow is from a nuclear-battery-powered robot.
Taken earlier today.
The stones are on Mars.
The shadow is from a nuclear-battery-powered robot.
Taken earlier today.
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A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
December 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
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Remembering astronomer Carl Sagan. (November 9, 1934 - December 20, 1996)
"We are all starstuff"
"We are all starstuff"
December 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Remembering astronomer Carl Sagan. (November 9, 1934 - December 20, 1996)
"We are all starstuff"
"We are all starstuff"
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