Kristian van der Vliet
@vanders.bsky.social
Join me as I continue my Social Media addiction.
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Many commiserations on your post hitting the Discover feed and being found by Americans.
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This is even funnier than it just being Streeting on manoeuvres.
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is even funnier than it just being Streeting on manoeuvres.
Sir Keir Starmer's "I am the leader of the Labour Party" tee-shirt raises a lot of questions already answered by Sir Keir Starmer's tee-shirt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prime Minister will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Allies of the prime minister are worried his job might be under immediate threat.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sir Keir Starmer's "I am the leader of the Labour Party" tee-shirt raises a lot of questions already answered by Sir Keir Starmer's tee-shirt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Do the James Bond/Robocop crossover we've all been waiting for.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Do the James Bond/Robocop crossover we've all been waiting for.
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Oh wow! Are they worried about how they look now or something? Maybe they should have considered this when they made the hated move to begin with. 🙏
BREAKING: The Labour Government will reconsider its block on compensation for Waspi women
Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden has told the Commons the U-turn comes after 'evidence' which had not been considered in the initial decision
Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden has told the Commons the U-turn comes after 'evidence' which had not been considered in the initial decision
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh wow! Are they worried about how they look now or something? Maybe they should have considered this when they made the hated move to begin with. 🙏
Okay well first of all you have to imagine a 𝑛th dimensional non-euclidian space, bisecting a separate but 𝑛+1 bubble universe containing The Daily Mail. Have you done that? Okay good, now 1/522
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Okay well first of all you have to imagine a 𝑛th dimensional non-euclidian space, bisecting a separate but 𝑛+1 bubble universe containing The Daily Mail. Have you done that? Okay good, now 1/522
Once again Reform are fringe loonies who's views are not aligned with the vast majority of the public.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Once again Reform are fringe loonies who's views are not aligned with the vast majority of the public.
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TAKE MY MONEY
Right. Here's my big pitch:
Muppet James Bond
James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye
Dominic Cooper as Bond
Kermit M Frog
Mrs Moneypiggy
Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ
The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
Muppet James Bond
James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye
Dominic Cooper as Bond
Kermit M Frog
Mrs Moneypiggy
Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ
The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
TAKE MY MONEY
Since when the fuck are all the James Bonds's supposed to be the same person? Wasn't it just supposed to be a cover name & moniker for whichever super-secret-superman-spy was doing the job at the time?
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Since when the fuck are all the James Bonds's supposed to be the same person? Wasn't it just supposed to be a cover name & moniker for whichever super-secret-superman-spy was doing the job at the time?
We should simply make Channel 4 the national broadcaster.
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We should simply make Channel 4 the national broadcaster.
The absolute biggest problem of many with British journalism is that journalists have decided they're the special boys & girls who deserve all the attention, and therefore get to *create* the stories instead of, you know, striving to report the facts with as little bias as possible.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The absolute biggest problem of many with British journalism is that journalists have decided they're the special boys & girls who deserve all the attention, and therefore get to *create* the stories instead of, you know, striving to report the facts with as little bias as possible.
No we should definitely keep doing this instead of setting up safe routes.
Second migrant sent to France returns to the UK
The man was detected by biometrics, detained immediately, and will be deported as soon as possible, the Home Office says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
No we should definitely keep doing this instead of setting up safe routes.
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This is Leo Macallan, a TikToker with almost a million followers who transitioned from female to male over ten years ago.
“People always ask me when did you know you were transgender, I knew I was transgender all along, there’s a difference between knowing and having the courage to accept it”
“People always ask me when did you know you were transgender, I knew I was transgender all along, there’s a difference between knowing and having the courage to accept it”
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is Leo Macallan, a TikToker with almost a million followers who transitioned from female to male over ten years ago.
“People always ask me when did you know you were transgender, I knew I was transgender all along, there’s a difference between knowing and having the courage to accept it”
“People always ask me when did you know you were transgender, I knew I was transgender all along, there’s a difference between knowing and having the courage to accept it”
I will also make it illegal to be, be a first relation to, or directly descended from, Rupert Murdoch.
One of my main policy planks will be "Every single person who has ever written for The Spectator to be referred to Prevent"
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I will also make it illegal to be, be a first relation to, or directly descended from, Rupert Murdoch.
Real talk: it is a real psychological condition called Paruresis. For some men it's just the occasional shy bladder but for others it can be a serious problem: I can not travel long distances because it's developed into a fear (which is not entirely unfounded) that I won't be able to piss.
Okay but this is a legit fear and our voices MUST be heard!
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Real talk: it is a real psychological condition called Paruresis. For some men it's just the occasional shy bladder but for others it can be a serious problem: I can not travel long distances because it's developed into a fear (which is not entirely unfounded) that I won't be able to piss.
Okay I mean as fucking useless as UK Labour are, at least they're not like, US Democrats dumb.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Okay I mean as fucking useless as UK Labour are, at least they're not like, US Democrats dumb.
If I got my job wrong 46% of the time I'd rightly be sacked.
Very important to note that benefits weren’t stopped because of evidence of fraud, but because HMRC thought it saw something that *might have been* evidence of fraud. They didn’t check. They just stopped paying.
Absolute contempt for their victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Absolute contempt for their victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If I got my job wrong 46% of the time I'd rightly be sacked.
This is an intimidating olive.
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is an intimidating olive.
The UK has a chronic inability to manage or understand the benefits of building infrastructure.
This isn't just poverty of aspiration, it is incompetence. www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The UK has a chronic inability to manage or understand the benefits of building infrastructure.
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I once had a £3 game on tape from WH Smith for my Spectrum which I am absolutely convinced was impossible to complete. This was in 1988.
the 0% bugs thing is why I just ignore all gamers when it comes to nostalgia. Like yes broken games get shipped these days. They also did back then but they never got fixed.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I once had a £3 game on tape from WH Smith for my Spectrum which I am absolutely convinced was impossible to complete. This was in 1988.
Shit. I thought I got away with it but I think I've got the same cold my wife had last week.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Shit. I thought I got away with it but I think I've got the same cold my wife had last week.
Patatje oorlog is fine but it's nowhere near a chippy curry sauce on chips.
Satee sauce. Trust me.
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Patatje oorlog is fine but it's nowhere near a chippy curry sauce on chips.
Although to be clear the sort of choking people see in porn is dogshit and, naturally, all the fault of Americans. Same as the weird thing with spitting, and women making weird faces and saying "OHHH YEAH FUCK ME" for some reason. It's American misogynistic bullshit.
Without getting into it too much, there are Reasons, most of them related to power play.
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Although to be clear the sort of choking people see in porn is dogshit and, naturally, all the fault of Americans. Same as the weird thing with spitting, and women making weird faces and saying "OHHH YEAH FUCK ME" for some reason. It's American misogynistic bullshit.
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The venue will be decided at conference
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The venue will be decided at conference
The fact the artist didn't put google eyes on the sculpture in the first place just tells you everything you need to know about their jumped up artist opinion (wrong).
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The fact the artist didn't put google eyes on the sculpture in the first place just tells you everything you need to know about their jumped up artist opinion (wrong).