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🇮🇪 Twitter exile, runner, maker of bad puns and haver of Opinions, which are my own.
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irradiatedmouse.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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dempster2000.bsky.social
Half Ma’am Half Brisket
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
weepotatoes.bsky.social
Chris Rea, there, going onto the list of people who I didn't realise were utterly lovely until I read their obituaries.
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
weepotatoes.bsky.social
This just triggered a memory of a colleague walking into my office to ask the burning question; Emily, I keep hearing people talking about it but what IS a Gaddafi?
georgesandison.bsky.social George Sandison @georgesandison.bsky.social · 12d
It's not a retail story, but the dumbest question I was asked at work - indeed, possibly ever... - was when a former line manager, mid-passionate discussion with colleagues, said, 'George is smart, let's ask George. Is it the Earth that goes round the sun, or the sun that goes round the Earth?'
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
weepotatoes.bsky.social
Be more Robin.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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adsquires.bsky.social
It does rather seem that people with politically or socially left wing views (Lineker, Ince) are not allowed to express them publicly, whereas those with right wing views (Neil, Davies) are. So at the very least, the BBC is inconsistent, which is problematic.
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
weepotatoes.bsky.social
No Robin = no Monkey Cage.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 15d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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marshdavies.bsky.social
Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits.

"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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miaganga.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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glennyrodge.bsky.social
"We're going to have a traditional English Christmas this year, even though we live in Venezuela."
"Caracas?"
"Yes, and Christmas pud."
"Get out".
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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miamidsa.org
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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explaintrade.com
Elon Musk spending billions of dollars to buy a social network to replicate what it's like to have friends who like you, and an AI to replicate what it's like to have a supportive father who praises you, only to have both consistently turn on him is Promethean torture if Prometheus had deserved it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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adamweinstein.bsky.social
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
Adam Scott meets the Chicago Pope
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
weepotatoes.bsky.social
But Harry, the train didn't choose to have a poppy painted on it, so you could just paint poppies onto Muslims.

See how you get on, like.
soozuk.bsky.social Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Nov 9
It's Remembrance Sunday so it's time to share the greatest ever post about the fallen.
tweeted pic of a train with a poppy on the side and the caption "So much respect for this train. But how can a train can wear a poppy but a Muslim can't #smh #edl #farage"
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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paulbernal.bsky.social
How dare they, says Darren Jones, letting the voters down is our job.
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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kiswanson.medsky.social
Ryan Moulton @moultano Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
weepotatoes.bsky.social
Nothing says 'honouring the fallen' quite like a church steeple vomiting blood
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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misterabk.bsky.social
My first time playing "A Lad":
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
weepotatoes.bsky.social
I ♥️NY

A little nervous about what comes next but so full of hope watching the decent Americans being decent.
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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glennyrodge.bsky.social
[in court]

PROSECUTOR: Murdererssaywhat

ACCUSED: What?

PROSECUTOR: The prosecution rests, your honour
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM