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Aphex Gwyn

@aphexgwyn.bsky.social
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27% here for news, politics and current affairs. 34% here for awesome dogs. 39% here to see if the legend that is Mark Hamill replies to any one of my posts. A bit sweary when it comes to racists.

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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't think this is the irrefutable evidence that they claim it is... #EPL #ManCity #ShamCity
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Activist". This is what the BBC has become: whitewashing far-right terrorism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Daniel Thomas arrested over video of dinghy slashing
Police had been looking into footage appearing to show the man, also known as Danny Tommo, slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No doubt they were too busy trying on their new black jackets and balaclavas for the next day. #ACAB www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Police overlooked tip-off day before far-right agitators blocked Dover roads
Details passed to Kent police after people heard in pub boasting about going to Dover to ‘attack Muslims’
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The only way that this ballroom will ever have people dancing there is if he's buried under it.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone."
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It doesn't take a psychic to foresee next year's headlines of "Water companies report record annual profits". www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought
Suppliers could factor water scarcity into charges as part of Ofwat proposal to reduce consumption
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I never again want to hear another mealy-mouthed appeal to stop calling the electorate of Clacton thick and racist.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I love this city. #Donostia #SanSebastian
In the Basque language the sticker reads "Donostia is anti-fascist"
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
By complete fluke, I just took this photo of a little female sparrow demonstrating the evolutionary link from bird to dinosaur.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
OK, who hasn't read ANY European history and thought this would be a good name...?
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
*Breathes a sigh of relief in Welsh*
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Two front pages of The S*n, ten years apart. One was published on the day that Wales were playing in a major international football semi final and the other was when England were. Can you spot the differences...?
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
After all that brinkmanship with re-spotting the ball and staggered run-up nonsense. 😂 Ah, Kylian.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In keeping with parliamentary tradition, in order to resign his seat, Nigel Farage has just been appointed as the Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. And in keeping with Nigel Farage tradition, he can't find that place on a map either.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Apropos of nothing...
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I gather from the media reports that England won the World Cup last night?
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Congratulations to the United States on celebrating 250 years since you first cast off the chains of monarchy to rid yourselves of a crazed and unaccountable autocrat, who would abuse his role to quell dissent, enrich his family, and persecute his foes.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So.... is anyone *not* supporting Cabo Verde...?
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
How do you say "one man team" in Mexican...?
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Kane unable.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Go, Congo! 💙 💛 ❤️
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Spare a thought for Laura Kuenssberg, Chris Mason and Nick Robinson, as they face a frustrating wait to learn who they will be undermining next.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Well, between this guy and yesterday's performance against Portugal, I'll be tuning in and supporting DRC now!
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Most of the fans haven't arrived yet but US border forces have already detained one player and barred an official from entering the country. God help fans who are travelling from Latin American or Middle Eastern countries. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
Top African referee Omar Artan refused access to US before World Cup
Omar Artan was going to be the first Somalian to officiate at a World Cup but was refused entry at Miami airport despite a valid travel visa
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
He knew about Concerned Citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where "traditional values" meant "hang someone". - Terry Pratchett
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This is not satire. I repeat. This is not satire! www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05...
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
How on earth do Reform "top" the poll when Plaid are a percentage point ahead of them? The BBC are openly cheering for a Reform government at this point.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
OK, there's got to be a dodgy roll on that table in the Crucible, yes?
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I'm no fan of Starmer but I don't recall this kind of wall-to-wall media coverage when Boris Johnson elevated the Russian son of a KGB operative to the House of Lords. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Keir Starmer faces ‘judgment day’ as Mandelson vetting debacle grows
As revelations mount and accusations fly, prime minister prepares for MPs’ anger and Olly Robbins’ testimony early next week
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@aiannucci.bsky.social, was this you???
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Most of the world today...
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I feel that I'll be posting this again in only a matter of weeks.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Aye, but he's Scottish. The Yanks'll be outnumbered.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It shouldn't need this for the UK government to stop enabling ethnic cleansing from a rogue nation that has never been our ally. It really shouldn't. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike
Four more who had paused opt not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
All the usual "Stand Your Ground", Second Amendment advocates have been remarkably quiet for the last 12 months...
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
These people have lost the fucking plot.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I don't know about you, but I don't think that there's going to be much demand overseas for a workforce of angry, xenophobic, monoglots with a couple of GCSEs between them...
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Kemi Badenoch's shadow government is now further to the right that Nick Griffin's BNP were.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
One of the many ludicrous points that stand out in the Tories' plans to strip potentially hundreds of thousands of UK residents of their leave to remain is section 3.4 below: 🧵
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Why are all the UK news outlets reporting this proposed tax as a tax on landlords when anyone with on iota of the real world knows that it's inevitably going to be paid by their tenants as they pass the cost on? www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
theguardian.com
UK landlords could face tax from rents that may raise £2bn
Treasury reportedly considering budget move expanding national insurance to include rental income
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Imagine what the UK would be like today if Nigel Farage's plane had hit the ground just a little bit harder all those years ago.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
While it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions. - Terry Pratchett
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Here we go again! #Trump #Musk #Fight
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I'm beginning to think they don't know what they're doing... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform UK fulfils pledge to scrap LTNs in its council areas as none exist
All 10 council areas controlled by rightwing party tell the Guardian they have no low-traffic neighbourhoods
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?” “Why?” “It saves time.” ― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
#Tesla fans and #ElonMusk worhsippers shouting about other car manufacturers doing Nazi things - in 1930s Germany, no less - is not the winning defence that they seem to think it is...
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I'm surprised that Jordan Peterson agreed to do an interview with a DEI hire...
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Aphex Gwyn @aphexgwyn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I thought I'd give #PMQs a try for the first time in several weeks to see if Kemi Badenoch had improved her game. Her very first question was a scattergun rant about "eco-zealots". I switched off. She's dreadful.
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