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Big Fez

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Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, I for one am an economist who supports rent controls! Here’s why 🧵: Markets only work well if: -buyers & sellers have roughly equal power -producers respond to price signals & expand supply in response to scarcity -buyers can walk away if prices get too high
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Ultimately we created an entire culture around the idea that buying property was a one way bet, that policy would underwrite.
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Liam Robbens @liam.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Worth noting — as most coverage omits it — that Peggie called Dr. Upton "a freak", "a weirdo" and "it". Peggie said she would like to post bacon to a mosque. Peggie reacted to news of deaths in flooding in Pakistan by saying "What goes around comes around, they've been flooding Britain for years."
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Transport politics is so good because all of it is basically "it is a stupidly inefficient use of space and fuel to let every city dweller have a personal tank" versus "no it isn't"
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BORN 2 WALK / FORCED 2 DRIVE / GET SHRIT AT dashare.zone/products/bor... - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
BORN TOO WALK FORCED TOO DRIVE - FULL OF CHIP BAG'S WONT START AGAIN, NO ONE WATCHES WHERE THERE GOING, A COWARDS TRANSPORT, ASS MOBILE, OIL CHANGE AGAIN, FUCK EM, TO MUCH HONKING TO FAST TO EXPENSIVE BEEP BEEP TO MANY TIRES FUCK CAR'S - AND IM RIGHT AND THATS THAT - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Peter Hitchens, welcome to The War on Cars.
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I for one welcome our new moistened bint overlords
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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Life was so much simpler before I was born and when I’m sleeping or under general anesthesia.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
anyway COME SEE ME IN EDINBURGH
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An Evening with Jonn Elledge | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with Jonn Elledge today.
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Bear Claw Billie (1590/5000) @bearclawbillie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
HEY THIS IS JUST A PAINTING OF A THEATER SHOWING COYOTE VS. ACME
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Edinburgh people! Living Rent Leith are campaigning for the city to prioritise homes instead of holiday lets. There is a petition! You can sign it! www.livingrent.org/edinburgh_ho...
livingrent.org
Homes Not Holiday Lets
We believe in the collective power of tenants to come together to fight for their rights, and use diverse tactics – including direct action when necessary – to achieve this.
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Roger Federer inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame: "This is the greatest honour of my career, and i'm just so incredibly grateful" the Hall, 72, is reported to have said.
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What people usual refer to as 'negative polarisation' should really just be called 'polarisation' because it is the normal case. I do however believe in 'negative moderation' - when someone you ostensibly agree with is *such* a bellend that you instinctively sympathise with your opponents.
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
yowza
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
That goose clearly has a fetish for being yelled at and I refuse to participate.
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absolute horses @jcoglan.com · 18/08/2026
"data centres use far less water than agriculture" oh my god, we'd better put a stop to agriculture then [typing into chatgpt under the table] what is agriculture
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, in heaven. A dog with little wings runs towards her open arms. Off panel, a speech bubble reads “welcome to Heaven! Here is your dog!”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. She says, “where’s my cat?”
The third panel zooms out. There are dogs with little wings everywhere. Sarah says, “Where’s ANY of the cats?”
The fourth panel shows a circle of cats holding hands and dancing gleefully surrounded by flames in hell.
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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
(Showing the barber a picture of me & him skipping hand-in-hand through a tulip field) Can I get something like this
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Today, apparently uniquely, is not the day to harass people for wrongthink
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New substack: without big changes, slow growth is normal: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/stagnation...
chrisdillow.substack.com
Stagnation: the norm
We need more than tinkering if we are to raise economic growth significantly.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps
Top is a map of the US with “Google search volume for “eyes hurt” April 3 to April 10 2024” with a hot line running from Texas north east through to Maine.  The bottom map shows the path of the total solar eclipse which runs in a lone from Texas through to Maine
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Pope could be on his way to Glasgow www.heraldscotland.com/spor... @heraldsport.bsky.social
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bike helmets should come with different wig attachments for different moods/weather conditions.
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𐇔 BeeVine𐇱𐇳 @succulentubus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The point of the famous "drunk driving" dril tweet is still true without the word "drunk", but you guys aren't ready for this conversation.
@dril

driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,


12:20 PM . 2014-05-09
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
What was that fizzy drink that everyone was obsessed with for a bit there? Something off the internet. What was that all about? Is it still going?
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She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Capitalism kinda feels like a game of monopoly a few guys are refusing to stop playing long after most other players have got bored.
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Likes to travel facing forward gf, likes to travel facing gf bf
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Quite cool www.heraldscotland.com/news/2629500...
heraldscotland.com
Loganair to introduce electric aircraft by 2029 in European aviation first
Glasgow-based Loganair plans to introduce electric aircraft by 2029 after agreeing a deal with BETA Technologies for a new zero-emission fleet.
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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
more than anything else, I'm worried FIFA have a half time in extra time show ready to go
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The right only care when something affects them. Sadiq Khan needs a 24 hour detail, fuck all to say. Diane Abbot gets more abuse than all other MPs combined, fuck all to say. I wish they'd stop pretending he's not using the issue to legitimise his bungs. It's tedious
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just apologised to my cup of tea for forgetting about it. #britishstereotypes
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
is this all that being a "manly man" is to these people? regression to the stage of a civ game where your settler hasn't established their first city yet?
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Martin Rafelt @martinrafelt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
That graph is a masterpiece.
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
an interesting story about economics and about economics
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Michael Cox @zonal-marking.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Another World Cup, another round of “the European dominance is collapsing!” after a couple of results...then another last eight dominated by Europe. The emergence of serious challengers from around the world, anticipated for decades, still hasn’t happened. www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
nytimes.com
Europe is dominating another World Cup. That does not look like changing anytime soon
With six of the eight quarter-finalists coming from Europe, the continent's grip on the world game has tightened
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I think 'mansion tax' is a good name
'I sleep' meme with captions:
"95% of people cannot access a good due to the natural, inevitable operation of the market economy" - guy is asleep
"96% of people cannot access a good due to the operation of the market economy plus a bit of extra tax" - Agent activated
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Again: how was a guy with no observable political skills and no allies, whom nobody liked or wanted, able to not only seize unquestioned control of the opposition but shitehouse his way to power with no plans for how to govern the country? Is that normal, does that happen in other democracies.
Times Radio @ TimesRadio
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Keir Starmer's Former Director of Comms
James Lyons criticises his old boss saying that his proudest moment in Downing Street should have been "something he did once inside No 10" and not "walking through the door"
"We had no plan for government."
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
oligopoly update www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/tay...
scottishhousingnews.com
Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon among companies facing £4.5bn class action over house prices
Seven of the UK's biggest building companies face a £4.5 billion class action due to claims that alleged anti-competitive activity prompted higher prices for homebuyers.
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ancelotti changed the game at half time by telling Vini (and Rayan to a lesser extent) to just hug the touchline and made the pitch much bigger. Looks like Nagelsmann has said something similar!
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Scotland World Cup Back Door Status Update: Group A - ❌ Group B - ❌ Group D - tbc Group E - ❌ Group F - ❌ Group G - tbc Group H - tbc Group I - tbc Group J - tbc Group K - tbc Group L - tbc
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
OBVIOUSLY HE SHOULD STICK TO NET ZERO TARGETS, WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE WE LIVING IN www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM
Burnham is coming under pressure from some to ditch net zero targets but this could be highly damaging on many levels
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is horrific. bsky.app/profile/theg...
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The space vacated by the right was abandoned not only because the right are now fascist wackos, but because anyone trying to occupy that space as the natural party of Sensible Governance ends up holding the bag for a system everyone *fucking hates*.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Political ideology is the strongest predictor of Messi-Ronaldo preference. Authoritarians who like short-form video are more likely to think Ronaldo is the GOAT.
plot predicting messi-ronaldo preference
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
the write ups of the pm's fall never mention his biggest reforms—those that made the uk far, far worse for minorities my latest for @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/starmer-out/
liberalcurrents.com
Starmer Out
Starmer did not "do nothing": he made the country radically more regressive. No wonder he fell.
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TK_Wharton @tkw.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I did not know about the A-pillar blind spot problem (gift article) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The #Edinburgh feed today is about 60% Pride and 40% yesterday's knife attack. #mixedfeelings
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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
does anyone know if there's a game on tonight?
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
women the first time they meet a man that asks them questions and listens to their answers
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/06/2026
A three panel meme of Fred Armisen in Parks & Rec as Raul.

Showing support for Palestine? Straight to jail.

Protesting about climate change? Jail.

Inciting racist riots? Believe it or not, straight to Radio 4 Today programme.
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