Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Always worth remembering that xenophobia and racism are hobbies and treats for the people we are meant to think of as mainstream centre right; demonising benefit claimants is their job 0144
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Top three articles on the Times website are currently a barrage of hate against funding for disabled people, including an attack on Access to Work *which is money to help disabled people find/stay in paid work* 13324119
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I see the Times is going full on attack disabled individuals as scroungers and layabouts with no consideration for how PIP is not an "out of work benefit" and how for many it is essential support to actually work and live. 2430199
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...404media.coCharacter.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't WorkCharacter.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say. 7849861876
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyJenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 13/10/2026increasingly I have come to believe that men sexually assault and harass *other men* far more than is clearly understood, and I suspect that grappling with that will be crucial to bringing about real change. 451323267
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Modi has lost it. "The govt has responded by massively increasing the security presence in the capital. Around thirty thousand police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, internet services have been disrupted, trains to Delhi have been cancelled, metro stations and roads have been closed." 8858330
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I'm sure the Kremlin was delighted we voted to leave the EU, but I also think it's passing the buck to blame it on Russian interference. Russia's role in Brexit was tiny compared to that of unscrupulous hedgies, ambitious politicians and decades of lies from right wing newspapers. 67588114
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyPeter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Hard to devise a better metaphor for the past decade and a half of Premier League football than Man City winning while playing with an extra man. 16574208
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026When I say the politics will become increasingly obvious... I mean look at this. If you want to unite the left/centre and split the Tories, without a big spending committment there's no better option. 44585164
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me. 12074171894
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Another interesting thing about the New Racism is it is, I think, Britain’s first totally post-imperial ideology. The hardcore racists of old thought that white South Africans were superior because they were white, they would never have claimed that they weren’t a culture distinct from England. 111329
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🔴 SCOOP: The chair of a lobbying firm paid by the UAE sits on a government council advising ministers on how Britain uses sport and culture abroad. As Man City's verdict puts Abu Dhabi in the spotlight, our latest investigation 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-u...democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: UAE lobbyist advising UK government on sport and foreign policyFGS Global chair Roland Rudd accused of "blatant conflict of interest" for advising ministers on foreign affairs while his firm lobbies for UAE embassy 7376178
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From the new Private Eye 572734988
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I lost friends over antisemitism in Labour. I tried to argue that the fact that people on the right were trying to use antisemitism as a weapon against Labour (and they were, in bad faith) did not mean that antisemitism did not exist in Labour (it did). This argument still echoes. 2245155
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Best part of this muddled article by one of Bloomberg's money guys is that two of the charts make a compelling case that knee-jerk opposition to AI is wholly justified because technological progress doesn't increase productivity, it just enables greater income extraction by capital. Oops! 9607183
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Labour was polling a little over 30% when these articles were written. It is genuinely strange that the Conservative Party is not being subjected to the same obituaries by op-ed given its frequent sub-20% polling. 2048195
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyStéphanie says… 🏴☠️🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026How Gender Criticalism has moved on from “We just have legitimate concerns” to cheering on those who killed a trans person. 2322104
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’ve been a media witness to two federal executions. One was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The other, a week later, was a drug kingpin named Juan Raul Garza. My conclusion after watching both men die: The death penalty should not exist. Period. It fixes nothing, and it erodes our souls. 501234276
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread: 611048443
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 01/10/2026I will never forget all the cynical gainsaying and disinformation about the strike on Al-Ahli hospital ten days into Israel’s destruction of Gaza. ‘Fog of war’. Almost three years later, fewer than half of Gaza’s hospitals remain even partially functional and there is no fog. Only dust and rubble.theguardian.comNew Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in GazaSatellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire 6383145
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyAlf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish. 291519220
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14826811211
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/09/2026Fatima Zahra El Mansouri was named Morocco’s first female prime minister after her party swept parliamentary elections last week.washingtonpost.comMorocco appoints its first female prime ministerA royal decree issued by Morocco’s King Muhammed VI tasked Fatima Zahra El Mansouri with forming a new cabinet, probably a coalition government with other political groups. 211218
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyAndrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 26/09/2026The BBC is part of the problem... 24697259
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyDean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Healy on ITV just now saying we have a system which asks "how much are you entitled to" and that's absolutely not true, the welfare system in the UK has loads of conditionality to look for and find work, it's so weird Labour keep pretending otherwise 526552
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyCNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. cnn.it/4huSk5M 69460277
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyMohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social 131399541
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You have to ask what the fuck the Parades Commission thought would happen when they approved this march. Because how things are panning out cannot possibly be a surprise to anyone. It's shaping into a huge PR win for the Orange Order and a no-good-options choice for the Secretary of State.bbc.co.ukDrumcree: Protests as controversial Orange Order march due to go ahead for first time since 1997The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges. 4174
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 26/09/2026Not one single new reservoir has been completed in England since privatisation This is a national security issue, and many MPs have been raising the alarm about it Our NEW REPORT explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership so we can invest in our water: vist.ly/5jy48 27335
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026We're in the era of incompetence & cybercrimes headlined as "unprecedented model capabilities gone rogue." So OpenAI & Anthropic are trying to one up each other with such incompetence because the "press release as a service" performing media & clueless politicians parrot pre IPO CEO talking points. 6602233
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyAsh Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 25/09/2026Why have we reached a stage where people call in to @natashadevon.bsky.social and say they want people to drown? Well headlines like this don’t help. Let’s forget that numbers are way down on years previous and just keep stoking fear and division. This is why the RNLI is under attack. 61596146
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution. 562268533
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyWill Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026But the election isn't being held tomorrow so what's the fucking point 2205
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The urgent review should be looking at the far-right stabbing through dinghies at sea and attacking search and rescue crews - not migrants landing without interception. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHome Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in KentThe arrivals of two unescorted migrant boats mark the first uncontrolled landings recorded in the UK since 2025. 23813
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyDavid Timoney @fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around ‘free speech’ and ‘cancel culture’: whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 014359
Reposted by Bobby O'Malleyflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026How is this working out for everyone, by the way? Surely fifteen years of standing behind the Tories, Farage, the Sun and the Mail while they demand our lunch money has done the trick, so there’s no need to keep saying “Yeah, do what he says” or “Do you want me to hold your jacket for you, Nige”. 614743
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyNick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI 301472412
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just as well those committing wrongs against the RNLI are not holding placards supporting a proscribed organisation, else they would really be in trouble. 01242312
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. 1042177958
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/20266. As far as we can see, the rescuer was okay - though this is bordering on attempted murder. RNLI then headed towards the Solent, AIS off and chased by the far-right. Authorities in Portsmouth likely were warned that people would be offloaded and processed at Gosport, so Thomas rallied activists. 14964154
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 21/09/202618 years after the party conference that birthed the policy, allow me to repost my 2014 oped attacking the politically pointless policy of supposedly progressive parties raising the income tax threshold- giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comTax cuts are exactly what the UK doesn’t needThe financial crisis turned a smart idea into a regressive own goal, writes Giles Wilkes 45012
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyDave, just Dave @davew66.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My friends son turned 18 recently. These two “men” attacked him without provocation yesterday afternoon at Liverpool St station. 2 lost teeth, broken collarbone, 8 stitches. Hope the #COYS family coming back from the game share this and get them what they deserve. www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/new...btp.police.ukCCTV images released after serious assault at station – Central LondonDetectives investigating a serious assault at Liverpool Street railway station are releasing images in connection. 53348
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The US has murdered four more people after blowing up a small boat in the Caribbean. Southern Command alleged the vessel was involved in “narcotics-trafficking”. 57924371
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Years of discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community, continuing homophobia and transphobia, all coupled with ageism. Older LGBTQIA+ facing ongoing discrimination/ stereotyping/judgment. Things were meant to be better by now. Instead they just seem to go backwards. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 17027
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleySunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Reform have launched an app & game for real-time tracking of boats crossing the channel. But some supporters have said it is boring because so little happens. There were 3 boats in last 7 days www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukFury as Reform UK launch small boats mobile ‘game’Reform launches mobile game amid questions over party’s £72 million donations 39391172
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...nicolakelly.substack.comThe RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroesI have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like. 341523492
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleyJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026What on earth is happening? 23833111337
Reposted by Bobby O'MalleySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Really is amazing how many Reform and UKIP elected officials have been arrested over years. So unlucky. 691527266
