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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP.
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Once Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/2026
23 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Nigel Farage who was literally given a £5 million gift by a crypto billionaire wants to end "something for nothing" Britain
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Museums pro tip: Want to know if there's a bat flying around your galleries? Simply listen to all the visitors saying "there is a bat flying around the galleries."
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The BBC hate us so much that they only had me on Question Time 38 times and have had Zia Yusuf on 8 times in less than two years, despite the fact that nobody even voted for him. Now that's what I call bias.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
August babies who never got cupcakes in class in elementary school and have spent the rest of their lives bitter about it hive rise up!!!! (I’m not allowed to complain about this since my Dad’s birthday is literally Christmas and my sister’s is New Year’s)
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Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Selfie with the recently-uncovered Network Northwest sign at Deansgate, in pristine condition! It won’t be here much longer, though…
Original 1989 Deansgate station sign with GMPTE ‘M-blem’ and Network Northwest branding
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Important announcement.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Traffic is down but good luck trying to get a seat at the food court in Westfield Stratford.
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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“I am the most verbally and physically attacked public figure or politician of modern times.” The disgraceful Nigel Farage. Remembering Labour MP Jo Cox, born 1974, murdered 2016.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage resigns his seat in Clacton forcing a by election which he ... er plans to stand in. Huge performative cost to the taxpayers to feather his ego. I hope it backfires spectacularly
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I’m sure I’ve posted here or at the other place about the bloke in Slough who rides a recumbent bike. Nearly took my ankles out again today. Comes through the narrowest gaps at speed, no warning given, no f***s given.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people. By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I didn’t get shat on by a bird today. I think that counts as an achievement.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/06/2026
⚠️ The money flooding into Reform UK is a danger to our society and our democracy. www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/j…
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‘It is unsustainable’: Reform’s billionaire donors inspire panic in Westminster
While huge donations are nothing new in UK politics, some fear electoral finance is distorting democracy itself
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Starmer accuses Musk of trying to ‘whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murder
PM says Britons are ‘reasonable, tolerant people’ and backs MP’s legal action against Grok firm over fake sexualised images
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The way the entire British media is suddenly discussing 'two tier policing' as if it is a real thing worth seriously debating, rather than the obvious far-right white supremacist fantasy it has always been, is very alarming
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Keir Starmer's response to Nigel Farage at PMQs just now was probably the most powerful and eloquent I have seen him in the Commons. The full answer is worth reading.
“A grieving family have asked us not to respond in the way that the leader of Reform has responded. They've asked us not to. They have lost their son in the most appalling circumstance. They make a simple plea of us as human beings to please not exploit that. That is their plea to us. 
“We all need to reflect on those words of Henry's father. My response, and the response of others to be fair, has been focused on the lessons to be learned so we can deliver justice. “His response has been to appeal for rage – rage. That's his response to a father who has lost his son and asked for that not to happen.
“Exploiting this tragedy to create grievance and division would be wrong in any circumstances, but to do it when the family are expressly saying please don't is unforgivable. It shows exactly who he is.”
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 02/06/2026
Henry Nowak’s father’s words outside court, who is probably the person we most need to hear from today.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
*sets the 'days since tech bros reinvented the bus' sign back to zero.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Not just here. I’m at a professional conference and the majority of the attendees are boomers.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
There's an exceptionalist belief that the UK's immune to the worst political extremes. In reality, we were lucky not to get a fascist government in the 1930s. Now that the world's richest man supports our most extreme political party, we need more than luck. We need to get the money out of politics.
Elon Musk's quote-tweet of a post by Rupert Lowe MP, stating "Only Restore Britain can save Britain"
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Except at Düsseldorf Airport where you have to pay €3.70 for a new bottle.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Today’s ‘professional driving’. Crossed the stop line without space to clear both the pedestrian crossing and the junction behind. YX17 OHE
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/04/2026
EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027. The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Also tonight I’ve had someone randomly asking me if I knew the German word for fridge. He seemed amazed that after about 15 seconds I replied with “Kühlschrank“.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The UK: Fill up your water bottles with our chilled filtered water from a dispenser. Germany: Here is a tap.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Ok people why is Heathrow colder than Glasgow?
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Err… @poggs.com - I don’t think we’ve commissioned this yet! (It’ll be PGR 003 when commissioned).
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Excellent piece from Fraser Nelson - definitely worth a read - frasernelson.substack.com/p/how-jews-a...
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How Jews and Christians came to Muslims' defence
What an open iftar revealed about Britain’s changing language on faith - and the solidarity now emerging in response
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 23/03/2026
So, about those Eid prayers in London... "What's the highest thing in Trafalgar Square?" "Nelson's column, innit?" "And the highest thing on the column?" "Nelson." "And on Nelson?" "His hat." "And the highest thing on his hat?" "That bit that sticks up." 1/8
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone
Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas
@aandeloucas.com:

In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University:

Nine majors "sunsetting":
• Classical civilization
• Classics (Greek and Latin)
• Digital humanities
• Fine arts
• German
• Latino-Latin American studies
• Middle Eastern studies
• Modern Jewish studies
• Russian
ALTThe First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy
Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education.
The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin).
Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership.
By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 12/03/2026
Ed Miliband must step in and bar Tesla from holding an energy licence. Elon Musk is a threat to our national security and clearly not a fit person to operate in our energy industry. We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X.
“Elon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain.” A subheading underneath says: “Ofgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs.”
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Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
this is why we have universal vaccination; to protect children before they can get their own shot
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail. Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Ok people. What’s the deal with standing up ready to get off the Eurostar at St Pancras, when the train only left the Channel tunnel five minutes earlier?
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Tommy Robinson visited the US State Department today at the invite of the Trump administration. He's Britain's most prominent far-right street thug with criminal convictions for assault, violence, fraud, stalking & harassment. He was jailed in 2012 for trying to enter the US with a false passport.
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Yeah, the Greens are one of those parties where I sometimes go 'I'd take you more seriously if you told me something you'd do that I don't like, because politics in practice always involves some compromises,' and now I'm going Oh God Not Like That.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Zia Yusuf used the tragic death of Amy Houston in his speech today. Her dad explicitly asked politicians not to do this in 2013. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The memory of my daughter Amy Houston has been dishonoured | Paul Houston
Paul Houston: My daughter's death was used to undermine the Human Rights Act. I now see how wrong that was
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Sounds very reminiscent of Ceaușescu’s Romania. Disturbing.
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”. Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law. Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I was born and raised in Gorton and Denton, and I absolutely guarantee you Reform won't put it first. They won't even put Britain first. They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 22/01/2026
457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Replace ABC Corp with Network Rail and this would describe several of my former colleagues.
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Tom @cranium84.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
In all the time I’ve spent here and in the other place, I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to refer someone to Arkell v. Pressdram. Something about the people using the Meta equivalent that makes me want to do it regularly.
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