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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You're never too old to appreciate a hedgehog.

David Attenborough at 90, looking at a hedgehog.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Instagram algo seems to mostly think I should be preparing to hibernate.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

love to search for a "tweet" on "google"

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Someone decided the headless statue was immodestly attired.

A seated statue of a woman. She has her hands in her lap across her skirts, she is topless and headless. However across the grey of the statue's torso someone has spraypainted a strappy top in garish red.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I couldn't keep watching the movie after she showed up.

The wicked witch of the west, from The Wizard of Oz.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I knew Jonathan Liew on the City verdict wouldn't disappoint.

These are almost philosophical questions, questions of justice and ethics and morality. Do you decide that the strict imperative is to punish or “cancel” the harm done, as Kant or Hegel might have argued? Do you agree with Durkheim that the point of punishment is not exemplary deterrence but the reinforcement of shared moral values, or with Bentham that the infliction of pain for its own sake simply prolongs the original sin, and that the emphasis should always be on averting future evil? And do any of these scenarios end with Victor Lindelöf lifting a Premier League trophy?

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OK yeah in fairness this is incredible content.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

OK am I confused about the story itself or about the word blackmail because I would describe that as a threat.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just one of the most chaotic apostrophe choices I've ever seen

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I guess I'm not surprised the graffiti in Crystal Palace is in Latin though I do think the marking is a bit harsh.

Graffito reading CARP DEIM which someone else has amended to read carpe diem, adding underneath: 6/10 Try harder.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OK well you can book a blood appt less than 24 hours away just FYI

My arm with a tube coming out of it. In the tube is top quality A positive

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The New Yorker offers some pretty deep cuts.

Sheeran's music is "beige and bland" - a protester

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just remember, you're basically werewolves.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes one bottle of the mid-century Chartreuse for four grand please.

Chartreuse Green Liqueur, 1951-1956. £4,000.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I like this anti-doomerism plea from Terence Eden.

Everywhere you look there are signs of progress and hope.

Doomerism, by its nature, is a reactionary concept. It's like those weirdos who reply to every funny story on the web with "didn't happen". An utter unwillingness to acknowledge that - yeah - some stuff happens. The world doesn't change as quickly as you'd like and politicians are never quite as brave in government as they are when campaigning - but stuff gets done!

When the Mayor of London introduced various measures to prevent polluting vehicles from poisoning London, the Doomers said it was pointless. Today we know it led to a substantial reduction in hospital admissions.

You see Doomers bleating about how the Panama Papers exposé led to nothing. That's contrary to all the people prosecuted. Did everyone get the justice they deserve? No. But to reduce it to a nothingburger is the essence of Doomerism. "I don't remember anything important happening, therefore the world is terrible."

Doomerism always feels to me like a psyop designed to keep people dispirited. When everything is reduced to a "yeah, but they won't do anything" then you end up disenfranchising people.

Are there terrible things which need changing? Absolutely!

Are politicians doing everything that you specifically want? Probably not!

Are incremental changes happening if you bother looking for the evidence? Yes.

Why aren't these people looking at what is actually happening, reading about what is being tried, understanding what trade-offs are being considered? Is engaging with reality really that difficult?

I guess a nuanced or positive take doesn't get you as much social media engagement as a childish howl of rage.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Christ imagine having to apologise to China for shitting yourself

‘I’m genuinely sorry’: Australian Hyrox athlete who soiled herself apologises to China and rivals
Joanna Wietrzyk ‘regrets’ decision to keep racing
She forfeits points from her win in the Beijing race

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wish I'd seen this one first, look at his stakeholder face

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When the humble local breakdance club finally makes it to nationals

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Jack Grealish (with a look of trepidatious wonder lifting his gaze upwards) and Jordan Pickford get ready for Everton v Wolves in the Carabao Cup. Photograph: Steve Flynn/Every Second Media/Shutterstock

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Slightly unsure how much was due to the artwork being kept in vaults too close to Tiananmen Square and how much was due to Chinese animators being arrested, killed or otherwise detained.

Directors insisted every one of the millions of bubbles shown in the underwater scenes be hand-drawn, not photocopied. This led Disney to farm out the creation of bubbles to Pacific Rim Productions, based in Beijing. Animators there worked on bubbles while students demonstrated just a few blocks away at Tiananmen Square.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So, why did Britain and America succumb to fascism in the 2020s? Well it seems they fell under the thrall of the charismatic strongman, they were bewitched by these dynamic dictators promising macho dominance, virility and a glorious master race.

A gelatinous blob of roiling flesh, putrid lips seeking to flee a puckered vestige of a face while also serving as President of the United States of America.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Instagram you're not my boss I don't give a fuck how I'm doing on my KPIs shut up.

Your weekly recap is ready. See how sharing content consistently for 3 weeks paid off.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Every time this does the rounds it annoys me again. What exactly is your understanding of what happened in the 20th century.

kind of a bummer to have been born at the very end of the fuck around century just to live the rest of my life in the find out century

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If I scroll down a bit the Copilot ad starts blocking out the Gemini ad.

An unreadable hellscape of a future, courtesy of the Guardian's website.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"learn more" ok I can 't even learn what this article says

Ad for Copilot which obscures about a fifth of the article I want to read on either side rendering it useless

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Even more than your average horse, for sure

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Revisiting this idea from Chuck Jones that it's not merely that comedy is down to timing but the level of precision can be quite extreme.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What a lot of people don't want to acknowledge is that these men, entirely through their own efforts, did actually protect thousands of women and children, making them safer simply by leaving the family home for the day.