Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 6hI'm sick of these arseholes warning us about the shit they're building. 000
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 18h“[The death penalty] should be public, it should be quick, it should be televised." (Charlie Kirk, 2024) 010
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Imagine an Olympics where the incentive was not to run faster or jump higher than the other competitors, but to degrade, trip, obstruct, smear, or attack those you think might outpace you. That's where American politics is. Social media is the accelerant that shifts the incentives. 020
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Anyone who's had to read these books out loud will thank Alfonso Cuaron for fixing the plot and chopping out a hundred pages of shite about House Elves unionising. 060
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026He didn't even thank us for our attention to this matter! 030
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Remember when Al-Qaeda used to livestream the killing of hostages? The killing was appalling enough, but their wish to show it, and to have others have to witness it, was what made their actions *obscene*, their ideology abject and repulsive. 010
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I love being told by billionaires that we won't have to worry about money or work so much, very very soon. 160
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026British slang has the term “cradle snatcher” for precisely this purpose. I don’t hear it so much any more, but I hope young people still use it to warn each other. 010
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm delighted to learn this, not least because the next item on my task list, which is to take my pet geese to see a well-known play by Samuel Beckett, is also a palindrome: "TO DO: Geese see Godot". 1615
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I don't get what the problem is with "same-sex" bathrooms. I have two of them in my house without any trouble. Just kidding. I also work in a high-school that has gender-neutral bathrooms and they're cool. 030
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Bayeux Museum has posted a high-resolution scan of the tapestry, annotated and contextualised. You can zoom in on any section of it in incredible detail. Your phone is not up to the job: get out of the way. www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeu...bayeuxmuseum.comExplore the Bayeux Tapestry online - Bayeux MuseumFor the first time, you will be able to freely explore the entire Bayeux Tapestry scene by scene with a never seen quality of images ! 031
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This make me cleverer? Like, literally brainier? Preferably by the end of the week would be awesome. 000
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Either we are going to win, or China is going to win." Win what? And who is this "we" he's talking about. Cos it sounds like he means him. 020
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And it would be nice if the disgrace was proportionately born by men and women. 060
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And to be clear, I wish it was the fascism that was going to see this administration run out of town in disgrace, but in the absence of sufficient public US opposition to, er.... all the fascism, this will have to do. 190
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I also agree that this should stay private. Unless the politician is privately screwing around, lying and cheating on the public's time and money, all the while building a political career based on "family (i.e. anti-queer) values". In which case, fair game. 290
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I don't care what it is that topples the Trump administration in the long run, so it might as well be this. I wish it was the fascism rather than the gas prices, which are still amongst the lowest in the world, jeez. 072
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Even after these ten years, it's still amazingly hard to fathom how deep of an asshole one would have to be to take over a prestigious arts centre (something in which he has previously shown no interest) and shut it down if it doesn't put your name on the front. 000
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026And "voice analysis experts" ("sometimes her voice is deeper than at other times!") can get in the bin, too. 000
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026One of the many bad things to come out of the Elizabeth Holmes case is that it kept "body language experts" in business for a few more years to come. Oh, yes please: *do* tell me more about how you were uniquely qualififed to detect sinsiter mannerisms from this convicted criminal. 120
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026LOL: 'During the late 1990s, Scott publicly declared himself a virgin, and claimed to have taken a pledge of abstinence until marriage. In 2012, when asked if he was still following his pledge, he replied, "Not as well as I did then."' 000
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Where did they get "private" fighter jets from? And with a day's notice? 110
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Whether it’s marketing or not, can you imagine if other organisations claimed in public that “this thing we’re building might just destroy all human life”. There would be SWAT teams. 000
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026And the Danish troops, now derided by the Trump administration because they won't gift-wrap Greenland, who suffered the highest per capita losses of all the coalition forces in Afghanistan. 030
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The need to make sure this kind of politics doesn't continue after Trump is gone transcends party politics. 000
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I do, too. I want justice. And there's little you can think that wouldn't be deserved. But public scorn and hatred from the people who used to be loyal to him is the best way to poison the roots of his legacy and ensure that he goes out in the shame and squalor of abject rejection. 000
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Trump will trash America and tank the economy, and he will blame Americans while proclaiming himself a martyr and a victim. Stop expecting he's going to be held accountable or made remorseful, and focus on the de-Trumpification of the American people. 2132
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I'm with Sarah Longwell on this: no impeachment. That only strengthens his base, and we need to see his approval ratings tank even further to innoculate America against voting for this kind of politics for the foreseeable future. 3240
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It sounds like one of those dementia fibs where you saw something on TV so much you can't tell that it isn't your own memory. 2202
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We're dealing with the true connoisseurs of European totty. They can identify a doable dolly-bird from the regional flags on her knickers. 010
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026static.klipy.comSpice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink SuitAlt: Spice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink Suit. Is that who Rubio is supposed to be in this picture? 110
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The fact that these dogshit humans still hold the highest offices in the land is at least definitive proof that cancel culture is not really a thing. 030
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"johnny depp — who was technically not found to be an abuser in US courts" You can do a different (and snappier) blurb for the UK market, where he lost the case and can be legally referred to as "wife-beater Johnny Depp". 130
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026They are equivalent in that if Lake Ontario tells me she would now like to be known as Lake America, I will respect her choice. 010
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It doesn't matter *how* I find out that there's a new Jon Ronson book out, as long as I do. Thanks, Graham. 1840
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A British man is taken upstairs to stand trial over a filing error. His American girlfriend helps him out. 260
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I understand that there are still some Americans who think "IQ" is some useful metric that doesn't make everyone using it sound like an absolute bell-end. But why wasn't he laughed out of Europe for this shit ages ago? 110
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'm sure the British press will have a completely normal one that day. 040
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026They're a couple of steps further down the road to nothingness than the people who use AI to *cheat at their hobbies*, I'll give 'em that. 010
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Luckily America has a healthy political discourse and a robust free press that will make sure that he is asked about *nothing else* while he's campaigning. Oh.... wait.... 020
Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Haha, I read this and thought you'd given the film 1 out of 10! I'll come back to this thread when I've seen the film. It hasn't come out here yet... 010
