Reposted by FeatybeeRoger @rogger.bsky.social · 5hWorking in a book shop years ago people would often flag you down asking "do you work here?", and I just could not stop myself saying "Well, 'work' is a bit strong, but what can I do for you?" Across three years I got maybe two laughs and one manager complaint. 31115
Reposted by FeatybeeTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 5hYou should never actually watch it, but a key to understanding Kemi is her Triggernometry interview where she explains her immigration policy, the (very friendly) host explains it back to her, and she immediately declares that isn't what she said, so re-explains it, and then it happens again. 515029
Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 15hI don't know why they stopped pointing that out during the campaign. Kamala & Walz had lovely families, were public servants, hit all the traditional values (family, law & order, fiscal responsibility, etc). It is crazy that a collecion of the worst people in America won. They are all incompetent. 100
Reposted by FeatybeeCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 23hThere is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 10967911953
Reposted by FeatybeeChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17hPretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 45390582007
Reposted by FeatybeeMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The US has withdrawn from GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, which it has been a member of since 2000, ABC reports. Russia and Belarus are the only other countries to have left the group. 51612311
Reposted by FeatybeeMichael Tisserand @tisserand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Watching the Senate hearings like 813972473
Reposted by FeatybeeIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity. 55810197
Reposted by FeatybeeCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 30/09/2026I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them. 202633472
Reposted by FeatybeeElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Same story with a friend of mine, who is now actually quite famous. She dropped out after my university refused to discipline the two men who raped her, and made her sit in the same class with her in her specialized major. Her planned entire career path ended immediately. 8576149
Reposted by FeatybeeRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 150160505375
Reposted by FeatybeeRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”. 191217435
Reposted by FeatybeeOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it. 1222631507
Reposted by FeatybeeDavid Leigh Roth @notonebit.com · 29/09/2026Eric Schmitt earlier today trying to get Jack Smith to perjure himselfstatic.klipy.comSlamdunk FailALT: Slamdunk Fail 742406489
Reposted by FeatybeeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports. 273128132106
Reposted by FeatybeeAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt. 646215973561
Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are some really brave and principled people in the US still. I hope he stays safe and is able to complete the mission he's dedicated himself to. 000
Reposted by FeatybeeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well." 15458312100
Reposted by FeatybeeGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/202694 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 11237701390
Reposted by FeatybeeThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Men, stop telling women you denounce sexual assault and start telling your male friends. 523264741
Reposted by FeatybeeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every private conversation in Westminster: "Well the triple lock obviously has to go at some point". Every commentator on Burnham: "completely mad to propose getting rid of triple lock - political suicide". 39626126
Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe there's a lesson in that for the rest of the UK.... ? 000
Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not only is this pathetically telling of this administrations competence in international diplomacy, but it also looks awful. 000
Reposted by FeatybeeSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lord Gove: "The thing that is really perplexing to me is why these people have been released on bail.." Kevin Maguire: "My guess would be, its because the police have found no evidence of terrorism" #GMB 1414551
Reposted by FeatybeeSamantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 29/09/2026ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, the three leading artificial intelligence assistants, were asked to recommend the best conveyancing solicitor in Doncaster. They all came up with a firm that was ordered by the Solicitors Regulation Authority last year to pay a penalty of £23,549, 241
Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026He will just pivot to "the enemy within". If they are white it will antifa/radical left. He will find a way to use it to stir division, as he's being paid to do. 010
Reposted by FeatybeeJack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am once again pointing out that when politicians say they want less people to go to university or more people to work in a factory, they never mean their own kids. 313335
Reposted by FeatybeeRefugee and Migrant Justice @rmjusticeuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026💔💔💔 Absolutely heart-breaking news that 3 people, including a child, have lost their lives trying to cross the Channel to safety. These aren't just numbers, they are human beings. We must never forget that. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comThree people dead, including a child, in attempt to cross Channel to UKDozens also reported as injured during Monday’s attempted crossing off the coast of Wissant, northern France 23316
Reposted by FeatybeeSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Miliband: "To the millions in this country.. who have been moved & outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people, we hear you. You were right" So scrap the proscription of Palestine Action. End all arms exports to Israel. Impose sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy. 34569202
Reposted by FeatybeeJon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In the year to June 2026, arrivals on resettlement schemes dropped by 50% - around 3,500 fewer people arrived. And @refugeecouncil.bsky.social estimates that since it refugee family reunion was "paused" last September, around 20,000 people have been prevented from applying. 053
Reposted by FeatybeeJon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Safe and legal routes are a good thing, and welcome that Mahmood is going to be saying this later today. But, has to been seen in the context that arrivals will be in the hundreds, and the Government have shut down the Afghan scheme and refugee family reunion. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comUK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and PalestiniansExclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings 11610
Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So we can't raise taxes for the super wealthy as they might leave and then we'll have less tax paid which is bad... but we can force lots of tax payers to leave/ prevent them coming and then have less tax but it is a good thing? Almost like these arguments aren't about economics at all. 000
Reposted by FeatybeeBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Final point on this. There’s nothing new to HO wanting lower numbers and HMT wanting higher numbers. Was ever thus (eg May vs Osborne). What is more surprising is that Mahmood never gets asked about this and the relative silence of Govt ministers (other than Rayner) on positive side of immigration. 66321
Reposted by FeatybeeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This Labour government could have responded to the genocide in Gaza in so many ways, instead they cut aid. This is a dereliction of duty. 361137485
Reposted by FeatybeeJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A genuinely positive step for those who will benefit - but in no way is this a substitute/tradeoff for Mahmood's earned settlement proposals. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comUK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and PalestiniansExclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings 010625
Reposted by FeatybeeDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets. 132495827
Reposted by FeatybeeAndrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You'd hope a member who rose to being an MP and Government minister might have picked up on what the founding purpose of the Labour Party is, but alas no ... 64615
Reposted by FeatybeeMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement 14750275
Reposted by FeatybeeSue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 28/09/20261473 EU citizens living in UK pre-Brexit have been told their settled status was granted in error. Home Office now facing legal action for "a clear breach of the Withdrawal Agreement". That's not going to aid the rebuilding of relations with the EU! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘We’ve done everything by the book’: EU citizens left in limbo after UK government strips post-Brexit residency statusHome Office faces legal action after 1,473 people living in UK before Brexit told settled status was granted in error 33933
Reposted by Featybeelauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026"I installed the Give Away Your Personally Identifying Info app made by the We Love Stealing Your Personally Identifying Info Corp headed by Mr. Steal Your Personally Identifying Info and it gave away all my personally identifying info" 342556541
Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026How does the trending thing work? The first one doesn't match and suggests a story is happening that isn't. The first, 4th and 8th post that come up on it are about Johnson too. 000
Reposted by FeatybeeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time. 752930752
Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Loads of comments on her Facebook page call her a trojan horse/accuse her of being complicit with terrorism/say she's letting people in.... the groups she's trying to appease won't accept her numbers anyway but the lives of countless people will be irreparably damaged by these changes. 000
Reposted by FeatybeeMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Jeff Bezos: Men we are *told* are brilliant businessmen, but every time they open their mouths they prove themselves to be ridiculous idiots. 3702657812
Reposted by FeatybeeOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23132681207
Reposted by FeatybeePatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The fact that we've gotten to the point where this man feels comfortable speaking his mind in public is such an indictment of the 21st century as a whole 54943239
Reposted by FeatybeeAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation 523708642
