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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How much does it cost to get a favourable political story on the front page of a national newspaper? As little as £30k, it appears: iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jour…

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just discovered what Nigel Farage has been doing whilst avoiding constituency work:

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Dan Neidle published a short piece proposing a new tax. It involves a deck of cards, monkeys throwing darts, and is clearly insane. As he writes, It's also almost exactly how social care works in England. taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/07/27/s...

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How social care costs work in England - and why it’s mad

One in seven of us will face care costs above £100,000, decided by luck rather than need. We explain how England’s social care charging system really works.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thought for the day: if you’re going to ‘park the bus’ first make sure you have a bus to park.

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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

👏🇬🇧👏🇬🇧👏🇬🇧👏🇬🇧👏🇬🇧 Bin4theWin! c/o Chris Barker #countbinface #clacton

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

JD Vance urging the Ukrainians to be defensive is peak pro-Putin lobbying by the Trump administration. Now that Ukraine is doing better than they ever imagined, they want Ukraine to back off and take a deal Putin would go for. Nothing has changed. The US is with Russia.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Following the latest Farage revelations Clacton has erected a new town sign.

Clacton on Sea, twinned with Porto Montenegro

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5

Brexit will REDUCE food,
wine and clothes costs
by 20% - Rees-Mogg
fires back at Remainers

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Not sure why Russians would be interested in my liver function test results (unless the permanently tired and emotional Dmitry Medvedev is looking for a liver transplant)? www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2618634...

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Russian hackers steal data from Norfolk's biggest hospital

Patients at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital had their sensitive information stolen by Russian hackers.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Bonhöffer’s Theory of Stupidity: "Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice." "One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Against stupidity we are defenseless." "Only an act of liberation, not instruction, can overcome stupidity.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

“[Musk] wants to build a vast network of satellites, each acting as a self-contained, solar-powered server farm, […], powered by sunlight and cooled by the low temperature of space.” Musk, the ‘genius’ who doesn’t understand basic thermodynamics.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Excellent post on Farage’s ‘phone hack’ Heffalump trap, and beautifully written: www.facebook.com/share/p/14eE...

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

My n=1 experience on a recent trip to Costa Rica tells me that this is correct. However it doesn’t explain why my wife was almost bite free. 🤨https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/28/deet-mosquito-spray-attract-insects-study-malaria-zika?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Mosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggests

The insect may learn to associate the chemical Deet with a ‘blood meal’, researchers say

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Remember when Assange told us that Hillary couldn't be trusted with an army? Good times.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Some images are so powerful they burn into your mind instantly. Picture by Sue Coe, ht Stephen S Eisenmann.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Some of the responses to the news about the escaped Capybara have been excellent.

Escaped Capybara in footie scarf drinking a pint of beer at Totton FC football match

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 29/03/2026

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Delight expressed across the US that they didn’t elect Kamala Harris, thus avoiding an unnecessary war against Iran.

Photo of a “no Kings” rally, showing caricature heads of Trump, Netanyahu, Vance, etc.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Ex The Lever: “Some traders saw bigger gains than others when markets rebounded on Monday [after Trump’s announcement of Iran negotiations]. Those who placed $580mn in bets on oil prices collapsing just before Trump’s Truth Social post declaring positive talks with Iran were among the big winners.”

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I can't understand why Donald Trump isn't getting more offees of help from the allies he's spent the last few months insulting, threatening to invade and randomly applying tariffs to.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 16/03/2026

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

From the article:
"I think that until the bubble bursts, AI will be used by quite a few game companies, and perhaps even beyond the bubble," says Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games, which released the RPG Demonschool last year. "Look, I am not a fool – I understand that AI has some uses. Primary among those being the devaluing of work, the cheapening of labour, the laying off of creatives, and the generation of busywork for humans to fix whatever AI generates."

"It's also useful for burning through water, raising the prices of RAM and chipsets globally, and poisoning anyone near the data centres that run them. So there are a lot of use cases for AI. From spurring on the death of the creative endeavour to dissolving our economy, AI is absolutely gangbusters at what it does. We don't use it in our studio though."

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Great Substack piece from Mic Wright on Jeremy Bowen’s middle east reporting. Bowen is so good I worry for his job, given the current state of the BBC. substack.com/@micwright/n...

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In praise of Jeremy Bowen

His Today programme monologue on Trump, war in Iran, and the history of the Middle East was exactly how the BBC should be reporting on the world.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

“Infamy, infamy - they’ve all got it in for me!”

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

One of the most bizarre items in the Epstein files: ‘Bannon would advise on personal grooming, including the length of beard he felt Epstein should have.’ Steve Bannon advising on personal grooming? What next; Putin on urban restructuring?

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Prophetic cartoon from 2010 by Steve Bell, when he was still a Guardian cartoonist (originally posted on FB by Lynne Segal).

Peter Mandelson with a rat’s tail & wearing House of Lords ermine, walking through a sewer. Captioned ‘The Third Man’.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Anyone else getting regular follows from accounts with zero posts? I’m assuming these are bots (I’ve made it clear in my bio that no posts=no follow back).

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

This is a very funny parody, allegedly the Norwegian p.m.’s response to Trump’s letter, from Audrey Loves Paris on FB.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Reposted from ‘Audrey Loves Paris’ on FB.

Mark Carney’s speech at Davos was a MasterClass in diplomacy. Donald Trump’s speech at Davos was open mic night in the memory care unit at a nursing home.

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Fred Mellon @fredmellon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I’m beginning to warm to AI: “Donald Trump is politically compared to several Roman emperors, most frequently Caligula, for his populism, disregard for tradition, and perceived absurdity.” Manicula (small hands) would be an ideal Latin nickname for DJT.

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