hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tbf the last time I used the chat was bizarre but good. Adam Curtis's Bitter Lake had a segment with a disabled Russian veteran shouting on the metro. It wasn't in the credits. Thinking it was Russian I asked the chatroom and they identified it in a couple of mins. It was a ScreenTwo from 1994! 110
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I think I've been running the same version since 2005. Not sure if that is a full on security vulnerability. The only downside is any time you look at the chat rooms! Even nastier than the early days. 110
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026More clear evidence that the rise of populism and the literacy crisis are not independent. 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If I had to bet I would guess it has more to do with an inadequate seasonal adjustment than any material change in economic activity. Not a statistician, but prefer administrative data. Let's wait for H2 shall we. 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Who has time to read the words when there's usually a nice picture. 011
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026OK but when he's being gassed, why does he have visions of Croydon? Or are those the old Victoria street towers? 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reminder that this war has reinforced the hard-liners. 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I get suspicious of the editing when I cant find any disagreement with them. I'm pretty sure a few more minutes of what hearing Tony thinks would make me dislike him. Ditto the Gogglebox panel always seem fairly reasonable and inoffensive, which just can't be true. 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026By "better" I mean involving less discretion/judgement assuming there isn't another data point supporting the approach taken. 100
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026FT Alphaville did a reasonably compelling piece on the revision to leave taken. It seems like there isn't much evidence to corroborate the path they've chosen (to exhaust annual leave). What's your take? Wouldn't it have been better to set it equal to the statutory minimum? 100
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I doubt they care about consequences for people trying to raise children. I hate to pile in on the generation wars but it's the most selfish generation in history. As long as they assume their family will be OK they don't care, and this was a waste of "their" taxes. 021
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yes but tbf govt only have full control of one of those two things. 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hang on, I thought the genocidal maniac General Ratko Mladic died the other week? 120
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I really like all the Mill media outlets but as individual subs it's too much of a stretch alongside Londoncentric, The Nerve and Byline times. 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Arse burgers too, don't forget the prevalence of that. 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026John's reflections on his relation with Apted was also interesting, first time I've seen things from his perspective. I like to think if 14-21 year old Neil were 14 today he'd get the help he needs. 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Agree it's monumental, but I particularly liked the behind the scenes footage I hadn't seen before like Jackie losing it with Apted, and the bit about the drama teacher. Contribution from Charles was class, I think he's bang on when he says some of the participants are playing into caricatures. 210
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've said all along this is an availability bias. When the news shows boats arriving it should either have a date on it or say 'library footage' 021
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So I probably didn't know it because it's functionally irrelevant. 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Do you mean the Crown Estate or the Monarch personally? I expect the former, in which case the income is surrendered to the Consolidated fund anyway so it's academic. 210
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Imagined grievances seem to be the order of the day. Bung it with imagined voter (ID) fraud, Turkish barber shops and family voting g (unless it's patriots doing the voting). 020
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026God, being the head of Reform UK in Wales is like being the head of the cursed Aprile crew in the sopranos. What are the odds the next one dies on the shitter? 070
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Maybe they mis-heard "Salvation Army" as "South Asian Army". Trust me, it's easily done. 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My read so far is that AI gives us abundance and then transfers take care of everything. What govts currently fail to recognise is that they won't be the one deciding the transfers. It will be the Elons and Karps. And it's still winner-takes-most, so most countries don't stand a chance. 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Where were you standing to take that photo? It looks like he's stopped at lights. 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hair grows back, I'd be more worried about cowboy builders, why dont you propose a register for them. Some of them aren't white either, maybe you could give that a go? From the party that gave us Liz Truss. Free market credentials have completed the horseshoe haven't they? 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Yes but they think he's talking about OTHER immigrants, that's the trick - harness everyone's racism to divide and rule. Support amongst the Indian community for the war in Gaza wax v.high driven largely by fervent longstanding Islamophobia. 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If the govt do anything it will be to say they'll stop requesting RNLI assistance in the channel. That way they can continue to accommodate the "protestors" and de-risk the threat to RNLI volunteers. I think Robin Knox-Johnson and other leadership were trying to say that was a path out. 031
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026That set of interviews was genuinely disgusting. I don't know why they are so keen to normalise fringe views. Well I sort of know, but you know. 1121
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Does anyone know how those windows in the bedrooms would work? It looks like a simple casement with a bar across it, but in 10 there's a feint line which looks like a lever for a top hung opening. Would they swing out with the casement? 001
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Home Office doesn't operate airport security or port operations. 011
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Stinks of the Musk money flooding in like he promised. I actually think in the near future we'll see a v.sympathetic interview with him in the Telegraph. The Mail will fall into line once he's been sanitised by the BBC's vox pops. 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Not sure what the technical term is but it always struck me that the exposure victims got from trying to highlight the injustice put them at risk of being exploited a second time around by these charlatans. Ditto other victims being lured in by "anti migrant" "protestors". 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I went to see Coyote vs ACME on my own, I couldn't see any kids there. Tbh I doubt kids would get it. There were enough wise cracks to keep me happy anyway. 120
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I like that the councillor waited to see proof from the coach. 070
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bet they do a cracking Oktoberfest though 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026They weren't "just on a day out" though, we're they...? You'd know that from the source. 001
Reposted by @hooky-gear.bsky.socialDexter Crisp @dextercrisp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I presume lack of space prevented you from mentioning this little bit? bsky.app/profile/brok... 0194
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Probably not as long as algorithms are geared towards engagement. 120
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Christ check out the indentations. I used to do that, and thought I was being dumb, but maybe I was taught it. 001
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I thought King Richard killed him in the tower along with his brother? 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Well for a start the Japanese aren't dumb enough to specify the parameters of their safety tests in imperial units. [Haven't checked, own me] 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This probably isn't the right place but doesn't this look A LOT like the video to K Foundation's "Fuck the millennium" shot at the Royal Albert Hall in 1997. Minus the ritual swan slaughter (I think). 000
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I would be fairly surprised if some of the balaclava ppl weren't plod having some "me time". 010
hooky-gear.bsky.social @hooky-gear.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Also @tobyn.bsky.social has the FT comment section gone to the dogs or what, where are you getting these subscribers from?! 000