Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 16hThis child is 13 and was testifying without an attorney present. Monsters. 10417153
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 20hThe BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here. 431384246
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026“i woke up every morning and name searched myself on twitter. i am normal by the way” 704245288
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"In order to deliver the PM's promise to save social care we need a permanent class of indentured migrant workers without labour rights". 28461176
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Magnificent trolling in Brum 76565108
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026This is another great, approachable explainer on “the rationalist wackos who have managed to take over much of the AI industry, and who now have tons of money and political power.” www.iankduncan.com/personal/202...iankduncan.comSex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian DuncanHow a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ... 551849447
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 25/09/2026it's been less than a year, and already the socialists are forcing people to go to the opera 1939874
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️The Fresh Prince of Donair @erisianrite.com · 19/09/2026Yeah this will end up worse than cops getting scammed by basically everything to do with forensic pseudoscience 1679
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 19/09/2026Host Ken Jennings confessed to asking his writers to slip a reference to a beloved viral Jeopardy! joke into Friday's episode.avclub.comJeopardy! hid a deep-cut Bluesky joke about "the slut gnomes of false Berlin" in today's episodeJeopardy! hid a deep-cut Bluesky joke about "the slut gnomes of false Berlin" in today's episode 10497100
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater 80168575686
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786352549
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026fucking the text man for texts 11699
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Joe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Dated Brent crude or the delivery price for a physical barrel of oil today reached $130.65 below the wartime high of $144.46. One would expect a test of that in coming days/weeks. Winter is coming. 2197
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026To think a few moves down the board more than a lot of analysis, it's worth considering what happens to Gulf as well as wider Middle East political economies if in response to current wars there the global energy system pivots substantially away from its oil and gas supplies 1315131
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Here's what I actually think these incidents reveal (instead of a rogue AI terminator situation): Much of the infra we expect to be hardened is actually being held together by glue and popsicle sticks. 221375279
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is honestly one of the funnier ways to keep Putin locked up in his bunker 21249
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059742374
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I know that the in doctrine in English politics is to imagine that cities are occupied by, I don’t know, ghosts, but it is in fact a good and desirable policy aim that all our core cities (aka “population centres”) have good, free museums and galleries. 2538933
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. othermeans.substack.com/p/the-wheels...othermeans.substack.comThe Wheels Are Coming OffIt Can Only Good Happen 41803149
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026New post: Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes". There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend. So what is going on? (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...samf.substack.comThe Agency GapWhy are young people increasingly unhappy? 5823578
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power 431410562
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this: 961916705
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I thought Keir Starmer was bad, and that having a Principal with even a vague sense of direction would help, but the more time goes on the more convinced I become that the Labour Party is fundamentally incapable of doing the basic bits of preserving a state, even to their own detriment. 1022860
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Turn it all into council flats 2424
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/202613-year anniversary of Subway getting really mad at us.theonion.comNew Subway Promotion To Honor Subtember 11MILFORD, CT—Citing a wide range of deals customers will “never forget,” fast food chain Subway announced an exciting new promotion this week to honor and commemorate Subtember 11. “With a number of te... 183119562008
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Lifeboat museum forced to close after abuse from thugs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPoole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteersThe museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop. 71458303
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement. 3710278
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration. 592405850
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’. 23743331488
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Seriously, what more do you need to be worried, if MASKED uniformed men closing down your critical infrastructure are not enough? 1031749
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161170608
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026obviously the issue starts at the top with burnham setting the tone but i genuinely do think mahmood is indefensibly bad at her job and is creating a bad pattern when responding to this stuff. at least say youre gonna send everybody causing trouble to jail regardless of their beliefs! 619527
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026it’s one thing to think the problem is just Starmer and McSweeney. it’s another to have watched them crown the prince across the water, bring him back as a conquering hero, and then make the same mistakes without any serious dissent from the hundreds of Labour MPs. makes it look unfixable. 520038
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 06/09/2026There's a lot of people, from the parliamentary party downwards who have just not clocked how radical Farage is, and how that is accelerating, and think a Reform government will essentially be rebadged bog standard Toryism. 2231980
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Spontaneous", is it 39415167
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The prospect of such a fascist paramilitary group refining its 'storm' tactics AND arming itself should focus the minds of the UK Government and security services. At this sort of scale, an armed 'storm' action would be beyond police - even specialist counter-terrorism units - ability to deal with. 4612114
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Two tier policing. Arrest retired folk peacefully protesting genocide in Gaza. Allow right wing thugs to block streets and ports. I know which group presents the real threat to democracy and the so-called “British way of life”, which these vigilante bullies preposterously claim to be defending. 12391142
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt. 1312689711
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage. 94034422232
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The fact of the matter is that AI is language without the demands of an other subjectivity and language is a riff we can ride for a very long time: that kind of vacancy is a magnet for projecting fantasies of all kinds, hope and fear alike. We get nowhere on “AI” until we tackle that. 4395
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 01/09/2026The Financial Times calls on the EU to suspend its entire association agreement, which covers trade and scientific cooperation as well as cultural initiatives, with Israel over Israel's "de facto annexation" of the illegally occupied West Bank. They also call for a trade ban on settler goods.ft.comIsrael’s de facto annexation of the West BankNew housing tenders could end chance of a contiguous Palestinian state 6503162
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Conservatives' plan for getting power prices down in the UK is based on cheap-to-build and cheap-to-run gas plants. In the real world, global gas markets are currently blessing the UK with the highest gas power costs since late 2022 (£115/MWh in fuel costs). 2219
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026MAD KENNY: hello, i’m Mad Kenny. i have a litany of previous convictions and now i’m drunk and suicidal and i’m going to go out in a 160mph fireball THE JUSTICE SYSTEM: that’s okay, you can drive again in a few years 917058
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 01/09/2026I love how Werner Herzog is ALWAYS like this: 10869521789
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A lot of high minded discourse about ‘Woke’ v1 sort of elides what seems to me a pretty simple reason that it comes in for harsh criticism: it’s perceived as losing. Something controversial when you win get’s perceived as a bold strategem. If you lose it’s a fuckup. 322519
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times. 131365640
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Instead, when analyzed over time, first system warfare can be *spectacularly* lethal on a per capita basis, with military mortality rates in these societies being observed between 10 and 30%, which is basically, "what if WWII In Eastern Europe, but all the time?" levels of military mortality. 225918
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Rootin' Tuteankhamun @tenderbeefsteak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My SIL is teaching remotely at a school in southern Illinois and I was not ready to learn about the mascot 18263781188
Reposted by Machinedad ↙️↙️↙️Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s not really worth reading Graham Linehan’s whole piece, but I’m trying to imagine how you could quote this message from a friend and think it reflects poorly on him, not you 1378478
