Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s no surprise that Diggers biggest detractors are the happy critical servants of the corporate media, given what a bang up job “journalism” has done at interrogating the world in the last 35 years. 010
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@nigella.bsky.social In an unbelievable coincidence with your first Bake Off challenge we literally just finished my birthday cake from Sunday, made by these two star bakers. 010
Reposted by Tony McAlindenIan Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 16/08/2026I wish it wasn't true, but BBC News really isn't worth saving at this point. 316537
Reposted by Tony McAlindenAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 15/08/2026Absolutely vile framing from the @nytimes.com. Why doesn’t this leave behind hard questions for the media that hounded him? Or the global right-wing that gleefully turned a local matter into an international incident? 864564833
Reposted by Tony McAlindenEd Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 15/08/2026People using someone's life as a political football are now saying his death shouldn't be used as a political football. Arday's death is political. It's one of the longest running polical ideologies in British politics. The one so much wealth is built on: anti Black racism. 291581337
Reposted by Tony McAlindenGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 15/08/2026So, this post has just been deleted. FYI, it shows Adam MacQueen, Helen Lewis and Matt Muir on a Private Eye podcast having a jolly wheeze ripping Jason Arday’s character to pieces. I wonder why its been deleted 🤔 bsky.app/profile/glen... 1223772
Reposted by Tony McAlindenMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/07/2026all happening at the Mail today www.dailymail.com/home/article... 511306324
Reposted by Tony McAlindenDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The decision of so many people to keep using X in its race-war phase has made me a bit more cynical overall about the ability to draw moral red lines. It’s beyond disappointing. 672512435
Reposted by Tony McAlindenAllan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 18/07/2026It really is incredible how many people not in these categories refuse to believe the very basic fact that Starmer has been the worst Prime Minister for racial and LGBTI+ equality thus far this century. We're on race rioting every summer and outright trans eliminationism! It's fuckin grim, lads 426762
Reposted by Tony McAlindenJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 14/07/2026Nice one Spain, the BBC's already cancelled the planned Agincourt recreation intro for Sunday night, the archers are crying, hope you're happy. 4161683
Reposted by Tony McAlindenCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface 11188452999
Reposted by Tony McAlindenMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The New York Times downplayed and normalized the actions of criminal Donald Trump for years. The Times’ reward: Federal agents showing up on reporters’ doorsteps. Which proves once again that you can’t play nice with fascists. My Stop the Presses newsletter.stopthepresses.newsWhen fascists come for the news outlets that enabled themThe NY Times and ABC News find that appeasement doesn’t work 311349445
Reposted by Tony McAlindendemon grrl | cyberdemon era @demongrrl.gay · 13/07/2026RIP Sam Neill. A true Aussie (and Kiwi) icon. I’d imagine it’s lesser known to an international audience, but The Dish remains one of my favourite films of all time (despite it taking enormous liberties with the history it’s based on). 1502679284
Reposted by Tony McAlindenGarth-Gasu ガース in日本語 @gasugasu1984.bsky.social · 13/07/2026'do I have a dream' ..................... 'wouldn't that be nice' it sure would Sam 6396112
Reposted by Tony McAlindenDamien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Although I often disagreed with the chimp who tore my child's face off and wore it as a little hat to impress the other chimps, I was nevertheless sad to hear etc., etc. 220560
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Perhaps a silly question, but does Bluesky have *any* countermeasures against bots. So many ludicrous AI global news sites constantly reposting now well out-of-date stories about the ongoing Widdecombe murder investigation. 110
Reposted by Tony McAlindenCharlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The NYT is at the “I didn’t think the leopard would eat MY face” part. 522055
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I was thinking of this one today as I watched what other nations call a “sea fret” rolled in over Edinburgh and Leith. 0131
Reposted by Tony McAlinden𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/07/2026We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain. 2012169183375
Reposted by Tony McAlindenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?" 1402198145591
Reposted by Tony McAlindenNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 10/07/2026New Lowe: the debasing of the murder of 16 children in the Dunblane Massacre by the far-right MP Rupert Lowe on the Joe Rogan show symbolises the moral disintegration of the media and politics. It’s not about truth or policy anymore it’s about outrage, clicks and cash In @heraldscotland.bsky.socialheraldscotland.comNew Lowe: Debasing Dunblane on Rogan show symbolises collapse of politics and mediaComments by the leader of the hard-right Restore Britain party are disgusting, yet they also reveal very troubling truths about what has happened to… 611257
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 10/07/2026This is incredible. And a reminder today’s English Martyr didn’t believe in climate change either. 010
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 10/07/2026General question, is it normal to report a prominent person’s death and then mention the suspicious circumstances hours later? Can’t think of anytime it’s happened before and it almost seems calculated to generate “nasty left” headlines. 000
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I think this is more critical given he could be a key witness… 000
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I’m fairly confident as an IT professional that there is something seriously wrong with Google UK’s payment verification but there is literally nothing I can do to report this. Believe me, I’ve tried, and been routed to a completely irrelevant offshore support team. Enshittification really sucks. 020
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 10/07/2026My main thought on Anne Widdicombe’s revolve around the welfare of her cat, Arbuthnot. 010
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Watching “Sid and Nancy” and she’s just got a kitten. I fear Nancy Spungen will not survive winter in West Granton. 000
Reposted by Tony McAlindenbleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 08/07/2026Zelensky is a comedian who ran as a joke and ended up fighting a superpower in the bloodiest war since WWII. I hope Count Binface is ready for that responsibility. 241421239
Reposted by Tony McAlindenkyleayers.bsky.social @kyleayers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London. 160144742889
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The best satire is the ludicrous sort, where the truth is more ludicrous still. 000
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Although I don’t vote for his party, I’ve been happy to defend Polanski from allegations of being an antisemite and generally a bit of a tit. I am however urging him not to be a dick and spoil the elegant beauty of a Farage/Binface two way fight in Clacton. 090
Reposted by Tony McAlindenCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026On my way, Clacton. 579152753460
Tony McAlinden @mackanory.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I fear not enough are focussing on the fact that it was a Murdoch outlet that dug the dirt on Farage. That means they had the wrinkled scrotum’s blessing. There is a chess game at play here. 110
Reposted by Tony McAlindenJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Other parties should stand aside for Binface 1236059
Reposted by Tony McAlindenHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 06/07/2026Don't harass my family, says man who harassed the families of at least two murder victims and countless immigrants. 1927961
Reposted by Tony McAlindenHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 30/06/2026See also bsky.app/profile/mtsw... 1733
Reposted by Tony McAlindenHannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 22/06/2026In the end, there were just a lot more human rights abuses than I was expecting from the human rights lawyer. 81359381
Reposted by Tony McAlindenAoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026If other news was reported like climate change: 1726641027
Reposted by Tony McAlindenPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The media silence over the Island of Strangers speech seems to be part of an overall consensus that it’s impossible for people *not* to be against immigration. The media won’t even consider that there are people upset by xenophobia. 22842188
Reposted by Tony McAlindenSteve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 22/06/2026She’s right of course, though this headline make it sound like Greta Thunberg sent the heatwave and is preparing further punishments for the UK. metro.co.uk/2026/06/22/g...metro.co.ukGreta Thunberg warns 40°C heatwave about to hit UK 'is only the beginning' 36110
Reposted by Tony McAlindenOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Nigel Farage: Vacant 3339326
Reposted by Tony McAlindenThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Every single Prime Minister since 1974 has either taken office or left office mid-term, between general elections. Sometimes even both. Starmer being replaced mid-term is not constitutionally unusual. What would be unusual is if he fought and then lost a general election having been elected at one. 1429386
