Janne Mantykoski @mantykoski.bsky.social · 19hWhy did successive UK governments cover this up for ten years? 001
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Every now and then, when people say stupid things about socialism, I have to roll out these lines from Arthur Lewis, on what socialists want. 1421885
Janne Mantykoski @mantykoski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is so embarrassingly obvious, but I never knew it until now. I've often wondered about it too. 000
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I could quote pretty much this entire article by @mjrobbins.com on the bizarre psychology of the AI apocalypse freaks, but you should just read it instead. Such a relief to see someone express my feelings so eloquently. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo... 40405111
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116933321
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Such a great, economical, self-incriminating tweet. Your one moment not to make a petty complaint, and you make it, revealing what kind of person you are, which is of course why she would not be interviewed by you, which is also conveyed in the same sentence. Social media is not all bad. 537671
Janne Mantykoski @mantykoski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The shocking lack of effort of the mainstream UK media to conduct any actual fact checking of the wild claims circulating about Jason Arday exposed, thanks to @monkemma.bsky.social. Utterly heartbreaking. 020
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I'm sure you heard somebody say that. Just because somebody says something, doesn't mean it's true. Evidence shows a 0.6% fall in wages of the lowest-skilled 5% of workers due to immigration, and no effect on other workers' wages. 1/4 fullfact.org/immigration/...fullfact.orgWhat does immigration do to wages? – Full FactIt depends who you are. 3226
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Even if Trump backs down now, he will still have: - replaced an old Iranian leader who was negotiating with a younger one who won't - strengthened Iran's theocracy and wiped out any chance of internal dissent - proven USA cannot wield its vast military, so it is functionally worthless 30594156
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota. This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right. 11537231413
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/12/2025Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra? 1087205737040
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Short new post from me about Bloc Politics. A lot of commentators have argued, with evidence from @profjanegreen.bsky.social, @robfordmancs.bsky.social and others, that British politics has split into blocs. So what does that mean for electoral strategy? 1/n benansell.substack.com/p/bloc-partiesbenansell.substack.comBloc PartiesIn a world of bloc politics, what's a good offensive strategy? 77043
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 15/12/2025‘I’ll also invent the mockumentary.’ 511415
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Because the issue of population change is so widely misunderstood, here's a short thread which seeks to lay it out simply. It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall. 🧵1/13 17576254
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 10/12/2025you'd think that the fact the president of the united states is completely fucking insane would be a bigger news story 52865204
Janne Mantykoski @mantykoski.bsky.social · 30/10/2025This is the creepiest thing I've seen this year. 000
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025British. 42593643070
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin. 551852404
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Last night fighting an ex Liz Truss minister (for goodness sake) on Newsnight about what to do about asylum accommodation. Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️ My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...youtube.comEpping asylum hotel CLOSED BY MOB RULE? Where should they go?YouTube video by Zoe Gardner 76996296
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 26/06/2025‘Why has the number of PIP claimants gone up since 2019?’, I keep seeing asked in SW1 like it’s a proper mystery We have an aging population, we have had a pandemic which disabled people, and the cost of living has exploded in recent years! If you live in the real world it’s not a mystery, surely! 61781161
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Some refuse to accept that Londoners include people enduring great poverty as well as others who make big money and have great wealth. In fact, there's quite a lot of them: www.onlondon.co.uk/londons-high... #londononlondon.co.ukLondon's high poverty rates revealed in new report - OnLondonLondon has the second highest rate of poverty of any English region, with 2.2 million of its nine million people meeting the criteria, according to a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. On... 22313
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/06/2025What do we think?🤔 Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious. Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story! So, what’s going on here? Let’s take a look!👀 🧵 1/13 691153588
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/06/2025Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet. h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...amandaguinzburg.substack.comDiabolus Ex MachinaThis Is Not An Essay 541022378
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Here's Gary Stevenson calling for a return to the 1970s, when the top rate of tax was 98%. But did the rich ever pay it? We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data. A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*. 34306116
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2025WELKER: When does it become the Trump economy? TRUMP: It partially is right now. I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy 99747751131
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 09/04/2025In the long run, the save the rich strategy is nothing more than bad economics. Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...open.substack.comI’d like to ask the flighty millionaires: where is your sense of civic duty?In their rush to defend the rich, the right have revealed a depressing truth – public service is now optional for the elite 1013649
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯! "You journalists need to get your balls back" 639279386569
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Possibly the best analysis of Trump’s tariffs so far 👇 5218101
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski James Ball @jamesrball.com · 02/04/2025This is: 1. an absolutely nonsensical way to think about trade 2. nothing to do with tariff barriers, it’s just…relative trade. It’s just something else entirely 3. a CRAZILY back-of-the-envelope way to set global trade policy It is mad that this is real. 69937
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Quick reminder: Le Pen wasn't found guilty because the French courts hate democracy. She was found guilty because she broke the fucking law. open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/... 573124977
Janne Mantykoski @mantykoski.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Apparently she is held in custody by ICE, and this sort of thing now seems to be happening quite regularly. I'm not going to risk visiting the US any time soon. 000
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary. 3252757110442
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene refuses to take a question from a British journalist saying, “Ok we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country” I guess Keir Starmer hasn't told her about the special relationship 🤷♂️ 4061078323
Janne Mantykoski @mantykoski.bsky.social · 19/03/2025A shocking read which crystallises into a story about government contracts and the business of detention centres. Dehumanising people for money. 010
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Every single one of the Trump supporters sounds like a domestic abuser. "You should've let him hit you, you shouldn't have complained in public, you're never grateful, you never say thank you." 893870782
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/02/2025My thoughts on the Russian-American talks on Ukraine, without Ukraine. The simplest interpretation of the available facts is that the Americans are using Russian violence to try to exploit Ukraine. snyder.substack.com/p/peace-or-p...snyder.substack.comPeace or Partition?Russians and Americans speak about Ukraine, without Ukrainians 1422743899
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9 47999495725
Reposted by Janne Mantykoski Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 28/12/2024New video! 👀 GBNews has a brand new presenter to fill the gap in their anti-migrant coverage! His name is Matthew Goodwin & luckily enough he knows HOW TO STOP AN INVASION! Is this the solution at last? I looked into it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyKI...youtube.comGBNews’ new man SOLVES the small boats crisisYouTube video by Zoe Gardner 71640214
