Reposted by Michael Easton👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Oh crap. I shouldn’t have said they were donors. Oh crap. I shouldn’t have said they were illegal. Oh crap. And I certainly shouldn’t have rattled off all of their names in the space of thirty seconds. Ah. It’s too woke today. 033657
Reposted by Michael EastonCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface 12940211067
Reposted by Michael EastonJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Magnificent. Just shared it on the wireless. 24587101
Reposted by Michael EastonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/07/2026Whoopsie daisy. 🤣😂🤣😂 681159746364
Reposted by Michael EastonCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026one of the supposedly damning docs the White House released tonight says Russia tried to undermine BIDEN. Also says China "prefers that President Trump be defeated" but actually "Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election" (!) 561969739
Reposted by Michael EastonPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 11/07/2026“Dude, even I don’t put my own face on the money.” 247459
Reposted by Michael Eastonariella @agbouskila.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts. 4119561108
Reposted by Michael EastonWaitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 03/06/2026Do I have this right? Sikh guy stabs a kid. His brother calls police, reporting a hate crime. Police arrive and arrest alleged perpetrator (and cuff him). When they realize he is the victim, they uncuff him and render aid. Victim's wounds were already fatal. Perpetrator is arrested and convicted. 1428448
Reposted by Michael EastonRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 25/05/2026"for now we must treat this claim as unsubstantiated unless and until some further information emerges". @ciaranm.bsky.social, former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on Farage's claims of Russian hacking. www.linkedin.com/posts/cyberc... 42639262
Reposted by Michael EastonDavid Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 22/05/2026There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off. 222135992230
Reposted by Michael EastonRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/05/2026One of most destructive acts of the Cameron-Osborne era was the decision to target austerity on local government. 14427151
Reposted by Michael EastonRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I wrote this about Boris Johnson in 2021. It also applies to those, like Nigel Farage, who aspire to become prime minister. When a candidate for high office is taking millions of pounds in personal gifts, that is not a private matter. gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2021/05/forg... 114360
Reposted by Michael EastonRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Looked at another way: Leave/Right bloc: 47% ; Remain/Left bloc 51% But Remain/Left bloc more evenly split despite being bigger, so Leave/Right bloc does better under FPP. As in 2019 with Johnson's Leave coalition. But that could change if left bloc vote coalesces nationally or locally 2114459
Reposted by Michael EastonAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 02/05/202615 years ago today, Kate and William killed Osama Bin Laden at their wedding. 160111732113
Reposted by Michael EastonThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026He sues seashells on the seashore. 1335568
Reposted by Michael EastonArmchair Classicist (Ryan Schaller) @armchairclassicist.bsky.social · 22/04/2026 328219134262
Reposted by Michael EastonPhil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇telegraph.co.ukYou are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following: 361356800
Reposted by Michael EastonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2026“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”thetimes.comThe man who watches Trump all day, every dayAaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences. He says it’s ‘pretty bleak’ 654177954825
Reposted by Michael EastonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/04/2026a visual depiction of Fox News's commentary tonight 13351311277
Reposted by Michael EastonPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 25/11/2024A Brief History of People Have Lost Their Sense of Humour 🧵 13726263
Reposted by Michael EastonNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Does it work properly? No. Are the people making it acting in good faith? No. Have they ensured it can't be used maliciously? No. Does it make people's lives better? No. Will it make people's lives better? No. Is it profitable? No. Is it popular? No. Is it harmless? No. The argument for AI. 352157691
Reposted by Michael EastonJim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 22/03/2026This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.no01.substack.comMarch, 19-21: God is a comedianA stiff drink is recommended 8631821410
Reposted by Michael EastonJessica Hershey @hersheykiss.com · 19/03/2026but I already told it. I have a joke about time travel, 11426
Reposted by Michael EastonGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/03/2026🧵 by @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social: 30079252875
Reposted by Michael EastonTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Ukraine is holding back Russia and thus fulfilling the entire traditional mission of NATO without any soldiers or sailors from other countries. Trump is meanwhile demanding NATO allies leave the continent they are supposed to be defending to join him in a doomed adventure he chose in the Middle East 6934641123
Reposted by Michael Eastonshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/03/2026tomorrow Leavitt will be asked about this and sneeringly reply “he was very clear, only woke commies like you wouldn’t understand” 422092286
Reposted by Michael Easton🗣️ PaRappa Thee Yappa™ [of #BeehBC] @brilliantbeeh.blacksky.app · 20/02/2026"AI is the future" The future: 26472136
Reposted by Michael Eastonfinrodsauronverynsfwprivatefolderdonotlook @yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · 08/02/2026i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol 3555091296
Reposted by Michael EastonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister. Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed 15621291032
Reposted by Michael EastonJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 03/03/2025I'm not a huge fan of Nigel Farage. He's a very very corrupt man. 89333
Reposted by Michael EastonAtla Hrafney @atlathewriter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights 9675043334
Reposted by Michael EastonDan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas” 503371777
Reposted by Michael EastonEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 12/12/2025If handing someone their arse, was a video clip 33054071704
Reposted by Michael EastonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I suspect the real reason Nigel Farage is getting so rattled by the racism allegations is that: 1) He knows he said all these things so can't properly deny them 2) He knows that he carried on saying them well into adulthood 32578203
Reposted by Michael EastonCabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 29/11/2025"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!" "no problem boss. i'm on it" 97102792071
Reposted by Michael EastonAnthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025An excellent, impartial analysis of Trump's incendiary January 6th 2021 speech. From the....BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...bbc.co.ukCapitol riots: Did Trump's words at rally incite violence?Donald Trump was accused of inciting violence that left five people dead. So what did the president say? 04115
Reposted by Michael EastonJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Between the news media in the UK and the US the biggest difference is the strength of the BBC at the center. Which makes it a target. As @brianstelter.bsky.social writes: "the BBC is positioned as an apolitical brand, yet operates in a politically poisonous atmosphere. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m... 49232
Reposted by Michael EastonGarvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 29/09/2025Trump has instincts but no strategy - thats why he can be beaten 063
Reposted by Michael EastonPeter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 18/09/2025To even allow the appearance of this — Starmer’s No 10 adopting Trumpian media management policies — seems extraordinary to me. Very depressing. 1018649
Reposted by Michael EastonGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 18/09/2025"the hard data suggests that the largest of the UK’s very real problems are no more being caused by mass immigration than they are by a group of charity fundraisers rowing past Great Yarmouth" on.ft.com/3IsyVVu @timharford.ft.com with his facts and reasonablenesson.ft.comThe UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigrationIt’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there 517977
Reposted by Michael EastonPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/09/2025The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer. New York Times tomorrow 386194993654
Reposted by Michael EastonWulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Current state of UK political discourse. 111463471
Reposted by Michael EastonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2025this is where Stubb was sitting when Trump couldn't see him btw 964101782903