monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You only have to look back at the reaction at the moment Starmer quit - it was entirely that this was going to be a tricky test for Labour, and more than a bit unhelpful that he was stepping down 000
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Quite. Nationalism and seizure of land is good when Palestinians do it, but bad when Israelis do it. (The whole underlying premise of this nonsense is an assumption that Israel has never been a legitimatie country) 010
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Exactly, they're revelling in the offence (as well as being fucking stupid and/or racist) 060
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Beyond the Middle East. Greece and Turkey collectively expelled *nearly 2 million people* just before the creation of Israel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populat.... Is Greek national identity racist? Turkish identity? Is that what we're doing now?en.wikipedia.orgPopulation exchange between Greece and Turkey - Wikipedia 210
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The entire history of every country in the Middle East is built on the displacement of others. To take one example, there were once 200,000+ Jews in Iraq; there are now *less than ten*. So it’s more than a bit fucking odd to single out one nation (that also happens to be 20% Arab) for “racism” 100
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is also nonsense. There are bus lanes on Park Lane (*in addition to* lanes for private motor traffic) that black cabs can use. 000
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Sopranos wasn’t omitted for critical reasons - the list only includes shows that debuted after 1st Jan 2000. Kind of a silly rule but I guess they had to draw a line somewhere 110
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thanks. FWIW I think "narrative" does seem to encapsulate a great deal of where our politics is going wrong at the moment. (Off the top of my head the Tories' attitude to Net Zero seems to fall into the same category) 010
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026But - as you say they - seem to be in some kind of bubble where the reality of claiming PIP, or what an asylum seeker genuinely receives, doesn't actually penetrate? 110
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So... they're just churning out simplistic guff they don't even necessarily believe (or haven't really thought about), because they think that's what the Times' audience wants to read? I don't know if that's better or worse! 100
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026(You can have a search here if you like, I obviously couldn‘t find a corresponding shot - the one I shared is from the AP News website newsroom.ap.org/editorial-ph...)newsroom.ap.orgNewsroom 000
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There doesn’t seem to be any corresponding identical photo for locations on the AP site, which I guess is the point. The Trump one has been heavily manipulated via AI, hence the missing glove, among many other bits of weirdness 100
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026it also looks like his left glove has been removed from the original AP shot, for some bizarre reason (he’s wearing two gloves in that photo) 2110
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You didn’t answer the question. 130
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 20/09/2026They’ve also just announced this spectacularly awful bit of policy. Not great all round bsky.app/profile/libd... 3101
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 19/09/2026No, it’s literally because Russia is imperialist and views the former territories of the Soviet Union as part of its empire. This is not hard 0250
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is just a humblebrag that her son is at Oxford, isn't it (without her realising how absolutely fucking weird it is) 000
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Meanwhile councils slap these up on thousands of identical footways across the land and suddenly this outrageous lawbreaking is endorsed. What does that tell you 110
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I find the annoyance at joggers fits into this. Yes, it is occasionally aggravating when a group of them come charging past in close proximity and of course some of them will be dicks, but… that’s because we’re all crammed onto tiny pavements! 100
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026(I also agree with your point about kvetching and I hope I haven’t been doing that!) 010
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Agreed, and also I think because more cycling should equate to a less hasty wider cycling demographic (mums, elderly, young children etc), diluting the number of (mostly younger to middle-aged) men rushing to work 120
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Right, but that should be the job of, say, TfL rather than members of the public who happen to use the same mode of transport? 100
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026But here’s the thing, I don’t think advocates *can* actually do anything about how thousands of other people behave. It’s a weird kind of collective responsibility that doesn’t seem to get applied to - say - tube users who push on before everyone gets off 110
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026but I agree that deflection is pretty offensive and stupid, basically for this reason bsky.app/profile/dsqu... 000
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In mitigation I think the framing that started this whole thing is almost inviting a defensive reaction, because it implied that general ”cycling behaviour” is something that anyone who rides a bike has some kind of control of, which they obviously don’t. I’m only responsible for me! 200
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There's an element of truth to that, but I guess if you look at the kind of red light jumping that motorists *can* get away with (accelerating hard instead of slowing on amber, squeezing through *just* after the lights have gone red) that's going to be just as endemic 110
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Isn't that just because it's fundamentally very difficult to jump a red light when you're waiting in a queue of ~20 cars at a red light, and fundamentally very easy to do so on amongst ~20 other people on bikes? 100
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thanks, could see there were grounds for confusion! (the Lime scooters are an interesting one as you say because of the inherent problem with the smaller wheels and the lack of pedalling effort required to get up to speed - AFAIK they’re in London only on a trial basis at present) 010
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It’s basically fundamentally shit to combine walking and cycling on such narrow paths. It’s a recipe for conflict. I don’t think the problem is some kind of inherent “cyclist” mindset - how could it be, when literally any Londoner can become one at any given moment? 110
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Are you sure? Lime scooters and lime bikes are two entirely different things. A lime bike is essentially a conventional electric bike (granted a lot of them have been hacked) 120
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Roughly a quarter of Londoners have cycled in the last year. The idea that there is some definable group of “cyclists” who can somehow be appealed to and who would improve their behaviour as a result is fundamentally pretty bizarre 130
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I think the problem here is the inherent absurdity of asking a random group of hundreds and thousands of people to behave better. You might as well ask for people called “David” not to commit any crimes and then be disappointed by the outcome 070
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The implication is clearly that any money should be spent dealing with the consequences of carbon emissions so it is entirely consistent with "drill baby drill". (of course the whole thing is complete nonsense anyway and shouldn't be treated with any seriousness whatsoever) 100
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Harborne's exact wording is "we need to mitigate the effects of carbon emissions" rather than "we need to reduce our carbon emissions" which is extremely telling 100
Reposted by @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.socialLuke Turner @luketurner.com · 12/09/2026As Ben Delo's record £36m Reform donation is headline news, I can't emphasise enough that the media ought to be reporting on Delo's heinous funding of antisemitic conspiracy theorists in the High Court – anonymous contributors to the horrifying neo-Nazi account shown below. bsky.app/profile/luke... 12620396
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I mean, in this specific instance, it is very funny that these silly twats in shorts are blockading *the Daily Mail* because they went to interview his mum and he now thinks she can't live there anymore 010
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Also there’s an enormous difference between “not remembering” and ”making shit up” 030
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Me too. I can remember exactly where I was, who I was with, and what we did. I mean it’s literally the most memorable news event of anyone who was old enough at the time 140
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Just a quick glance at this guy’s timeline is, erm, revealing 160
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My god you’re a fucking weirdo 000
Reposted by @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.socialMic 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’. 23743321490
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to do here, but whatever it is, you're not very good at it 110
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 05/09/2026just your normal run-of-the-mill protestors, who all just happen to have dressed up like paramilitaries 140
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Yes, it should be okay to arrest masked fascist thugs blocking major roads and ports. This is not hard at all 250
monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social @monkeytrouserdbear.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Jesus Christ, it is not “curmudgeonly” to object to a driver interface that is objectively more dangerous for road users than physical knobs, dials and buttons. Get a grip. 000
