okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 5hSurely it's fair enough for a political movement to want to stick to it's original noble purpose. I certainly don't agree with the anti-migrant, white industrial nostalgia bias, but maybe it's a good thing that they don't want to abandon working class for prof and managerial. 100
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is the same San Diego that Trump has invited Iran to "take out"? BBC News - Watch: USS Abraham Lincoln docks after 10-month mission - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukWatch: USS Abraham Lincoln docks after 10-month missionThe US aircraft carrier was set to return in May but the war with Iran has kept it at sea on one of the longest deployments ever. 000
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialPlth plth plth... Nothin' @langfordrama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Another banger by Emma who deserves your follow. 21910
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Our contemporaries are having kids already? 😮 000
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026LOL BBC News - Man jailed for 15 years over Ulez camera blast www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMan jailed for 15 years over Sidcup Ulez camera blastKevin Rees, 63, faces a tougher sentence because the offence had a "terrorism connection". 010
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Drinking wine in a pub. An appalling state of affairs indeed. 001
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I remember back in the day an old lefty explaining how the Thatcherite Right proudly used "radical right" to falsely appropriate the positiveness of radicalism associated with the Left, in the same way the Nazis used "socialist". 000
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialMike Knell @blat.at · 18/09/2026Wait, this is the same Telegraph that rails against the spendthrift ways of Gen Z for buying a sandwich for lunch instead of living entirely on the cheapest boiled greens available because that way they’ll have a house deposit saved in a mere 15 years? They need to make their mind up. 1842
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Wait, is this real? 😯 Not generated with the auto Telegraph headline generator? 110
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There would be a danger of this kind of money buying elections. Except that since it's Farage you know most of it will just find its way into his pocket rather than any kind of campaigning. 100
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialPeter Gordon 🇺🇦 @gordon.plus · 07/09/2026The RNLI a voluntary service, and are real life heroes. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 03521
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Taking a shadowy super rich US businessman to some desolate Clacton beer garden for Oysters is the funniest thing IMO. 000
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The polling company JL Partners is unwilling to follow the rules, so should not be in the polling council. Also the Telegraph appears to have lied about the provenance of the poll it published. Even if they didn't know that Reform commissioned it, it was dishonest to suggest it was a Telegraph poll. 10318120
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In a now deleted tweet, Brain of Britain, Adam Brooks, criticises Andy Burnham's performance at PMQs, even though it doesn't take place until tomorrow. 461187287
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialTom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This article is utter garbage because it never mentions demand, it never mentions composition of 'traders' portfolios (more LNG, less pipe) and it buried this 2/3 of the way down in an article with 'panic' in the headline. Shameful gutter nonsense. www.theguardian.com/business/202... 1153
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialOliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Just heard @rory-stewart.bsky.social on @therestpolitics.bsky.social say that "we [the UK] still consume more carbon than we have ever done—we just have the t-shirts made in China". I've heard this point being made elsewhere recently too. And it is simply not true. 917997
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialThe Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I see all of the anecdatalists are out in force today after that Times shit-stirring about bis stops. The nearly hit wards will have to declare a major incident by tea-time. 4575
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialRicardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 26/08/2026The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan 181204543053
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Binface's helmet looks great for eclipse watching. 010
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026There are no eclipse glasses left but the shops are full of pedo glasses. 010
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026They're calling them "mega-boats" for christ's sake 000
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialDavid Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026or boycott it in solidarity with the Sahrawi? africasacountry.com/2026/07/odys...africasacountry.comOdyssey to Africa’s last colonyBacked by Moroccan state subsidies, Christopher Nolan’s decision to film The Odyssey in occupied Western Sahara is the latest and highest-profile chapter in a five-decade campaign to normalize colonia... 011
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026What's the etiquette here? Should Carapaz have waited? (Although I think he'd have beaten Kuss anyway on the final climb) 000
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026static.klipy.comPeter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove War RoomAlt: Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove War Room struggling to restrain his involuntary outstretched arm Nazi salute. 000
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/07/2026Barrister Rajiv Menon KC is facing potentially two-years in prison for doing his job. This has never happened in British legal history. Sign the petition 👇 netpol.org/2026/07/15/stop-the-pros… 11323242
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialBen Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 12/07/2026SUVs are higher at the front and three times more likely to kill a child when they hit them. SUV drivers drag the child under their vehicle, and then they crush the child to death. It's incredible that SUVs don't have higher tax, and why not lower speed limits. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBritain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian WolmarLarger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar 13403143
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... 000
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Driverless car yet again. Amazing. BBC News - Man critically injured after car hits pedestrians in Arnold - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMan critically injured after car hits pedestrians in ArnoldPolice say an argument is believed to have taken place before a car crashed into five people. 000
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialIan Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Snow was general all over Stroud. It was falling upon the Tesco Express from its toilet seats and, further westwards, falling into its car park. It was falling too upon the chained trolleys. It lay drifted upon the dashboard of James Joyce's BMW . . . 113536
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026BBC News - Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I'm baffled by this piece. Do I understand correctly...?bbc.co.ukWhy cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zeroThe question of how important making our electricity clean is to going green is coming under increasing scrutiny 100
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialMinnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The BBC undercover investigation into false immigration claims is deeply irresponsible journalism. It does not highlight that exploitation by unregulated advisors occurs because legal aid was cut and the system is insane to navigate. 26766260
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Ice cream machines and doughnuts for those rugged warfighters. 010
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialjen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social 980267219958
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Ah, the #sunlituplands and golden (somewhat asbestosy) sands finally in the offing: "The issue highlights post-Brexit gaps in health and safety law, which leave authorities unable to issue recalls without hard evidence of harm to health." www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comAsbestos found in children’s play sand sold in UKHobbycraft removes product from sale after parent sent samples to a lab for testing but declines to issue a recall 010
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I'm looking forward to the powerful rebuke of the Trump administration from the state of Israel about this? 011
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialNowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 14/01/2026A 21-year-old anti-ICE protester holding just a megaphone was permanently blinded in one eye after a federal agent fired a ‘nonlethal’ round at close range in Santa Ana. Kaden Rummler underwent six hours of surgery. 10192117
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/01/2026On 1/11/26, (ICE) and (CBP) in St. Paul, Minnesota, broke the window of an activist at a gas station. They then forcibly removed him from his car and abducted him while simultaneously firing pepper balls at other community members. 70425348
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 24/10/2025www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comAnother tough interview for Nigel Farage: the Stephen Collins cartoonThere are lots of parties that aren’t Reform UK operating ‘under the radar’ 8229105
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Not just British history either. Hard to find an example of any democracy doing something this extreme, anywhere, in modern times. Idi Amin in 1971 is one of the rare close analogies and he was no one's idea of a democrat. 57123
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Christ, I know there are more serious issues but this really seems like the absolute nadir for the Guardian. WTF is wrong with people? www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...theguardian.comThe best leaf blowers: 10 favourites to speed up raking – plus smart ways to reuse your fallen leavesBlitz the autumn clean-up in record time (and turn your bounty into mulch and mould) with our tried-and-tested leaf blowers and garden vacuums 010
okokapi.bsky.social @okokapi.bsky.social · 17/10/2025An old, mad, round, despised, and dying (non-)king www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45118/... #NoKingspoetryfoundation.orgEngland in 1819An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King; Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring; Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know, But leechlike to ... 000
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 16/10/2025this is objectively true. the march on washington, for instance, was about 250k. this isn't a criticism of the movement. this is a LESSON TO LEARN about why focus and clarity can matter more than raw numbers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_o...en.wikipedia.orgMarch on Washington - Wikipedia 1042664
Reposted by @okokapi.bsky.socialDaniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 04/10/2025@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault. 88374453518