Reposted by Actual DeanJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14hTrump’s a Russian asset, Farage’s party is a racist enterprise, Putin wanted Brexit & if you tried to make a list of all the UK politicians & pundits who’ve backed all three, you’d be here for hours. 581922504
Reposted by Actual DeanAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13hIf Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine. 10760362243
Reposted by Actual DeanI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Valued at one billion dollars a year ago, now worth the square root of fck all. The crash is coming. Anyone made any actual plans for how we survive it? I know I haven't. #Bubble #Recession #bbcpm #CharacterAI bsky.app/profile/lanc... 221
Reposted by Actual DeanElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There's a guy in my replies who says he doens't read women because they write well about emotional conflicts and unrequited love and that's not what he wants. He reads sci fi he says. Can you imagine reading sci-fi and not reading Octavia Butler? Or Ursula K Le Guin? Or NK Jemisin? 1721813169
Reposted by Actual DeanJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12/10/202610 ideas for a radical budget, from the likes of @ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @helenmiller.bsky.social, @pollycurtis.bsky.social and me, at @arguablymag.bsky.social www.arguably.uk/p/10-ideas-f...arguably.uk10 ideas for a radical BudgetPolicy experts on why John Healey can’t afford to play it safe 34817
Reposted by Actual DeanDr Tacey "dumb blonde" O'Neil @densitypoint.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Wikipedia explains -- it was errors in a spreadsheet analysing country data used for the paper "growth in a time of debt", which was, in turn, used by many governments to justify their austerity policies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_...en.wikipedia.orgGrowth in a Time of Debt - Wikipedia 031
Reposted by Actual DeanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin 6687172758
Reposted by Actual DeanDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Although it feels like I am shouting into the void about this sometimes, I want to share some further thoughts on the “Zionism is Racism” motion which the Green Party is due to debate in the next 16 hours. Just to address various points which I think people in general should know. A thread: 4308144
Actual Dean @p14n.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Israeli government is guilty of genocide against the Palestinian people. Also, if this motion passes, I will stop my green party membership. 110
Reposted by Actual DeanI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I dunno, but I feel like we keep addressing moronic right wing dogma like this over & over again. Can we please put this horseshit to bed once & for all? We've had 50 years of Thatcherism. It's failed. Let's get back to what we know worked, & delivered he highest growth in history. #r4today 0316
Reposted by Actual DeanI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 03/08/2026When the N Sea revenues declined & privatisation assets ran out, govts started borrowing heavily to fill the gap. The fiscal space Thatcher appeared to create was never real. It was a sell-off dressed as a structural reform. Every PM since has lived with the consequences. @mrjamesob.bsky.social 162
Reposted by Actual DeanI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 03/08/2026She also sold off the national silver. B Gas, BP, BT, Water, Electricity. Assets built by taxpayers, sold once for cash, gone forever. The con: she made cutting rich people's taxes look fiscally responsible. It wasn't. She just had a one-time chequebook nobody else would ever have again. @lbc.co.uk 194
Reposted by Actual DeanI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 03/08/2026In 1979, Thatcher cut the top rate of income tax from 83% to 60%, then to 40%. She funded this not through economic growth but through a one-off windfall: N Sea oil taxes generated £52.4 billion in six years, revenue that had been virtually non-existent before. @mrjameskay.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk 185
Reposted by Actual DeanI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Why is the public confused about wealth taxes and climate change? Because for 40+ years, lobby groups and think tanks have been paid to confuse them. And it started with Thatcher pulling off one of the greatest financial cons in modern history. 🧵 @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk 22213
Reposted by Actual DeanMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UK PM Andy Burnham is now looking for a Brit company that can take over from Palantir.ft.comAndy Burnham searches for UK alternative to PalantirPrime minister’s ‘buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts 70748230
Reposted by Actual DeanRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026How many more times does this need to be said? Men need to be better allies. #EndViolenceAgainstWomen 01010
Reposted by Actual DeanOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23032741209
Reposted by Actual DeanJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Danny Tommo, Amodei, Man City fair play Piddington, Macklemore, Dolly ain’t alive no more Netanyahu’s iron dome, Meg and Harry coming home New cat, Clavicular COVID CONSCIOUS LESBIAN BAR 🎶 we didn’t start the fire 🎶 348297
Actual Dean @p14n.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Watching Gladiator II and googling "were there sharks in the Roman colosseums?" 200
Reposted by Actual DeanMark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Bible literally says that a woman can be created from a man’s rib, Janet. 2840472
Actual Dean @p14n.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The apocalyptic messaging about AI from the *leaders of AI companies* tells me one thing 100
Reposted by Actual DeanKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026Oh whoops look what mY aGeNtS have done now lol sorry 512924
Reposted by Actual DeanAsh Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 25/09/2026Why have we reached a stage where people call in to @natashadevon.bsky.social and say they want people to drown? Well headlines like this don’t help. Let’s forget that numbers are way down on years previous and just keep stoking fear and division. This is why the RNLI is under attack. 61596146
Actual Dean @p14n.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It seems the French mass media have the vocabulary to describe the facts #bbc 010
Reposted by Actual DeanMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. 20348811724820
Reposted by Actual DeanDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Loltheintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mamdani. 4467105
Reposted by Actual DeanRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thankful to be learning these “survival Spanish” sentences to get me through everyday situations 4223
Reposted by Actual Deanbiologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 17/09/2026this experimental car t-cell therapy is something. a 3-year-old boy's massive, metastatic liver cancer (that spread to lungs/bones) fully regressed after two doses. car t usually tackles blood cancers, so this for a solid tumor is a significant step, with no toxicity.sciencealert.comA 3-Year-Old's Metastatic Cancer Disappeared After Two Doses of Experimental TherapyResearchers have reported an extraordinary case where an experimental CAR T-cell therapy led to the complete disappearance of metastatic liver cancer in a three-year-old boy. This breakthrough is part 642543838
Reposted by Actual DeanJohn Dalton - brain marinated in woke sauce. They/them @johndaledalton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One of the 'vox pops' from #newsnight last night was quite intelligent. 1314931
Actual Dean @p14n.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Some days I feel I have achieved nothing of note, and then some days 000
Reposted by Actual DeanParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"Dear Diary, £72 million in 48 hours! It sounds a lot, but it's peanuts compared to what they'll make when I keep my promise to slash capital gains tax on crypto assets from 24% to 10% and set up a Bank of England Bitcoin Reserve Fund" 12589200
Reposted by Actual DeanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My man looks like a Teddy Ruxpin doll programmed by the Heritage Foundationthedailybeast.comJD Vance Called Out Over Hypocritical Racist DogwhistleThe vice president’s remarks about America becoming “dirtier” sparked fierce backlash. 3396053818
Reposted by Actual DeanGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"I ain't sure that's what it's supposed to look like" 3324
Reposted by Actual DeanNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry. 343109784
Reposted by Actual DeanThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My legitimate concern is that this world leading success story of multicultural integration is being usurped by racist hoodlums and thugs who want to tear it all down, and many in power think that's just dandy. 421772
Reposted by Actual DeanRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 08/09/2026It won’t stop these reprehensible, cowardly pieces of shit attacking the RNLI, but here is a handy link to donate 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. 47786440
Actual Dean @p14n.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Why, in our numerous reflections on 9/11, have I never heard anyone say "that was a rich guy with a grudge"? Seems *really* pertinent 101
Reposted by Actual DeanI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Here's what actually drove the modest rise: the State Pension (up from 3.7% to 5% of GDP) and disability benefits (up from 1.2% to 2.1%). Meanwhile spending on working-age and child benefits FELL from 2.8% to 1.9% of GDP. The "scrounger" narrative has no evidential basis. #bbcpm 1156
Reposted by Actual DeanTony Jones @exrevtony.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Which rights do you want to lose, as part of that "reform?" 042
Reposted by Actual DeanEd Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A Christian in Dover yesterday 209739
Reposted by Actual DeanAndreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 06/09/2026Please buy Sarah’s book “Engineering management for the rest of us” It is a great book, and I am not 100% sure she will be able to live off her comedy career. 1524
Reposted by Actual DeanGill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 06/09/2026For comparison www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...bbc.co.ukPort of Dover: Arrests made as Insulate Britain blocks portQueues form at Europe's busiest ferry terminal as Insulate Britain shift their protest from the M25. 916898
Reposted by Actual DeanDeclan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One of the constants in the Labour elite political outlook is the belief that the UK is an inherently right-wing country that it can only govern through genuflection to reactionary forces. With the collapse of the centre-right this has led to sincere bigotry & catastrophic weakness towards fascism. 44219
Reposted by Actual DeanMark Doidge @markdoidge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026How many front page articles and opinion pieces will there be? 16117
Reposted by Actual DeanEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026Three senior Reform figures were involved in those Channel 4 revelations we saw last night. Two have been kicked out. The third is Nigel Farage. Farage should be suspended while this matter is investigated. He has very serious questions to answer. 1343243849
