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Janina Matthewson @j9andif.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you don't care about putting writers and actors out of work, then you're an asshole, but fine – what about the builders, the electricians, the costumers, the catering staff, etc, etc, etc

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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 09/10/2026

As tiresome as it is to hear Andy Burnham saying "innovation nation" over and over, it's arguably even worse to hear this talk of industrialisation. We have great, valuable export industries in the arts, TV, the BBC and higher education. All are being filleted; thousands out of work, and what for?

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Witchy Annie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

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Seán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was tempted to pirate HP, curiosity and all that. But @jessiegender.bsky.social is right - think of the amount of times HBO commented on GOT leaks and downloads, just as an example. They DO track these things, and even that drives interest. Let this show die. Trans people deserve better.

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Sam ooOOooOoo Turner @renrut-mas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not sharing the Braverman posts because every single one of them addresses the wrong problem. The problem is not a fringe politician expounding on her 19th century racial science theories. The problem is a publicly funded broadcaster platforming and normalising them. Several times a day.

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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet

5 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy looks at a laptop and says “boy o boy! I wonder what my comedy hero’s up to”

Panel 2: A tweet from John Cleese that reads “This is where the Arabs were ahead of us

By castrating all their slaves, they made sure that there were no descendants who could claim reparations”

Panels 3-5: Purple Guy slowly closes laptop with a mystified look of revulsion

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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Braverman saying that 'English' can't be allowed to accept other cultures & nationalities and still be considered English then using the phrase 'laissez faire' to illustrate her point is just sensational work.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Quite the contrast between the PM’s words in NY last night (left) and those of the govt’s spokesperson in response to the latest Daniel Thomas outrage

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great to hear the PM say “We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law” re foreign information warfare. I wonder if he or the Home Secretary might consider doing the same when it comes to masked vigilantes shutting down infrastructure and harassing the RNLI

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just as well those committing wrongs against the RNLI are not holding placards supporting a proscribed organisation, else they would really be in trouble.

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Daniel McElroy @danielmcelroy0.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We’re just in a position where the far right are trying to murder people on the streets or at sea and the government have had almost nothing to say about it. It’s all on fucking video you can watch them do it!

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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

cast Jack Haven! aka the MVP of I Saw the TV Glow. it's criminal that they're struggling to find SAG work and keep their health insurance.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wes Streeting is a truly, truly awful person. The damage he's done to trans people, to neurodivergent people, to people with mental health issues... all because of his "reckons".

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Matt @popandlockhart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Someone buy me this, my birthday is coming up.

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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I do fully think you have a dog's brain if you use gAI by choice. If youre forced to use it by your work that's one thing, but using it by choice? You are a slime.

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ed Davey diving straight into one of the far right’s favourite current tropes - one which is, once again, a bad-faith argument figleafing over an antipathy to migrants generally

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Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More adults have made youth sports their entire personality in the last 10 years than any child in history. Why don't you go break up a game of hide and seek while you're at it, you fuckin' losers.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 18/09/2026

The phrase "legitimate concerns" have been a key element in the mainstreaming of far-right politics and the framing by Mahmood makes it particularly clear On the one hand, she can denounce the illiberal articulation of racism while on the other she euphemises and mainstreams its liberal form

‘Outright racist’ activist Daniel Thomas will face ‘full force of law’ over any crimes, says home secretary

Shabana Mahmood says she wants to distinguish between far-right extremism and legitimate local concerns over asylum sites

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I like how much of the “low information” working or middle class voter discussion implicitly goes hard at the idea that they’re poorer and more susceptible to bad, dumb (mis)info, and I’m not saying people aren’t, but have u seen how rich highly educated people vote?

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days

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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

White British people are going to be really surprised when it turns out that the Perfidious Turk can fill in the forms required to register for this and this doesn't magically turn every barber white.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Why do they always look like this? Where is the best-we-could-manage-hairplugs-on-a-pork-shoulder factory and how do we shut it down?

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026

it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/09/2026

already did that when i was 25. now i'm just chillin

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Reform mired in scandal. A Labour government that literally cannot do the most basic bits of “are you a state?” i.e. arrest people who blockade infrastructure and intimidate the free press. Literally everyone in politics is optimising towards a Conservative victory other than Kemi Badenoch.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/09/2026

"if only the EHRC knew what harm was being done to trans people" is some nonsense naivety. Bring a thousand trans people to Stephenson's home for tea. She. Still. Won't. Care. What is happening is what they want to happen.

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ed Miliband’s parents survived the Holocaust, Ed Miliband is Jewish - that is immutable Questioning his Jewishness like this tells you all you need to know about people like this, and what their values are - and what they truly think about Jewish people that don’t behave how they want them to

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just because there is a perception that people hate migrants, does not mean that what we do is not absolutely vital. Solidarity with the RNLI - they do something very different and heroic. Now is the time for us all to kick off together.

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is brilliant and I agree. But all the migrant orgs who have been attacked for the last 5 years - physically, digitally, daily, also deserve to be thanked. We are providing homelessness/ domestic violence services, education, arts, mental health support, welfare etc. It is vital public service.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

we live in a world where Coyote vs Acme is the 2nd biggest release around while the execs try to kill it off for personal payoffs meanwhile that dipshit podcast the WaPo opinions does is in like its 800th episode with 1 listener

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Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The operative word in "Protect our women!" is not "women" but "our".

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary'

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

True of the slaveholders, true of the segregationists and true of their racist descendants and ideological heirs today.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/09/2026

On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc...

The close of his statement was an appeal to our better natures. If we were going to ask Israelis and Palestinians to live side-by-side, he said, Britain also had to be a place where “people of all faiths and none have a right to live without prejudice or fear.” Listening to him was Andy Burnham, who has been strangely absent from our public debate for the last few days. In August, we couldn’t move for social media clips from the prime minister, standing on a ladder to discuss his first job, or sitting in a pub to rate bar snacks. But faced with masked thugs trying to shut down British ports over the weekend, Burnham seems to have lost the password for his phone. For a decade now, Britain has had a series of leaders apparently paralysed by the fear that if they say that racism is bad, they’ll be voted out. It would be nice to get one who had a slightly higher opinion of us.

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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So the thing you need to remember about the far right in the UK at the moment is that they are conducting a hate campaign against the Royal National Lifeboat Institution because they *don't let refugees drown*

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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 08/09/2026

PEOPLE WITH LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES: so while i see there is utility to the system, i’m more or less morally opposed to their current constructs and have big concerns over the business structure and environmental impact WEB CODER: so i met God today,

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Picking on the RNLI and thinking you are the good guys is such a great example of what is presumably an irreversible brain rot, like if you opened up the bonnet on those heads it would be like when a peach has gone too mushy to be saved

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Robinson is far from alone. Had police on talking about the ‘peaceful protesters’ and, so far, Labour’s response to Dover and Portsmouth has been to talk about understanding the protesters These are literal street fascists!

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

so far these are the big real uses of AI 1. Analyzing huge data sets better than we could before 2. Automate hacking and malware to an unprecedented degree 3. Supercharge fraud beyond all prior precedent 4. Flood the internet with slop / disinfo Where's the change in our very nature?

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest"

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Important to recognise that "legitimate concerns" is performative, not descriptive. People are not saying "you are justified in being concerned about this real problem." They are saying "these are the things we are prepared to treat as legitimate."

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