Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 7hSeeing a lot of articles recently talking about events running the risk of reviving the Tories' "nasty party" reputation. I must have missed the memo where said reputation somehow magically disappeared for an unspecified period of time... 051
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 10hWas this perhaps an episode of the X-Files where Mulder and Scully went on the Otley Run? 1100
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 11/10/2026From the desk of Archibald Carruthers, @ministryofsecrets.bsky.social operative 130
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 09/10/2026I think "the cousin is now a fascist" is more common as people get older and can see what their friends and family post on FB etc than folks might believe it is 050
Reposted by Red DogWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me. 12073941886
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 09/10/2026If you look at U.S. society as a whole, it still remains a C19th culture, with all that that entails 120
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 08/10/2026Very funny show by @misterabk.bsky.social tonight - highly recommended seeing him. Also, top notch deployment of David Devant and his Spirit Wife as part of the interval music - not heard that song in years 🦰 010
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 08/10/2026Hate's a strong word. Play a game or don't - it's not worth getting all "hate" about it 040
Reposted by Red Dogflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026TL:DR - our political/media class gambled an enormous amount of their credibility and legitimacy on America’s noble War On Terror, and *they lost disastrously*. Rather than admit they fucked it horribly, they have doubled down on militarism and propaganda again and again. Look what they’ve now done. 26817
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 08/10/2026Putting a beholder in the first room is pretty flipping hardcore 010
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 08/10/2026Wait a minute - is this a test..? I don't want to get kicked out before I've learned about sentient cheese... 120
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 06/10/2026My earworms are generally just what comes to me in the shower - lord knows what my subconscious was trying to tell me this morning 010
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 06/10/2026This morning's #earworm - It Ain't Over 'til It's Over by Lenny Kravitz 110
Reposted by Red Dogflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The press have decided to reimpose the two party model and unfortunately, that requires “pretending to believe Kemi Badenoch is doing a good job”. Which is pretty bad, given she’s a disastrously online wacko. 19434106
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 04/10/2026"What we want to see is that people who work harder don't get punished for doing so" There you have it folks - according to Kemi the fact that you're not making £100k a year is because you are lazy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukConservatives pledge to scrap £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge'Party leader Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC that she wants to see "people who work harder" not getting punished for doing so. 351
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 01/10/2026As someone who lives in Otley and will be entertained by Mr Beckett-King and his snail on the 8th, I can confidently report that this place is entirely fictitious 010
Reposted by Red DogRob 🏳️🌈 @rotster.net · 01/10/2026Good morning, children, welcome to your first day at School. Your 5 years of play are over and the rest of your lives will be spent in service to capital, specifically, to my billionaire friends that make my life very comfortable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEmployers should teach primary-age children about work, Milburn saysThe author of a major report into youth activity in the UK says children as young as four should be learning about careers. 52611
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 01/10/2026"There’s been a steady stream of prison officers arriving for their shifts so far this morning but there is no sign yet of any inmates being released." Such incisive reporting of *checks notes* people going to work in Armley 020
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 01/10/2026Every time a right wing and/or American commentator uses the term "socialism"static.klipy.comThe Princess Bride Mandy PatinkinAlt: The Princess Bride Mandy Patinkin "You keep using that word" gif 040
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 01/10/2026In which the noted giant squid Captain Quinton details the travails of having random blokes in diving suits wandering all over his front lawn 120
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 01/10/2026Exactly (see also the whole RAF Fairford thing). Only trouble is, in this day and age such raising of doubt just seems to breed more conspiracy theory nutjobbery that feeds directly into people's darkest prejudices, rather than leading to any improvement in journalism 230
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 01/10/2026As far as I can tell, the pilot managed to open it from the inside whilst being attacked by his co-pilot, but yes, it's another story where the details taken as a whole just don't seen to make sense, or at least they don't as the official accounts are laid before us 130
Reposted by Red DogRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 157165175566
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 29/09/2026Just walked past a guy on his phone whose AI system of choice was telling him that "whilst I can tell you about the pharmacology of amphetamines, I cannot help you buy any"... 🤦 130
Reposted by Red DogRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... They have had their chance. They have blown it. We need a real alternative in this country now. They will never be it again.taxresearch.org.ukIt is time for people of courage to walk away from LabourAs I say on fiscal rules in the glossary to this blog: Fiscal rules are targets set by governments to limit borrowing, debt, or deficits over time. They are presented as if they are neutral, technical... 24220117
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 28/09/2026It would be hugely amusing if this was a bunch of black shorts (masks and white transits seems to fit the MO) who thought every RAF base is likely to house migrants, and picked the most well-defended one out there 120
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 23/09/2026He's only following in an old family tradition, given that Grandpa Trumpf had form 011
Reposted by Red DogMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One dizzying-yet-oddly-fun aspect of thinking on timescales this vast is the reminder that our concept of "world geography" is just the briefest instant, a single ripple, a shadow thrown by firelight. Here's one projection of how things will look 250 million years from now. Look at those mountains! 4335
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 19/09/2026Isn't it wearyingly predictable the self-serving bollocks rich people come out with to justify themselves? BBC News - Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 140
Reposted by Red DogIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️ 3661961726
Reposted by Red DogDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I invite ONE journalist to do ONE journalism and ask these AI psychosis enabled AI CEOs "So, how exactly will everyone on Earth die, or is that your TESCREAL religion mixed with Ketamine overdose?" 29019
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 15/09/2026The "AI will kill us all" hyperbole is obviously shonky, and for reasons that are unsurprisingly mundane - money 000
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 15/09/2026What can I say? My subconscious seems firmly rooted at a point about 40 years ago 😜 I saw them headline at Portsmouth Poly in 1990 with Rat Scabies on drums (and I still have the tour poster) 110
Reposted by Red DogWoodo @woodo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Yup, the Armageddon they're currently trying to scare everyone over is, in reality, the bubble bursting, not AI going full Skynet. 1124
Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 15/09/2026"Huge creep continues to be huge creep" shouldn't really be news to anyone, but here we are... 010