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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 16h

good grief. he's also extremely intellectually dishonest translation: "I have built my house on sand and dare not give you a shovel" www.hnn.us/article/horo...

There are no such things, Wilson now claims, as “neutral facts.” “Believer and unbeliever alike,” must abandon all hope of finding “the pristine data.” Pastor Wilson thus urges us to regard “objectivity as a false God,” and declines to provide evidence for his positions on the grounds that it would be like pulling a thread from a “tightly knit sweater.” “One thing will always lead to another,” he explains, “and answering one objection will always lead to another objection.”

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Whatever it is, I'm sure a Klik will try to eat it.

Photo of a 6-pack of Crispy Bacon flavour Wheat Crunchies (a snack food by KP). They're shaped like hollow cylinders with rounded ends.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(Disclaimer: I have not read Fukuyama)

Bell curve meme. The midwit with average IQ says "Noo, look at everything bad in the world, history is still happening!" while the guys at the low and high end of the IQ spectrum agree "Fukuyama was right"

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's why his plan ultimately succeeded despite failing in its immediate objectives. He was right and everyone could see it! But nevertheless:

Conscience Cat from Sam & Fuzzy holding up a sign saying "Murder is not an appropriate method of career advancement"

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Basically this, again, but this time from a climate scientist (Niven's law strikes again)

Cartoon of a climate summit. The speaker lists all the ways climate action would make the world better: energy independence, preserve rainforests, sustainability, green jobs, liveable cities, clean water, air, healthy children, "etc. etc." An audience member objects: "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?"

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

He's proposing to ban X, right?

The frame from the Padmé meme where she's looking full of optimism, based on misunderstanding what Anakin is saying when he actually means something horrible.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?da...

Gilgamesh Wulfenbach from the Girl Genius comic wielding a bizarre contraption with sporks flying out of it. "Now face the terror of the HAND-CRANKED RUNCIBLE GUN!"

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Hank is getting out of the propane business.

Screenshot of the bluesky app showing the post above, followed by a retweet by Worcester Green Party of a post by Zack Polanski: "The system is rigged. An illegal war hikes bills for struggling families - meanwhile energy giants rake in profits. We don't have to live like this any more. Vote Green on May 7th." Polanski quotes a post from Sky News: "Oil giant BP announces huge rise in profits in first results since Iran war"

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The challenge for Greens is to convince the public that the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis are the same thing. The Iran war, awful and stupid as it is, could ironically turn out to be a great political boon for us in this regard as it pushes up the cost of fossil fuels.

One of the problems, according to [Luke] Tryl [executive director of the research group More in Common], is that the climate is not a “salient” issue for voters at present, ranking about eighth as a concern, below more pressing day-to-day issues such as the cost of living and health. That is a big slip compared to a few years ago, when the UK’s successful hosting of the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow in 2021 drove more than half of the public to say the UK should meet its net zero target sooner than 2050, and the record-breaking summer of 2022, when UK temperatures for the first time topped 40C, ensured the climate stayed a top three concern.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

So they previously had to put up with coal and now they have to put up with solar. How isn't this an improvement? I have no sympathy for such selfish sob stories. None at all. I have negative sympathy.

The countryside around the Lincolnshire market town of Gainsborough is a focal point for solar developers and their adversaries. It is set to be transformed by a cluster of four large-scale solar plants. The area is attractive because solar farms can easily plug into the National Grid at the site of the former Cottam coal power station, which operated here for half a century. One of the new plants being built in this area, Tillbridge, is the largest solar development to be granted planning permission so far. The project will cover approximately 1,400 hectares (3,460 acres), equivalent to 2,000 football pitches.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I guess it's clause 246 or 247 here... not clear which bills.parliament.uk/publications...

246 Removal of women from the criminal law related to abortion.

Summary: a woman procuring an abortion for her own pregnancy doesn't commit a crime.

247 Provisions for pardons and criminal records of women prosecuted under
abortion law

Summary: Amends Policing and Crime Act 2017 to insert s. 165A to pardon women who were convicted of crimes in relation to abortions etc. that clause 246 makes legal.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Posted during her tenure as equalities minster:

Tweet by the UK Civil Service posted on 24 May 2020: "Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?" This infamous tweet was a response to Boris Johnson announcing Dominic Cummings would not be sacked for flagrantly violating COVID regulations by driving to Barnard Castle with his family to "test his eyesight".

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Pro-life USA, covering insurance for dead babies but not live ones.

Sylvester explained: "Essentially what they said is that we would have been covered had the baby not survived. But the fact was that the baby survived."

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

What Zack has said on the issue is not party policy. Here is the actual policy relating to NATO, from the members' website. "Other security arrangements may be considered" but this does not necessarily mean leaving, and nothing is said of an EU agreement.

NATO

PSD317 The Green Party recognises that NATO has an important role in ensuring the ability of its member states to respond to threats to their security. The Green Party supports the principle of international solidarity, whereby nations support one another through mutual defence alliances and multilateral security frameworks.

PSD318 The Green Party supports the development of NATO’s dialogue with non-member countries with a view to ensuring that diplomacy and practical cooperation take precedence over military action.

PSD319 The Green Party will seek the following reforms to NATO. Other security arrangements may be considered should such reforms become unattainable:

a. A commitment to a ‘No First Use’ nuclear weapons policy, while pursuing near term global nuclear disarmament, and fostering the same policies in non-NATO countries;
b. A greater focus on outreach and dialogue to support global peace-building, solidarity and connections, based on democratic and inclusive values;
c. A commitment to upholding human rights in all NATO’s actions and operations; although this should not be seen as a justification for unilateral military intervention;
d. An end to fixed minimum level of military spending by each member state to be replaced with a flexible level set by consensus that will reflect the current military and strategic landscapes;
e. A commitment to undertaking no out of area operations or military exercises, and to act solely in defence of member states;
f. A guarantee that abiding by International Treaties, Conventions and UN Resolutions shall always take precedence over other considerations in determining NATO’s actions;
g. A commitment to jointly discuss security concerns of third country neighbour states prior to extending NATO membership.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The finest wines known to humanity, you say?

Richard E. Grant (right) and Paul McGann as "Withnail and I", from the film of that name. They are drinking tea in a tea room and Withnail is demanding the finest wines available to humanity.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The Times published this cartoon after the 2020 election.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

David Lammy doesn't believe in his own party's manifesto.

Excerpt from Labour's 2024 manifesto (https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/labour-party-health-policy-how-we-will-build-an-nhs-fit-for-the-future/):

How Labour will improve mental health

Labour will reform the NHS to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health.

Excerpt from the article linked above:

The same document also signalled the UK’s intent to move on article 3, saying that while people should never face torture, the legal interpretation of inhuman or degrading treatment “has been expanded over time”, allowing people to block deportations on the basis of arguments such as the fact they could not receive proper mental healthcare in their own country.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

How it started / How it's going:

The same document also signalled the UK’s intent to move on article 3, saying that while people should never face torture, the legal interpretation of inhuman or degrading treatment “has been expanded over time”, allowing people to block deportations on the basis of arguments such as the fact they could not receive proper mental healthcare in their own country.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I note you don't include Osborne in this picture

Clip from Ed Davey's Wikipedia article showing his tenure as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs 2010–2012 and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 2012–2015, both under PM David Cameron

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It's that time of year again

Wondermark #363 by @davidmalki.com, comic strip titled "In which Joy is Mandated" (December 18, 2007)

Panel 1: Exterior, US Capitol. From inside: "Very well, let it be LAW. Any place with two or more persons gathered must BLARE CHRISTMAS MUSIC INCESSANTLY for the ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER."

"The MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER lobby thanks the people of America. / Democracy works!"

Panel 2: Scene of a battle, swords drawn. Spiky bubble from nowhere: "O'ER THE HILLS WE GO / LAUGHING ALL THE WAY HAHAHA"

Panel 3: A woman with a lamp sings in a dark room: "HE KNOWS WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING / HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE". She startles a man sitting in front of a fireplace: "AAAHHHH"

Panel 4: Busy street scene. Spiky bubble from nowhere: "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS / NO PLACE THAT I'D RATHER BEEEEE"

Woman: "WHAT? CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER ALL THE HOLIDAY CHEER"

Man: "I SAID IT'S TIME TO SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATE SUICIDE"

Title text: "'tis the season!"

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

This right here is why billionaires are an intolerable blight on humanity and must be eradicated.

billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

WaPo dehumanising, misrepresenting: you don't actually want to "stop the tens of thousands of illegal asylum seekers crossing the English Channel" since there's no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker. Rather "stop the tens of thousands of asylum seekers illegally crossing the English Channel".

The answer to this growing problem? Institute a wealth tax. To lower household bills: nationalize water companies. The hot-button topic of migration? Like the rest of the British political spectrum he wants to stop the tens of thousands of illegal asylum seekers crossing the English Channel every year, but advocates doing it with safe legal asylum routes instead of the military.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

And of course, because they have no other dirt on him, they keep dragging up this tired, long debunked lie

And, yes, Polanski also appeared to believe at one point that you can make your tits bigger with a course of paid hypnosis, as first trailed in pick-up artist bible The Game, a book about how to say things people want to hear in order to get them to agree with you.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This is easy enough to find out that I feel like this is just following the meme...

Map of the world coloured by "Countries named Greenland". Red: "not Greenland" (everywhere except Greenland). Blue: "Greenland" (nowhere). Grey: "No Data" (Greenland)

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor by mistake:

Withnail and I (Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann) looking very drenched. They've gone on holiday by mistake.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

There was also the time some thought the queen supported Remain in the EU referendum by wearing a blue hat with yellow flowers

The Queen and her "remain" hat in the colours of the European flag

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

That said: ico.org.uk/for-organisa...

[header] Does legal professional privilege apply to communications relating to crime?

LPP does not cover communications that would enable a client to commit crime. This applies whether or not the lawyer is aware of the wrongdoing.

However, LPP does normally still apply to legal advice given after a crime has been committed.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Advice subject to legal professional privilege is exempt from FOIA. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/3...

42 Legal professional privilege.

(1) Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege or, in Scotland, to confidentiality of communications could be maintained in legal proceedings is exempt information.

(2) The duty to confirm or deny does not arise if, or to the extent that, compliance with section 1(1)(a) would involve the disclosure of any information (whether or not already recorded) in respect of which such a claim could be maintained in legal proceedings.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Left: Kent Police statement about the law Right: the actual law "Reasonable suspicion" is grounds for arrest. "May arouse reasonable suspicion" is weaker even than that, and certainly is not grounds for arrest. Neither of these is an offence. The spokesperson doesn't know the law.

A Kent police spokesperson said: “Under the Terrorism Act it is a criminal offence to carry or display items that may arouse reasonable suspicion that an individual is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation such as Palestine Action.”

12 Support.

(1) A person commits an offence if—

(a) he invites support for a proscribed organisation, and

(b) the support is not, or is not restricted to, the provision of money or other property (within the meaning of section 15).

(1A) A person commits an offence if the person—

(a) expresses an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation, and

(b) in doing so is reckless as to whether a person to whom the expression is directed will be encouraged to support a proscribed organisation.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Kent police's spokesman made a claim about the law that shows quite clearly he doesn't know it. Doing something which merely "arouses reasonable suspicion" (even supposing suspicion is reasonable here, which it plainly isn't) isn't an offence.

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Journalese can be so silly sometimes. What do you mean "shoots", present tense? Is it something he does regularly?

Screenshot from a YouTube post by RFU News. "Russian minister fired by Putin shoots himself dead, authorities say. Source: Politico" [link]

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

When did you take this screenshot? It seems to be out of date.

Pie chart of GB councillors showing 6129 Labour, 4415 Conservative, 3198 Lib Dem, 895 Green, 806 Reform, unspecified smaller numbers for SNP, Plaid Cymru and "Vacant", and 2538 "Other". Source: Open Council Data UK, created with Datawrapper

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/dog-ph...

Three panel comic of a woman talking to a dog. The dog's dialogue is in thought bubbles. Title "Dog Philosophy". Credit Matthew Boyd and Ian McConville, threepanelsoul.com.
Panel 1:
Woman: Who's a good dog?
Dog: Whoah, that's a hell of a question.

Panel 2:
Woman: Who's a good boy?
Dog (looking up at the woman thoughtfully): Who among us can truly be raid to be good? What is goodness?

Panel 3:
Woman: You are!
Dog (with a huge smile): WHAT.
Woman: Yes!
Dog: THIS IS AMAZING!

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Peter Berry @thrawcheld.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Tories are both sides of this meme simultaneously

Image from The Simpsons episode "Bart Gets an Elephant". Above left: sign "Republican Convention Inside", above right: inside the convention, banners "We want what's worst for everyone" and "We're just plain evil". Lower left: sign "Democratic convention inside", below right: inside the convention, banners "We hate life and ourselves" and "We can't govern!".

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