Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 15/10/2026It’s the 112th anniversary of Mr Rée’s birth today, so here’s a thread about his extraordinary life (which prompted several people last year to observe, regardless of his sandals/socks decision, that Harry was “smoking hot”) 1721164 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Two things that are in trouble but this government doesn’t give a shit about for some reason: 1. The BBC 2. Universities 1732355 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialJohn C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is, imo, absolutely the consequence of politicians, media figures and others being actively unwilling to condemn this behaviour 844194 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 04/08/2026The Times, one of the leading voices when it comes to 'protecting women and girls' calling a man who assaulted his young pregnant girlfriend, said he would rape the kids if he was a teacher and called for child sex abuse porn to be legal, 'brilliant' 661647482 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 03/08/2026PITCH: a Burnham inspired drag act called Diva-lution 51238 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Again, a fundamental issue with trying to cover the anti-trans movement is that explaining that they are habitually insincere and so routinely chose transphobia over women's rights does make you sound conspiratiorial, and yet... 830266 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialJason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sunday Times leader today. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... 564 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.social👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times 17108533744 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Unison, Aslef, Usdaw, and the Musicians’ Union will not attend the Labour Women’s Conference over the decision to ban trans women from formal proceedings at the event. This is what solidarity looks like! 💜metro.co.ukPowerful unions boycott Labour Women's Conference over trans ban 923761 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 26/07/2026What would I be prepared to do to fight fascism? The perennial question. But not posting on Twitter seems a pretty small ask. Amazed how many people I have admired are still doing it. 524156 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The decision of so many people to keep using X in its race-war phase has made me a bit more cynical overall about the ability to draw moral red lines. It’s beyond disappointing. 672510434 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialAnthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026We're just at the end of your last ten year plan. Not gonna lie, the results ain't that great. 1422530536 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/07/2026hate that I'd take the 50k in a heartbeat but I can guarantee that if I had a deposit/had already bought a place I'd take a chance on the mil, everything is about housing 2121011 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialMáirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Someone at a senior level in UK government needs to very publicly tell the US it is none of their business who the UK PM appoints. 1561301296 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I genuinely cannot understand how the Labour government has now had two, genuinely cultured prime ministers who both looked at Lisa Nandy’s record there and went “I’m pleased with this. I want this to continue.” 3855487 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialIan Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 19/07/2026Heart breaks for Argentina. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer team. And they’re taking it so well, a credit to themselves 732926 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Every time I turn on the News, someone is discussing who *might* be Chancellor and what that *might* mean. These are good and important questions, but they are not "News". We need to find a way to shift the dial back to reporting on what *has* happened, rather than speculating on what *might*. 32636118 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/07/2026I would love it if Spain won 17 - 0 against Argentina on Sunday 1251462 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/07/2026After Zia Yusuf accuses critics of endangering Reform politicians with violent language, he is read a list of quotes where he called Reform's opponents "lunatics who deserve extinction", "sick arsonists" and "traitors" who will face a "reckoning". He says these are in "a totally different category" 1151586605 0
treeblopez.bsky.social @treeblopez.bsky.social · 14/07/2026FT comments have got noticeably crazier recently. The top-rated one always seems to be a complaint about net zero and “welfare”. 030 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialAnthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026If you post on X, you are an active participant in the richest man in the world’s far-right, racist disinformation campaign. But, you know, gotta get that engagement clout. 63288698 0
treeblopez.bsky.social @treeblopez.bsky.social · 11/07/2026A billionaire accuses others of being too insulated 2381 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialMike Meginnis @mikemeginnis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I really do not understand how anyone thinks it's okay to be using these platforms. We should not be subsidizing CSAM even if Bluesky libs are very annoying. If you can't find an alternative you like, just stop posting! 38330 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialTom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 02/07/2026“People thought we still needed a plan for defeat in 2024” If you thought you were losing why were you there you prick? Any dickhead could have told you Labour would win from 2022 onwards. None of this should have been a suprise not least because it was your fucking job 7879 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialChris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The lesson of this is the one we learned in the 30s. You cannot appease fascism; you must destroy it. 520158 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.sociallastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This is it lads. I can feel it. *This* is the little piece of ostentatious cruelty that finally kills off Reform. They're done for now, practically no point in them even running. More good work by the political geniuses of Blue Labour! 939360 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Times argues that Labour sticking to its plans fro remigration and deportation is the only way to stave off Farage - because that's worked so well so far. There is no appeasing these people, and no point in trying and the sooner govt realises that the better. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-... 25431127 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Palantir is owned and run by techno-fascist crazies who are allied to the Trump regime. Whatever efficiency gains using them promises the UK should not allow critical state functions to become dependent on their services, which we can reasonably fear will be used as leverage to blackmail us. 516464 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Even putting aside his policy platform and focussing on a personal level, Starmer's tendency to scapegoat aides, his treatment of civil servants, and his disrespect of his parliamentary colleagues have been hallmarks of his time in office and I just don't think they are "decent." 2594 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialBUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 19/06/2026“Hello, French Polishers? It’s just possible you could save my life” x 1932045 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.sociallastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Same. I am from an immigrant family, marrying an immigrant, teaching immigrant students. It is *incredibly* hard for me not to see Mahmood's policies as a central and vicious betrayal of core values. This combined with Starmer's own rhetoric on the matter thoroughly disillusioned me on them. 539269 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialJulianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026Andy Burnham is the King of the North. Just like Robb Stark, who I’m sure everything went well for, I dunno, I’ve not read it 812915 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 21/06/2026What *is* the point of public funding if it's not to subsidise things we need but commercial broadcasters won't do? 12656169 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialGuy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Is binning expert correspondents in eastern Europe a good idea at a time like this? Disinformation on the rise, Russia interfering in many countries, threatening several and actually at war with one? Well, BBC News management seems to think so. It's disposing of me and 4 of my colleagues. 931210524 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 20/06/2026"Who's that?" "That's Mrs Deacon and her penis of a husband" 15824141 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialTheNewDomShow @thenewdomshow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026"Tell Jabba I'll get him his money..." 7874671080 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialMaria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Contrast this with what we do have a political language for: concerns about immigration, cultural decline, the supposed threat from trans people. This is the language of the great replacement theory, it is the language of white supremacist terror. And it is our common political language. 5/ 210820 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialGrumpenstein’s Monster @maxwellshabbsby.bsky.social · 15/06/2026All Bluesky users will now have to pass the following security question to use the platform #totp 1322677 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialSarfraz Manzoor @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This seems fair enough- it's not like there's much news around these days. 283 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The Ellisons now own TikTok, Paramount, Warner Bros, CBS News, HBO, Comedy Central, and CNN, among other major channels. They are also the largest private donor to "Friends of the IDF." They also paid $7 billion for streaming rights to UFC, which is hosting an event at the White House. 52655772928 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialSteven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 12/06/2026If nothing else, this confirms Starmer has to go. McSweeney is the originator of most of the often self-inflicted troubles of his govt and if he hasn’t the wit to see that he doesn’t deserve to be Prime Minister. 54522 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Agreed: politics is the art of persuasion, and Labour has lost faith in its ability to make and win arguments. There's a lot of talk at present about "respecting voters". The best way to respect them is to tell the truth: to treat them as adults who can take bad news and who understand trade-offs. 1617534 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialJoel @storywonker.bsky.social · 11/06/2026As ever, if you feel you can't sell "we need to raise taxes to expand the Royal Navy" to *Britain* then why are you even in politics, you clearly don't think you're any good! 211932 0
Reposted by @treeblopez.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"Racist pogroms are bad but..." 71799150 0