Reposted by V. MeccanicoNurse Ratched @nurseratched64.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Trump steals everything. Including unearned credit #blues 642272999
Reposted by V. MeccanicoMike Wilson @whisperingwind.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026My father caught polio in (I think) 1947. He spent some time in an iron lung, was eventually able to breathe unaided but never walked again. That’s me hanging on to one of his wheels in around 1958. Some people wonder why I am so pro-science & so angry with anti vaccine propaganda. Here’s why. 427944
Reposted by V. MeccanicoWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/08/2026X is a major national security vulnerability that UK government and politicians continue to prop up.theguardian.comMost X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UKExclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from US 231026411
Reposted by V. MeccanicoCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Wow. Just wow. 11669211653
Reposted by V. MeccanicoNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026My kids have measles, I can't breathe the air, I can't afford gas, and I have explosive diarrhea from a parasite RFK Jr. ordered the CDC to stop monitoring. But at least now the Saudis have a nuclear program. 402108445
Reposted by V. MeccanicoREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026i am not going to watch that Musk interview because i know what i'll take away from it and it'll just make me the kind of angry i can't do anything about. and also. also. he's a fucking idiot 51047
Reposted by V. MeccanicoMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24/07/2026I made a commitment to provide free, independent legal advice for victims and survivors of sexual violence. The service has already provided hundreds of vulnerable victims with vital legal support - and now the government will roll the model out nationally. 1522162
Reposted by V. MeccanicoMartin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The idea that the minister in charge of the department delivering this level of performative cruelty should be appointed to any high office is incredible. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBritish girl, 15, stranded in Rome for six weeks due to new passport rulesThe dual national, who missed six weeks of school, is latest of several children affected by recent Home Office policy 015250
Reposted by V. MeccanicoCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Game on, Nige. 22970651241
Reposted by V. MeccanicoDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Gebbia’s Birch society post blames immigrants for rising housing costs. Given that a lot of people blame AirBNB for unaffordable housing, this seems like a prime example of a rich guy who scapegoating immigrants for a large social problem he helped create. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-chi... 3424114
Reposted by V. MeccanicoER 🇪🇺 @er2023.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Nine years before PM Starmer said we are a "squalid chapter" in history of 🇬🇧 who caused "incalculable damage" through our mere presence, thereby turning 🇬🇧 into an "island of strangers". Every time of course, increasing/reviving hatred against us, immigrants, in the population 🤮🤬 2/2 073
Reposted by V. MeccanicoJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Egypt and Iran have requested that Pride events in Seattle during their World Cup match be canceled and… no. Welcome to Seattle. This might be the most patriotic I’ve felt in my life. Pride isn’t happening during your game; you’re here during Pride. Suck a rainbow. apnews.com/article/worl...apnews.comIran and Egypt will meet, uncomfortably, in Seattle's World Cup 'Pride Match'Egypt and Iran are two of the most repressive countries for gays and lesbians. But by sheer coincidence they will square off in a World Cup “Pride Match” in Seattle coinciding with the city’s annual c... 329105482806
Reposted by V. MeccanicoDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Last year, Govt won a £122m judgment against Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company PPE Medpro, for supplying defective PPE The company had been emptied of cash and collapsed Now its liquidators are suing Barrowman, Mone and associated companies personally Short 🧵 35499194
Reposted by V. MeccanicoDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026We also batted round restrictions on social media ("how can you have a news service run by a man who wants to overthrow the government?" is a reasonable question) and something like people centred planning which is less about endless lawfare. But didn't quite finish those. 1283
Reposted by V. MeccanicoJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 18/06/2026🚨🚨 This is the only way: First UKG Department leaving #X over concerns of incitement of #racism, #violence and #misinformation concerns. Major kudos to Richard Hermer pulling Attorney General's Office off X platform. observer.co.uk/news/politic...observer.co.ukFirst government department quits X over racism and viole...Concern about the spread of misinformation from right-wing figures prompts Richard Hermer to pull Attorney General’s Office off platform 617473
Reposted by V. MeccanicoSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting 139143273648
Reposted by V. Meccanicoheyheyfield.bsky.social @heyheyfield.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Long live Larry! 0132
Reposted by V. MeccanicoRapporteur @euractiv.com · 15/06/2026Hungary parliament passes two-term limit blocking Orbán comebackdlvr.itHungary parliament passes two-term limit blocking Orbán comebackThe amendment was passed by the ruling Tisza party’s supermajority, with 135 votes in favour 47922
Reposted by V. MeccanicoDetroit Breakdown @detroitbreakdown.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Nothing says “dying civilization” like gladiator fights at the capitol for the emperor’s amusement. 460154244187
Reposted by V. MeccanicoBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 12/06/2026Amazing. Sadiq Khan got so much abuse for his policies to clean up London. The efforts over the past few years are already measurable. 0259
Reposted by V. MeccanicoMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Statement from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan calling for Musk and his platform to be held to account: 211128292
Reposted by V. MeccanicoSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Everyone using X - including the UK government - is facilitating this neo-Nazi's calls for violence in the UK. This is morally indefensible. Just stop already. 10284117
Reposted by V. MeccanicoOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Tackle the real problem - the social media giants that act as they please. And in the meantime get off X along with the rest of the government 46942260
Reposted by V. MeccanicoWill Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I know when we’ll see a lot of ‘em. 1726163161896
Reposted by V. MeccanicoThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I met a traveller from an antique land, who said: 28718
Reposted by V. MeccanicoDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 02/05/2026"No one could stop the US raiding modern shipping, but it doesn't because it knows it benefits far more from unmolested maritime trade than any potential piracy spoils", used to be my go-to example illustrating how international law works. Will need to update with a "fucking idiot" caveat. 171392413
Reposted by V. MeccanicoDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I mean, yeah. For those seeking asylum, migrants in general, trans and non-binary individuals, disabled individuals, neurodivergent individuals, this with mental health issues etc etc, yeah, sorry Labour are the "baddies". Arguing Reform would be worse is purely arguing hangman or firing squad. 313945
Reposted by V. MeccanicoMooch @cachiporra.bsky.social · 06/03/2026this churro photo is the most perverted thing I have seen in the last eight years on the Internet 2143
Reposted by V. MeccanicoIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Abysmal, immoral, cruel, small hearted, tiny minded, ineffective, undemocratic, and just generally utterly indecent. What a bitter godforesaken disappointment these people are. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRefugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-upAdults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes. 891884555
Reposted by V. MeccanicoPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026“Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton” Sadiq Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 651327292
Reposted by V. MeccanicoJean-Luc Picard @voiceofpericles.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Trying to equate the Green parties message of hope, community and social values with Reform is quite frankly disgusting. 0615
Reposted by V. MeccanicoPaul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 27/02/2026So for voters switching to Reform it’s, ‘we understand you and sympathise with your concerns’, but for (the much greater number of) voters switching to the Greens it’s, ’you’re being divisive and sectarian’. He’s really not getting it 517621
Reposted by V. MeccanicoJohn Dougherty @johndougherty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Reform: Stop the boats! Deport people! Starmer: OMG we have to beat the Reform Party! STOP MORE BOATS! DEPORT MORE PEOPLE! ISLAND OF STRANGERS! Hannah Spencer: Everybody deserves a nice life. Starmer: Hannah Spencer is more interested in dividing people than uniting them. 532164
Reposted by V. MeccanicoAndrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 25/02/2026What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for anyone in Britain? On this day in 1982, the @echr.coe.int ruled that teachers hitting kids in UK state schools was not OK👇 🔗 go.coe.int/tqT6M Millions of people have since been educated without the threat of physical violence. #ECHRgo.coe.intTeachers stop hitting children after Scottish mums complain to Strasbourg - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int<p>Grace Campbell and Jane Cosans sent their children to state schools which continued to allow the use of corporal punishment. The two mothers complained to the European court, which found that this ... 1013851
Reposted by V. MeccanicoAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/02/2026A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeksKaren Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i... 24471894174
Reposted by V. Meccanicojohnw60.bsky.social @johnw60.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Well quite. I joined Labour because I believed it embodied decency contra to the Tories. I left after Starmer‘s island of strangers speech the culmination of picking on the old, disabled, more vulnerable, refugees and foreigners. Unless that’s reversed Labour won’t get back its voters. 1203
Reposted by V. MeccanicoJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 21/02/2026If Starmer 2.0 means nothing else, perhaps it can mean this… 911510275
Reposted by V. MeccanicoER 🇪🇺 @er2023.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Starmer squandered this golden opportunity (400+ MPs) also through wanting to appease the un-appeasable racists and xenophobes because he didn't have the spine to take them on head-on and expose them for what they are. If not being a racist and xenophobe himself. bsky.app/profile/er20... 253
Reposted by V. Meccanicodarianwoods.bsky.social @darianwoods.bsky.social · 10/02/2026NYC! On April 6, I'm going to be telling economics stories with @marychilds.bsky.social, @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social, Alex Mayyasi with special guest Emily Oster. It's @planetmoney.bsky.social live at @92ndstreety.bsky.social! 1114
Reposted by V. MeccanicoCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/ 7325881233
Reposted by V. MeccanicoGavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 07/02/2026When whatever happens at the top of the Labour Party finally happens and given the sorry mess that British politics has been for years, is it maybe time to fix a broken system? Get rid of the “two party politics” delusion? Embrace PR? It’s apparently good enough for Scotland, Wales and N Ireland. 1630274
Reposted by V. MeccanicoJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026This is a mix of accelerating cognitive decline/disinhibition combined with Trumps continuing compensatory response to severe ego injury over his mounting unpopularity. It’s accelerating the collapse of that popularity. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/trump...abcnews.go.comTrump wants Penn Station, Dulles Airport named after him in funding deal with Schumer, sources saySources told ABC that Schumer rejected Trump's offer. 30553152
Reposted by V. MeccanicoIl gigi mariani 🇪🇺 @ilgigimariani.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Abbiamo un'opposizione? 2186
Reposted by V. MeccanicoLittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 05/02/2026~ English lessons shouldn’t be an immigration test ~ eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration…eastangliabylines.co.ukEnglish lessons shouldn’t be an immigration testWhat happens when learning English stops being a bridge into society and starts to feel like a test of belonging you can fail? 031
Reposted by V. MeccanicoLittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 05/02/2026↑↑ The UK's de facto, and incompetent and worse, PM. He has to go - and the whole Glasmanite 'Blue' cabal with him. @imogenwalker.bsky.social @darrenpjones.bsky.social 042