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Val Stevenson

@valstevenson24.bsky.social
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Idler; previously editor/lecturer. Intolerant of whimsy. Pronouns: sex-based. Londoner/Irish/European. DMs and crass rudeness = block. Gibbering idiocy = mute.

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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 16h
Excellent stand-up routine.
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Freya @saintdagny.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Users should grow up if they can't handle different opinions. These platforms can all be curated without the need of mobs like you creating block lists to protect people who might be offended by the truth.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This “European political elites need to understand that if they say European security isn't possible without the US, they are actually saying that European security isn't possible. For many reasons, they don't want to accept that, but they urgently need to” Europe is bigger than 🇺🇸. It’s possible
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A laugh, a song and a hand grenade. What a woman.
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A thousand times yes.
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J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) on X
Speaking as the elderly mother of three youngsters, who hasn’t had a sex change and knows many homosexuals, it is my able-bodied and sexually-preferred opinion that the Greens are turning into total nutters.
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@moderation.bsky.app hello, you’ve suspended user account @gudulemartens.bsky.app for posting the attached text. Please review this decision. It’ll also be helpful to explain why it is harassment to identify men’s crimes and known patterns of male behaviour.
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's simple: ask for a 6-digit code, valid for 1hr, to verify your email. It arrives too late. Rinse and repeat.
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We can’t both sides this one. What’s being asked of both sides isn’t equal”
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
something extraordinary is happening on Garvaghy Road Northern Ireland. Decent minded protestants & unionists have started to come out to support the Garvaghy residents, against the Orange Order parade madness. This is truly extraordinary. quick 🧵
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spent time appreciating last night's Harvest Moon, and today's earworm is Neil Young, obviously. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Mt...
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Neil Young - Harvest Moon [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Primo Levi: "Es ist geschehen, und folglich kann es wieder geschehen".
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Larry Hochman @larryhochman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I watched a reel from @politicsgirl.bsky.social saying we’re all mad and exhausted. Agreed. Those aren’t just byproducts of today. They’re a tool of oppression. So I’ll make my case for better. But I’ll also promote light,love and fun. And hold up a mirror to those on the wrong side of history.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An excellent&long overdue essay on British (lack of) resilience, explaining just how dependent the UK is on circumstances it cannot guarantee itself, and why protecting your security means a lot more than to just spend more money on arms (although that is necessary, too). www.ft.com/content/ba80...
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How resilient is Britain?
As climate and geopolitical risks cast doubt on the UK’s ability to cope in a crisis, leaders are turning from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ as a governing philosophy
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And in case you imagine a few cans of this and that will do the trick, nah, not in a million. Our politicians, of all parties, are profoundly unserious.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great news – Akua Reindorf KC has joined as Chair on our next #webinar In Defence of the Equality Act. Join @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social, Prof Mary Davis & @audreysuffolk.bsky.social for this vital event! 📆 Thurs 22nd October 6.30PM BST 🌐 Online via Zoom 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiAEqualityAct #FiLiAEqualityAct
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Magnificent thread. Sounds like corporate manslaughter, but IANAL.
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Box of Frogs @boxoffrogs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The biggest mistake that Democrats could make before November, and during the next two years, is to allow Republicans to distance themselves from Trump.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.
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K.Flynnx (St.) @kflynny369.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thread 🧵 👏👏👏
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Endangering another during a journey by sea; criminal damage; carrying an offensive weapon; possession of a bladed article; conduct endangering ships or individuals; unlawfully and intentionally destroying a ship breaching section 11 of the aviation and maritime security act;
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🥹😍🤩✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👀🗣️🫦✌🏽🔥💟💙💟💙💟💙
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nancy Mitford updated.
Sign with arrow in one direction saying Non EU and the other EU.
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Dr Rachel Broady @drrachelbroady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My repost will be marked as 'intolerant' ... because of my feminism.
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@katie_pinns @katie-pinns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Finland spent 23 years collecting data from youth gender clinics. The conclusion? “Psychiatric needs do not subside after medical gender reassignment.” 🔗
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Debra @kalaka58.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"Would I vote for Zack Polanski? Honey, even Zack Polanski isn't able to vote for Zack Polanski."
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K.Flynnx (St.) @kflynny369.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
substack.com/@pg12786759/...
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PG (@pg12786759)
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He is in his bag. Love to see it!
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights “TUC Motion 17 commits 5.3m trade unionists to campaign for gender self-declaration. It never once uses the word “woman”. This is how a movement legislates over women’s rights while pretending not to see them.” 👍 heartlandstribune.com/tuc-motion-1...
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TUC Motion 17 Erases Women From Their Own Rights - The Heartlands Tribune
TUC Motion 17 would change the law on who counts as a woman. It never names women. From single-sex spaces to Darlington nurses: what the TUC voted for.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
Amazing. A Cuban dance instructor living in Russia recruits random people to carry out acts of arson and terror in Europe, on behalf of the Russian state www.dw.com/en/cuban-dan...
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Cuban dance teacher ordered EU sabotage attacks from Russia
In 2024, a Cuban man coordinated a series of arson attacks in four EU countries while operating on behalf of Russian intelligence services. DW Investigations tracked him back to a Latin dance studio i...
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Massive Violet Elizabeth Bott (the epitome of spoiled brat) energy going on here: "I'll thcream and thcream and thcream until I'm thick!".
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9O... Eight minutes into the clip, Georgia Gould comes up with an impressively incoherent answer when asked whether male teachers should supervise girls while they're changing. I'm not sure it's much to do with her child's nappies.
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School Standards Minister Georgia Gould joins Nick Ferrari now
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.sundaypost.com/fp/changing-...
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Call for action as stats reveal close to 100 sex crimes at Scotland's swimming pools and leisure centres
Almost 100 sex crimes including rape and assaults have been recorded at swimming pools and leisure centres in Scotland, figures reveal.
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Cally Beaton @callybeaton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone who has ever complained about London Underground, complain no more.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 09/09/2026
oh so you are anti-ai? well just remember that people were initially against trepanning, too
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James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oof
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There is a real test of a person’s moral compass. Some welcome refugees, accepting they are fleeing a terrible situation and yes, there will be the odd bad apple. Others are more cautious, calling for a stricter policy. I can live with either. What I can’t accept is letting anyone drown.
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LS @vatskills.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Posted without comment. #Canada
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Lillard says IMPEACH & REMOVE @junipersbird.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"teenager Jesse Van Rootselaar" was a male who identified as a girl. Tech Crunch is propagating misinformation by not specifying this while using female pronouns for the killer throughout the article. Instances of female mass shooters are rare.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 01/09/2026
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social calls out Byron Donalds, Ron DeSantis, & the entire Republican Party for their silence on Trump ally Laura Loomer calling Black women — including Angie Nixon, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar & Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — "ghetto…black BITCHES.” 🔗 zeteo.com/subscribe
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 01/09/2026
💬 Zelenskyy on the Russian attack that hit Kyiv and the surrounding region on the first day of school: "Russians are just completely depraved."
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Bloomineck @bloomineck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.thetimes.com/article/49c8...
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It’s time to curb the mother of all abuse
Commercial surrogacy is booming yet we should tighten rules rather than allowing this exploitation to flourish
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Val Stevenson @valstevenson24.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Alex Sobel thinks that "those who believe in biological sex 'come from other worlds, with views from those cultures and have brought them in with them to the Labour Party'". Is he doing a racism (bad) or referring to interplanetary interlopers (bonkers)? www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Trans-rights Labour MP apologises for 'quit' jibe at colleague
Alex Sobel, the MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, came under fire for controversial comments he made to a campaign group in a video recording seen by the Daily Mail.
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