Mark Gannon

Loch Ness monster next?

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Cracking stuff from Villa. Fifth win in a row in all competitions. We dug in when it mattered and delivered two excellent goals. What about that pass from Cash and the take from Digne for the second goal 😍 #UTV #AVFC 🟣🔵⚽️

I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.

Space-suit vs Jackboot – Can science fiction save us from fascism?

Really enjoyable episode of @bunkerpod.bsky.social with @nndroid.bsky.social and @damiengwalter.com talking about lessons from sci-fi for our current moment. pca.st/episode/0b30...

Agreed. He’s getting better and his distribution is improving.

Great result tonight. Strong second half. And what a performance from this guy. #UTV #AVFC

Hmmm… If I didn’t know better, I’d be suspicious and suggest that PSR is having an impact on the clubs that had the audacity to try and gatecrash the established hierarchy.

#AVFC #NUFC #NFFC

That’ll do. Much, much better from Villa. If we can get Rogers back to form then that will make a huge difference. 3 points. A clean sheet. A home win. Up the Villa. #UTV #AVFC

A much better showing from Villa. We should have had at least one more but lots of good passages and plenty of chances created. And finally some pace. Malen and Buendia playing well. Hopefully more of the same in the second half #UTV #AVFC

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

The New Disney

By Dutch comedian Arjen Lubach, on free speech in the the USA under Trump

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.

Esp given assassination of Kirk in US i find Musk's intervention here, calling for dissolution of parliament and a new govt, really scary .

Also UK govt bodies should get the fuck off X.

"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you

"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me

This is Musk addressing the rally in London via video link. "Violence is coming to you. You either fight back or die".

Enough. That's incitement. He's calling for the government to be overthrown. Stopping posting in X? It needs to be banned in the UK. He's a threat to our national security.

BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds

Less than one percent of seats in Parliament. But featured in a quarter of news bulletins.

That's some impartiality right there BBC 👀
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/12/bbc-under-fresh-pressure-over-extent-of-reform-uk-nigel-farage-coverage

In a world where people I normally trust seem to have lost the ability to think two thoughts at the same time, you can always rely on @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to bring some clarity to the conversation.

Right winger gets murdered: he was the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived

Right winger ends up being the murderer: he was also the kindest, gentlest boy who ever lived

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words 17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.

Hey folks. It’s OK to think that political assassinations are unacceptable in a civilised society AND that right wing hate mongers are abhorrent. Let’s stop with the post hoc normalisation of a nasty misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, racist, white nationalist. zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

I can't quite put my finger on which hypocrisy is greater here, but perhaps James would have had the opportunity to ask him about it had he not been banned from attending Reform's "free speech" conference.

I hate click bait but sometimes it’s just too hard to resist.

This is batshit.

As Farage parades around the studios and airwaves today can reporters please ask him why there were no Channel crossings prior to the Brexit which he claimed would "take back control of our borders".

Thanks

Christ above. These pitiful fucking cowards.