David Allsopp

Going "whhaaayyyyyyy" when someone drops a tray in a canteen.

Good old core British values... bsky.app/profile/doub...

The man's only instinct, at a point where his strain of politics has been shown as out of ideas and hugely corrupt and the far right is at the gates, is to stab to the left.

"Let's move asylum seekers with specialist medical needs a long way away from their medical care. Oh wait, there's no buses and we refuse to buy bus and train tickets. I guess we have to hire taxis for them. Oh shit, the foreigners are in taxis and that looks bad to the racists"

Wes Streeting wants people to forget. Never let him forget.

Pratchett / Gates GQ Interview GQ Magazine (UK edition), July 1995 GQ&A “I’m not sure what the word ‘nerd’ means” Bill Gates talks to Terry Pratchett about the future, the Microsoft revolution and how to become a billionaire WILLI...

Hi, my name's Jack.

Here is the text of Terry Pratchett interviewing Bill Gates in 1995.

Thanks to @rhi.bsky.social for summoning help, and to @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk for the source, I have manually transcribed its 3,481 words into a Google doc.

Enjoy.

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My go-to on this in the UK is this 2018 study where 1/3rd of employers admitted they would break the law and refuse to hire someone on the grounds they are transgender, and that was before things reached a real fever pitch in the last few years. www.crosslandsolicitors.com/site/hr-hub/...

Funny, most of it seemed to be Graham Linehan telling barefaced lies about trans people and whining about the self-inflicted destruction of his career

A who’s who of Peter’s pals, with most of the country’s important folk on it

Everyone else who’s on the who’s who

1 Yea, and many were the things that were Noticed 2 And the lads mumbled unto each other, saying Uh this shit doth seem to be a bit pervasive 3 From the lowly river even unto the highest mountain 4 And, Uh 5 And, Well 6 And there was great uncertainty, and awkwardness

One morning I encountered Clive James crossing the road in his dressing gown. I got the distinct impression he did not want to be recognised.

"I will never denigrate the contributions that migrants make" says Starmer. But he did just that.

A screengrab from George Parker's profile on Mandelson from the FT, Feb 5 2025: We are on our way north, on a high-speed Avanti train, when I ask Mandelson about his relationship with Epstein. “I regret ever meeting him or being introduced to him by his partner Ghislaine Maxwell,” he says. “I regret even more the hurt he caused to many young women.” An icy chill descends in Carriage J. “I’m not going to go into this. It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”

A year to the day since Mandelson told the FT that their questions about Epstein were "an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off."

I wonder if the paper sent him a card, @pickardje.bsky.social?

OMG. He literally went with "they were no angels" which is the mocking phrase people use to point out how authorities try to minimize their law enforcement executions. And he's using it earnestly because he doesn't realize how it's actually used.

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

"The #climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures & compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – & could undermine the foundations of economic growth” - Dr Jesse Abrams, @gsiexeter.bsky.social

look, who could have possibly known that Peter Mandelson would misrepresent his relationship with a shady billionaire, apart from it being the thing he resigned over the last two times?

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn

- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions

Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨BREAKING: The UK economy would be 3.6% smaller by 2040 if net migration fell to zero, forcing the government to raise taxes to combat a much bigger budget deficit, a thinktank has predicted.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

That's not why Labour's hostile and discriminatory anti-immigration policies should be opposed though. They should be opposed because they are racist, inhumane and based only on inflicting misery and suffering. They are designed to harm. Designed to dehumanise. That is why they must be opposed.

Shabana Mahmood defends immigration reforms amid Labour opposition Around 40 Labour MPs have raised concerns about the impact of the government's proposals.

There is absolutely nothing "fair" about Labour's anti-immigration policies.
They will destroy lives, rip families apart and, quite frankly when coupled with Labour's nigh on Trumpian stance on immigration "enforcement ", will lead to mass deportations by the back door
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Same guy who also gave a speech saying that people like me (immigrants) are making the country into “an island of strangers”.

Swarm of Righteous Teens Huge swarm of Tiny humanoids, chaotic good Skills Intimidation +8, Perception +7 Damage Resistances poison, psychic Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, incapacitated Senses passive Perception 17 Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space. Upon doing so, the creature must succeed on a DC 10 Strength Saving Throw or become Grappled and Prone. The creature can attempt to escape the grapple using an action on its turn. Actions Pummel. Melee Weapon Attack: +1 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d8 - 1) bludgeoning damage.

i decided they needed a statblock

Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."

Fox News Poll: Americans Prefer Democrats On Transgender Issues +22 Points Virtually every subgroup surveyed—from mothers to Black voters to even rural white voters—expressed greater confidence in the Democratic Party’s handling of transgender issues in the latest poll.

1. In a stunning new poll released by Fox News, voters prefer the Democratic Party to the Republican Party on transgender issues at a staggering +22 points.

This includes white voters, rural white voters, black voters, protestants, and moms.

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I can't speak to whether it is actually bortac and whether it is actually mortar launchers but I mentioned in my piece yesterday that I had witnessed tear gas being launched in the air in an arc over people's heads. This video I found on IG shows what I described

This debate or discourse or discussion about why Bezos is dismantling WaPo or whether or not more subscriptions or boycotts could change things or how he could fund it easily is pointless. It’s moot.

Bezos bought the Post to control the narrative and push his agenda. Financials don’t matter.

Peter Mandelbrot. It’s just infinite scandals the more you zoom in.

Dr. James R. Laidler, 2005: "The chief problem with VAERS data is that reports can be entered by anyone and are not routinely verified. To demonstrate this, a few years ago I entered a report that an influenza vaccine had turned me into The Hulk. The report was accepted and entered into the database

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