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Olly B

@ollybain.bsky.social

Lefty, Antiracist, Antifascist, NOT a fan of brexit. Occasionally sweary. Keen on walking up mountains and such. Known to play the odd video game.

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We abandoned public health as too expensive due to austerity, and a generation without support, good housing and even affordable food entered a respiratory disease pandemic that we went on and handled like idiots, because we had idiots in charge.

05.11.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And note that he never rejected what some sneeringly refer to as "idpol". Never came close to throwing minorities under the bus. On the contrary. The affordability agenda came hand in hand with him actively standing up for those principles. He could never have mobilised his base like this otherwise.

05.11.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 556    ๐Ÿ” 121    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

One of Rachel Reeves' minions was on the news saying we all had to "do our bit" and pay more in taxes

No minion, we don't. We've been "doing our bit" for the past 18 years via austerity and yet the rich have been getting richer whilst we get poorer

Tax wealth, NOT work

#VoteGreen #LabourOut

04.11.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 805    ๐Ÿ” 173    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Dick Cheney died far too old and far too free. The fact that such monsters get to pass away in their eighties surrounded by loved ones instead of alone in a cage is an indictment of our entire civilization.

04.11.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 785    ๐Ÿ” 182    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

He should have died in The Hague.

04.11.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3878    ๐Ÿ” 575    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 156    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the โ€œlack of research into long term impactsโ€ excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. Itโ€™s purely ideological.

01.11.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1828    ๐Ÿ” 520    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Just saw the โ€œI consider my business settled with all trans sisters.โ€ tweet posted on Reddit and the chorus of โ€˜FUCK YOU!!โ€™s is loud enough to be heard from orbit.
The fucking audacity of her.

01.11.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

top tier french

31.10.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 359    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Angry goose chasing person meme. 
โ€œManufactured by who?โ€ 
โ€œMANUFACTURED BY WHO MOTHERFUCKER?!โ€ 
says the goose as a person labellled *UK media* runs away.

Angry goose chasing person meme. โ€œManufactured by who?โ€ โ€œMANUFACTURED BY WHO MOTHERFUCKER?!โ€ says the goose as a person labellled *UK media* runs away.

31.10.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A poster that says
Did you see:
-a tent in the woods?
-someone shoplifting?
-a person sleeping in their car?
NO YOU FUCKING DIDNT
people are struggling don't make it worse

A poster that says Did you see: -a tent in the woods? -someone shoplifting? -a person sleeping in their car? NO YOU FUCKING DIDNT people are struggling don't make it worse

30.10.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7690    ๐Ÿ” 3578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
Post image 30.10.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Arrow release of John Carpenterโ€™s โ€˜In The Mouth Of Madnessโ€™ in a 4k Blu-ray box set.

The Arrow release of John Carpenterโ€™s โ€˜In The Mouth Of Madnessโ€™ in a 4k Blu-ray box set.

Been waiting so long for a physical release of this classic in a decent format. Last version I had was on VHS.
Thatโ€™s my Halloween night viewing sorted.

30.10.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"X shouldn't be political." OK but it is. Now what?

30.10.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1522    ๐Ÿ” 166    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.

And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.

Musk is everything he hated.

29.10.2025 22:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1558    ๐Ÿ” 267    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?

30.10.2025 03:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3675    ๐Ÿ” 933    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesnโ€™t mean we wonโ€™t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

30.10.2025 04:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4465    ๐Ÿ” 1139    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

Just that nagging thought that never mind the economy Labour is doing badly in polls because it really doesn't look like a government in charge of anything least of all having a coherent message.

29.10.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A landscape photograph with text over the top. The image shows open green land with trees dotted about from the bottom of the photo across left to right, in the middle there is a hill and creeping above the hill is the sun rising or setting soaking the  image with warm orange and lighter colours where the rays hit.there is white text over the image including a quote and the response. The quote text says:
โ€œThey donโ€™t come here legally.โ€
The response says:
I donโ€™t give one single fuck.

A landscape photograph with text over the top. The image shows open green land with trees dotted about from the bottom of the photo across left to right, in the middle there is a hill and creeping above the hill is the sun rising or setting soaking the image with warm orange and lighter colours where the rays hit.there is white text over the image including a quote and the response. The quote text says: โ€œThey donโ€™t come here legally.โ€ The response says: I donโ€™t give one single fuck.

Not one.

29.10.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 590    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Gonna ask ChatGPT how to rephrase "Fuck off into the sun you fucking fuck" in more formal language.

29.10.2025 06:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I had a shitload of money and wished to hasten the arrival of the Kingdom of God I would simply follow the clearly labeled instructions by housing immigrants, freeing prisoners, and so forth

28.10.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1336    ๐Ÿ” 269    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Someone saw one of those dystopian sci-fi movies where the elite live in sky palace towers and the poors live in dark slums on the ground and thought, โ€œI could make that!โ€

27.10.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brianna was murdered in a transphobic hate crime, and disabling the replies doesnโ€™t make that untrue!

27.10.2025 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 574    ๐Ÿ” 127    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Disabled quote posts as well now, always a good sign..

27.10.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And definitely don't vote for parties who say you've caused "incalculable damage" to the country.

join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/

27.10.2025 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still an utter virus of a man, regardless.

26.10.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Women started fandom. Women started fanfic. Women started star Trek cons. Women invented beer, and the novel, while we're at it. Stop trying to erase women from spaces, you stupid, lazy, misogynistic fucks.

25.10.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3915    ๐Ÿ” 1148    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

That has a really similar font and background design to No Manโ€™s Sky updates and for a second I read it and thought โ€œWhat the hell is happening?!โ€ and then realised itโ€™s Helldivers and it made much more sense.

25.10.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.

24.10.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9502    ๐Ÿ” 2149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1390    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2712
Stop! you already have enough wars!

an illustration of a guy holding back an american guy 'but i don't have these wars!'

pic of benezuela, iran, n.korea, canada, panama, greenland, china, and russia

Stop! you already have enough wars! an illustration of a guy holding back an american guy 'but i don't have these wars!' pic of benezuela, iran, n.korea, canada, panama, greenland, china, and russia

24.10.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

A very few fresh ones have gone up near me in the last week, but the majority are just rotting off their posts now. Looks a right mess.

23.10.2025 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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