Richard deValmont

@devalmont.myatproto.social

Co-host of Horror Podcast Bela Lugosi's Shed with HJ Doom. Guitarist, Gamer, Lefty. I rant (and occasionally rave) about gaming and politics. He/Him, or They/Them is fine too.

A 25% turnout to decide who will be controlling the budgets and social planning for your devolved city is absolutely shocking. I really despair for anyone who cares so little for keeping out the hard right that they couldn't be bothered to go down to the scout hall down the road and tick a box.

Jodrell Bank's scientific budget is under £3million. There are loads of billionaires wanking on with their own Space vanity projects who could fund it for a decade with their pocket change, but absolute silence.

All I'm saying is that if I wanted to smear Zach Polanski, tagging him in a picture where I knew there was another picture in the same album that the media could use to drag him over the coals whether he saw it or not might be a way to do it. It might have been an innocent error, but Media.

Burnham is clearly making some welcome decisions during his first few days in power, but I'm finding it far more glaring what he's not doing - no mention of LGBTQ+ protection from a guy who was at Manchester Pride ever year now it doesn't serve him to do so because his party is full of TERFs.

It annoys me when people say you 'Can't have open borders' but would go mad if you suggested them having to show ID to drive from Dorset to Cornwall. What's the difference between a county border and a country border, other than who you want to keep out?

Tim Whittingham@timwhitt.bsky.social · 4w ago

Worth remembering that nobody sane actually believes in open borders and Burnham himself is not anti immigration but pro controlled immigration and not (like the right wing) anti immigrant or playing the dangerous and immoral game of 'blame-the-foreigner'

Ed Gamble: [Clearly exasperated] Before you pick your dessert, I‘m going to remind you that you don’t have to choose… Scooby Doo: Rooby Snacks!! James Acaster: [Smashing his microphone into the table and brea it] God DAMMIT!!