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Michael Merriman (he/him)
@hyperion4001.bsky.social
Geek, Gamer, Project Manager, Trade Union Activist, Unashamed Leftie, Liberal Christian, Proud Scot & occasional Kung-Fu Panda look-alike. All views are my own.
Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
Hmmmm… Will RichardTice now be calling a by-election in his constituency so he can fight against a bin? 🤔
We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 3d agoAnd why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?
Thought for the day: It never ceases to amaze me how today's techbros' vision of the future they want defaults to fully automated leopard-face-chomping neo-feudalism rather than fully automated luxury gay space communism.
State Pension age to rise to 68 for 5m Britons years earlier than expected. Many physically won't be able to work. Longer NHS queues. Many won't live long enough to draw the pension, wealth transferred to the rich who live longer. Cull of the working class. Rich can retire whenever they want.
Millions to retire later under state pension age increase plans
Around five millions workers could lose out under the plans, according to a report by the Office for Budget Responsibility
independent.co.uk
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War. A total of 549 Scots volunteered to fight in Spain. Proportionally more Scots volunteered than from any other country. We still have a lot of work to do in Scotland to tackle fascism, racism, and all forms of discrimination.
It's funny because MPs lives became unsafe around the same time as Nigel Farage entered the political arena on a platform of racism and hate. I wonder if there's a connection
After Zia Yusuf accuses critics of endangering Reform politicians with violent language, he is read a list of quotes where he called Reform's opponents "lunatics who deserve extinction", "sick arsonists" and "traitors" who will face a "reckoning". He says these are in "a totally different category"
surely this shows even the most die hard England fan why we just can’t
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING: Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander has urged Scots to back England against Argentina in the World Cup semi-final He said Scots fans should be 'bigger' than being 'anti-English'
"You come up with a slogan for the ice cream shop?" "Sure did boss, real fuckin haunting just like you asked." "what"
Rowling’s greatest trick appears to pulling focus away from groups like The Christian Institute, Christian Concern, The Christian Legal Centre, etc. She gets the headlines and performs the public stunts, whilst they get to operate without any noticeable level of scrutiny.
Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions
A significant part of podcast editing is removing people saying "that's a great question actually"
Why can't companies offer an option out to England football nonsense like they do for Christmas, Mother's Day and Father's Day? As a Scot, the entitled "true spirit of 66", "it's coming home", "Ingurland" is tiresome and annoying, I'm not going to buy from you, so why not let me opt out?
Least surprising poll finding you’ll ever see: 73 per cent of people think that the investigation into Nigel Farage’s finances should continue even if he wins the Clacton by-election.
Apparently Dr Mary Ann Stephenson, head of the EHRC was 'shocked' in a meeting with Unison when presented, by a trans rep, with 600 examples of documented harm (supplied by members) resulting from the UK's anti-trans policies. Has offered to work with the Union, although not clear what that means
there's a saying down our way that translates to "a crook does not believe honesty exists" and I think it's spot on
Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · last mo.This is a weirdly narcissistic mindset I see among conservatives. This idea that people take a firm moral stance not because of their principles but because they secretly know how to cheat. Its a mix of paranoia, projection and an inability to believe someone can be ethical without an ($) incentive.
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
![That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.
I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.
That’s great advice for life.
It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvbszlkc7d75ixkid5g2zmw7/bafkreiar4z6n6pfk7wob2gznv6l6euw7ltxbetgto5drfd4wqzjalldp5m)
I asked Norman Rockwell's granddaughter, Daisy Rockwell, about this use of her grandfather's work. She writes: "It goes without saying that they have completely misunderstood the meaning of the painting, which is tolerance for others and peaceful coexistence."
Actually, we *should* be able to expect the president of the United States to be able to restrain himself from personally threatening to kill the negotiators from another country. It's not that unreasonable at all, you pathetic toady.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.JD Vance: "What we told the Iranians yesterday is that when you guys engage in what us millennials might call trash talk, you can't expect the president of the United States not to respond and not to correct the record." (Trump threatened to assassinate Iran's negotiators yesterday ... )
