1. A few years ago, people like me were widely attacked in the media for “declinism”. How could we fail to see that we were heading into a capitalist utopia, in which everything would keep getting better? This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵

Or maybe Oliver Dowden should either have clarified at the time he was responsible for setting it up what was considered an appropriate use for it, or he should wind his neck in - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Serious questions over use of UK emergency alerts, its creators say

Millions across England and Wales received a wildfire alert on their phones earlier this month, but it partly backfired.

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Someone should just write "Idiot" on his forehead in Sharpie. Since that makes it official... www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump takes Shaprie to Lake Ontario map: ‘We’re gonna make a little change’

President suggested this week he might officially rename Lake Ontario as relations between the US and Canada continue to deteriorate

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Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.

I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

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Never forget the Luddites, one of the most powerful organized labor resistance groups in history, who attacked machines because employers were using mechanization to deskill their trades, depress wages, and eliminate jobs. Now their name is used as an insult instead of a call to action.

Catbus@catbus.phd · 2w ago

this ties in with a rant I sent in a while back about how "efficiency" is anti-human and should be resisted instead of fetishized whatever is good for capitalism is bad for human beings, without exception

I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny.

Jesus shitting Christ, Musk is a shithead

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 3w ago

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

Tice is a wanker

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reform UK's Richard Tice says the UK should "celebrate" climate change. "I think when it's a bit warm, let's enjoy it. And if it means that English wine and sparkling wine gets better and better, fantastic. That means we can take on the French."

This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone

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“Only hereditarianism stops the cycle of wokism.” Nathan Cofnas was the first publicly to accuse Jason Arday and later described his case as a “hook” for a revolution against “wokeism”. Prof. Edward Higgs examines the wider agenda.

Jason Arday and the ‘new’ old racism

The tragic death of Jason Arday has sent shock waves worldwide, but there are grim and dark reasons why it is not surprising

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My generation has so much to apologise for. This eloquent article asks the question that I keep asking. Why will virtually no mainstream politician just say that we face a choice between rejoining the 🇪🇺 and steady decline? It won’t be easy but the narrative that it is impossible is ludicrous.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

My generation had no voice on Brexit – but Burnham gives the young fresh hope on Europe | Ceira Sergeant

Just reading through Reform UK's constitution. A motion of no confidence in the Party Leader can only be called if "50% of all Members in Good Standing write to the Chairman requesting" it. 50% of 280,000-odd members writing to the Chairman is an *extraordinarily* high bar. Basically impossible.

I wish people would stop trying to force introverts out of their “shell.” There is no shell. Some people are just naturally quieter, more reserved, and comfortable keeping to themselves. People are allowed to be different

It's so blazingly obvious that this is true. A university lecturer being fired for plagiarism would not be national news >99% of the time. It was inflated into one this time purely because it fit into racist "culture war" narratives about "DEI".

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · 3w ago

No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places

Suggested this in the podcast today, but from now on, whenever you see Farage in the street you have to say "Ooo, I beat a bin" at him in a mocking tone. For the rest of his charmed life.

Already got two entire tubs of blackberries in the freezer. Most years we wouldn't even have picked any from the garden yet.

Fartage actually shows his face in Clacton and he’s heckled! I think this was yesterday.

It's time we stopped calling them "moderates". They are extremists in service to capital. And many of them appear to hate and fear the left of their own party far more than they hate and fear the Republicans. Like Starmer's Labour "centrists" (extremists) in the UK. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...

Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left

One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.

nytimes.com

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

theconversation.com

Wrote a post basically summarising my thoughts on why banning under-sixteens from social media is the wrong approach - thearmchairphilosopher.co.uk/blog/why-an-...

Why an under-sixteens social media ban is an ineffective policy response

Calls to ban under‑sixteens from social media are emotionally compelling, but the evidence shows they are unlikely to reduce harm.

thearmchairphilosopher.co.uk

French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. You’re only diminishing yourself with comments like this.

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

This entire thread is absolutely bang on

Gabby HC@scriblit.bsky.social · last mo.

Yes lockdown was really tough for kids. Lots of those kids are teenagers now so maybe as a thank you our establishments could stop deliberately making even more things worse for them due to a weird systemic hatred of our own youth

1 in 3 children in Hastings live in poverty. But there are 13 towns in the UK where that number is higher. A failed state where a billionaire monarch rules in obscene comfort. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after...

mirror.co.uk

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

I miss having the opportunity to get lunch from Pret now I work fully remote. I really liked their falafel wrap

Finally cracked and bought that Star Trek: Voyager game since it was on cheap

There are genuinely people arguing on the UK Politics subreddit that Count Binface is the establishment candidate

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Alt: Sister Michael from Derry Girls saying "Christ."

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