Mike here, hello
@mikecornes.bsky.social
Music, puns, cake, politics, cats and cars. LGBTQ+ community. he/him 💚 Culturally incoherent. 📍Manchester-ish, UK
Germany’s longest river - Rhine - is drying up. France’s longest river - Loire - is drying up. Italy’s longest river - Po - is drying up. Hungary’s longest river - Danube - is drying up. This is not just a hot summer, this is a climate catastrophe.
Cis woman on now speaking about how much she has been challenged, had security called on her because she has PCOS. Says she's never had a problem with trans women but multiple problems with GC women. She's on the verge of tears.
The story of Transnistria is just wild. I had no idea! Well worth a listen.
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense@bunkerpod.bsky.social · 17h ago🗺️ NEW EPISODE 🗺️ Europe is secretly at war… in 34 disputed territories where rival nations face off over the same land. 🗺️ Foreign corr and author @hannahluci.bsky.social talks dangerous border hotspots with king of the wild frontiers @jonnelledge.bsky.social 🗺️ Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
I was wondering why I’d got 19 clickthroughs from The Daily Telegraph…
The unworkable EHRC Code comes into effect today - A reminder to all my lovely trans+ fam… It’s designed for organisations, not you! It does NOT make it a criminal offence for you to carry on using whichever loo best suits you/ your needs. If someone complains, that’s the orgs problem, not yours!
This group is proving itself to be a greater danger to the nation than any calling out supporters of genocide. When will RTC be proscribed?
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d agoLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
NEW | A corrective to the gushing tributes… LIDDLE TO BE CELEBRATED An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/liddle-to-...
Liddle to be celebrated
An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
The "gender critical" movement are not appealing their loss in their fight to stop the puberty blocker trial. The "irreversible harm" James is talking about here is people being trans. That's it. Helen Joyce said it clearly, even if trans people say they are happy they consider them to be "harmed."
Maybe if you want people to say nice things about you when you die you should be kind to others when you’re alive. He was vile and won’t be missed by a great many of us.
Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 2d agoSad to see people posting on social media negatively about Rod Liddle, who died yesterday. If I have disagreed with you very strongly in life - and you die - I hope I'll be either silent, or kind.
Just watching this now on #C4News and people complaining about tourism being impacted by low river levels. If governments don’t act responsibly now on #ClimateChange there won’t be anywhere to go to be a tourist. Businesses will be gone, yet they’re ignoring the warning signs. Time to act!
Mike here, hello@mikecornes.bsky.social · 2d agoWildfires. Water shortages. Low river levels. Reduced power generation capacity and increased demand. The new normal for Europe in this climate catastrophe. #C4News
Wildfires. Water shortages. Low river levels. Reduced power generation capacity and increased demand. The new normal for Europe in this climate catastrophe. #C4News
There’s a house on the estate I live in that has about a dozen flags on poles in the front garden. They’re a mix of Union and England flags, plus a US flag, a pirate flag and a ‘day of the dead’ one. Their latest addition is a Confederate flag. 👀
Your reminder Rod Liddle not only said he couldn't have become a teacher because he "could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids" in The Spectator, but he also wrote laws banning child pornography are "absurd" in The Guardian. Abhorrent.
Looks like we have a new sign to “don’t make me tap the sign” with…
Dirty Paws ΘΔ 🏳️⚧️🏴🚲 #ProtectJho@dirtypaws1312.bsky.social · 3d agoDear liberal, We notice how how you use queerness as a punchline and a gotcha against your ideological enemies We notice that you don't show up for us if there's any threat of arrest or violence We notice that you talk over us when we try to correct you on your queerphobic behaviour
Talk TV Presenter Andre Walker dragged a climate activist into a room and assaulted him during a pro-Trump dinner, a court has heard Walker has continued to present on the channel since Byline Times first reported the alleged incident bylinetimes.com/2026/08/03/t...
Talk TV Presenter Dragged Climate Activist Into Room and Assaulted Him During Pro-Trump Dinner, Court Told
André Walker denies assault by beating over incident at Republicans Overseas gala dinner during Trump's state visit to the UK
bylinetimes.com
Goodall has an intriguing corollary to the trolley problem: Speculate about how many additional people you should tie to the rails in the path of the trolley in order to reduce an unspecified harm to some theoretical people not tied to either line.
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 3d agoYou’re assuming that any reduction in transmission, regardless of cost, automatically justifies school closures. That’s precisely the point under dispute.
“Gender-critical” transphobia is fascism. Transphobes don’t want to “protect women & children”, they just hate trans people. There are no “gender-critical beliefs” just hatred. They are just a rhetorical cover for hate. They are certainly not in any way “worthy of respect” in a democratic society.
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4d agoA far-right thug who performed Nazi salutes at a "protect women and children protest" has been exposed as a serial stalker and abuser.
Watch as Badenoch claims that her party supporters all stayed at home as they “knew it would be a fix for Labour”. Yawn.
Owen Winter@owenwntr.bsky.social · 5d agoManchester mayoral results, first round Bev Craig - Labour 47% (+24 vs local elections) Reform 21% (-10) Green 12% (-7) Restore 9% (new) Conservative 8% (-3) Lib Dem 3% (-7)
