Martin Kirk

Whilst today is a particularly good day to tell far-right and authoritarian politicians to go fuck themselves, we should also remember that *every day* is a good day to do exactly that.

The lack of a spike in the data for '21 is genuinely shocking to me. It's an inflection point, but doesn't look out of trend with the previous years

Now listen here, it's Bi Visibility Day, and @samwhyte.bsky.social has got some choice words to say about it. Extrremely choice, in one case,. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/having-it-...

1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.

one of my proudest moments was being told by a former Gove staffer that he once angrily proclaimed: "I am NOT an eldritch horror!" in a team meeting, because of me.

"So, to the person who says it's a snowflake generation, just try living 24 hours as a 16-year-old." Its about time we assumed collective responsibility for the environment we've created for children www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The kids are all right.

I'm seeing far too much politics at the moment that comes across as "I want things to get worse now so they'll get better faster afterwards (once the right people have been punished)" and I don't understand why people think it's an uncontroversial opinion

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

The RNLI are absolute heroes, pass it on

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

The film is 1000% obviously (to me, a cis white man) about accepting people for who they are, not who they need to pretend to be. It may not be explicitly about trans rights (it could be an analogy for any mistreated minority), but it clearly fits!

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

My proposed party political broadcast, for anyone who wants it: "Do you want to see a Confederate statue in Piccadilly?" "Want to call that raggedy-ass Trump your king?" "You want your children to sing 'The Star Spangled Banner'?"

www.maptap.gg September 2 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 98🔥 87🎉 Final score: 955 It started so well!

I'm trying to remain positive about the world by drawing positive conclusions from posts I read on here, but there's some real stupidity in my feed. Here goes.. Freedom has become normalised enough that a number of people no longer see it as something to be proud of, just normal. And that's awesome!

And I'll say it now: more kids have grown up as readers thanks to Dolly than any amount of Harry fucking Potter.

This place may have dimmed slightly, but wherever she has gone just got brighter

arguably, if you ran actual 1940 over again 20 times with a new random seed, this is the more likely result, because the actual fall of france was an insane and contingent outlier

Name a band using only emojis ⚡🐺 I was going to go for another band, but I couldn't find the emoji, so here's the best I can do for that one 🦿

www.maptap.gg August 22 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 90👑 Final score: 970 Final round was a definite "there-ish, vaguely" and it scored higher than I expected 😂

Reminiscent of my favourite version of the (apocryphal?) quote: "Democracy is the worst form of government, apart from all the other ones"

The common conception that things are either good or bad, and there's no middle ground or nuance, is the single biggest flaw in our society today. Mostly because I think it's behind a lot of the others...

In terms that the Oxbridge-obsessed media might understand: ceterum media Britanniae delenda sunt!

Farage vs Count Binface: What to know about UK snap poll. Hard-right UK politician Nigel Farage will be fighting for his parliamentary seat - going head-to-head with Count Binface, a self-described "intergalactic space warrior and leader of the Recyclons" from Sigma IX u.afp.com/SHdU

Harry Potter. Every product you buy helps sue the NHS and hurt trans people.

It's time again! Cis allies: if you can, please consider being chaff for us. Toilet hobbycops think like 10% of people are trans, and to overturn our segregation we need respectable cis people causing trouble on our behalf. Please wear a trans flag pin. Get in good trouble, as John Lewis put it.

With only a handful of exceptions, if someone is titled "The Emperor" in media, it's probably fair to assume they're a villain of some kind

Cette carte est gravissime. Mais elle n'a pas fait la une de l'actualité. Pour moi, l'été 2026 marque un tournant. Après celui de 2022, il devient difficile de ne plus parler de "rupture écologique" ou de "point de non retour" pour une partie des milieux aquatiques français. 1/18

"what's gotten better in the last 40 years" 40 years ago the average person in the western world did not approve of interracial marriage or gay rights

Hobbies! As I look at my bookshelf with a wide range of wargames, or my miniatures covering a vast range of settings (sci-fi, fantasy, historical), all of which are far higher quality than even 20 years ago. Hobbies are more accessible, often more affordable, and easier to find communities in

www.maptap.gg July 30 95🏅 100🎯 99🎯 99🎯 100🎯 Final score: 990 I've peaked, time to quit 😂

Wait, did we elect a Labour government at some point? When did that happen?

www.maptap.gg July 23 93🏆 100🎯 99🎯 99🎯 78😂 Final score: 922 One day I'll get everything in the right country 😂

If you've accidentally used a term that someone finds offensive (even if it isn't offensive in your usual dialect/context/whatever), don't try to justify the mistake, just APOLOGISE AND DON'T USE THE TERM! God, people can be idiots sometimes...

It's not where I'd want him in government (I'd either want him as Chancellor or staying in Energy), but if Trump's against it, then that's a positive in my books!

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

I've not read Confluence (though I am about to order it), but I really enjoyed Grey Dawn!

I have now watched one (1) game at this world cup. What's the hype about this England team? Go 1-0 up and park the bus for the last 20-25.minutes seems to be a very reliable way to lose

People on Twitter can't read. You'd think that would be more limiting for a text-based medium, but somehow they manage!

Before the WC (I think), I saw an amusing piece about how political leanings indicate Ronaldo Vs Messi leanings. It turns out that left-leaning people are more likely to favour the one who provides more benefits to his wider team!