Stuart 🏴🇪🇺🇳🇱🎨🎣🤓💻🎸
@stuartbladen.bsky.social
Retired CEO, Flyfisher & Tyer, Artist, Computer Nerd, crap guitar player, Stroke Survivor #FBPE
This week’s satire
September 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
This week’s satire
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Stolen from FB
September 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Stolen from FB
We’re going to need a bigger graph…
Meanwhile, welcome to an El Niño event that has now smashed the ocean temps to 3.0 degrees above normal…
As they say, we better buckle up, shits about to get wild.
As they say, we better buckle up, shits about to get wild.
September 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
We’re going to need a bigger graph…
Canada and Australia too are now considering Associate membership of the EU.
Are you Brexiteers feeling stupid yet?
www.politico.eu/article/aust...
Are you Brexiteers feeling stupid yet?
www.politico.eu/article/aust...
Australia ‘on the same page’ as Canada on deepening EU ties, says key minister
Australia’s trade minister said his country will “take great interest” in what Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pursues with Brussels.
www.politico.eu
September 16, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Canada and Australia too are now considering Associate membership of the EU.
Are you Brexiteers feeling stupid yet?
www.politico.eu/article/aust...
Are you Brexiteers feeling stupid yet?
www.politico.eu/article/aust...
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The Observer announced another share issue today for an additional £10m funding as print circulation drops from 114k to 90k. It’s notable that in the same time period I have built a circulation of 124k for my personal Substack..having set it up amid fears I would lose my job (as I in fact did).
September 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
The Observer announced another share issue today for an additional £10m funding as print circulation drops from 114k to 90k. It’s notable that in the same time period I have built a circulation of 124k for my personal Substack..having set it up amid fears I would lose my job (as I in fact did).
Excellent article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
TL/DL - the single killer line:
“Any major donor is a bad donor, as their economic power undermines democracy.”
TL/DL - the single killer line:
“Any major donor is a bad donor, as their economic power undermines democracy.”
The answer to our political funding crisis is simple and obvious. It would send our politics in the opposite direction to its current, disastrous trajectory. So why won't Labour MPs pick it up?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Excellent article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
TL/DL - the single killer line:
“Any major donor is a bad donor, as their economic power undermines democracy.”
TL/DL - the single killer line:
“Any major donor is a bad donor, as their economic power undermines democracy.”
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Today I supported the Assisted Dying Bill because I want those in the final few months of life to have the agency to shorten their suffering if they wish
Last year I supported many positive amendments to ensure this bill had robust safeguards. I am disappointed it did not pass🧵
Last year I supported many positive amendments to ensure this bill had robust safeguards. I am disappointed it did not pass🧵
September 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Today I supported the Assisted Dying Bill because I want those in the final few months of life to have the agency to shorten their suffering if they wish
Last year I supported many positive amendments to ensure this bill had robust safeguards. I am disappointed it did not pass🧵
Last year I supported many positive amendments to ensure this bill had robust safeguards. I am disappointed it did not pass🧵
Robots out of control is not a new idea. Asimov came up with three laws of robotics in a short story RUNAROUND in 1942. (See thread).
What is new is that we’ve now reached the point where these Laws needs to be enforced by global regulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is new is that we’ve now reached the point where these Laws needs to be enforced by global regulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take over
AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Robots out of control is not a new idea. Asimov came up with three laws of robotics in a short story RUNAROUND in 1942. (See thread).
What is new is that we’ve now reached the point where these Laws needs to be enforced by global regulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is new is that we’ve now reached the point where these Laws needs to be enforced by global regulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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£11Bn in lost exports.
Brexit continues to destroy the uk economy.
98% of Uk business want to rejoin the single market.
For growth in every post code, Burnham must erase the destructive red lines.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit continues to destroy the uk economy.
98% of Uk business want to rejoin the single market.
For growth in every post code, Burnham must erase the destructive red lines.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored
www.independent.co.uk
August 29, 2026 at 8:01 AM
£11Bn in lost exports.
Brexit continues to destroy the uk economy.
98% of Uk business want to rejoin the single market.
For growth in every post code, Burnham must erase the destructive red lines.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit continues to destroy the uk economy.
98% of Uk business want to rejoin the single market.
For growth in every post code, Burnham must erase the destructive red lines.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Entirely predictable. The key question, as mentioned in the report, is what Labour's policy will be in its next GE manifesto.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Blow to hopes of rejoining EU as Burnham commits to Starmer red lines
The prime minister has promised to be ‘bolder’ than his predecessor in taking the UK back to the heart of Europe but Downing Street refused to provide a ‘running commentary’ on discussions
www.independent.co.uk
August 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Entirely predictable. The key question, as mentioned in the report, is what Labour's policy will be in its next GE manifesto.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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UK National Debt of 2.98Tn is lower than the French (3.03Tn)
Yet we pay a whopping ~80% higher interest rate?
We are the smoker with lung cancer, who will not give up smoking that Brexit crack.
We do nothing to help ourselves.
The world sees. And charges a premium.
#UKPol #RejoinEU
Yet we pay a whopping ~80% higher interest rate?
We are the smoker with lung cancer, who will not give up smoking that Brexit crack.
We do nothing to help ourselves.
The world sees. And charges a premium.
#UKPol #RejoinEU
UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget
July data shows total public debt was £2.98tn, or 94% of GDP – up £96bn on a year earlier
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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Racist Zero under investigation by his current employer
www.thenational.scot/news/2648073...
www.thenational.scot/news/2648073...
Academic who sparked Jason Arday pile on under investigation by university
The academic who sparked the pile on which preceded a black British professor’s suicide has said he is under investigation by his university
www.thenational.scot
August 20, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Racist Zero under investigation by his current employer
www.thenational.scot/news/2648073...
www.thenational.scot/news/2648073...
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Yes, 100% - I've been telling American friends that since the late seventies. germanculture.com.ua/german-facts...
August 20, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Yes, 100% - I've been telling American friends that since the late seventies. germanculture.com.ua/german-facts...
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When will you finally take action and ban the fascist X-platform in the entire EU?
What are you afraid of? Do you fear the fascist in the White House?
He has already abandoned Europe and will not defend it if one of you is attacked!
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
What are you afraid of? Do you fear the fascist in the White House?
He has already abandoned Europe and will not defend it if one of you is attacked!
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas.bsky.social)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Vice-President of the European Commission
kajakallas.bsky.social
August 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
When will you finally take action and ban the fascist X-platform in the entire EU?
What are you afraid of? Do you fear the fascist in the White House?
He has already abandoned Europe and will not defend it if one of you is attacked!
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
What are you afraid of? Do you fear the fascist in the White House?
He has already abandoned Europe and will not defend it if one of you is attacked!
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social
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It’s not socialism, just better accounting skills
August 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
It’s not socialism, just better accounting skills
Happy Inquiry Restart Day!
August 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Happy Inquiry Restart Day!
Eye Witness Testimony:
El Salvadore Prisons
El Salvadore Prisons
Unlike Farage, I visited an El Salvador prison when I was an MEP
Conditions were medieval, with very little in the way of sanitation and massively overcrowded cells
The women we visited were in gaol for having miscarriages, misreported as abortions
This is their standard of criminal justice
Conditions were medieval, with very little in the way of sanitation and massively overcrowded cells
The women we visited were in gaol for having miscarriages, misreported as abortions
This is their standard of criminal justice
August 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Eye Witness Testimony:
El Salvadore Prisons
El Salvadore Prisons
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#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#JuneKnowWhatIMean
25 Hawkwind - What Are We Going To Do While We're Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qy...
#MusicSky
#JuneKnowWhatIMean
25 Hawkwind - What Are We Going To Do While We're Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qy...
What Are We Going To Do While We're Here
YouTube video by Hawkwind - Topic
www.youtube.com
June 25, 2026 at 5:29 AM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#JuneKnowWhatIMean
25 Hawkwind - What Are We Going To Do While We're Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qy...
#MusicSky
#JuneKnowWhatIMean
25 Hawkwind - What Are We Going To Do While We're Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qy...
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Hawkwind:
🎵 Levitation
#Hawkwind
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
Levitation, by Hawkwind
from the album Live At The Royal Albert Hall
hawkwindofficial.bandcamp.com
August 5, 2026 at 8:22 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Hawkwind:
🎵 Levitation
#Hawkwind
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
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Super El Niño forecast to exceed 4°C from this Autumn with damaging severe weather effects.
We may be in for a rough patch.
Will this be the point people finally wake up?
#climatechange
#FBPE
www.rawstory.com/weather-2677...
We may be in for a rough patch.
Will this be the point people finally wake up?
#climatechange
#FBPE
www.rawstory.com/weather-2677...
Meteorologists predict horrific 'Super El Niño' in 2026
Weather scientists are tracking an unprecedented "Super El Niño" forecasted to shatter all modern records.On Wednesday, The Washington Post's global weather writer and meteorologist, Ben Noll, reporte...
www.rawstory.com
August 6, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Super El Niño forecast to exceed 4°C from this Autumn with damaging severe weather effects.
We may be in for a rough patch.
Will this be the point people finally wake up?
#climatechange
#FBPE
www.rawstory.com/weather-2677...
We may be in for a rough patch.
Will this be the point people finally wake up?
#climatechange
#FBPE
www.rawstory.com/weather-2677...
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Let’s never forget that Trump still wants to take over Greenland! That’s why I’m posting this song, which is meant as a show of support for Denmark and Greenland. He must keep his hands off it!
The language is Old Icelandic, which is derived fom Old Norse.
The language is Old Icelandic, which is derived fom Old Norse.
🇬🇱 VINIR Í GRŒNLANDI (To Our Friends in Greenland) 🇬🇱 | Nordic Folk Rock | Female Old Icelandic
YouTube video by VOICES of MIDGARD
www.youtube.com
August 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Let’s never forget that Trump still wants to take over Greenland! That’s why I’m posting this song, which is meant as a show of support for Denmark and Greenland. He must keep his hands off it!
The language is Old Icelandic, which is derived fom Old Norse.
The language is Old Icelandic, which is derived fom Old Norse.
Oof….. Read this and understand that immigration is hard, and realise that the Poles STILL treat the Brits better than the Brits treat its own immigrants. They aren’t threatening to deport us to Rwanda for example.
I am seeing more and more posts in places like Reddit from British people wanting to move to Poland and struggling to get a job. Oh, how the tables have turned. But I didn't want to talk about it but about why I don't predict many of them to be too succesfull. Why?
Here is a thread for you:
Here is a thread for you:
August 3, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Oof….. Read this and understand that immigration is hard, and realise that the Poles STILL treat the Brits better than the Brits treat its own immigrants. They aren’t threatening to deport us to Rwanda for example.
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It absolutely boggles my mind as a South African that I am living through a drought in the United Kingdom.
Like, how?
We have what feels like pretty much non-stop rain most of the year - the country is rather known for it. Yet here we are, with the countryside looking like the Free State in (1)
Like, how?
We have what feels like pretty much non-stop rain most of the year - the country is rather known for it. Yet here we are, with the countryside looking like the Free State in (1)
BBC News reporting on concerns about food security and water security
We can all see the food and water crisis unfolding, why isn't our government doing everything possible to protect these two precious resources, our food and water supply?
We can all see the food and water crisis unfolding, why isn't our government doing everything possible to protect these two precious resources, our food and water supply?
August 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It absolutely boggles my mind as a South African that I am living through a drought in the United Kingdom.
Like, how?
We have what feels like pretty much non-stop rain most of the year - the country is rather known for it. Yet here we are, with the countryside looking like the Free State in (1)
Like, how?
We have what feels like pretty much non-stop rain most of the year - the country is rather known for it. Yet here we are, with the countryside looking like the Free State in (1)