Ian McG
@extokyotyke.bsky.social
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The Jayhawks released ‘Hollywood Town Hall’ 34 years ago on September 15, 1992 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/JayhawksHTH
September 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The Jayhawks released ‘Hollywood Town Hall’ 34 years ago on September 15, 1992 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/JayhawksHTH
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She wants to ethnicall cleanse Germany of Syrians, including Syrian-Germans. It would mean becoming a citizen can be rendered temporary for any group of people they deem to be undesirable.
In an interview with Austrian broadcaster AUF1, Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), vowed to repatriate Syrian refugees to their home country under an AfD-led government.
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September 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
She wants to ethnicall cleanse Germany of Syrians, including Syrian-Germans. It would mean becoming a citizen can be rendered temporary for any group of people they deem to be undesirable.
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Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
www.propublica.org
September 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Do crypto billionaires donate to BBC as well, or does BBC write this garbage for free? BBC article humanises fascist bully boys 🗞️ teaching us all about Tommo's religious conversion🙄 . But not 1 interview with the people of colour he targets & intimidates, a chef's kiss of dehumanising the victims .
This is the most shamefully soft-soaped coverage of these thugs that you could possibly imagine.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anti-migrant activists like Danny Tommo are changing tactics
Patriot Platform wants to build a group of working-class voters to influence political parties on the right.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Do crypto billionaires donate to BBC as well, or does BBC write this garbage for free? BBC article humanises fascist bully boys 🗞️ teaching us all about Tommo's religious conversion🙄 . But not 1 interview with the people of colour he targets & intimidates, a chef's kiss of dehumanising the victims .
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ok great now do the racialised civil war stuff
Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash
Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash
Luke Pollard says government will force platforms to remove content, after latest deadly crash involving a car driving in wrong direction
A minister has pressed social media companies to remove content from their platforms showcasing dangerous driving in the wake of a fatal collision that killed seven people in Middlesbrough.
The crash in the early hours of Saturday, in which PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died, occurred when a Volkswagen Passat, containing five individuals aged between 23 and 17, crashed head-on with a marked armed response vehicle while driving the wrong way on the A66. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:07 AM
ok great now do the racialised civil war stuff
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Struggling UKhouseholds need more help with bills, energy industry says.
Industry profiteering is impoverishing millions.
£4.7bn household energy debt
6m live in fuel poverty
About 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
High energy bills leave less for other essentials.
Nationalise energy.
Industry profiteering is impoverishing millions.
£4.7bn household energy debt
6m live in fuel poverty
About 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
High energy bills leave less for other essentials.
Nationalise energy.
Energy UK says struggling households need more support with bills
Industry body Energy UK says the current support for households most in need does not go far enough.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 23, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Struggling UKhouseholds need more help with bills, energy industry says.
Industry profiteering is impoverishing millions.
£4.7bn household energy debt
6m live in fuel poverty
About 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
High energy bills leave less for other essentials.
Nationalise energy.
Industry profiteering is impoverishing millions.
£4.7bn household energy debt
6m live in fuel poverty
About 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
High energy bills leave less for other essentials.
Nationalise energy.
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Foreign students don’t get UK student loans.
Stupidest party in the world with the most gullible followers.
Stupidest party in the world with the most gullible followers.
August 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Foreign students don’t get UK student loans.
Stupidest party in the world with the most gullible followers.
Stupidest party in the world with the most gullible followers.
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Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ has made London's air cleaner and its children healthier.
What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
Me for @noosphere.app
Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm.
www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...
What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
Me for @noosphere.app
Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm.
www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...
ULEZ: Mayor Sadiq Khan's Dastardly Scheme to Make London's Air Clean Again Worked
And what it means for patriotic pro-pollution politicians on both sides of the Atlantic
www.noosphere.app
August 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ has made London's air cleaner and its children healthier.
What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
Me for @noosphere.app
Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm.
www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...
What this disaster means for populist, patriotic 'dirty air' campaigners on both sides of the Atlantic.
Me for @noosphere.app
Warning. May contain heavy sarcasm.
www.noosphere.app/ulez-mayor-s...
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Am I shocked that the programme seemingly specifically designed to attack neurodivergent individuals and diminish our support needs twisted evidence to attack us and diminish support needs? Uhm...no. Not even remotely. It fits a pattern in coverage seen right now.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘Biased’ Channel 4 programme on ADHD misrepresented my views, says expert
Prof Katya Dubia withdraws support for The Great ADHD Myth? as other leading figures voice criticisms
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Am I shocked that the programme seemingly specifically designed to attack neurodivergent individuals and diminish our support needs twisted evidence to attack us and diminish support needs? Uhm...no. Not even remotely. It fits a pattern in coverage seen right now.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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The anti-Palestine chant for Manor Solomon by West Ham fans is gross and should be punished. It also reflects how football entirely washed its hands of responsibility over the genocide.
Column.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Column.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
West Ham fans' Palestine chant is disgusting - and football is to blame
We should ask why fans believe they have the right to sing about the war on Gaza at all
inews.co.uk
August 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The anti-Palestine chant for Manor Solomon by West Ham fans is gross and should be punished. It also reflects how football entirely washed its hands of responsibility over the genocide.
Column.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Column.
inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Older people complaining about younger. In 1906
Circulation libraries, newspapers & magazines encouraged “skimming rather than reading”. Newspapers “mere rag bags of shreds & patches”. Readers “as we look into kaleidoscopes”
theconversation.com/why-an-120-y...
Circulation libraries, newspapers & magazines encouraged “skimming rather than reading”. Newspapers “mere rag bags of shreds & patches”. Readers “as we look into kaleidoscopes”
theconversation.com/why-an-120-y...
Why an 120-year-old warning about reading feels uncomfortably familiar
Journalists have been decrying the decline in reading for over 100 years and yet it persists.
theconversation.com
August 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Older people complaining about younger. In 1906
Circulation libraries, newspapers & magazines encouraged “skimming rather than reading”. Newspapers “mere rag bags of shreds & patches”. Readers “as we look into kaleidoscopes”
theconversation.com/why-an-120-y...
Circulation libraries, newspapers & magazines encouraged “skimming rather than reading”. Newspapers “mere rag bags of shreds & patches”. Readers “as we look into kaleidoscopes”
theconversation.com/why-an-120-y...
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I'm gonna build a vape shop and a bookies on Dobby's grave x
August 11, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I'm gonna build a vape shop and a bookies on Dobby's grave x
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Nipped into Barnsley; lovely espresso and cake at Gallagher’s on the Arcade. On the bus back a bloke wiped his head with a dishcloth, put the folded dishcloth on his head, then put his cap on over the dishcloth.
August 11, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Nipped into Barnsley; lovely espresso and cake at Gallagher’s on the Arcade. On the bus back a bloke wiped his head with a dishcloth, put the folded dishcloth on his head, then put his cap on over the dishcloth.
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Happy with fascism and racism until it touches her.
Melanie Phillips (Times) is latest columnist on right to argue that Restore has ethnonationalist premises, re Downes on being British as dependent on ancestry & Christianity, so excluding Jews, Hindus, Muslims & atheists + ethnic minorities from being equally British
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Restore’s ideology is the antithesis of Britishness
Far-right party’s bigoted call for a Christian ethnostate wilfully mischaracterises citizenship
www.thetimes.com
August 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Happy with fascism and racism until it touches her.
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It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?
Another new PM, another edition of Byline Times goes to press... Read our exclusive investigation on James Orr, head of policy at Reform & Cambridge professor in print - what's happening at the world-renowned university refusing to answer any of our questions?
In shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇
In shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇
August 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?
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After yesterday's infographic, this seemed the next obvious one to write.
I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.
I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.
August 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
After yesterday's infographic, this seemed the next obvious one to write.
I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.
I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.
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Only bollards can deliver this much happiness.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
June 2, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Only bollards can deliver this much happiness.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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"People who grew up in the early 1600s didn’t know Gravity was a thing. Doesn’t mean it didn’t f*ckin exist"
July 25, 2026 at 9:19 AM
"People who grew up in the early 1600s didn’t know Gravity was a thing. Doesn’t mean it didn’t f*ckin exist"
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The mask is coming off.
Andy Burnham used to support rent controls because "there was a significant crisis in the rental market"
Sorry, what? Apparently now renters are just fine?
Labour won't support renters properly.
The Green Party will.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Andy Burnham used to support rent controls because "there was a significant crisis in the rental market"
Sorry, what? Apparently now renters are just fine?
Labour won't support renters properly.
The Green Party will.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
July 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The mask is coming off.
Andy Burnham used to support rent controls because "there was a significant crisis in the rental market"
Sorry, what? Apparently now renters are just fine?
Labour won't support renters properly.
The Green Party will.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Andy Burnham used to support rent controls because "there was a significant crisis in the rental market"
Sorry, what? Apparently now renters are just fine?
Labour won't support renters properly.
The Green Party will.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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By ruling out rent controls, this new Labour Government are already demonstrating that they have no interests in supporting struggling people in this country - but will always back the interests of the powerful and wealthy.
What's a really obvious policy that could save people millions of people money *and* save the government £2 billion a year?
July 24, 2026 at 10:07 AM
By ruling out rent controls, this new Labour Government are already demonstrating that they have no interests in supporting struggling people in this country - but will always back the interests of the powerful and wealthy.
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Every sympathy with this guy, but he's not "being treated like a murderer."
He's being treated in the (horrific, illegal, inhuman) way the Trump administration treats those with irregular status - ie the way *the Times* wants to treat those in similar position here
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
He's being treated in the (horrific, illegal, inhuman) way the Trump administration treats those with irregular status - ie the way *the Times* wants to treat those in similar position here
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
‘I’m being treated like a murderer’: the British father detained by ICE
Connor Read was attending a green card appointment when he was taken to a detention facility. He has been held for more than seven weeks
www.thetimes.com
July 24, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Every sympathy with this guy, but he's not "being treated like a murderer."
He's being treated in the (horrific, illegal, inhuman) way the Trump administration treats those with irregular status - ie the way *the Times* wants to treat those in similar position here
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
He's being treated in the (horrific, illegal, inhuman) way the Trump administration treats those with irregular status - ie the way *the Times* wants to treat those in similar position here
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
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Its not just me & Angela Rayner.
If this Labour government rule out rent controls, a wealth tax, refuse to nationalise water companies, drill for oil and gas, continue to arm Israel -
The country will be asking what's the point of a Labour Government?
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
If this Labour government rule out rent controls, a wealth tax, refuse to nationalise water companies, drill for oil and gas, continue to arm Israel -
The country will be asking what's the point of a Labour Government?
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Zack Polanski and Angela Rayner clash as she rejects London rent controls
Housing Secretary Ms Rayner took a stronger stance on rent limits than new Prime Minister Andy Burnham
www.standard.co.uk
July 24, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Its not just me & Angela Rayner.
If this Labour government rule out rent controls, a wealth tax, refuse to nationalise water companies, drill for oil and gas, continue to arm Israel -
The country will be asking what's the point of a Labour Government?
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
If this Labour government rule out rent controls, a wealth tax, refuse to nationalise water companies, drill for oil and gas, continue to arm Israel -
The country will be asking what's the point of a Labour Government?
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Sean Bell is the Sky military analyst who previously described a 3 year old Palestinian child murdered by Israel as a "little lady".
Here he is describing the Iranian school targeted & bombed by the US as a "facility"
Here he is describing the Iranian school targeted & bombed by the US as a "facility"
July 23, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Sean Bell is the Sky military analyst who previously described a 3 year old Palestinian child murdered by Israel as a "little lady".
Here he is describing the Iranian school targeted & bombed by the US as a "facility"
Here he is describing the Iranian school targeted & bombed by the US as a "facility"
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Hey @the-independent.com
FYI: this woman has had 3 kids and a double mastectomy ~ both can result in a stomach.
Grow the fuck up you penny a liner hacks. This isn’t the 1950s
Disgusting . You should have spiked this vile piece of misogynistic crap.
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Hey @the-independent.com
FYI: this woman has had 3 kids and a double mastectomy ~ both can result in a stomach.
Grow the fuck up you penny a liner hacks. This isn’t the 1950s
Disgusting . You should have spiked this vile piece of misogynistic crap.
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July 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Hey @the-independent.com
FYI: this woman has had 3 kids and a double mastectomy ~ both can result in a stomach.
Grow the fuck up you penny a liner hacks. This isn’t the 1950s
Disgusting . You should have spiked this vile piece of misogynistic crap.
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Hey @the-independent.com
FYI: this woman has had 3 kids and a double mastectomy ~ both can result in a stomach.
Grow the fuck up you penny a liner hacks. This isn’t the 1950s
Disgusting . You should have spiked this vile piece of misogynistic crap.
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Jewish enough for this headline to be antisemitic.
July 22, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Jewish enough for this headline to be antisemitic.