Franki
@franki23.bsky.social
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Franki
@franki23.bsky.social
· Jul 4
The 200th birthday was so much more civilised.
Happy birthday America
Happy birthday America
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FT reporting today that the US is now estimated to have collected more than $13 billion in revenues from Venezuela oil sales, and absolutely nobody knows where the money has gone. Let that sink in.
www.ft.com/content/0e56...
www.ft.com/content/0e56...
The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going
www.ft.com
July 23, 2026 at 10:38 AM
FT reporting today that the US is now estimated to have collected more than $13 billion in revenues from Venezuela oil sales, and absolutely nobody knows where the money has gone. Let that sink in.
www.ft.com/content/0e56...
www.ft.com/content/0e56...
I'm looking forward to Andy Burnham making performative visits to the people of the south of England. It'll be like when past PMs visit the North.
"So what is it you make here?
Money? Ah yes, my grandfather used to make that. Very good, very good."
"So what is it you make here?
Money? Ah yes, my grandfather used to make that. Very good, very good."
July 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I'm looking forward to Andy Burnham making performative visits to the people of the south of England. It'll be like when past PMs visit the North.
"So what is it you make here?
Money? Ah yes, my grandfather used to make that. Very good, very good."
"So what is it you make here?
Money? Ah yes, my grandfather used to make that. Very good, very good."
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We do like to fight idiots with idiocy whenever possible. Nobody expects politics in the summer, it's unseemly. Farage should know this as a nationalist.
If he wants to go door to door in a heatwave, let him have it. I bet Binface has aircon in there.
If he wants to go door to door in a heatwave, let him have it. I bet Binface has aircon in there.
July 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
We do like to fight idiots with idiocy whenever possible. Nobody expects politics in the summer, it's unseemly. Farage should know this as a nationalist.
If he wants to go door to door in a heatwave, let him have it. I bet Binface has aircon in there.
If he wants to go door to door in a heatwave, let him have it. I bet Binface has aircon in there.
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Binny McBinface. It wouldn't be the weirdest thing British people voted for.
Hartlepool elected a man dressed as a monkey to be mayor on a policy of free bananas for all local schools WHICH HE UPHELD.
H'Angus the Monkey aka Stuart Drummond Mayor for 11 years.
Dream the impossible dream Clacton.
Hartlepool elected a man dressed as a monkey to be mayor on a policy of free bananas for all local schools WHICH HE UPHELD.
H'Angus the Monkey aka Stuart Drummond Mayor for 11 years.
Dream the impossible dream Clacton.
July 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Binny McBinface. It wouldn't be the weirdest thing British people voted for.
Hartlepool elected a man dressed as a monkey to be mayor on a policy of free bananas for all local schools WHICH HE UPHELD.
H'Angus the Monkey aka Stuart Drummond Mayor for 11 years.
Dream the impossible dream Clacton.
Hartlepool elected a man dressed as a monkey to be mayor on a policy of free bananas for all local schools WHICH HE UPHELD.
H'Angus the Monkey aka Stuart Drummond Mayor for 11 years.
Dream the impossible dream Clacton.
Jenrick is on @lbc.co.uk the same day the police announced they're investigating him. Nobody's mentioned this yet
www.ft.com/content/1527...
www.ft.com/content/1527...
Police launch probe into donations to Robert Jenrick’s Tory leadership campaign
Investigation by Metropolitan Police follows allegations that money wrongly came from an overseas donor
www.ft.com
July 9, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Jenrick is on @lbc.co.uk the same day the police announced they're investigating him. Nobody's mentioned this yet
www.ft.com/content/1527...
www.ft.com/content/1527...
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He's acting like everyone but Clacton is smart enough to see he's dodgy. The voters have a shot to be rid of all this crap. There must be more news agencies in Clacton then politicians on any given day. Vote for peace Clacton! Save yourselves!
July 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
He's acting like everyone but Clacton is smart enough to see he's dodgy. The voters have a shot to be rid of all this crap. There must be more news agencies in Clacton then politicians on any given day. Vote for peace Clacton! Save yourselves!
So Nigel wants to gain immunity from all his sins by winning the job he already has? And he's still the most physically attacked politician of modern times even though two have been killed in the last ten years and three weeks because yes the tenth anniversary of losing Jo Cox was only 3 weeks ago.
July 7, 2026 at 1:34 PM
So Nigel wants to gain immunity from all his sins by winning the job he already has? And he's still the most physically attacked politician of modern times even though two have been killed in the last ten years and three weeks because yes the tenth anniversary of losing Jo Cox was only 3 weeks ago.
The 200th birthday was so much more civilised.
Happy birthday America
Happy birthday America
July 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The 200th birthday was so much more civilised.
Happy birthday America
Happy birthday America
Good thread, I'm hoping this will be one of "those" images. One for the history books.
Good people, patriots looking at what's in front of everyone and saying the emperor has no clothes.
The dude's nude, Dude. The dude is nude.
Good people, patriots looking at what's in front of everyone and saying the emperor has no clothes.
The dude's nude, Dude. The dude is nude.
and later served in Kuwait & Iraq.
He led personnel across multiple countries, managed billions of dollars in military assets, and served as a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator to support fellow service members.
2.
He led personnel across multiple countries, managed billions of dollars in military assets, and served as a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator to support fellow service members.
2.
July 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Good thread, I'm hoping this will be one of "those" images. One for the history books.
Good people, patriots looking at what's in front of everyone and saying the emperor has no clothes.
The dude's nude, Dude. The dude is nude.
Good people, patriots looking at what's in front of everyone and saying the emperor has no clothes.
The dude's nude, Dude. The dude is nude.
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Some help required. Daughter lost her very special to her Coraline Cat (pictured) at the Kneecap Crystal Palace gig on Saturday night last. Incredibly long shot but means a lot to her.
Any and all help very welcome. Pictured at the gig and previously visiting Big Ben.
Any and all help very welcome. Pictured at the gig and previously visiting Big Ben.
June 29, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Some help required. Daughter lost her very special to her Coraline Cat (pictured) at the Kneecap Crystal Palace gig on Saturday night last. Incredibly long shot but means a lot to her.
Any and all help very welcome. Pictured at the gig and previously visiting Big Ben.
Any and all help very welcome. Pictured at the gig and previously visiting Big Ben.
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![[Scene is a BEACH. A little kid is running towards the shore. Speech bubbles that follow are mostly coming from THE SEA, which is sort of talking to us.]
1
THE SEA:
Happens all the time.
2
THE SEA:
One second they’re a kid thoughtlessly running into me for joy
[Show kid running towards the sea]
3
THE SEA:
And the next, they’re an adult standing there
contemplating my sublime, death-like endlessness.
[Show the kid instantly transformed into an adult, hands on hips, boringly contemplating the horizon].
4
THE SEA:
I mean, I get it. I’m the *Sea*.
I don’t really do the whole ‘time’ thing.
But it always seems to happen so *quick*.
5
THE SEA:
Right. One way to fix this.
[Shoe the waves licking up against their toes]
6
PERSON [shocked from cold]:
JESUS
7
THE SEA:
Come on
a bit further ….
[Person paddles out into the water a bit]
8
THE SEA:
That’s it…
bit further…
[Person wades to waist height]
9
THE SEA:
Right.
[Person standing still waist height in sea]
10
THE SEA:
HAVE THAT.
[BIG WAVE goes over them]
11
[They are instantly transformed back to a kid again]
KID [laughing]:
UURGHHAHA
12
THE SEA:
Works every time
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreie4atzq4opzmwscna4tkzjfe3lg7xhzd34wlimcrpxuym4uznmery)
June 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
It must be galling for Kemi Badenoch as she makes a statement about Labour trading Starmer in for a pair of eyelashes and a black t-shirt, that soon she will not automatically be the most stylish party leader. Easy to clip up a winning exchange when your opponent looks like Starmer. Less so Burnham.
June 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM
It must be galling for Kemi Badenoch as she makes a statement about Labour trading Starmer in for a pair of eyelashes and a black t-shirt, that soon she will not automatically be the most stylish party leader. Easy to clip up a winning exchange when your opponent looks like Starmer. Less so Burnham.
If I was Keir Starmer, I'd pass a bill to rejoin Europe and flip off the Reform bench on my way out to the bar. Then close the bars.
June 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM
If I was Keir Starmer, I'd pass a bill to rejoin Europe and flip off the Reform bench on my way out to the bar. Then close the bars.
Because of Brexit we can take control of the sun. We used to have to share it with Europe but they never let us have it full strength. Now we've won it we've done it. TURN UP THE SUN!
The Sun Tarot Card Animation
Alt: The Sun Tarot Card Animation.
I hope it's clear this is a joke 🫤
static.klipy.com
June 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Because of Brexit we can take control of the sun. We used to have to share it with Europe but they never let us have it full strength. Now we've won it we've done it. TURN UP THE SUN!
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There is no safe addiction. But for other addictive things like cigarettes, tobacco, gambling we have age limits.
We also have recovery programs for those who need them and public information for known risks. We desperately need that for social media too.
We also have recovery programs for those who need them and public information for known risks. We desperately need that for social media too.
June 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
There is no safe addiction. But for other addictive things like cigarettes, tobacco, gambling we have age limits.
We also have recovery programs for those who need them and public information for known risks. We desperately need that for social media too.
We also have recovery programs for those who need them and public information for known risks. We desperately need that for social media too.
Quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap
May 21, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap
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Here’s a poem called ‘Life of a Naturalist’.
May 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘Life of a Naturalist’.
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this is why Dems need to go as hard as possible on reforms and actually fixing things rather than kick the can, because "people will remember how bad things were and not put these folks back in charge" is a demonstrably false statement
April 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
this is why Dems need to go as hard as possible on reforms and actually fixing things rather than kick the can, because "people will remember how bad things were and not put these folks back in charge" is a demonstrably false statement
Unless Lammy is crushing JD's knuckles in his vice like grip, this isn't a good look. Read the planet David.
April 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Unless Lammy is crushing JD's knuckles in his vice like grip, this isn't a good look. Read the planet David.
"All of it conducted with the arrogant, reckless confidence of two countries that have decided the normal rules of consequence simply don’t apply to them. As if power absolves you of the need for strategy, as if entitlement is a substitute for wisdom."
Well said Bear. Well said.
Well said Bear. Well said.
There’s a point where even the most committed politics nerd looks at the news, sees “wipe out a civilisation,” and just… logs off.
This week, when Trump threatened to wipe out a civilisation, I found mine.
This week, when Trump threatened to wipe out a civilisation, I found mine.
I Looked at the News and Thought: F&#k It
On taking a break, watching a preventable crisis unfold and wondering when exactly global leadership became this incredibly stupid.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
April 12, 2026 at 10:19 AM
"All of it conducted with the arrogant, reckless confidence of two countries that have decided the normal rules of consequence simply don’t apply to them. As if power absolves you of the need for strategy, as if entitlement is a substitute for wisdom."
Well said Bear. Well said.
Well said Bear. Well said.
open.substack.com/pub/techtren...
Good read. Confirms a lot.
Tldr AI code is janky as hell, being solved with resources not quality.
Good read. Confirms a lot.
Tldr AI code is janky as hell, being solved with resources not quality.
Claude Code's Source: 3,167-Line Function, Regex Sentiment
Anthropic claimed 100% of Claude Code is AI-written. A source leak exposed a 3,167-line function, regex sentiment analysis, and 250K wasted API calls daily
open.substack.com
April 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
open.substack.com/pub/techtren...
Good read. Confirms a lot.
Tldr AI code is janky as hell, being solved with resources not quality.
Good read. Confirms a lot.
Tldr AI code is janky as hell, being solved with resources not quality.
Describe your bluesky account in a single image.
April 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Describe your bluesky account in a single image.