Toad
@nucleartoad.bsky.social
Robot, train, and frog enjoyer. Mostly just post nonsensical stuff on here. He/him.
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@rachelgilmourld.bsky.social said "wealth creator" Samuel Leeds had threatened a woman with legal action when she wanted to find out more about how her brother had died of suicide, after having lost thousands on Leeds' wealth creation course
November 22, 2024 at 1:41 PM
@rachelgilmourld.bsky.social said "wealth creator" Samuel Leeds had threatened a woman with legal action when she wanted to find out more about how her brother had died of suicide, after having lost thousands on Leeds' wealth creation course
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To recap the universal wealth formula:
• be 17 during the aftermath of a historic financial crash
• obtain 100% property finance
• have a family member able to hold the property legally
• acquire distressed assets
• wait
Young people simply don't want it enough.
• be 17 during the aftermath of a historic financial crash
• obtain 100% property finance
• have a family member able to hold the property legally
• acquire distressed assets
• wait
Young people simply don't want it enough.
September 22, 2026 at 10:25 AM
To recap the universal wealth formula:
• be 17 during the aftermath of a historic financial crash
• obtain 100% property finance
• have a family member able to hold the property legally
• acquire distressed assets
• wait
Young people simply don't want it enough.
• be 17 during the aftermath of a historic financial crash
• obtain 100% property finance
• have a family member able to hold the property legally
• acquire distressed assets
• wait
Young people simply don't want it enough.
Key point as always given Samuel Leeds has once again got himself firmly in the social and now traditional media spotlight
The real problem isn't that he's rich, insufferable, full of shit, or even that he's a landlord.
It's the trick whereby a person's own success is presented as proof that structural constraints don't exist.
“I managed it” becomes “anyone can”.
“Anyone can” becomes “poverty is your own fault”.
It's the trick whereby a person's own success is presented as proof that structural constraints don't exist.
“I managed it” becomes “anyone can”.
“Anyone can” becomes “poverty is your own fault”.
September 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Key point as always given Samuel Leeds has once again got himself firmly in the social and now traditional media spotlight
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delicious. finally some good fucking news
September 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
delicious. finally some good fucking news
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would you like to start a conversation with the customer service chatbot. would you like to use the doctor’s self-service phone system. do you reject the warm touch of a lover. do you long for the cold embrace of steel. will you replace your soul with hydraulic fluid
September 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
would you like to start a conversation with the customer service chatbot. would you like to use the doctor’s self-service phone system. do you reject the warm touch of a lover. do you long for the cold embrace of steel. will you replace your soul with hydraulic fluid
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Another BBC piece in which bad things just happen, but no-one‘s really responsible: eg it seems there’s an online backlash against Pride events, but by whom? Is it…the far right? Who can say. And some councils are withdrawing support. Again, is this a phenomenon beyond the far right? Truly a mystery
The backlash Pride faces from inside and outside the LGBT community
Big companies used to go out of their way to support Pride. Now, there's a nervousness in the air, Darren Milby writes
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Another BBC piece in which bad things just happen, but no-one‘s really responsible: eg it seems there’s an online backlash against Pride events, but by whom? Is it…the far right? Who can say. And some councils are withdrawing support. Again, is this a phenomenon beyond the far right? Truly a mystery
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The Labour government publishing this just two weeks after bringing in a nationwide toilet ban for trans people and two weeks before their trans section 28 comes into effect in English schools was certainly a fucking choice
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
August 19, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The Labour government publishing this just two weeks after bringing in a nationwide toilet ban for trans people and two weeks before their trans section 28 comes into effect in English schools was certainly a fucking choice
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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![From Wikipedia:
The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a heuristic in systems thinking coined by the British management consultant Stafford Beer,[1] who stated that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do".[2] It is used in systems theory, and is generally invoked to counter the notion that the purpose of a system can or should be read from the intentions of those who design, operate, or promote it. When a system's side effects or unintended consequences reveal that its behaviour is poorly understood, then the POSIWID perspective can balance political understandings of system behaviour with a more straightforwardly descriptive view.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xa4eltdd2z3scndtv4yvb65p/bafkreiem4i55e3gqp6endhcbz2voh2vgqd4y5xdo7bd5qgkrvnz745riby)
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Here is Gaslighting PART TWO - about how the anti trans gaslighting gave them victory (though that didn’t mean the end)
#gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology
www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
#gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology
www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
To the End - Gaslighting Part Two | Robin Ince
Where were we? Are yes, we’d just got to here. This was when I would start having people come up to me after gigs and say, who is that perso
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August 16, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Here is Gaslighting PART TWO - about how the anti trans gaslighting gave them victory (though that didn’t mean the end)
#gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology
www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
#gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology
www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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This is part one of a blog post about gaslighting - in this case how the anti trans movement aims to break you , but it applies in many other situations and finding increasing number of people who have experienced some version of this
www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea
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August 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is part one of a blog post about gaslighting - in this case how the anti trans movement aims to break you , but it applies in many other situations and finding increasing number of people who have experienced some version of this
www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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Due to unforeseen circumstances tonight's molotov cocktail throwing field party has been cancelled
August 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Due to unforeseen circumstances tonight's molotov cocktail throwing field party has been cancelled
I no longer think inquiries are an effective tool to enact meaningful change in state institutions, however, I cannot help but wonder from today's sad news if we would be in the position we are today if Leveson 2 had gone ahead.
August 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I no longer think inquiries are an effective tool to enact meaningful change in state institutions, however, I cannot help but wonder from today's sad news if we would be in the position we are today if Leveson 2 had gone ahead.
Wishing a very "may a bird shit in your cornflakes" morning to the guy who let his phone go off full blast in the library
August 6, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Wishing a very "may a bird shit in your cornflakes" morning to the guy who let his phone go off full blast in the library
Who was Rod Liddle, you might ask today? spectator.com/article/a-te...
August 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Who was Rod Liddle, you might ask today? spectator.com/article/a-te...
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Over a year ago, a Dutch frog science magazine emailed me asking if they could include my comic in their upcoming issue about dart frogs. They were interviewing the scientist who first described the blue poison dart frog; he had seen and liked the comic. They mailed me a copy, which just arrived:
July 25, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Over a year ago, a Dutch frog science magazine emailed me asking if they could include my comic in their upcoming issue about dart frogs. They were interviewing the scientist who first described the blue poison dart frog; he had seen and liked the comic. They mailed me a copy, which just arrived:
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“Why don’t women report sexual abuse?” “Well I really need to weigh up the pros and cons of speaking out against a convicted sexual abuser”
July 26, 2026 at 11:12 PM
“Why don’t women report sexual abuse?” “Well I really need to weigh up the pros and cons of speaking out against a convicted sexual abuser”
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please censor p*lymorph. i have lost many noita runs to the p word, and many more have too.
July 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
please censor p*lymorph. i have lost many noita runs to the p word, and many more have too.
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I have created the Island from the hit film The Island.
extremely normal guy voice: I cloned myself so I can become my own blood boy.
July 23, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I have created the Island from the hit film The Island.
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On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance.
It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful.
The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions.
goodlawproject.org/discriminato...
It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful.
The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions.
goodlawproject.org/discriminato...
‘Discriminatory’ and ‘unworkable’ trans guidance to come into force | Good Law Project
The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August – we’re pushing back
goodlawproject.org
July 16, 2026 at 7:26 AM
On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance.
It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful.
The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions.
goodlawproject.org/discriminato...
It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful.
The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions.
goodlawproject.org/discriminato...
Another assumption made by a well-meaning relative that I will enjoy Burnham as PM given I live in Manchester. If only political comprehension were this easy.
July 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Another assumption made by a well-meaning relative that I will enjoy Burnham as PM given I live in Manchester. If only political comprehension were this easy.
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happy 4th y'all
July 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
happy 4th y'all
"Back in my day we just called it summer 🤣🤣🤣" [the giant magnifying lens brings me into its focus and I am instantly set alight]
June 23, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"Back in my day we just called it summer 🤣🤣🤣" [the giant magnifying lens brings me into its focus and I am instantly set alight]
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What do you mean I’m supposed to work on the British sacred holiday of prime minister resignation day which comes round quicker every year
June 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
What do you mean I’m supposed to work on the British sacred holiday of prime minister resignation day which comes round quicker every year