Stephen Day
@therevsteve.bsky.social
Church of England country vicar in East Cambridgeshire. Well woke.
Between 'the Russians are coming' and 'Super-intelligent AI will kill us all' I'm not rating my chances of achieving retirement (4 years away). Those in a position to do something about it are either actively working towards armageddon, or in their pockets, so time to build some off-grid resilience.
September 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Between 'the Russians are coming' and 'Super-intelligent AI will kill us all' I'm not rating my chances of achieving retirement (4 years away). Those in a position to do something about it are either actively working towards armageddon, or in their pockets, so time to build some off-grid resilience.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well this is not at all reassuring...
Well this is not at all reassuring...
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well this is not at all reassuring...
Well this is not at all reassuring...
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We all know that Reform UK Ltd was previously UKIP and the Brexit Party, whose main policy idea has entirely failed. Voting for Farage is a Proverbs 26.11 move: "Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who reverts to his folly"
May 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
We all know that Reform UK Ltd was previously UKIP and the Brexit Party, whose main policy idea has entirely failed. Voting for Farage is a Proverbs 26.11 move: "Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who reverts to his folly"
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"To claim, as the House of Bishops does that “we dare to hope that the LLF process will leave a legacy of greater inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in the life of the Church of England” while refusing to act in any way that might give substance to that hope, is deeply lacking in integrity." #CofEpeeps
My reflections on apologies, non-apologies, and why they do more harm than good, ahead of Synod. I think we need to be talking clearly about honesty and integrity, their presence and absence, as we think about the ordering of our common life as a church. #CofEpeeps ⚓️🕯✝️
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Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - ViaMedia.News
by Revd Ruth Harley (Vicar, Cowgate and Priest in Charge, Newbiggin Hall) When General Synod meets in the coming week, the Archbishop of York will move a motion beginning “that this Synod recognise an...
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February 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
"To claim, as the House of Bishops does that “we dare to hope that the LLF process will leave a legacy of greater inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in the life of the Church of England” while refusing to act in any way that might give substance to that hope, is deeply lacking in integrity." #CofEpeeps
Conversion of Saul - my favourite window. It's in St. Paul's church in Cambridge, and I stood in front of it to make my wedding vows on 3rd Sept. 1988. It's by Alfred Wilkinson from 1960 and replaced a window blown out by a bomb in the Second World War - declared, incidentally, on 3rd Sept 1939.
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Conversion of Saul - my favourite window. It's in St. Paul's church in Cambridge, and I stood in front of it to make my wedding vows on 3rd Sept. 1988. It's by Alfred Wilkinson from 1960 and replaced a window blown out by a bomb in the Second World War - declared, incidentally, on 3rd Sept 1939.
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1/4 I need to say publicly - the things happening to Bishop Sarah Mulally right now feel like what happens when a woman steps out of line, dares to live equality, assumes that she is allowed to operate in the same sphere as men.
December 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
1/4 I need to say publicly - the things happening to Bishop Sarah Mulally right now feel like what happens when a woman steps out of line, dares to live equality, assumes that she is allowed to operate in the same sphere as men.
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Man with racist present denies having racist past:
I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things.
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Man with racist present denies having racist past:
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This Labour government is despicable.
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This Labour government is despicable.
Would anyone have an idea of how to contact the author Simon Bradley (Pevsners, Saint Pancras Station, Bradley's Railway Guide, etc.)? Google isn't being particularly helpful, not the websites of any of his publishers. Any help gratefully received!
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Would anyone have an idea of how to contact the author Simon Bradley (Pevsners, Saint Pancras Station, Bradley's Railway Guide, etc.)? Google isn't being particularly helpful, not the websites of any of his publishers. Any help gratefully received!
I keep seeing films describes as "comedy horror". No. Just no.
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I keep seeing films describes as "comedy horror". No. Just no.
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Also right-wing Evangelical church stuff in the Church of England.
“A savvy rich man can build an apparatus out of this to spot talent, pick winners, and control the flow of ideas. All of it is allowed – in 2025, only a fool or an unambitious man need bother donating to politicians or political parties directly.” www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...
Paul Marshall, the man who owns the right
The multimillionaire controls a network of news channels, publications and think tanks that the left could only dream of. If Reform or the Tories win the next election, he will become the country’s mo...
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Also right-wing Evangelical church stuff in the Church of England.
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Um, in a means and needs based tax and public services system half the people in the system *should* almost by definition get more back than they put in?
New post just out:
Delighted to have a guest post today from the excellent @cjayanetti.bsky.social.
"The 'something for nothing myth"
Why screaming headlines about the net contribution of immigrants and the low-paid are profoundly wrong.
(£/free trial)
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Delighted to have a guest post today from the excellent @cjayanetti.bsky.social.
"The 'something for nothing myth"
Why screaming headlines about the net contribution of immigrants and the low-paid are profoundly wrong.
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/the-someth...
The "something for nothing" myth
How should we value people's contribution to the country?
samf.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Um, in a means and needs based tax and public services system half the people in the system *should* almost by definition get more back than they put in?
I wonder. I wonder whether reasonable people are afraid to call out extremist views *partly* because they've seen previously apparently reasonable people sucked up their own arses into insane extremism (through whatever combination of carelessness, echo-chambers, deliberate manipulation, etc.) and
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I wonder. I wonder whether reasonable people are afraid to call out extremist views *partly* because they've seen previously apparently reasonable people sucked up their own arses into insane extremism (through whatever combination of carelessness, echo-chambers, deliberate manipulation, etc.) and
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No, because competition in healthcare is ridiculous and stupid, and the notion of choice is considerably more complicated than it's made out to be.
Next.
Next.
September 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
No, because competition in healthcare is ridiculous and stupid, and the notion of choice is considerably more complicated than it's made out to be.
Next.
Next.
I was trying to remember theme of "Sewing Bee" earlier, and all that would come was "Sew Down", and I realised it would be a great crossover. Get a bunch of Sewing Bee winners to do pottery and a bunch of Throw Down winners to do sewing! I reckon it would be a winner...
August 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I was trying to remember theme of "Sewing Bee" earlier, and all that would come was "Sew Down", and I realised it would be a great crossover. Get a bunch of Sewing Bee winners to do pottery and a bunch of Throw Down winners to do sewing! I reckon it would be a winner...
Calls for age verification on VPNs
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Somebody on here predicted this would be the next move, but I can't remember who.
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Somebody on here predicted this would be the next move, but I can't remember who.
Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told
The children's commissioner for England tells the BBC virtual private networks are a
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August 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Calls for age verification on VPNs
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Somebody on here predicted this would be the next move, but I can't remember who.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Somebody on here predicted this would be the next move, but I can't remember who.
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"It was humiliating to watch an American president act like a happy puppy upon encountering the dictator of a much poorer, much less important state, treating him as a superior"
August 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"It was humiliating to watch an American president act like a happy puppy upon encountering the dictator of a much poorer, much less important state, treating him as a superior"
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Sometimes these people give the game away
Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2
Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sometimes these people give the game away
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So according to this 'newspaper', if a kerb damages a car it is a killer. But five deaths a day due to bad driving is 'the price we pay to live in society today'.
No.
Speed bumps and high kerbs are the price taxpayers pay because people drive irresponsibly. #MotorNormativity #CarLobby
No.
Speed bumps and high kerbs are the price taxpayers pay because people drive irresponsibly. #MotorNormativity #CarLobby
August 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So according to this 'newspaper', if a kerb damages a car it is a killer. But five deaths a day due to bad driving is 'the price we pay to live in society today'.
No.
Speed bumps and high kerbs are the price taxpayers pay because people drive irresponsibly. #MotorNormativity #CarLobby
No.
Speed bumps and high kerbs are the price taxpayers pay because people drive irresponsibly. #MotorNormativity #CarLobby
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Authors removing their books from consideration on a literary prize’s shortlist, due to the transphobic views of another author on the list, are not suppressing free speech. They are exercising it.
August 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Authors removing their books from consideration on a literary prize’s shortlist, due to the transphobic views of another author on the list, are not suppressing free speech. They are exercising it.
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All you need to know about transphobes/terfs/gender critical people is that they think trans people have an unfair advantage in chess.
World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men
The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.
www.npr.org
August 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All you need to know about transphobes/terfs/gender critical people is that they think trans people have an unfair advantage in chess.