Tim Albert
@timalbert.bsky.social
Idealist. Resisting obsolesence. Former scribbler and actual small word enthusiast (insert hyphen at will).
Books include: WInning the publications game; Mostly we had it good; Two Summers: Nixon and Trump by Greyhound Bus.
www.timalbert.co.uk
Books include: WInning the publications game; Mostly we had it good; Two Summers: Nixon and Trump by Greyhound Bus.
www.timalbert.co.uk
The two most revealing questions one can ask about American politics and foreign policy today are:
1. How would we describe this if it were happening in a country of the Global South?
2. How would we describe this if the person doing it were Russian?
1. How would we describe this if it were happening in a country of the Global South?
2. How would we describe this if the person doing it were Russian?
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform
www.ft.com/content/f270...
www.ft.com/content/f270...
September 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I thought that was what the rifles were for.
Usually, it’s illegal for an employer to ask about your dick and your sex life
NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
September 19, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I thought that was what the rifles were for.
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On the substack this week...
I wrote about why young people have become increasingly anxious and depressed over the last 30 years.
(A lot of the simple/obvious explanations don't fit the trendline).
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
I wrote about why young people have become increasingly anxious and depressed over the last 30 years.
(A lot of the simple/obvious explanations don't fit the trendline).
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
The Agency Gap
Why are young people increasingly unhappy?
samf.substack.com
September 19, 2026 at 9:10 AM
On the substack this week...
I wrote about why young people have become increasingly anxious and depressed over the last 30 years.
(A lot of the simple/obvious explanations don't fit the trendline).
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
I wrote about why young people have become increasingly anxious and depressed over the last 30 years.
(A lot of the simple/obvious explanations don't fit the trendline).
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
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God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
September 19, 2026 at 6:56 AM
God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
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Vance is pulling real “Puppet Show and Spinal Tap” numbers here.
September 18, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Vance is pulling real “Puppet Show and Spinal Tap” numbers here.
September 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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"If this had been about the BBC promoting polls secretly funded by the Labour party, all hell would have broken loose... damning coverage by the papers, dominating the news agenda to the exclusion of all other matters, and probably leading to the resignation of the director general"
British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...
September 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"If this had been about the BBC promoting polls secretly funded by the Labour party, all hell would have broken loose... damning coverage by the papers, dominating the news agenda to the exclusion of all other matters, and probably leading to the resignation of the director general"
Are gerontocracies and plutocracies conjoined?
Grassley responds to Whitehouse grilling Patel on Epstein by bloviating about Hunter Biden's text mssages. Beyond parody.
September 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Are gerontocracies and plutocracies conjoined?
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Grassley responds to Whitehouse grilling Patel on Epstein by bloviating about Hunter Biden's text mssages. Beyond parody.
September 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Grassley responds to Whitehouse grilling Patel on Epstein by bloviating about Hunter Biden's text mssages. Beyond parody.
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New post:
Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes".
There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend.
So what is going on?
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes".
There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend.
So what is going on?
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
The Agency Gap
Why are young people increasingly unhappy?
samf.substack.com
September 13, 2026 at 8:28 AM
New post:
Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes".
There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend.
So what is going on?
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes".
There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend.
So what is going on?
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
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Should have guessed that the thing that would eventually kill off the right's interest in grammar schools would be non-white kids doing too well in the 11+.
September 15, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Should have guessed that the thing that would eventually kill off the right's interest in grammar schools would be non-white kids doing too well in the 11+.
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So they got 3 million cultists to watch. This is what the RNC hyped as a “game changer” for the midterms.
September 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
So they got 3 million cultists to watch. This is what the RNC hyped as a “game changer” for the midterms.
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Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.
September 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.
How has America fallen so far into this corruption?
September 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
How has America fallen so far into this corruption?
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The hospitality industry are back lobbying for a VAT cut
They don't mention the cost: £12bn
They don't mention who gets the £:
❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing
❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall
✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners
🧵:
They don't mention the cost: £12bn
They don't mention who gets the £:
❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing
❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall
✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners
🧵:
September 15, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The hospitality industry are back lobbying for a VAT cut
They don't mention the cost: £12bn
They don't mention who gets the £:
❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing
❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall
✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners
🧵:
They don't mention the cost: £12bn
They don't mention who gets the £:
❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing
❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall
✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners
🧵:
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Good post this, great marshalling of what the evidence does and doesn’t tell us.
New post:
Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes".
There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend.
So what is going on?
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes".
There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend.
So what is going on?
(£/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
The Agency Gap
Why are young people increasingly unhappy?
samf.substack.com
September 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Good post this, great marshalling of what the evidence does and doesn’t tell us.
Truly shocking.
Last month, the Pentagon fired the publisher and editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes. Two opposite headlines this morning show the results were swift.
September 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Truly shocking.
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If you have a big story about Reform and approach them for comment it seems they go quiet and then quickly give the news to a friendly outlet (ie the Telegraph). Lesson seems to be: don’t approach Reform.
September 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM
If you have a big story about Reform and approach them for comment it seems they go quiet and then quickly give the news to a friendly outlet (ie the Telegraph). Lesson seems to be: don’t approach Reform.
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youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...
Watch the hell out of this and share share share!!
Paxton is as dangerous and amoral, unethical and conscious less man that is pure Himmler
Watch the hell out of this and share share share!!
Paxton is as dangerous and amoral, unethical and conscious less man that is pure Himmler
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtube.com
September 11, 2026 at 11:19 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...
Watch the hell out of this and share share share!!
Paxton is as dangerous and amoral, unethical and conscious less man that is pure Himmler
Watch the hell out of this and share share share!!
Paxton is as dangerous and amoral, unethical and conscious less man that is pure Himmler
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It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.
A cheery message from the new minister responsible for research funding for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (and the subjects that the majority of UK taught undergraduate and Masters students study).
Science and maths degrees offer most value to the nation, says minister
Chris McDonald told a room full of vice-chancellors that science, engineering and mathematics ‘offer the greatest personal, social and economic value’
www.thetimes.com
September 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.
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"There will be no more elections in the future in which we lose even a single vote.” Joseph Goebbels, Dec 4 1932.
September 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
"There will be no more elections in the future in which we lose even a single vote.” Joseph Goebbels, Dec 4 1932.
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Amazes me that journalists ask a question and then have no rebuttal prepared knowing the person will answer with a bucket of lies
September 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Amazes me that journalists ask a question and then have no rebuttal prepared knowing the person will answer with a bucket of lies
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And the studio should have screenshots/footage ready to roll at the tap of a button whenever they say "I haven't seen..." or "That's not what he said..."
September 10, 2026 at 9:20 PM
And the studio should have screenshots/footage ready to roll at the tap of a button whenever they say "I haven't seen..." or "That's not what he said..."
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I think what Badenoch meant to say here is: “British employers are dependent on welfare to subsidise a massively underpaid workforce” - particularly when you consider that around 40% of claimants are actually in work.
But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose.
But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose.
September 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I think what Badenoch meant to say here is: “British employers are dependent on welfare to subsidise a massively underpaid workforce” - particularly when you consider that around 40% of claimants are actually in work.
But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose.
But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose.