RickBean

RickBean

@fenmonkey.bsky.social

Polite (Yet Awkward) Engineer with a silly sense of humour. Will only argue about politics.

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I had need to contact Aldi on their website to check if one of their products had been discontinued but I wasn't expecting a chat bot with a sense of humour.

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*whispers tinily* i keep seeing online stuff about millennials/genZers blaming boomers or each other for whatever whatever and once again i thank every deity in the universe for the fact that genX are largely ignored keep hiding in the shed listening to the clash they’ll never find us

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Danny Tommo's 'patriot platform' vigilantes were refused service in The George Inn, Portsmouth. They demanded to know why, despite the fact they do not have to be given a reason. Always make bigots feel unwelcome. Show the pub some love for doing the right thing. Things you love to see ✊❤️

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Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

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This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing

Sathnam Sanghera@sathnam.bsky.social

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

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Polling by YouGov with Best for Britain suggested Labour would get closest to forming a majority government at the next general election by adopting a manifesto commitment to rejoining the EU. A pledge to reverse Brexit was the only scenario tested that would stop a Reform UK-led government.

cheshire-live.co.ukAndy Burnham has to reverse Brexit to stay in power, report saysSir Tony Blair says the UK needs to rejoin the EU within 10 years

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Waiting for Burnham to say "We appreciate that some people may wish to slash at RNLI boats with what appears to be an illegal bladed article while shouting abuse and we hear their concerns". Take one step towards fascists, they take three steps back & say 'meet me halfway'. No pasáran.

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The lesson from this week is that most of the UK media thinks Hot Fuzz is a horror movie about a woke city cop destroying a perfectly admirable local community.

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” ― Desmond Tutu Did no one tell Ed Sheeran?

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It didn’t start with gas chambers, it began with othering.

Sean Jones KC@seanjones.org

Astonishing to hear people say they'd rather asylum seekers drowned than be saved by the RNLI. Next comes letting people die in burning hostels rather than be saved by the fire brigade and letting people get kicked to death in the street rather than be saved by the Police. Don't platform this hate.

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People keep posting this saying it looks a bit like fascist uniforms from sci fi films seemingly ignoring the fact in the actual text it says it was inspired by the Starship Troopers uniform worn by actual fascists in the film. There's no subtext here.

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This is very much my magnum opus, represents days and days of traumatic work, includes clips which, I promise, you're not aware of, and one astounding moment of actual far right fake news being created - live! So, what I'm saying is, you better listen, share, and shower me with furs and jewellery.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social

🔥 Sunday School: DAS SCHADENFREUDEFEST 🔥 We dissect a horrible few days for Farage, every aspect of his latest scandal, and every moment of his car crash conference. And laugh about it quite a lot. As is right and proper. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7bMP...

Hi @mrjamesob.bsky.social The date of change was 23rd June 2016. I was on site and some one used the "n-word" in my presence and I simply asked "what the fuck is wrong with you" given my usual polite self this hit home. If we don't call this shit out who will?

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The problem with commentators reacting to the Jason Arday tragedy by sternly pointing out "people need to reflect on their own role in this" is that the people who really do need to reflect on their own role in this, never reflect on anything.

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Hatred of a particular group is the strangest thing; you literally get nothing from hating, and the act of hating takes something away from you that you’d still have if you just ignored the target of your hatred

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If you wondered whether they'd stop bullying somebody after he died then the answer is no, they won't. One of the usual ghouls, I wont bother with a screenshot, you dont need it in your life any more than I did.

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Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...

cnbc.comFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batteryA small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.