thepig993

thepig993

@thepig993.bsky.social

autistic, liberal, democrat, and Liberal Democrat Crawley Town fan against my better judgement

864 followers165 following8.7K posts

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

so many business leaders were extremely short-sighted in late 2024 and early 2025. a cynic would say they got overexcited about something they'd always wanted to happen

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

lmao

YouGov@yougov.co.uk

Even if it had no impact on water bills, Britons would still support nationalising water companies by a margin of 60% to 20% However, support falls to just 30% if nationalisation required the government to increase taxes, borrowing or water charges in order to operate the water companies

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Andy Craig
@andycraig.bsky.social

Replying to @andycraig.bsky.social

It is both very unlikely Trump will personally succeed at establishing a full-blown dictatorship before he's gone, and also the case that Trump's tenure in American politics has massively increased the chance this country will have a full-blown dictatorship at some point in the next 30 or 40 years.

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

I don't like ID cards

Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social

what is an *actual*, *specific* opinion that you hold that will be unpopular on bluesky ? Mine is that Javier Milei is horrible but probably did a better job in fixing Argentina’s hyperinflation crisis than any of his opponents would have

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

your populism-crushing danish centre-left sir?

Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social

Denmark, Voxmeter poll: A-PES: 21% O-Patriots: 15% (+3) F-EGP: 10% (-1) I→EPP: 10% (-1) C-EPP: 9% Ø-ELA: 8% (-1) V-ALDE: 7% Æ-ECR: 6% B-ALDE: 6% M-ALDE: 6% (-1) Å→G/EFA: 2% H-*: 1% (+1) +/- vs. 12-18 October 2026 Fieldwork: 19-25 October 2026 Sample size: 1,019 ➤ europeelects.eu/denmark

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

Let us look at the facts here: Putin believes Ukraine is a fake country. He does not care how many Russians die in order for him to rule it. He has consistently taken the maximalist position even against a friendly regime with Trump. Where is this mythical peace deal?

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

My GP has been very quick since about 2023. Although they still consistently call me to reschedule appointments about 5 minutes after we agreed a time for one because they can't read their own scheduling software or something

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Alon (they/them)
@alonlevy.bsky.social

To somewhat push back: the Israeli electoral system is fine, actually. The trend the thread describes of personality vehicle parties is real, but it obscures the origin of it. It's not inherent to the system - it only emerged after Sharon broke Likud during the Gaza Disengagement.

Abigail Nussbaum@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social

This is a good primer on Israel's political situation going into tomorrow's election. But I'd like to go deeper on something he only touches on, which is that part of the reason for Israel's electoral doldrums (and resulting geopolitical chaos) is its broken political system bsky.app/profile/avis...

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

Thinking about this today after reading some months ago all the justifications for "onion person"'s terrible Ukraine jokes

Bruno Dies@brunodias.dev

I don't know that there is a template or a "secret sauce" or a clear-cut lesson to take from this. But if there is one it's the idea of treating social media as the hostile territory that it is, of actually acting like you are a participant in propaganda warfare and not like a consumer.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com

if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you

The Associated Press@apnews.com

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

bit.lySerbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shiftThe long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

vucic is dead and lula is alive what a night

mathieu gallard@mathieugallard.bsky.social

🇧🇷🗳️La projection des résultats finaux de #Electomaps sur désormais plus de 10% des bureaux dépouillés, avec une belle #needle : ➡️Chances de gagner 🔴Lula 92% ⚫️Flávio 8% ➡️Résultats finaux 🔴Lula 51,9% ⚫️Flávio 48,1% Remontada extraordinaire de Lula !

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

Hopefully the cycle will be faster than decades though

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

Hero... voter?

British Voter@britishvoter.bsky.social

I'm a White Scottish non-religious woman from Bathgate and Linlithgow, in my forties. My top issue is the economy. In 2024 I voted Reform UK. Today I'd vote Labour.

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

the defeat must be bad if they're conceding now

Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social

Serbia: The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS-EPP) has admitted defeat in today's parliamentary elections. The Student List (SL-*) has won a majority of votes. #Serbia #Srbija #Izbori2026

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Lev Parikian
@levparikian.bsky.social

There’s something mesmerising about the way England have found ever more inventive ways to lose cricket matches. Like high level performance art #TheCricket

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

This almost happened to Theresa May too

James Ball@jamesrball.com

1. Call an early election because the opposition is in chaos 2. Early election causes opposition to stop being in chaos 3. Polls move against you 4. Oh. *Really* against you (Conservatives will be majority government). 5. Resign

canadianaffairs.newsEby’s election gamble appears to backfireB.C.’s premier called an election while the Conservatives were in turmoil. But his bid for a stronger mandate could become a decisive loss
thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

someone was taking this piss and he just believed it lmao

Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com

Omfg!! 14:45: “…the cultural values are vastly different. In England…they don't have fire recall the way we do—they have fire brigades, and people in the building use buckets while waiting for the brigade. In the U.S., we design elevators to perform specifically so firefighters can use them safely.”

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

the reason british houses are so small compared to america is that we all have burrows we live in during the summer. however these tend to get flooded in the wet winter months,

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

Well I suppose it's good that the line is drawn somewhere

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW on @zeteo.com — Venues are *pulling out* of hosting Vivek Ramaswamy for his bus tour across Ohio in the closing days of the election. “We’re getting calls that people don’t want him there,” a top Ohio Republican says. “It’s that damn ad.” From @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social:

zeteo.comVenues Start Canceling on Vivek Ramaswamy Over His Disgusting Ad: ‘People Don’t Want Him There’Businesses have begun pulling out of Vivek Ramaswamy’s bus tour with other GOP candidates. ‘It’s that damn ad,’ a top Ohio Republican tells Zeteo.
thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

Lots of very important games here

Julianna 💎@batariangal.eurosky.social

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Rob Blackie
@robblackie.bsky.social

@jamesomalley.co.uk It's unsurprising that TfL is low on cash - the Mayor's various single tube fare freezes (ie most useful to people like tourists!) have cumulatively cost £1-2bn over the last 10 years. That's a lot of tube upgrades and new buses.

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

She dislikes Badenoch the most for, you know, reasons

British Voter@britishvoter.bsky.social

I'm a White British non-religious woman from the Isle of Wight East, in my sixties. My top issue is inflation. In 2024 I voted Green. Today I wouldn't vote.

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

"But universities don't produce oil!" "Universities produce money that can be exchanged for goods and services"

Charlotte Lydia Riley@lottelydia.bsky.social

University of Nottingham, right now, is cutting 560 jobs. Do we need to rebrand universities as very large, very clean, land-based oil rigs to get government support?

thepig993
@thepig993.bsky.social

This is right. There are about 1.5 real cities in America

Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social

Before the east coast wakes up and I get in trouble, let me offend an entirely different group of people and note that I don't think this is Americans so much as "non city people" - regular public transport users simply have more spatial awareness drawn from long experience of being part of a crowd