Principal Sorcery Officer

Amateur contrarian looking to go pro
Seldom do you see an honest gent like me

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

@softlxnar The government literally banned them. Blame your loathsome politicians.
https://t.co/jFdgxtTsKI

[Telegram Messenger @telegram]

Over 300,000 people die of drowning each year. In order to protect society, it is now illegal to consume or possess water.

Your government is also considering banning solid food, as it presents a needless choking hazard.
You are not an adult.
You are a baby.
Eat the baby food.

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

So annoying that my old Pixel 4XL isn't supported by GrapheneOS. I guess I have to buy a new phone so I can migrate and put GrapheneOS on my Pixel 8 instead

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

@Slide2theleft_ @worstall You don't have to ID yourself to your phone provider. You have to ID yourself to every single individual social media service, by giving them access to your government issued ID or to your bank details, and then trust that they don't accidentally release them all on the internet

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

Extremely ironic given Ian Chapman's mandate

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

International Report Calling for Global Wealth Cap Was Part-Funded by British Taxpayers https://t.co/Bq335BbtjI

[Dr Lawrence Newport @lawrencenewport]

So @NaturalEngland hates:

- Kites
- Cheap energy
- Ponies

Why do they exist?

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

I had no idea just how recent Manchester's skyscraper boom was.

In 2005, there was just one building taller than 100m in Greater Manchester: The Beetham Tower.

By 2017, there were 4. There will soon be 30.

https://t.co/HsGnZkfhQ7

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

You think this is bad because they're killing ponies, I think it's bad because it was ordered by an unaccountable quango that should be abolished

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

Exclusive from @oliver_wright

Dartmoor ponies could be subject to mass culling to reduce the impact on biodiversity after a controversial ruling by the government’s environmental quango

Natural England has demanded that all livestock grazing on the moor is reduced by about 75 per cent to protect other habitats, plants and species

The move looks set to result in the culling of up to nine in ten of the semi-wild ponies as farmers prioritise their own cattle and sheep to remain within Natural England’s limit to minimise the impact on their own livelihoods

Natural England argued that the move was necessary to protect the diversity of Dartmoor, which is a designated site of special scientific interest

However, the plan goes against a government commissioned review into the future of Dartmoor, published two years ago, which concluded that Natural England “should not take actions likely to result in a reduction in pony numbers”, adding they were “invaluable for conservation grazing”

The move has led to claims that the quango is acting as judge, jury and executioner of the ponies — a species which is itself seen as endangered

Dartmoor ponies could be put to death under biodiversity plans

https://t.co/s8L8nBJwlk

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

@Thesheepdoctor @JimGamble_INEQE A child can't drive a car at this age, surely we have to consider food, like cars only legal over a certain age?

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

I'm 33 and this is literally my kitchen

[James Heale @JAHeale]

Serious ‘uni first year bedroom’ vibes from Churchill here

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

If you're still missing the argument after all this time, you're not listening. Which is pretty typical of Civil Servants in London tbh.

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

We live in such abundance that Download Festival has flushing toilets

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

@LukeDyks @adb0wen Except for Gojira, it was pretty awful

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

@UnderSneege @iainmartin1 The Foreign Secretary's TV set is on the fritz, so he asks Hacker to tell him any news about a coup or something, because the Foreign Office get their news from the TV

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

What is to be done about this?

[Labour Digital Rights Network @LabDRN]

"Anger" at what, exactly? The truth?

Empowering parents with the tools to monitor and control their children's screen time is far more effective than an unworkable blanket ban.

Some MPs may be desperate for an "easy fix", but we must stop outsourcing parenting to the state.

[Sean Westwood @seanjwestwood]

"Last year, North Korea built 10,000 new homes in Pyongyang—more than either Los Angeles or Chicago."

There has to be a midpoint between can't build anything bureaucracy and fascism...

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

1) draft angry email
2) sleep on it
3) wake up and re-read
4) make it angrier

[Principal Sorcery Officer @highersorcery]

@zatzi You can literally get more than twice as much for less money in Boots