Elizabeth Bear's avatar

Elizabeth Bear

@matociquala.bsky.social

Literally everybody I know in the UK: freaking right the fuck out with joy. The NYT: Why a massive Labour win is actually a conservative victory.

4 replies 13 reposts 107 likes


Jendia Gammon's avatar Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social
[ View ]

Seems about right for that imprint. They live in another universe.

0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes


Matthew Frye's avatar Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social
[ View ]

TBF there are quite a lot of issues on which Starmer's positions have been… distinctly more centre-right than centre-left, or actually left like Labour were for a few years. It's good to have adults in charge again, but I'm not thrilled about the government in prospect in absolute terms.

2 replies 0 reposts 5 likes


Tufty McTavish's avatar Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.bsky.social
[ View ]

We 🇬🇧 seem to have moved from being a laughing stock to becoming credible again. Given the populist options occurring elsewhere in the 🌍 this is quite a turnaround. 🙏 that we have free and fair 🗳️ here. It's a massive improvement, if an imperfect step in the right direction.

0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes


🔞fitotelmata's avatar 🔞fitotelmata @fruiting-bodies.bsky.social
[ View ]

Most New York Times writers are grown in expressly joy-free vats, I'm not sure what there is to understand here

1 replies 0 reposts 2 likes