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Trump’s likely getting little of the deserved blame of what’s to come. I’ve noticed how defensive and denialist people are if you even mention that blanket tariffs are inflationary and stifle aggregate demand.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/13/unite-the-kingdom-far-right-rally-london-tommy-robinson-police-assaulted Large far-right rally in London yesterday. I despair at the social decline of this country.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/13/elon-musk-calls-for-dissolution-of-parliament-at-far-right-rally-in-london Space Wanker again publicly calling for violent overthrow of the British government, and supporting political violence in the name of making British a mono-racial...

They’re pushing exactly the same narrative in our media. Even though gun ownership isn’t a thing here, and the last victim of political violence in Britain wasn’t a right-winger.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2enwk1l9e1t I hope that it’s all some kind of coincidence that all this has been kicking off a few weeks after Trump met Putin behind closed doors… I mean, I don’t trust Trump not to backstab Nato.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/09/10/poland-activates-nato-article-4-to-consult-allies-after-russian-drone-incursion Urgh, hope this isn’t an escalation to WWIII…

https://bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.bsky.social/post/3ly6jj6mm4k22 I really hope that isn’t an antecedent to another civil war.

There was an independent toy shop in a (now closed) shopping centre near my university which during my third year, had a load of Tidal Waves, Ultra Magnuses and Treadbolts on clearance. Bought an Ultra Magnus for myself (as Energon UM was pretty rare, and Overload wasn’t properly released over...

I remember back in 2016 thinking the whole discourse about Trump being the ‘peaceful’ candidate of the two was utter bollocks. Because I recalled how exactly the same narrative was built around Bush during the 2000 election, and we all know how that ended up…

So, same-character recolours (or Champion Edition recolours, if you like cultural references to old fighting games), which ones do you like? 1.) I've always had a soft spot for the Jungle Planet version of Optimus Primal. (Yes, I know it's technically an Optimus Primal who isn't from the BW...

I miss the "modernised and redesigned, yet still familiar" design ethos of the Classics range, which continued into Universe 2.0, RtS, etc. I mean, it's nice to have modern figures which match the Marvel comics/Sunbow cartoon design templates so closely, but it's all getting a bit too samey...

I know this is not fully relevant to this thread, and possibly only vaguely appropriate for the wider forum, but… I caught about 15 minutes of one of the Michael Bay Transformers films. Not the first one, not the one with Sir Anthony Hopkins in, so one of the others; they all look mostly the...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/25/postal-services-in-europe-suspend-parcel-shipments-to-us-amid-uncertainty-over-tariffs A ridiculous amount of countries' postal services have just stopped sending stuff to the States. I mean, it won't be indefinite, but given the current US...

https://bsky.app/profile/jdportes.bsky.social/post/3lxeih2nzlk25 One of Britain’s best selling newspapers advocating putting hundreds of thousands of people into camps.

Visited a museum based in a Tudor house built in 1491, which has a Norman era building built in the 1180s behind it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq68j5g2nr1o It’s probably for the best if websites outside the UK refuse to comply with the stupid ID requirements, but… Yeah. These guys aren’t exactly role models.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo The children’s commissioner for England has called for the UK government to require age verification on VPNs, to stop kids using VPNs to get round age verification requirements. I would laugh, but, FFS.

Oh, no, I meant more that eBay (or at least eBay UK) has become a pain to use for private sellers. Like ridiculously user-unfriendly. And getting your money from the seller via eBay, you have to jump through a load of extra hoops.

Another plot twist, my girlfriend must’ve been reading this thread or something, and just bought me the Studio Series Galvatron as a surprise. Nice. It’s good. Prefer the transparent cannon of the other version, though. (The Kingdom Galvatron I had has been sold on eBay. Which seems to be...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-your-party-antisemitism-sultana-b2809612.html Guess which issue might be pulling apart the new Corbyn Party before its even properly founded?