The delight in someone's murder on this platform is sickening
September 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The delight in someone's murder on this platform is sickening
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Is the Edinburgh Fringe a Judenfrei zone now? With just a week to go before the Fringe kicks off, Jewish comedians are being unceremoniously cancelled.
✍️ Brendan O'Neill
www.spectator.co.uk/article/edin...
✍️ Brendan O'Neill
www.spectator.co.uk/article/edin...
July 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Is the Edinburgh Fringe a Judenfrei zone now? With just a week to go before the Fringe kicks off, Jewish comedians are being unceremoniously cancelled.
✍️ Brendan O'Neill
www.spectator.co.uk/article/edin...
✍️ Brendan O'Neill
www.spectator.co.uk/article/edin...
A rare bit of good news from a dreadful week
June 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A rare bit of good news from a dreadful week
God save the King. And send him victorious
June 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
God save the King. And send him victorious
Based on the IDF's incredible feats recently, I hope the training is the other way too
The UK is training an armed group currently commiting genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and attrocity crimes.
That means your tax money is aiding all of these things.
Let that sink in.
That means your tax money is aiding all of these things.
Let that sink in.
June 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Based on the IDF's incredible feats recently, I hope the training is the other way too
This is, of course, true. The default normal position is to support Israel’s existence
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is, of course, true. The default normal position is to support Israel’s existence
Yes, facile childish stuff like this is quite irritating
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Yes, facile childish stuff like this is quite irritating
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She will need to show that she has the courage required to curb the bureaucracy before it bankrupts us.
✍️ Andrew Gimson
✍️ Andrew Gimson
Don’t write off Kemi Badenoch
In the great game of musical chairs that is British politics, it’s impossible to foresee which contestant will be left with nowhere to sit when the music stops. Keir Starmer won a landslide victory...
www.spectator.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
She will need to show that she has the courage required to curb the bureaucracy before it bankrupts us.
✍️ Andrew Gimson
✍️ Andrew Gimson
To the comments! No, no, we don't want their tax revenue etc etc
Some of the U.K.’s richest residents are leaving for Spain, Italy, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates — places where taxes are lower or where they can pay a flat tax to shield their global income.
Are the super-rich leaving London? Tax changes could spur wealth exodus.
Oligarchs, exiled leaders, hedge fund managers and high net worth locals have coexisted in a city where old and new money collide. That may start to change.
wapo.st
June 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
To the comments! No, no, we don't want their tax revenue etc etc
Caring is the easy bit. Even a child can do that
June 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Caring is the easy bit. Even a child can do that
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Commemorating 58 years since the reunification of Jerusalem — the heart of the Jewish people. In 1967, Israel triumphed over Arab nations who sought to erase the Jewish State from the map of the world.
May 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Commemorating 58 years since the reunification of Jerusalem — the heart of the Jewish people. In 1967, Israel triumphed over Arab nations who sought to erase the Jewish State from the map of the world.
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This is what “globalise the intifada” means, and people chant it on our streets weekly.
Two Israeli embassy staffers, a young couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, and a suspect, is in custody, officials said. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/4kyn45K
Washington DC shooting live updates: Two Israeli embassy staff killed, suspect Elias Rodriguez in custody
Two Israeli embassy staff were killed in a shooting outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in the U.S. capital.
reut.rs
May 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This is what “globalise the intifada” means, and people chant it on our streets weekly.
Nah, tax undesirable things like teetotallers. And the French
May 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Nah, tax undesirable things like teetotallers. And the French
Or, more succinctly, “tit-for-tat”
this is based on a little known principle called "when someone is nice to you unexpectedly, most people try to understand and reciprocate to some degree, and when someone you'd expect to be on your side is a vicious saboteur, you are likely to reevaluate your association with them"
May 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Or, more succinctly, “tit-for-tat”
This is an invaluable source and compelling listening. Just skip the first 15 minutes of tedious self-indulgent waffle to get to the good stuff
To our Spotify listeners- we recently discovered that the Eurasian Knot's feed on Spotify had been altered when we moved the show to a new host.
Things are now fixed and you can follow the show on Spotify here⬇️ Thanks as always for listening!
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Things are now fixed and you can follow the show on Spotify here⬇️ Thanks as always for listening!
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The Eurasian Knot
Podcast · The Eurasian Knot · To many, Russia, and the wider Eurasia, is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. But it doesn’t have to be. The Eurasian Knot dispels the stereotypes and myth...
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May 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is an invaluable source and compelling listening. Just skip the first 15 minutes of tedious self-indulgent waffle to get to the good stuff
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Proper drinker: it just needs topping up
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Proper drinker: it just needs topping up
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Archivist: either way, it is not permitted in the Reading Room
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Archivist: either way, it is not permitted in the Reading Room
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Priest (internally): but did I estimate the number of communicants/ amount of wine correctly?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Priest (internally): but did I estimate the number of communicants/ amount of wine correctly?
November 24, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Proper drinker: it just needs topping up
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Proper drinker: it just needs topping up
Not a good idea. The most vulnerable person I know is Squeaky Sue down the pub and she's an alcoholic. Her policies would bring down humanity in one afternoon.
November 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Not a good idea. The most vulnerable person I know is Squeaky Sue down the pub and she's an alcoholic. Her policies would bring down humanity in one afternoon.
Ludwig von Mises from "Bureaucracy" (1944). Rather prescient.
November 18, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Ludwig von Mises from "Bureaucracy" (1944). Rather prescient.
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This is plausible because if there's one thing you associate with ballet stars it's clumsiness.
November 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
This is plausible because if there's one thing you associate with ballet stars it's clumsiness.
This is magnificent. A proper antidote to everything ghastly in the modern world.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio 3 - Record Review Podcast, Verdi's Il trovatore
Roger Parker picks his favourite version of Verdi's opera Il trovatore.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
This is magnificent. A proper antidote to everything ghastly in the modern world.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...