Rootless Cosmopolitan
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books, films, music, politics, history. "this is a stupid conversation, and I'm not going to continue it".
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EXC - MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents.
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords
Exclusive: Legislation thought unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after delay tactics by opponents
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
EXC - MPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents.
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
“It is our system at its absolute most dysfunctional,” one MP said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Hi. I'm the guy with the automated CSAM generator. Would you like one of my robots to look after your kids?
No thank you.
No thank you.
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Hi. I'm the guy with the automated CSAM generator. Would you like one of my robots to look after your kids?
No thank you.
No thank you.
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Isn't this a telling aspiration? To want robots to look after your kids, so you can do stuff, rather than robots to do stuff, so you can spend time with your kids?
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Isn't this a telling aspiration? To want robots to look after your kids, so you can do stuff, rather than robots to do stuff, so you can spend time with your kids?
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
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kind of looks like greenland
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
kind of looks like greenland
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TRUMP SAYS WILL SUE NEW YORK TIMES OVER UNFAVORABLE OPINION POLL
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
TRUMP SAYS WILL SUE NEW YORK TIMES OVER UNFAVORABLE OPINION POLL
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Nigel Farage is STILL BACKING the Liz Truss minibudget!
He just told Bloomberg in Davos that the only problem was that she didn't cut enough financial support from poor people!
THIS IS WHO REFORM UK IS!
He just told Bloomberg in Davos that the only problem was that she didn't cut enough financial support from poor people!
THIS IS WHO REFORM UK IS!
Farage: Liz Truss was too kind to poor people! - Bloomberg
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Nigel Farage is STILL BACKING the Liz Truss minibudget!
He just told Bloomberg in Davos that the only problem was that she didn't cut enough financial support from poor people!
THIS IS WHO REFORM UK IS!
He just told Bloomberg in Davos that the only problem was that she didn't cut enough financial support from poor people!
THIS IS WHO REFORM UK IS!
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Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images earlier this month, including 23,000 that appear to depict children, according to researchers who said it “became an industrial scale machine for the production of sexual abuse material”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images this month, research says
Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked international outrage
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images earlier this month, including 23,000 that appear to depict children, according to researchers who said it “became an industrial scale machine for the production of sexual abuse material”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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“Shortly before Donald Trump stood up in Davos to deliver his latest tirade against Europe, I asked a senior German official if it would be correct to describe the United States no longer as an unreliable partner but as a potential enemy. “Absolutely,” he replied.”
apple.news/ABfW-CZy-R_6...
apple.news/ABfW-CZy-R_6...
Trump has issued a stark warning: America is now your enemy — The i Paper
The US President is a tactician. He is poised, ready to strike again
apple.news
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM
“Shortly before Donald Trump stood up in Davos to deliver his latest tirade against Europe, I asked a senior German official if it would be correct to describe the United States no longer as an unreliable partner but as a potential enemy. “Absolutely,” he replied.”
apple.news/ABfW-CZy-R_6...
apple.news/ABfW-CZy-R_6...
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Vance is a wholly owned subsidiary of Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire who wrote: "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” Thiel donated $15 million to Vance’s 2022 Ohio Senate campaign. Thiel’s data analytics company Palantir helps ICE identify immigrants to target. 3/11 🧵
Friday essay: libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel helped make JD Vance. The Republican kingmaker’s influence is growing
Peter Thiel has been described as the most influential right-wing intellectual of the past 20 years. He’s funded both JD Vance and Donald Trump. Who is he?
theconversation.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Vance is a wholly owned subsidiary of Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire who wrote: "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” Thiel donated $15 million to Vance’s 2022 Ohio Senate campaign. Thiel’s data analytics company Palantir helps ICE identify immigrants to target. 3/11 🧵
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🧵🧵🧵 JD VANCE, SOCIOPATH 🧵🧵🧵
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
🧵🧵🧵 JD VANCE, SOCIOPATH 🧵🧵🧵
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
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In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.
January 22, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.
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Jamieson Greer: "We are entering into a new world order"
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Jamieson Greer: "We are entering into a new world order"
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Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
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“The mad, delusional, ranting emperor has no clothes on. And yet there is no truth-telling child in sight. Just a coterie of shameless liars, grifters, and sycophants bent on engaging in a cover-up about the clear mental incompetence of the most powerful man on Earth.”
Check out ‘First Draft’:
Check out ‘First Draft’:
Dementia vs. Davos
The US President has mashed potato brains, ICE kills again, and the late Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA threatens lawfare against Candace Owens.
zeteo.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM
“The mad, delusional, ranting emperor has no clothes on. And yet there is no truth-telling child in sight. Just a coterie of shameless liars, grifters, and sycophants bent on engaging in a cover-up about the clear mental incompetence of the most powerful man on Earth.”
Check out ‘First Draft’:
Check out ‘First Draft’:
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Hey, as we all watch the dementia-addled psychotic president of the United States ramble incoherently on a global stage, I'd just like to say on behalf of all Americans:
Our bad.
Our bad.
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Hey, as we all watch the dementia-addled psychotic president of the United States ramble incoherently on a global stage, I'd just like to say on behalf of all Americans:
Our bad.
Our bad.
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Give them something to vote for. The Dem Party has historically low favorability which implies that the Dem Party is not giving The People what they want. Maybe instead of continuing down the neoliberal, right wing path they could try being Progressive.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Give them something to vote for. The Dem Party has historically low favorability which implies that the Dem Party is not giving The People what they want. Maybe instead of continuing down the neoliberal, right wing path they could try being Progressive.
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How about renaming NATO to be the Economic Pact Securing Territory in European Industrial Nations (EPSTEIN)?
January 22, 2026 at 1:13 PM
How about renaming NATO to be the Economic Pact Securing Territory in European Industrial Nations (EPSTEIN)?
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BARTIROMO: Does this ultimately mean that the US will acquire Greenland?
TRUMP: Well, I don't know if I can say that. But it could be. It's possible. Anything is possible.
TRUMP: Well, I don't know if I can say that. But it could be. It's possible. Anything is possible.
January 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM
BARTIROMO: Does this ultimately mean that the US will acquire Greenland?
TRUMP: Well, I don't know if I can say that. But it could be. It's possible. Anything is possible.
TRUMP: Well, I don't know if I can say that. But it could be. It's possible. Anything is possible.
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Hidden away on BBC News.. if you’re lucky you’ll find that @greenparty.org.uk has taken their first Council seat from Reform which is groundbreaking❗️
Yet when another Tory Councillor, no one heard of in the arse end of England it’s headline news
But Reform lose one to Greens & BBC is all schh. 🤫🤫
Yet when another Tory Councillor, no one heard of in the arse end of England it’s headline news
But Reform lose one to Greens & BBC is all schh. 🤫🤫
Greens take Reform UK seat in first of its kind win in Derbyshire - BBC News
It is the first time the party has gained a seat from Reform UK in any election in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Hidden away on BBC News.. if you’re lucky you’ll find that @greenparty.org.uk has taken their first Council seat from Reform which is groundbreaking❗️
Yet when another Tory Councillor, no one heard of in the arse end of England it’s headline news
But Reform lose one to Greens & BBC is all schh. 🤫🤫
Yet when another Tory Councillor, no one heard of in the arse end of England it’s headline news
But Reform lose one to Greens & BBC is all schh. 🤫🤫
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“I’m a real estate person at heart,” he says, talking about plans for redevelopment in Gaza. “Look at this great location by the sea.”
Just sickening.
Just sickening.
January 22, 2026 at 11:47 AM
“I’m a real estate person at heart,” he says, talking about plans for redevelopment in Gaza. “Look at this great location by the sea.”
Just sickening.
Just sickening.