James van B®️egt
@causticcorner.bsky.social
Syncretic, cynic, dysthymic, pedantic, heretic, antinatalist, Anglo-Dutch. Loves cats, hates autocracy, hypocrisy, monarchy, religion, Christmas, and poor grammar.
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Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘An outstanding exposé of Putin and his criminal pals … [A] long-awaited, must read book’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Books about modern Russia abound … Belton has surpassed them all. Her ...
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If you want to understand Trump's stance on Russia, just read this excellent book. Catherine Belton spells out how Moscow has owned him for decades; Trump didn't sue, because there are receipts. Published by Murdoch's Harper Collins, note. harpercollins.co.uk/products/put...
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Follow the property.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Follow the property.
Season's greetings from snowy Mallorca 🏔️❄️☃️
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Season's greetings from snowy Mallorca 🏔️❄️☃️
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
For my next recommendation, 'The Lowdown' is also excellent.
As for TV recommendations in 2025, I can't recommend 'Dying for Sex' (ft Michelle Williams) more highly. No idea where you can see it, but for equally funny and moving drama, it's brilliant.
m.imdb.com/title/tt3025...
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Dying for Sex (TV Mini Series 2025) ⭐ 7.6 | Drama
30m | TV-MA
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December 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
For my next recommendation, 'The Lowdown' is also excellent.
We've got one of these... 🐈
December 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We've got one of these... 🐈
The most galling thing is him referring to autumn as "the Fall" 🤬
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The most galling thing is him referring to autumn as "the Fall" 🤬
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In which we learn that the US attorneys office concluded that Trump traveled on Air Epstein regularly without appearing in he passenger manifest.
December 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
In which we learn that the US attorneys office concluded that Trump traveled on Air Epstein regularly without appearing in he passenger manifest.
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W/alt. So what kind of foolishness is it when you tweet out a confession of a crime rather than admit you got fully schooled?
December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
W/alt. So what kind of foolishness is it when you tweet out a confession of a crime rather than admit you got fully schooled?
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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HFS!! 🫢
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
HFS!! 🫢
As for TV recommendations in 2025, I can't recommend 'Dying for Sex' (ft Michelle Williams) more highly. No idea where you can see it, but for equally funny and moving drama, it's brilliant.
m.imdb.com/title/tt3025...
m.imdb.com/title/tt3025...
Dying for Sex (TV Mini Series 2025) ⭐ 7.6 | Drama
30m | TV-MA
m.imdb.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
As for TV recommendations in 2025, I can't recommend 'Dying for Sex' (ft Michelle Williams) more highly. No idea where you can see it, but for equally funny and moving drama, it's brilliant.
m.imdb.com/title/tt3025...
m.imdb.com/title/tt3025...
Palma de Mallorca, this morning. A local observer posted this in a Facebook group, filmed at the ferry port. He estimates the group at 200+ young men, presumably free to roam around, without any apparent oversight.
It is real-life footage like this that feeds the anti-immigration narrative.
It is real-life footage like this that feeds the anti-immigration narrative.
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Palma de Mallorca, this morning. A local observer posted this in a Facebook group, filmed at the ferry port. He estimates the group at 200+ young men, presumably free to roam around, without any apparent oversight.
It is real-life footage like this that feeds the anti-immigration narrative.
It is real-life footage like this that feeds the anti-immigration narrative.
Watching Spike Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest'. Ace cast, but bloody hell it's slow. And the cheesy background music... 😱
December 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Watching Spike Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest'. Ace cast, but bloody hell it's slow. And the cheesy background music... 😱
How did the director miss the new World Champion crossing the line?? Coverage this season has been diabolical. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
How did the director miss the new World Champion crossing the line?? Coverage this season has been diabolical. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
That Sean Combs 'Diddy' chap seems a fine upstanding fellow... www.netflix.com/us/title/819...
Watch Sean Combs: The Reckoning | Netflix Official Site
This documentary series unpacks the shocking allegations behind Sean "Diddy" Combs and his Bad Boy empire, spanning decades of his life and career.
www.netflix.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
That Sean Combs 'Diddy' chap seems a fine upstanding fellow... www.netflix.com/us/title/819...
He was promptly whisked away by security
He'll soon be able to make lovely pancakes.
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
He was promptly whisked away by security
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Chaos on TwitterX as they roll out a new change which shows the location of the user and inadvertently reveal how many fake accounts there are and how much foreign interference.
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Chaos on TwitterX as they roll out a new change which shows the location of the user and inadvertently reveal how many fake accounts there are and how much foreign interference.
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
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Incredible not just that this happened, but that it’s not even a second or third tier news story, let alone something Farage will actually be held accountable for. Doesn’t make the top 15 stories on either the BBC or the Guardian! Filed under “Wales”.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Incredible not just that this happened, but that it’s not even a second or third tier news story, let alone something Farage will actually be held accountable for. Doesn’t make the top 15 stories on either the BBC or the Guardian! Filed under “Wales”.
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What Musk has done to Grok is unintentionally hilarious...
Or maybe intentionally. Who knows...?
Musk the world's strongest, fittest and fastest human 🤣
Or maybe intentionally. Who knows...?
Musk the world's strongest, fittest and fastest human 🤣
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What Musk has done to Grok is unintentionally hilarious...
Or maybe intentionally. Who knows...?
Musk the world's strongest, fittest and fastest human 🤣
Or maybe intentionally. Who knows...?
Musk the world's strongest, fittest and fastest human 🤣
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Russians are using the main comrade measuring device again.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Russians are using the main comrade measuring device again.
Looking forward to watching this, on repeat 🤯
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Looking forward to watching this, on repeat 🤯