Helen
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Kash Patel and Dan Bongino leading an FBI manhunt in the heart of Mormonland sounds like the setup for a Coen Brothers movie
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Dan Bongino are traveling to Utah to directly oversee the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer, two people familiar with their plans say. -NYT
September 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Kash Patel and Dan Bongino leading an FBI manhunt in the heart of Mormonland sounds like the setup for a Coen Brothers movie
@ita99.bsky.social Did you see this? I liked it, especially the baby DS
Detective drama #Ellis, starring Sharon D Clarke, renewed for second series on 5. More details:
www.tvzoneuk.com/post/ellis-c...
www.tvzoneuk.com/post/ellis-c...
ELLIS: SHARON D CLARKE RETURNS FOR SECOND SERIES OF DETECTIVE DRAMA ON 5
Following the success of the first series, 5 and Acorn TV today announce the recommission of ground-breaking detective drama Ellis from Company Pictures, in association with All3Media International an...
www.tvzoneuk.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@ita99.bsky.social Did you see this? I liked it, especially the baby DS
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Anxious to find out what these bombshell stories are but could probably just text Hegseth and ask him
April 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Anxious to find out what these bombshell stories are but could probably just text Hegseth and ask him
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My review of Chris Whipple's Uncharted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/b...
Why Did Democrats Let Biden Keep Running in 2024?
Chris Whipple offers an insiders’ account of a disastrous political campaign.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My review of Chris Whipple's Uncharted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/b...
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Anyway, here is the mood in France
April 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Anyway, here is the mood in France
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This is the takeaway of the tariffs announced by Trump: In addition to the penguin-occupied Heard and McDonald Islands, the tariffs target the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose sole occupants live on a joint US-UK military base.
Yes, the US is levying reciprocal tariffs against its own troops.
Yes, the US is levying reciprocal tariffs against its own troops.
The Blunt Force Trauma of the Trump Tariffs
Elon Musk and DOGE have taken a blowtorch to federal agencies. But the tariffs are a helpful reminder that it's Donald Trump who's fiddling while it all burns.
www.wired.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is the takeaway of the tariffs announced by Trump: In addition to the penguin-occupied Heard and McDonald Islands, the tariffs target the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose sole occupants live on a joint US-UK military base.
Yes, the US is levying reciprocal tariffs against its own troops.
Yes, the US is levying reciprocal tariffs against its own troops.
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Big "You let Dougal do a funeral?" energy.
incredible -- JD Vance rails against Denmark from Greenland -- "Our message to Denmark is very simple: You have not done a good job by the people in Greenland."
March 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Big "You let Dougal do a funeral?" energy.
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I haven't been able to follow the classified Signal chat debacle without thinking of Airplane.
March 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I haven't been able to follow the classified Signal chat debacle without thinking of Airplane.
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This morning's eclipse was covered by cloud so I had to seek a consolation moonrise this evening and managed to snare it in the Granton Gasholder
March 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This morning's eclipse was covered by cloud so I had to seek a consolation moonrise this evening and managed to snare it in the Granton Gasholder
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“We wanted to learn the truth about the concerns and the science behind vaccine safety. So we talked to two uneducated, elderly, white, millionaire conspiracy theorists in a Steak & Shake.”
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“We wanted to learn the truth about the concerns and the science behind vaccine safety. So we talked to two uneducated, elderly, white, millionaire conspiracy theorists in a Steak & Shake.”
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Ever since someone posted that he looks like a racist care bear I can't not think that whenever I see a picture.
I’ve written the cover story for this week’s edition of @theneweuropean.bsky.social – on JD Vance as the creepy VP, who has leveraged his…unique…brand of charm into an incredibly consequential role.
With subscribers tomorrow, on news stands Thursday, and online soonish…
With subscribers tomorrow, on news stands Thursday, and online soonish…
March 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Ever since someone posted that he looks like a racist care bear I can't not think that whenever I see a picture.
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I remember seeing these on a library school trip before the shelves went up in 1980, and I still walk over them 40+ years later!
"They are psychedelic; a happening, a trip."
I wrote about the astonishing carpets of the Mitchell Library, as the first story on Small Finds. It's free to read. Please consider subscribing so I can share my work with you. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...
I wrote about the astonishing carpets of the Mitchell Library, as the first story on Small Finds. It's free to read. Please consider subscribing so I can share my work with you. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...
Small Finds #1
The Mitchell Carpets
smallfinds.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I remember seeing these on a library school trip before the shelves went up in 1980, and I still walk over them 40+ years later!
I have motion-sensitive lights in the kitchen and one fell in the corn flakes last night. Gave me a bit of a start when I turned round
February 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have motion-sensitive lights in the kitchen and one fell in the corn flakes last night. Gave me a bit of a start when I turned round
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER?
February 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER?
@ita99.bsky.social Have you ever seen these, Ita? I loved them. They’re sort of comedy drama crime uk.acorn.tv/jackirish/
Watch Jack Irish On Acorn TV
Emmy Award-winner Guy Pearce (Memento, Iron Man 3) is ex-lawyer turned PI Jack Irish in this acclaimed Aussie noir series. Aided by journalist-and sometimes girlfriend-Linda Hillier (Marta Dusseldorp,...
uk.acorn.tv
February 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
@ita99.bsky.social Have you ever seen these, Ita? I loved them. They’re sort of comedy drama crime uk.acorn.tv/jackirish/
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blasphemous grifting -- Lee Greenwood says Trump may take the oath of office on a new limited edition Trump bible that is going to be released tomorrow
January 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
blasphemous grifting -- Lee Greenwood says Trump may take the oath of office on a new limited edition Trump bible that is going to be released tomorrow
@ianmartin.bsky.social Forgive me if you’ve already seen this a million times but just ICYMI youtu.be/93eoCNI31JQ?...
Four Favorites with Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe and more (A Real Pain)
YouTube video by Letterboxd
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
@ianmartin.bsky.social Forgive me if you’ve already seen this a million times but just ICYMI youtu.be/93eoCNI31JQ?...
@greigforbes.bsky.social Sunset on Leith
January 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@greigforbes.bsky.social Sunset on Leith
@ita99.bsky.social Ita, do you remember a tv drama about a murder where the murderer was identified years later using his son’s dna, after his son was arrested for a driving offence? There was a lot made of his car’s being ‘up on bricks’ at the time of the murder? Probably this
January 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
@ita99.bsky.social Ita, do you remember a tv drama about a murder where the murderer was identified years later using his son’s dna, after his son was arrested for a driving offence? There was a lot made of his car’s being ‘up on bricks’ at the time of the murder? Probably this
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It’s the last day of the year — why not do a list? I’ve taken part in various films-of-the-year polls, and posted my contributions, but none worked according to my criteria, which are simple: any new (or new-ish) film I saw this year, regardless of its eventual release date.
December 31, 2024 at 10:44 AM
It’s the last day of the year — why not do a list? I’ve taken part in various films-of-the-year polls, and posted my contributions, but none worked according to my criteria, which are simple: any new (or new-ish) film I saw this year, regardless of its eventual release date.
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I should note here that kagi.com is a very good alternative, although it costs (which is probably why it’s good.) Excerpt from recent paywalled long read I did for the Telegraph about Google’s woes:
December 29, 2024 at 6:10 PM
I should note here that kagi.com is a very good alternative, although it costs (which is probably why it’s good.) Excerpt from recent paywalled long read I did for the Telegraph about Google’s woes:
@wendymoore99.bsky.social I was reading on the Hunterian Museum’s insta about Joanna Baillie, John Hunter’s niece. Is there enough surviving material for you to do a bio? She sounds fascinating. What an extraordinary family
December 6, 2024 at 5:08 PM
@wendymoore99.bsky.social I was reading on the Hunterian Museum’s insta about Joanna Baillie, John Hunter’s niece. Is there enough surviving material for you to do a bio? She sounds fascinating. What an extraordinary family
November night, Edinburgh by Norman MacCaig, a favourite poem. I like to post this each year in November. First time on here and I’ve just made it by the skin of my teeth
November 30, 2024 at 9:43 PM
November night, Edinburgh by Norman MacCaig, a favourite poem. I like to post this each year in November. First time on here and I’ve just made it by the skin of my teeth
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St Cuthbert's kirkyard overlooked by Edinburgh Castle on its crag, is the oldest known site of Christian worship in Edinburgh and the railway lines from Waverley go through a tunnel underneath which must keep the residents turning in their graves.
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
November 27, 2024 at 8:59 PM
St Cuthbert's kirkyard overlooked by Edinburgh Castle on its crag, is the oldest known site of Christian worship in Edinburgh and the railway lines from Waverley go through a tunnel underneath which must keep the residents turning in their graves.
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh