Finally spent my Xmas vouchers. My purchases aren't usually so zeitgeisty, but I've been meaning to watch The Return for so long now. The Dylan book is so I can see just how fast and loose A Complete Unknown played with the facts. Enjoyed the film, but so much of it was obviously contrived bs.
January 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Finally spent my Xmas vouchers. My purchases aren't usually so zeitgeisty, but I've been meaning to watch The Return for so long now. The Dylan book is so I can see just how fast and loose A Complete Unknown played with the facts. Enjoyed the film, but so much of it was obviously contrived bs.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: I’ve got the balls to take an axe to Britain’s benefits bill – we’ll be RUTHLESS with cuts if needed.
How brave of him to impoverish the old, sick, poor, disabled, public sector workers; not curbing profiteering, corporate tax abuses.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/politic...
How brave of him to impoverish the old, sick, poor, disabled, public sector workers; not curbing profiteering, corporate tax abuses.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/politic...
I've got the balls to take an axe to Britain's benefits bill, vows Starmer
SIR Keir Starmer insists he has “the balls” to take an axe to Britain’s bloated benefits bill. After two weeks of market turbulence, economists and banks have doubted the Labour government’s …
www.thesun.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: I’ve got the balls to take an axe to Britain’s benefits bill – we’ll be RUTHLESS with cuts if needed.
How brave of him to impoverish the old, sick, poor, disabled, public sector workers; not curbing profiteering, corporate tax abuses.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/politic...
How brave of him to impoverish the old, sick, poor, disabled, public sector workers; not curbing profiteering, corporate tax abuses.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/politic...
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Imagine showing this to someone a decade ago and asking them “which party do you think this guy is the leader of?”
January 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Imagine showing this to someone a decade ago and asking them “which party do you think this guy is the leader of?”
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real life thought bubble appear in physical space , floating next to Mr Presidents head. says "Israels Cock"...are we witnessing a Miracle ?
January 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
real life thought bubble appear in physical space , floating next to Mr Presidents head. says "Israels Cock"...are we witnessing a Miracle ?
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“I never liked Gaiman’s work anyway”
January 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“I never liked Gaiman’s work anyway”
I like how Blair pops up every so often to remind everyone what a massive twat he is, just in case anyone starts trying to sell us rose-tinted visions of New Labour.
January 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I like how Blair pops up every so often to remind everyone what a massive twat he is, just in case anyone starts trying to sell us rose-tinted visions of New Labour.
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UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts.
UK prices 8% higher, housing cost 44% higher.
Low income families - German families 21% or £2,300 a year better off; Dutch 39%.
Yet no curbs on profiteering, exploitation institutionalized.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK prices 8% higher, housing cost 44% higher.
Low income families - German families 21% or £2,300 a year better off; Dutch 39%.
Yet no curbs on profiteering, exploitation institutionalized.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts – study
Britons 39% worse off than Dutch equivalent due to housing costs 44% higher than western European average
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts.
UK prices 8% higher, housing cost 44% higher.
Low income families - German families 21% or £2,300 a year better off; Dutch 39%.
Yet no curbs on profiteering, exploitation institutionalized.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK prices 8% higher, housing cost 44% higher.
Low income families - German families 21% or £2,300 a year better off; Dutch 39%.
Yet no curbs on profiteering, exploitation institutionalized.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Edgy Stand-Up Comedian Forgets To Add Something To His Set
January 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Edgy Stand-Up Comedian Forgets To Add Something To His Set
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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) is one of Yasujirō Ozu's best silent films. He remade it 25 years later as Floating Weeds, one of his best sound films
January 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) is one of Yasujirō Ozu's best silent films. He remade it 25 years later as Floating Weeds, one of his best sound films
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Austerity has been discredited & 330,000+ deaths prove its deadly impact.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
January 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Austerity has been discredited & 330,000+ deaths prove its deadly impact.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
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I hate it when people say "we all have to tighten our belts" in defence of Labour.
a) We hated austerity under Tories.
b) Why do we have to tighten our belts? It literally means "eat less" and I don't want to eat less, cheers!
c) Why do the mega-rich never get asked to tighten their poxy belts!?
a) We hated austerity under Tories.
b) Why do we have to tighten our belts? It literally means "eat less" and I don't want to eat less, cheers!
c) Why do the mega-rich never get asked to tighten their poxy belts!?
January 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I hate it when people say "we all have to tighten our belts" in defence of Labour.
a) We hated austerity under Tories.
b) Why do we have to tighten our belts? It literally means "eat less" and I don't want to eat less, cheers!
c) Why do the mega-rich never get asked to tighten their poxy belts!?
a) We hated austerity under Tories.
b) Why do we have to tighten our belts? It literally means "eat less" and I don't want to eat less, cheers!
c) Why do the mega-rich never get asked to tighten their poxy belts!?
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UK Tory govt spent £50,000 to stop release of review into disabled man’s death.
DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.
He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.
Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.
He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.
Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
DWP spent £50,000 trying to stop release of review into disabled man’s death
Previous government spent almost £1m trying to prevent release of documents in 56 legal cases
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
UK Tory govt spent £50,000 to stop release of review into disabled man’s death.
DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.
He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.
Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.
He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.
Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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elon musk asked for more positive content on twitter so I posted this
December 30, 2024 at 8:27 AM
elon musk asked for more positive content on twitter so I posted this
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Oh great we get to hear from a Labour mp about all the deportations Labour is doing.
In response to three people’s death this is what we get.
Give me strength. They even asked if ID cards would stop drownings??
IMMIGRANTS NEED ID TO WORK & ACCESS SERVICES ALREADY #r4today
In response to three people’s death this is what we get.
Give me strength. They even asked if ID cards would stop drownings??
IMMIGRANTS NEED ID TO WORK & ACCESS SERVICES ALREADY #r4today
December 30, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Oh great we get to hear from a Labour mp about all the deportations Labour is doing.
In response to three people’s death this is what we get.
Give me strength. They even asked if ID cards would stop drownings??
IMMIGRANTS NEED ID TO WORK & ACCESS SERVICES ALREADY #r4today
In response to three people’s death this is what we get.
Give me strength. They even asked if ID cards would stop drownings??
IMMIGRANTS NEED ID TO WORK & ACCESS SERVICES ALREADY #r4today
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In the UK (and it looks pretty similar across the western world) governments swing between a right wing version telling you to go fuck yourself and a centre right version telling you that they have no choice but to keep telling you to go fuck yourself because anything else is unrealistic
Younger people are rapidly losing faith in democracy.
December 30, 2024 at 10:55 AM
In the UK (and it looks pretty similar across the western world) governments swing between a right wing version telling you to go fuck yourself and a centre right version telling you that they have no choice but to keep telling you to go fuck yourself because anything else is unrealistic
Some of these extras you can pay for on flights now are ridiculous. I'm adding this one and hoping they lose my case because that 900 quid would be a sweet exchange for some old clothes and toiletries.
December 30, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Some of these extras you can pay for on flights now are ridiculous. I'm adding this one and hoping they lose my case because that 900 quid would be a sweet exchange for some old clothes and toiletries.
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Harold Lloyd riding a roller-coaster in Number, Please? (1920)
December 28, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Harold Lloyd riding a roller-coaster in Number, Please? (1920)
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UK PM, Chancellor, business secretary order the FCA, Ofgem, Ofwat, other regulators to come up with ideas to boost economic growth of their industries.
It is a race-to-the-bottom and bonfire of people's rights.
Remember deregulation and the 2008 crash.
news.sky.com/story/amp/st...
It is a race-to-the-bottom and bonfire of people's rights.
Remember deregulation and the 2008 crash.
news.sky.com/story/amp/st...
Starmer throws down gauntlet to watchdogs with growth edict
The PM, chancellor and business secretary have written to watchdogs including Ofgem, the FCA and CMA to demand ideas for growth and investment amid sluggish economic growth, Sky News learns.
news.sky.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:07 PM
UK PM, Chancellor, business secretary order the FCA, Ofgem, Ofwat, other regulators to come up with ideas to boost economic growth of their industries.
It is a race-to-the-bottom and bonfire of people's rights.
Remember deregulation and the 2008 crash.
news.sky.com/story/amp/st...
It is a race-to-the-bottom and bonfire of people's rights.
Remember deregulation and the 2008 crash.
news.sky.com/story/amp/st...
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Remember the outrage when Israel first targeted hospitals in Gaza?
Now, the last hospital in northern Gaza is destroyed, babies are freezing to death & the WHO Director-General narrowly survived an attack in Yemen.
This genocide is fuelled by UK arms sales & Western support.
Now, the last hospital in northern Gaza is destroyed, babies are freezing to death & the WHO Director-General narrowly survived an attack in Yemen.
This genocide is fuelled by UK arms sales & Western support.
December 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Remember the outrage when Israel first targeted hospitals in Gaza?
Now, the last hospital in northern Gaza is destroyed, babies are freezing to death & the WHO Director-General narrowly survived an attack in Yemen.
This genocide is fuelled by UK arms sales & Western support.
Now, the last hospital in northern Gaza is destroyed, babies are freezing to death & the WHO Director-General narrowly survived an attack in Yemen.
This genocide is fuelled by UK arms sales & Western support.
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Human sacrifice is legitimised by UK govts and practiced in every town (see linked article).
Thousands sacrificed to the gods of free markets, privatisations, austerity, fiscal rules, mustn't tax the rich.
None of it delivers prosperity.
Must change politics.
leftfootforward.org/2024/10/the-...
Thousands sacrificed to the gods of free markets, privatisations, austerity, fiscal rules, mustn't tax the rich.
None of it delivers prosperity.
Must change politics.
leftfootforward.org/2024/10/the-...
The power of finance and capital is maintained by sacrificing the lives of innocent people
The high priests of neoliberalism do not want to shackle capital or curb profiteering.
leftfootforward.org
December 26, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Human sacrifice is legitimised by UK govts and practiced in every town (see linked article).
Thousands sacrificed to the gods of free markets, privatisations, austerity, fiscal rules, mustn't tax the rich.
None of it delivers prosperity.
Must change politics.
leftfootforward.org/2024/10/the-...
Thousands sacrificed to the gods of free markets, privatisations, austerity, fiscal rules, mustn't tax the rich.
None of it delivers prosperity.
Must change politics.
leftfootforward.org/2024/10/the-...
Bluesky is supposed to be a safe place, so I'm instantly blocking anyone who comes out with that bullshit that Bob Dylan can't sing. It's not just that I'm an easily offended fanboy, but I just know anyone with such an asinine take is unlikely to ever say anything else of interest.
December 26, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Bluesky is supposed to be a safe place, so I'm instantly blocking anyone who comes out with that bullshit that Bob Dylan can't sing. It's not just that I'm an easily offended fanboy, but I just know anyone with such an asinine take is unlikely to ever say anything else of interest.
I dunno, maybe it's because right-leaning figures are more likely to be cunts than their left-leaning counterparts?
December 26, 2024 at 11:48 AM
I dunno, maybe it's because right-leaning figures are more likely to be cunts than their left-leaning counterparts?
Wallace and Gromit was literally the only thing I was looking forward to today, so I'm so glad it lived up to expectations.
December 25, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Wallace and Gromit was literally the only thing I was looking forward to today, so I'm so glad it lived up to expectations.