Dara O'Reilly
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Gonna have to level with you, I'm not a real architect. I just showed up in this turtleneck and, well, everything spiralled from there.
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always "gork is this true" never "gork is what we have real"
February 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
always "gork is this true" never "gork is what we have real"
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Vinícius, Mourinho and treating racism as reputational risk rather than a lived reality | Jonathan Liew
Vinícius, Mourinho and treating racism as reputational risk rather than a lived reality | Jonathan Liew
The Brazilian has seen this before, football has seen this before and yet why does it feel like nothing ever changes?
José Mourinho: against provoking opposition fans. José Mourinho: in favour of restrained celebrations. José Mourinho, once of the poke-in-the-eye, sprint-down-the-touchline, accost-the-referee-in-the-car-park school of footballing expression: now apparently very big on showing respect to the game. Well, it seems like we’ve all been on a journey here.
“I told him the biggest person in the history of this club was Black,” Mourinho recounted when asked about his conversation with Vinícius Júnior on Tuesday night. “This club, the last thing that it is, is racist.” And doubtless these words will have been a profound source of comfort to Vinícius in his lowest moment, having been insulted on the pitch by an opposition player in a Champions League playoff. Continue reading...
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February 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Vinícius, Mourinho and treating racism as reputational risk rather than a lived reality | Jonathan Liew
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Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
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Oh yes, BBC, you'll publish an article about it, but when I try to pitch my flatshare sitcom to you, you call it "ahistorical," "offensive," "a waste of time," and "how did you even get into my office so early? Have you been here all night?"
Oh yes, BBC, you'll publish an article about it, but when I try to pitch my flatshare sitcom to you, you call it "ahistorical," "offensive," "a waste of time," and "how did you even get into my office so early? Have you been here all night?"
1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place
A century ago, a single square mile in the capital of the then Austro-Hungarian Empire was home to some of the most remarkable men of the 20th Century.
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February 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Oh yes, BBC, you'll publish an article about it, but when I try to pitch my flatshare sitcom to you, you call it "ahistorical," "offensive," "a waste of time," and "how did you even get into my office so early? Have you been here all night?"
Oh yes, BBC, you'll publish an article about it, but when I try to pitch my flatshare sitcom to you, you call it "ahistorical," "offensive," "a waste of time," and "how did you even get into my office so early? Have you been here all night?"
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The Green Party wishes a happy and peaceful Ramadan to everyone celebrating in the UK and around the world.
Ramadan Mubarak.
Ramadan Mubarak.
February 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The Green Party wishes a happy and peaceful Ramadan to everyone celebrating in the UK and around the world.
Ramadan Mubarak.
Ramadan Mubarak.
There are only so many times a political party can tell its voter base to fuck off before it will, in fact, fuck off.
If you want to stop reform, you should perhaps consider joining up with labour rather than slagging them off?
February 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
There are only so many times a political party can tell its voter base to fuck off before it will, in fact, fuck off.
It's generally just the one reason for swimming, tbh: if you're not 6ft by the age of 15, you're very unlikely to make it as an elite swimmer.
Even if you have your growth spurt late, you'll have lost important development time.
Even if you have your growth spurt late, you'll have lost important development time.
Triathlon under 18s are often kids who were were either national quality runners or swimmers who for one reason or another weren’t quite going to make it and then got recruited by the triathlon guys…
February 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
It's generally just the one reason for swimming, tbh: if you're not 6ft by the age of 15, you're very unlikely to make it as an elite swimmer.
Even if you have your growth spurt late, you'll have lost important development time.
Even if you have your growth spurt late, you'll have lost important development time.
Sandy, you'll be tempted, in the face of widespread derision and unkindness, to just let this slide and withdraw from the conversation. I implore you not to do so. You can post through this.
I believe in you.
I believe in you.
What grounds do you have to criticize me and a doctor calling for social media ban for kids under 18:
1) Are you a doctor?
2) Are you a journalist?
3) Do you have frontline experience helping kids?
4) Do you have a name/job?
5) Do you have a rational argument?
6) Are you an amusing insult comedian?
1) Are you a doctor?
2) Are you a journalist?
3) Do you have frontline experience helping kids?
4) Do you have a name/job?
5) Do you have a rational argument?
6) Are you an amusing insult comedian?
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Sandy, you'll be tempted, in the face of widespread derision and unkindness, to just let this slide and withdraw from the conversation. I implore you not to do so. You can post through this.
I believe in you.
I believe in you.
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I'm not super anti-Phillips like a lot of people, but this article contains far more "I"s and "me"s than you'd expect.
I'm not super anti-Phillips like a lot of people, but this article contains far more "I"s and "me"s than you'd expect.
We owe it to every victim of Jeffrey Epstein to better protect women and girls in Britain. And we will | Jess Phillips
I am furious that women and children have to endure a crisis like this for progress to become politically possible. But I will seize this moment, says minister for violence against women and girls Jes...
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February 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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I'm not super anti-Phillips like a lot of people, but this article contains far more "I"s and "me"s than you'd expect.
I'm not super anti-Phillips like a lot of people, but this article contains far more "I"s and "me"s than you'd expect.
Not all heroes wear capes.
I am a republican but also a democrat and I will be voting green
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Not all heroes wear capes.
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It’s a little discouraging that the harshest punishment administered in the whole Epstein sex trafficking scandal is a spaghetti sauce getting the death penalty.
Jimmy Fallon Kills Planned Pasta Sauce Line With Pal Tommy Mottola as Epstein Friendship Is Revealed
Jimmy Fallon Kills Planned Pasta Sauce Line With Pal Tommy Mottola as Epstein Friendship Is Revealed
A planned collaboration between late night host Jimmy Fallon and powerful entertainment executive Tommy Mottola to launch a branded line of pasta sauces is now kaput as the entertainment mogul’s name is being discovered all over the Epstein Files, exposing his close relationship with the late financier and convicted sex offender and trafficker.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It’s a little discouraging that the harshest punishment administered in the whole Epstein sex trafficking scandal is a spaghetti sauce getting the death penalty.
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Passing my train journey with @ronanhession.bsky.social Loving the deceptively simple prose, and the quirky characters. Reminiscent of an Irish Under Milkwood.
February 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Passing my train journey with @ronanhession.bsky.social Loving the deceptively simple prose, and the quirky characters. Reminiscent of an Irish Under Milkwood.
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Bad news for Starmer: Britain's most incorrect man is backing him.
Bad news for Starmer: Britain's most incorrect man is backing him.
After a mad week, Labour is hopefully seeing sense: Starmer needs to stay | Simon Jenkins
The only winners from a political coup in Westminster would be Labour’s enemies on the left and right, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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February 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Bad news for Starmer: Britain's most incorrect man is backing him.
Bad news for Starmer: Britain's most incorrect man is backing him.
I used to think I really liked beetroot, then I had some that didn't come out of a jar. Turns out, I really love vinegar.
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I used to think I really liked beetroot, then I had some that didn't come out of a jar. Turns out, I really love vinegar.
This man's TikTok handle implies that there are AT LEAST six more Sticky Toffee Pudding-focused Tik Tok accounts.
And I'm all for it.
And I'm all for it.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This man's TikTok handle implies that there are AT LEAST six more Sticky Toffee Pudding-focused Tik Tok accounts.
And I'm all for it.
And I'm all for it.
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Calling it now: Marinakis is going to pick the team himself until the end of the season, with one of the coaches there as "manager" for licensing purposes.
And it will go EXACTLY as well as such you might expect from such a course of action.
Calling it now: Marinakis is going to pick the team himself until the end of the season, with one of the coaches there as "manager" for licensing purposes.
And it will go EXACTLY as well as such you might expect from such a course of action.
Sean Dyche sacked by Nottingham Forest after Wolves draw
Forest failed to take any of a litany of chances in a 0-0 draw with Wolves and now await a fourth head coach of the season
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February 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Calling it now: Marinakis is going to pick the team himself until the end of the season, with one of the coaches there as "manager" for licensing purposes.
And it will go EXACTLY as well as such you might expect from such a course of action.
Calling it now: Marinakis is going to pick the team himself until the end of the season, with one of the coaches there as "manager" for licensing purposes.
And it will go EXACTLY as well as such you might expect from such a course of action.
It absolutely sickens me that I agree with Gene Simmons that Iron Maiden's exclusion from the Rock Hall Of Fame is kind of an injustice.
Gene Simmons is still complaining about rap in the Rock Hall: "I don't come from the ghetto"
Gene Simmons Is Still Complaining About Rap In The Rock Hall: "I Don't Come From The Ghetto"
For years now — and probably since the genre’s inception — Gene Simmons has been happily going on the record to proclaim his dislike of hip-hop and his frustration over the fact that rappers are allow...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
It absolutely sickens me that I agree with Gene Simmons that Iron Maiden's exclusion from the Rock Hall Of Fame is kind of an injustice.
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UK national discourse pivoted from "how dare you critique the British Empire" to "help we are being colonized and that's bad" so quickly that I have whiplash
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM
UK national discourse pivoted from "how dare you critique the British Empire" to "help we are being colonized and that's bad" so quickly that I have whiplash
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Folks I’ve run the numbers on this and—you won’t believe this—for the 900th issue in a row, the real problem is not the issue itself but instead the way “””The Left””” talks about it. What are the odds
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Folks I’ve run the numbers on this and—you won’t believe this—for the 900th issue in a row, the real problem is not the issue itself but instead the way “””The Left””” talks about it. What are the odds
This is so horrific, that you simply can't believe it's true. But The Baffler is a credible and long-standing publication and you can't imagine they'd torch their credibility with something that they couldn't stand up.
I almost hope they have.
I almost hope they have.
February 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This is so horrific, that you simply can't believe it's true. But The Baffler is a credible and long-standing publication and you can't imagine they'd torch their credibility with something that they couldn't stand up.
I almost hope they have.
I almost hope they have.
My baby brother, who I dandled on my knee, and whose nappies I have (reluctantly) changed, is 37, AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I've written to the council; they do nothing.
I've written to the council; they do nothing.
John Major is 82 which will come as a shock to those (me) who assigned him the age of 55 and never revisited the fact.
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
My baby brother, who I dandled on my knee, and whose nappies I have (reluctantly) changed, is 37, AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I've written to the council; they do nothing.
I've written to the council; they do nothing.
To be linked to one Peer Of The Realm who is utterly unapologetic about his close friendship with a paedophile is unfortunate, but to be linked with two is, well, really unfortunate?
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Former senior aide to Starmer loses whip over friendship with sex offender
Labour peer Matthew Doyle has apologised for links to Sean Morton who was convicted of possession of indecent images of children
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February 11, 2026 at 10:25 AM
To be linked to one Peer Of The Realm who is utterly unapologetic about his close friendship with a paedophile is unfortunate, but to be linked with two is, well, really unfortunate?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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I too like to demonstrate how I barely know someone by revealing extensive secret communications with them over a period of several years, in which I betray numerous confidences and undermine my party leader.
It seems like the only way to do it, tbh.
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It seems like the only way to do it, tbh.
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Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn | Wes Streeting
I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in our political culture. There was a failure of moral seriousness, says health secretary Wes Streeting
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February 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I too like to demonstrate how I barely know someone by revealing extensive secret communications with them over a period of several years, in which I betray numerous confidences and undermine my party leader.
It seems like the only way to do it, tbh.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It seems like the only way to do it, tbh.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is incredibly funny to try because even if it *was* true, then it would mean Streeting was defending Mandleson in September for the love of the game.
February 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is incredibly funny to try because even if it *was* true, then it would mean Streeting was defending Mandleson in September for the love of the game.