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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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Instead of endlessly rereading what a demented old fool wrote about Rob Reiner, let's read his wise words instead.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Instead of endlessly rereading what a demented old fool wrote about Rob Reiner, let's read his wise words instead.
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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I grew up under Section 28.
A state-sponsored silence that dictated what knowledge about my identity could be withheld from me.
“It was the 1980s, right?”
Section 28 wasn’t repealed until 2003. Less than 20 years later, we’re going backwards
Meta started banning queer content from platforms...
A state-sponsored silence that dictated what knowledge about my identity could be withheld from me.
“It was the 1980s, right?”
Section 28 wasn’t repealed until 2003. Less than 20 years later, we’re going backwards
Meta started banning queer content from platforms...
December 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I grew up under Section 28.
A state-sponsored silence that dictated what knowledge about my identity could be withheld from me.
“It was the 1980s, right?”
Section 28 wasn’t repealed until 2003. Less than 20 years later, we’re going backwards
Meta started banning queer content from platforms...
A state-sponsored silence that dictated what knowledge about my identity could be withheld from me.
“It was the 1980s, right?”
Section 28 wasn’t repealed until 2003. Less than 20 years later, we’re going backwards
Meta started banning queer content from platforms...
Either they’re employing children to do some kind of council tax rebanding or there is a geography class field trip outside
December 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Either they’re employing children to do some kind of council tax rebanding or there is a geography class field trip outside
Who up having an 8.45am job interview on a Monday just before the holidays 🥱
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Who up having an 8.45am job interview on a Monday just before the holidays 🥱
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new sleep paralysis demon just dropped. this will be appearing in the corner of your room tonight
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
new sleep paralysis demon just dropped. this will be appearing in the corner of your room tonight
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I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am so proud of them. the kids did it. they made a new stupid number to say. they may now take their place in history.
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Incredible free vacation opportunity for cool guys.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
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December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Incredible free vacation opportunity for cool guys.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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Striking BL staff, struggling to pay their rent, advised to consider not giving presents this year, and interim CEO, Jeremy Silver, has the nerve to tell them they ‘don’t live in a real world’. Only 17% of staff guaranteed the Living Wage (£14.80 ph) suggests acute familiarity with the ‘real world’.
British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Striking BL staff, struggling to pay their rent, advised to consider not giving presents this year, and interim CEO, Jeremy Silver, has the nerve to tell them they ‘don’t live in a real world’. Only 17% of staff guaranteed the Living Wage (£14.80 ph) suggests acute familiarity with the ‘real world’.
In a crowded fucking field, can’t deny it
the Greens winning Edinburgh South would be the funniest thing to have ever happened in Scottish political history
#GE2029 poll | SNP lead by 13pts
🟡 SNP: 33% (+2)
➡️ REF: 20% (+4)
🔴 LAB: 17% (-5)
🟢 GRN: 11% (+1)
🔵 CON: 11% (+1)
🟠 LD: 8% (-1)
Via @IpsosScotland, 27 Nov-3 Dec (+/- vs 12-18 Jun)
🟡 SNP: 33% (+2)
➡️ REF: 20% (+4)
🔴 LAB: 17% (-5)
🟢 GRN: 11% (+1)
🔵 CON: 11% (+1)
🟠 LD: 8% (-1)
Via @IpsosScotland, 27 Nov-3 Dec (+/- vs 12-18 Jun)
December 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In a crowded fucking field, can’t deny it
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tired: coal in your stocking
wired:
wired:
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
tired: coal in your stocking
wired:
wired:
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Up the BL workers.
‘A sound archivist told me he and his colleagues could earn more in the private sector but they work here for less pay because “we believe in what we do.”’
Anna Aslanyan on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Up the BL workers.
If anyone needs an oven there’s been one sitting in our close for days now
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If anyone needs an oven there’s been one sitting in our close for days now
Tfw you have pals who know you quite well 🖤
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Tfw you have pals who know you quite well 🖤
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‘Sir, you once called our glorious leader ‘the Terrytoons Hitler’, ‘Father Pissmas’ and ‘a skint cliff of spam’.’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
‘Sir, you once called our glorious leader ‘the Terrytoons Hitler’, ‘Father Pissmas’ and ‘a skint cliff of spam’.’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trying to re-sheath an umbrella and remembering the first time they taught us about condoms in the final year of high school
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trying to re-sheath an umbrella and remembering the first time they taught us about condoms in the final year of high school
Very funny to me the way the three tables at our work xmas lunch today ended up distributed in their self-selecting way
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Very funny to me the way the three tables at our work xmas lunch today ended up distributed in their self-selecting way
It’s not even 7am who do you need to be chatting to on your phone on the train at this time
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It’s not even 7am who do you need to be chatting to on your phone on the train at this time
Adult human gingerbread men
I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Adult human gingerbread men
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all of the shit about how if you allow people to transition kids are going to be peeing in litter boxes was just the mirror image of the reality: as soon as you enshrine immutable gender difference in law you're going to have legally required Lady Meals For Her
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
all of the shit about how if you allow people to transition kids are going to be peeing in litter boxes was just the mirror image of the reality: as soon as you enshrine immutable gender difference in law you're going to have legally required Lady Meals For Her
Why are we putting meetings if for January already. Stop it!
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Why are we putting meetings if for January already. Stop it!
What’s the worst decaying fruit/veg to find at the back of the fridge? My vote is cucumber
December 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What’s the worst decaying fruit/veg to find at the back of the fridge? My vote is cucumber