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Captain EJ Smith orders First Officer William Murdoch to steer the Titanic dead ahead into the Iceberg. ‘Ocean Liners do not sink because they hit icebergs. They sink when they lose belief or nerve’
Keir Starmer has this morning urged Cabinet to keep its nerve amid grim opinion polling (today’s YouGov put Labour in third place behind Reform & Tories)
“Governments do not lose because polls go down. They lose when they lose belief or nerve. We will do neither,” he said
“Governments do not lose because polls go down. They lose when they lose belief or nerve. We will do neither,” he said
January 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Captain EJ Smith orders First Officer William Murdoch to steer the Titanic dead ahead into the Iceberg. ‘Ocean Liners do not sink because they hit icebergs. They sink when they lose belief or nerve’
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the gritters are out in scotland and I'm glad to see the GOAT named gritter CREEDENCE CLEAR-ROAD SURVIVAL is back in action www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
the gritters are out in scotland and I'm glad to see the GOAT named gritter CREEDENCE CLEAR-ROAD SURVIVAL is back in action www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
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Important first aid tip here.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Important first aid tip here.
I love his Gandalf but Ian McKellan is 86 years old. Let the poor man retire in peace
Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood will reunite as Gandalf and Frodo in ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
January 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I love his Gandalf but Ian McKellan is 86 years old. Let the poor man retire in peace
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"The 92 year old judge-"
Sorry WHAT
Sorry WHAT
'I'm a prisoner of war' - In the room for Maduro's dramatic court hearing
'I'm a prisoner of war' - In the room for Maduro's dramatic court hearing
During the 40-minute arraignment, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to drugs and weapon charges.
www.bbc.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
"The 92 year old judge-"
Sorry WHAT
Sorry WHAT
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I was in #Greenland in 2023 (before Trump ever expressed any interest in it). For what it’s worth, nobody I met in ten days there had anything good to say about Danish colonisation.
They also chuckled a lot at the money lost by those trying to get rich on Greenlandic rare earths, oil and gas.
They also chuckled a lot at the money lost by those trying to get rich on Greenlandic rare earths, oil and gas.
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I was in #Greenland in 2023 (before Trump ever expressed any interest in it). For what it’s worth, nobody I met in ten days there had anything good to say about Danish colonisation.
They also chuckled a lot at the money lost by those trying to get rich on Greenlandic rare earths, oil and gas.
They also chuckled a lot at the money lost by those trying to get rich on Greenlandic rare earths, oil and gas.
Donie, no harm but you really don’t need to platform grifters like this.
Five years since Jan 6, I caught up with Jacob Chansley, AKA the “QAnon Shaman.”
Like some other former QAnon followers, Chansley has broken with Trump because of Epstein.
Like some other former QAnon followers, Chansley has broken with Trump because of Epstein.
January 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Donie, no harm but you really don’t need to platform grifters like this.
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The political class has no answers whatsoever, and everyone can see it.
So, no, things aren’t getting dramatically worse, for most people. But nor is there much reason for most people to be very hopeful. And that matters far more than GDP and unemployment numbers.
So, no, things aren’t getting dramatically worse, for most people. But nor is there much reason for most people to be very hopeful. And that matters far more than GDP and unemployment numbers.
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
The political class has no answers whatsoever, and everyone can see it.
So, no, things aren’t getting dramatically worse, for most people. But nor is there much reason for most people to be very hopeful. And that matters far more than GDP and unemployment numbers.
So, no, things aren’t getting dramatically worse, for most people. But nor is there much reason for most people to be very hopeful. And that matters far more than GDP and unemployment numbers.
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It’s much harder to think of yourself as a temporarily inconvenienced millionaire when the lines are flat or falling.
And it’s much harder to be content with a dead-end job when you grew up being told you can do anything you put your mind to.
Downward mobility hits different.
And it’s much harder to be content with a dead-end job when you grew up being told you can do anything you put your mind to.
Downward mobility hits different.
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
It’s much harder to think of yourself as a temporarily inconvenienced millionaire when the lines are flat or falling.
And it’s much harder to be content with a dead-end job when you grew up being told you can do anything you put your mind to.
Downward mobility hits different.
And it’s much harder to be content with a dead-end job when you grew up being told you can do anything you put your mind to.
Downward mobility hits different.
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The current stagnation doesn’t feel to people like a downturn preceding an upturn. It seems permanent—that it’s only downhill from here.
And it’s been heading this way for the better part of two decades. So, comparisons with the 1980s (see quoted post above) are really moot.
And it’s been heading this way for the better part of two decades. So, comparisons with the 1980s (see quoted post above) are really moot.
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
The current stagnation doesn’t feel to people like a downturn preceding an upturn. It seems permanent—that it’s only downhill from here.
And it’s been heading this way for the better part of two decades. So, comparisons with the 1980s (see quoted post above) are really moot.
And it’s been heading this way for the better part of two decades. So, comparisons with the 1980s (see quoted post above) are really moot.
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Britain is economically stagnating, not collapsing. But this seems beside the point.
Social cohesion has long depended on a sense of progress. Sure, you hate your job, and your boss is a prick. But your kids will be better off than you, so you grin and bear it.
And who believes that anymore?
Social cohesion has long depended on a sense of progress. Sure, you hate your job, and your boss is a prick. But your kids will be better off than you, so you grin and bear it.
And who believes that anymore?
Yes, and then again no. UK GDP "growth" has been on a slow downward trajectory for several decades - plot the trend of this curve, if you will.
Meanwhile, productivity absolutely flatlines, remaining barely 5% above where it was almost 20 years ago.
Meanwhile, productivity absolutely flatlines, remaining barely 5% above where it was almost 20 years ago.
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Britain is economically stagnating, not collapsing. But this seems beside the point.
Social cohesion has long depended on a sense of progress. Sure, you hate your job, and your boss is a prick. But your kids will be better off than you, so you grin and bear it.
And who believes that anymore?
Social cohesion has long depended on a sense of progress. Sure, you hate your job, and your boss is a prick. But your kids will be better off than you, so you grin and bear it.
And who believes that anymore?
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29 years ago today, Homer Simpson had an epic chili pepper-induced hallucination. “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer” first aired January 5, 1997.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
January 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
29 years ago today, Homer Simpson had an epic chili pepper-induced hallucination. “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer” first aired January 5, 1997.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
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Danish PM says US attack on Greenland would be the end of NATO https://aje.io/isleir
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Danish PM says US attack on Greenland would be the end of NATO https://aje.io/isleir
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Every single person involved in the production of this technology should be prosecuted. Technology doesn't create itself, it requires human time and skill to build. It's morally and legally wrong to write software for fraud and a hundred times as wrong to write it to create sexual abuse imagery.
This morning Rape Crisis Ireland has called for a ban on AI 'nudification' functions which can (and have) produced sexual images of children and adults.
RCI: 'There seems to be no reason for the existence of "nudification" functionality on AI apps beyond exploitation...'
RCI: 'There seems to be no reason for the existence of "nudification" functionality on AI apps beyond exploitation...'
January 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Every single person involved in the production of this technology should be prosecuted. Technology doesn't create itself, it requires human time and skill to build. It's morally and legally wrong to write software for fraud and a hundred times as wrong to write it to create sexual abuse imagery.
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Every major physicians' group says that children need to be vaccinated for measles and rubella. But Sierra Worthington-Park, who runs a healing crystals shop in Tiburon and usually votes Democratic, isn't so sure.
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Every major physicians' group says that children need to be vaccinated for measles and rubella. But Sierra Worthington-Park, who runs a healing crystals shop in Tiburon and usually votes Democratic, isn't so sure.
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my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility
Everett True is a friend to the animals
Los Angeles Record
Wednesday, January 03,1917
Wednesday, January 03,1917
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Everett True is a friend to the animals
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It's no surprise that the national media is ignoring and downplaying the unreconstructed gutter racism of Trump officials, because they've had decades of practice ignoring unreconstructed gutter racism from right wing reactionaries they gave jobs to and hung out with at cocktail parties.
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 AM
It's no surprise that the national media is ignoring and downplaying the unreconstructed gutter racism of Trump officials, because they've had decades of practice ignoring unreconstructed gutter racism from right wing reactionaries they gave jobs to and hung out with at cocktail parties.
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insane that DC Dems are still letting themselves get dogwalked by a Redditor shithead with Nazi tats rather than admit that the 80-year-old filibuster-supporting conservative they dragged out of an Augusta retirement home is probably a suboptimal candidate
Democratic Tea Party (derogatory?)
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
insane that DC Dems are still letting themselves get dogwalked by a Redditor shithead with Nazi tats rather than admit that the 80-year-old filibuster-supporting conservative they dragged out of an Augusta retirement home is probably a suboptimal candidate
Whatever you do, don't try to kill Sisu
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A ★★★★ review of Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
In this movie, Sisu is literally moving house and has a terrible time doing it. I love a movie where a guy goes on a rip-roaring rampage of revenge, and the Sisu movies are excellent entries in the "Y...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Whatever you do, don't try to kill Sisu
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Watching Sisu Road to Revenge and i'm having a great time
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Watching Sisu Road to Revenge and i'm having a great time
This guy needs to come back
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 AM
This guy needs to come back
Saw someone say that the reason why Trump wants Greenland because of all the mineral wealth that’s under the retreating ice sheet.
That’s giving him far too much credit. He wants it because it looks big on a map and he doesn’t understand how the Mercator Projection works.
That’s giving him far too much credit. He wants it because it looks big on a map and he doesn’t understand how the Mercator Projection works.
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Saw someone say that the reason why Trump wants Greenland because of all the mineral wealth that’s under the retreating ice sheet.
That’s giving him far too much credit. He wants it because it looks big on a map and he doesn’t understand how the Mercator Projection works.
That’s giving him far too much credit. He wants it because it looks big on a map and he doesn’t understand how the Mercator Projection works.