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"The people search everywhere for a saviour, but only charlatans are to be found."
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Now they made me sign up over here too
"The people search everywhere for a saviour, but only charlatans are to be found."
Block early, block often
He/him
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If you seek health care, you are unhealthy. Why should we listen to your perverted demands? You're diseased. You are a sick individual.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
If you seek health care, you are unhealthy. Why should we listen to your perverted demands? You're diseased. You are a sick individual.
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😂😂 I know right. 🤣 It just did not stop for a millisecond to get a decent shot Rina. It’s the fastest flying duck in the world. A flying speed of 80mph. Thank you. 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
😂😂 I know right. 🤣 It just did not stop for a millisecond to get a decent shot Rina. It’s the fastest flying duck in the world. A flying speed of 80mph. Thank you. 🙏
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If you’re discussing the rise of a global fascist movement that is now strongly exerting itself domestically and you’re *still* wittering about the speech tyranny of the kids and the baleful influence of Stonewall, then that’s pretty wacky, folks! It looks unserious and self-indulgent at very best!
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If you’re discussing the rise of a global fascist movement that is now strongly exerting itself domestically and you’re *still* wittering about the speech tyranny of the kids and the baleful influence of Stonewall, then that’s pretty wacky, folks! It looks unserious and self-indulgent at very best!
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Fascinating to break this down and understand what stage of brainworms the Spectatorati are at now.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Fascinating to break this down and understand what stage of brainworms the Spectatorati are at now.
[incredibly squeaky voice] SingohmuseoftherageofAchilles
ME: Yes. The alpha-est shit. This is probably what the SAS play out of their helicopter speakers.
ME: Yes. The alpha-est shit. This is probably what the SAS play out of their helicopter speakers.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
[incredibly squeaky voice] SingohmuseoftherageofAchilles
ME: Yes. The alpha-est shit. This is probably what the SAS play out of their helicopter speakers.
ME: Yes. The alpha-est shit. This is probably what the SAS play out of their helicopter speakers.
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Study: Practicing Kung Fu Naked In Mirror Best Indicator Of Being Domestic Terrorist https://theonion.com/study-practicing-kung-fu-naked-in-mirror-best-indicator-of-being-domestic-terrorist/
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Study: Practicing Kung Fu Naked In Mirror Best Indicator Of Being Domestic Terrorist https://theonion.com/study-practicing-kung-fu-naked-in-mirror-best-indicator-of-being-domestic-terrorist/
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An adorable black squirrel just ran up to me and gave me a tiny little letter it was carrying in its mouth it was cute till I saw it was a fucking subpoena
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
An adorable black squirrel just ran up to me and gave me a tiny little letter it was carrying in its mouth it was cute till I saw it was a fucking subpoena
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If the War on Terror were Orwell's Animal Farm, today we come to the last page.
Al-Qaeda in Syria's Ex-Commander Enlists in The War on Terror
They always said al-Qaeda would one day make its way to the White House. Turns out it's not for a suicide bombing but a handshake
www.forever-wars.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If the War on Terror were Orwell's Animal Farm, today we come to the last page.
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Anata no popī wa dokodesu ka??
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Anata no popī wa dokodesu ka??
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For some people,politics is largely and blessedly a spectator sport featuring a good side and a bad side, in which the good side must always a priori be doing the smartest and most strategic thing, which must necessarily be inscrutable to others, especially critics. These are the purest of Quocels.
I have so much contempt for Schumer but his defenders who insist that he’s actually a master tactician who’s working for us are arguably even more contemptible
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
For some people,politics is largely and blessedly a spectator sport featuring a good side and a bad side, in which the good side must always a priori be doing the smartest and most strategic thing, which must necessarily be inscrutable to others, especially critics. These are the purest of Quocels.
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Ohhhh that's why the BBC attack is now, charter review coming up.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ohhhh that's why the BBC attack is now, charter review coming up.
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Just so, and it’s worth noting that it was comically obvious twenty years ago that the entire process - the inquiry and report, and the way it was presented to the public - was a comically bent stitch-up, and everyone was very angrily pretending nothing at all fishy had happened.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just so, and it’s worth noting that it was comically obvious twenty years ago that the entire process - the inquiry and report, and the way it was presented to the public - was a comically bent stitch-up, and everyone was very angrily pretending nothing at all fishy had happened.
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The period where the IDF were firing machine guns at people trying to pick up bags of flour was one of the most despicable things I’ve seen in this country: every day for weeks, people behaving like something confusing and hard to understand was happening, because they couldn’t say what they saw.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The period where the IDF were firing machine guns at people trying to pick up bags of flour was one of the most despicable things I’ve seen in this country: every day for weeks, people behaving like something confusing and hard to understand was happening, because they couldn’t say what they saw.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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I’m old enough to remember when the BBC used old footage of Johnson at the cenotaph, to cover the fact that he was hung over and looked like a burst mattress on a tip.
The DG didn’t resign though
The DG didn’t resign though
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I’m old enough to remember when the BBC used old footage of Johnson at the cenotaph, to cover the fact that he was hung over and looked like a burst mattress on a tip.
The DG didn’t resign though
The DG didn’t resign though
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Happy November 10th! Some prime memes I have gathered
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Happy November 10th! Some prime memes I have gathered
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So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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For reference - Here’s the Telegraph article with the Prescott memo complaining about the BBC published in FULL.
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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This is how much it cost to have a qualified professional tell me I’m autistic. $4815.87 USD.
The “amount covered” is not really “covered” so much as my insurance company said “we don’t think this should cost so much so no one is going to pay this part.”
The “amount covered” is not really “covered” so much as my insurance company said “we don’t think this should cost so much so no one is going to pay this part.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is how much it cost to have a qualified professional tell me I’m autistic. $4815.87 USD.
The “amount covered” is not really “covered” so much as my insurance company said “we don’t think this should cost so much so no one is going to pay this part.”
The “amount covered” is not really “covered” so much as my insurance company said “we don’t think this should cost so much so no one is going to pay this part.”
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bought a robot that was supposed to be able to rumba, but all it does is go around in circles sucking up dust. what a waste of money.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
bought a robot that was supposed to be able to rumba, but all it does is go around in circles sucking up dust. what a waste of money.
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The Tory member and former election candidate that Boris Johnson appointed as DG of the BBC in order to make it more right-wing is now not right-wing enough to be DG of the BBC.
Couldn't really ask for a clearer example of the Overton window being pushed rightward, could you?
Couldn't really ask for a clearer example of the Overton window being pushed rightward, could you?
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Tory member and former election candidate that Boris Johnson appointed as DG of the BBC in order to make it more right-wing is now not right-wing enough to be DG of the BBC.
Couldn't really ask for a clearer example of the Overton window being pushed rightward, could you?
Couldn't really ask for a clearer example of the Overton window being pushed rightward, could you?
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This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.