Padraig
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Probably Dark. I actually found the end of Travelers perfect as well, I actually would have been annoyed if it got another season.
The last Blackadder of the regular series was another perfect one.
The last Blackadder of the regular series was another perfect one.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Probably Dark. I actually found the end of Travelers perfect as well, I actually would have been annoyed if it got another season.
The last Blackadder of the regular series was another perfect one.
The last Blackadder of the regular series was another perfect one.
It's also a thing where as odious as the American state is in so many aspects, you don't get the average American abroad defending it.
It's a mind sickness at the elite level only, not Russia entire population wide, which thankfully has not rotted the general population's brain......yet.
It's a mind sickness at the elite level only, not Russia entire population wide, which thankfully has not rotted the general population's brain......yet.
to temper this a little (and in good faith and charity), i'm withholding any kind of judgment on this, because i remember the iraq war, and americans mostly got off scot-free with that, too. the thing about being an enormously wealthy superpower is that it's very hard to make "pariah state" stick.
yeah like this sucks but we, Yankees, are going to eat a lot of shit as and when the world justifiably hardens against us, and it will not be pleasant and it will not feel entirely fair
January 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
It's also a thing where as odious as the American state is in so many aspects, you don't get the average American abroad defending it.
It's a mind sickness at the elite level only, not Russia entire population wide, which thankfully has not rotted the general population's brain......yet.
It's a mind sickness at the elite level only, not Russia entire population wide, which thankfully has not rotted the general population's brain......yet.
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Old enough to remember the Knowing Commentator position that taking the constant verbiage about Greenland or Canada at least a little bit seriously was a sign of terminal online neuroticism
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Old enough to remember the Knowing Commentator position that taking the constant verbiage about Greenland or Canada at least a little bit seriously was a sign of terminal online neuroticism
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I've seen a million posts like this but that's just not how international politics works. What really matters is power, not credibility or moral consistency. If Xi Jinping thinks he can successfully invade Taiwan at acceptable cost, he will do it
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 4, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I've seen a million posts like this but that's just not how international politics works. What really matters is power, not credibility or moral consistency. If Xi Jinping thinks he can successfully invade Taiwan at acceptable cost, he will do it
Wait what??? Uhhhh it's not a video game where you remove the leader and you get an auto surrender.
You need occupation troops on the ground.
You need occupation troops on the ground.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Wait what??? Uhhhh it's not a video game where you remove the leader and you get an auto surrender.
You need occupation troops on the ground.
You need occupation troops on the ground.
I am genuinely confused how this is only an issue now. Grok has always been a depraved AI with few guardrails. Just go on Reddit and you will see examples all over the shop
Very odd how this didn't become a story months ago.
God help them when they discover the video tool is just as unfiltered!
Very odd how this didn't become a story months ago.
God help them when they discover the video tool is just as unfiltered!
Several French government ministers have reported the unlawful production of sexualised material without consent to the police and prosecutors. The UK government, which published a high profile strategy on misogyny just before Christmas, has yet to say or do anything
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok
Hundreds of women and teenagers have reported their photos published on social media have been “undressed” by Grok.
www.politico.eu
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I am genuinely confused how this is only an issue now. Grok has always been a depraved AI with few guardrails. Just go on Reddit and you will see examples all over the shop
Very odd how this didn't become a story months ago.
God help them when they discover the video tool is just as unfiltered!
Very odd how this didn't become a story months ago.
God help them when they discover the video tool is just as unfiltered!
Thankfully one of those areas Ireland is largely immune from.
Good fucking luck trying to nostalgia wash the 80s when you have Charlie Haughey, the church still powerful and mass unemployment to work with!
Good fucking luck trying to nostalgia wash the 80s when you have Charlie Haughey, the church still powerful and mass unemployment to work with!
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
January 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Thankfully one of those areas Ireland is largely immune from.
Good fucking luck trying to nostalgia wash the 80s when you have Charlie Haughey, the church still powerful and mass unemployment to work with!
Good fucking luck trying to nostalgia wash the 80s when you have Charlie Haughey, the church still powerful and mass unemployment to work with!
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This is actually a very pernicious form of lying, much worse than just trying to claim blue is green
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
This is actually a very pernicious form of lying, much worse than just trying to claim blue is green
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My 2026 advice is cross somebody in The Discourse off the list as soon as you catch them pretending not to understand something they understand fully.
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
My 2026 advice is cross somebody in The Discourse off the list as soon as you catch them pretending not to understand something they understand fully.
That animal Ray Houghton scream.
Favorite sports moment of 2025? 🎉
December 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That animal Ray Houghton scream.
Deemed disposal being mooted as a policy choice outside of Ireland was not on my late 2025 card!
Not against it per say, just interesting to see.
Not against it per say, just interesting to see.
No my man, the answer absolutely involves taxing those gains.
December 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Deemed disposal being mooted as a policy choice outside of Ireland was not on my late 2025 card!
Not against it per say, just interesting to see.
Not against it per say, just interesting to see.
Silly China, the flaming horse of death is just impractical for a seaborne invasion!
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Silly China, the flaming horse of death is just impractical for a seaborne invasion!
Stephen is pretty spot on here.
The entire Begum episode was some of the most craven, pathetic garbage the English press and it's rancid political partners have ever engaged in.
And man there is lots to choose from!
The entire Begum episode was some of the most craven, pathetic garbage the English press and it's rancid political partners have ever engaged in.
And man there is lots to choose from!
Shamima Begum was the beginning of something in so many ways, one of which was 'the last government's inability to just do its job properly (in this case by passing legislation that would have allowed it to prosecute her here at home) and instead going 'no option but to undermine all our rights'.
There should be literally no circumstances, ever, where citizenship is can be revoked. If you literally sign up to fight for an opposing army in a war, then we should prosecute you for treason not revoke citizenship
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Stephen is pretty spot on here.
The entire Begum episode was some of the most craven, pathetic garbage the English press and it's rancid political partners have ever engaged in.
And man there is lots to choose from!
The entire Begum episode was some of the most craven, pathetic garbage the English press and it's rancid political partners have ever engaged in.
And man there is lots to choose from!
Miller yelling about the dark scourge of St Patrick's day, it's boozy influence impossible to remove!
As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Miller yelling about the dark scourge of St Patrick's day, it's boozy influence impossible to remove!
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
Brb going to 5k my way to avoiding cancer.
Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Brb going to 5k my way to avoiding cancer.
Not the most pathetic thing about gardiner. but I looked up the dudes age, and his entire shtick is he was somehow a thatcher advisor? but the dude was like 21 when she was last PM.
Truly amazing levels of living off imaginary coattails, I think his entire career is made off it.
Truly amazing levels of living off imaginary coattails, I think his entire career is made off it.
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Not the most pathetic thing about gardiner. but I looked up the dudes age, and his entire shtick is he was somehow a thatcher advisor? but the dude was like 21 when she was last PM.
Truly amazing levels of living off imaginary coattails, I think his entire career is made off it.
Truly amazing levels of living off imaginary coattails, I think his entire career is made off it.
I made the mistake of reading this article and now I have high blood pressure!!
Just stunning levels of casual evil banality from the lot of them.
Just stunning levels of casual evil banality from the lot of them.
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I made the mistake of reading this article and now I have high blood pressure!!
Just stunning levels of casual evil banality from the lot of them.
Just stunning levels of casual evil banality from the lot of them.
One side effect of spending the entirety of my non building site period career in multinational tech firms, is I often forget what craven scumbags pass for employers in the wider economy.
Slaves, that's pretty what these ghouls want, slaves.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/c...
Slaves, that's pretty what these ghouls want, slaves.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/c...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
One side effect of spending the entirety of my non building site period career in multinational tech firms, is I often forget what craven scumbags pass for employers in the wider economy.
Slaves, that's pretty what these ghouls want, slaves.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/c...
Slaves, that's pretty what these ghouls want, slaves.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/c...
It's basically absorption of the West Bank by salami slice.
The headbanger Milosevic clones like smotrich and co wanted to just performatively annex publicly.
But this method is just as effective, and avoids the EU being forced to at least pretend to react.
The headbanger Milosevic clones like smotrich and co wanted to just performatively annex publicly.
But this method is just as effective, and avoids the EU being forced to at least pretend to react.
Whenever people want to justify the de facto single state reality of the occupied Palestinian territory I just show them maps like this and ask them what it means
![occupied Palestinian territory: Jordan Valley and Dead Sea Area - February 2012 [EN/AR]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreihj66x3xh6hfule67tkre2y43xuwovzy5miwmyvqk7heultril7qm@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's basically absorption of the West Bank by salami slice.
The headbanger Milosevic clones like smotrich and co wanted to just performatively annex publicly.
But this method is just as effective, and avoids the EU being forced to at least pretend to react.
The headbanger Milosevic clones like smotrich and co wanted to just performatively annex publicly.
But this method is just as effective, and avoids the EU being forced to at least pretend to react.
Amazing. Jones did the Russian speaking line, cannot wait for the Irish Republic to be absorbed into the UK tomorrow then, oh and don't forget about Switzerland being sliced up!
Why does it matter that the regions Russia is occupying are Russian speaking, Owen? What are you trying to imply by saying that?
Do you know who else eastern Ukraine voted for? Zelensky.
Do you know who else eastern Ukraine voted for? Zelensky.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Amazing. Jones did the Russian speaking line, cannot wait for the Irish Republic to be absorbed into the UK tomorrow then, oh and don't forget about Switzerland being sliced up!
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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."
Needs the Lionel hutz business card reply.
US promises Ukraine ‘Article 5-like’ security, but it's a limited time offer
US promises Ukraine ‘Article 5-like’ security, but it's a limited time offer
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are hashing out security package details in Berlin.
dlvr.it
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Needs the Lionel hutz business card reply.
I hate this, but he is right!
Friedrich Merz says the reparations loan is the only decision the EU can take to support Ukraine because the other options (meaning joint debt) "require consensus and we're not going to get it".
"We can only work with a qualified majority."
"We can only work with a qualified majority."
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I hate this, but he is right!