James O'Flynn
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Amazing. Love it.
Of course, they got this idea of apologise but offer no compensation from me, I suggested it to 5Live via WhatsApp on Tuesday. It must have got passed on to the legal team.
Of course, they got this idea of apologise but offer no compensation from me, I suggested it to 5Live via WhatsApp on Tuesday. It must have got passed on to the legal team.
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Amazing. Love it.
Of course, they got this idea of apologise but offer no compensation from me, I suggested it to 5Live via WhatsApp on Tuesday. It must have got passed on to the legal team.
Of course, they got this idea of apologise but offer no compensation from me, I suggested it to 5Live via WhatsApp on Tuesday. It must have got passed on to the legal team.
This is just so astonishingly.... ick.
What the fuck?
How have we reached a point where grown women are going 'I'm not saying a rich powerful adult man shagging a 15 year old is actively a good thing, but it's better than them shagging an 8 year old.'
Seriously? Take a look at yourselves!
What the fuck?
How have we reached a point where grown women are going 'I'm not saying a rich powerful adult man shagging a 15 year old is actively a good thing, but it's better than them shagging an 8 year old.'
Seriously? Take a look at yourselves!
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is just so astonishingly.... ick.
What the fuck?
How have we reached a point where grown women are going 'I'm not saying a rich powerful adult man shagging a 15 year old is actively a good thing, but it's better than them shagging an 8 year old.'
Seriously? Take a look at yourselves!
What the fuck?
How have we reached a point where grown women are going 'I'm not saying a rich powerful adult man shagging a 15 year old is actively a good thing, but it's better than them shagging an 8 year old.'
Seriously? Take a look at yourselves!
Reposted by James O'Flynn
JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Had a very weird double take at this without the picture and for a moment thought it said Mandela, which absolutely would not be a twist I expected.
Mandelson still in contact with Epstein in 2016, documents show
Mandelson still in contact with Epstein in 2016, documents show
Lord Mandelson was sacked as the UK's ambassador to the US in September over his links to the paedophile financier.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Had a very weird double take at this without the picture and for a moment thought it said Mandela, which absolutely would not be a twist I expected.
Ah well, he'll have more time to spend in his garden growing some nice concrete.
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist post
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist post
Broadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked
The presenter Mike Graham has been dismissed from Rupert Murdoch’s digital channel TalkTV, after the company said he had failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post that appeared on one of his social media accounts.
Graham, 65, was suspended by the broadcaster, owned by Murdoch’s News UK, after concerns were raised about the message, which was posted on his Facebook account last month. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ah well, he'll have more time to spend in his garden growing some nice concrete.
Lol. This is the kind of insanity being forced on us in the name of 'convenience' or 'efficiency'.
Yes, booking on line is convenient, but it is also convenient sometimes to book in person so can we not have that as an option too?
Why has "convenience" suddenly been forced on us as an obligation.
Yes, booking on line is convenient, but it is also convenient sometimes to book in person so can we not have that as an option too?
Why has "convenience" suddenly been forced on us as an obligation.
today in We Live In The Future And The Future Is Stupid: went to a pub to inquire about a potential room booking but the staff aren't allowed to process those in person so I am now sitting in the pub, writing them an email to inquire about a potential room booking
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lol. This is the kind of insanity being forced on us in the name of 'convenience' or 'efficiency'.
Yes, booking on line is convenient, but it is also convenient sometimes to book in person so can we not have that as an option too?
Why has "convenience" suddenly been forced on us as an obligation.
Yes, booking on line is convenient, but it is also convenient sometimes to book in person so can we not have that as an option too?
Why has "convenience" suddenly been forced on us as an obligation.
Reposted by James O'Flynn
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
Lol.
The actual publication he's shared without questioning is called Dunning-Kruger Times.
The actual publication he's shared without questioning is called Dunning-Kruger Times.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Lol.
The actual publication he's shared without questioning is called Dunning-Kruger Times.
The actual publication he's shared without questioning is called Dunning-Kruger Times.
Erm... these songs are not radio edits.
Turns out Ariana Grande swears quite a 'fucking' lot. As I've just discovered along with a room of other people's kids.
Wouldn't typically be a problem with karaoke, but they haven't even bothered to asterisk the word when it repeatedly appears on screen. 🤦♂️
Turns out Ariana Grande swears quite a 'fucking' lot. As I've just discovered along with a room of other people's kids.
Wouldn't typically be a problem with karaoke, but they haven't even bothered to asterisk the word when it repeatedly appears on screen. 🤦♂️
Currently hosting 10year old daughter's birthday party. She's chosen Karaoke.
Amazingly it is many, many factors worse than even I dreaded it might be.
Amazingly it is many, many factors worse than even I dreaded it might be.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Erm... these songs are not radio edits.
Turns out Ariana Grande swears quite a 'fucking' lot. As I've just discovered along with a room of other people's kids.
Wouldn't typically be a problem with karaoke, but they haven't even bothered to asterisk the word when it repeatedly appears on screen. 🤦♂️
Turns out Ariana Grande swears quite a 'fucking' lot. As I've just discovered along with a room of other people's kids.
Wouldn't typically be a problem with karaoke, but they haven't even bothered to asterisk the word when it repeatedly appears on screen. 🤦♂️
Currently hosting 10year old daughter's birthday party. She's chosen Karaoke.
Amazingly it is many, many factors worse than even I dreaded it might be.
Amazingly it is many, many factors worse than even I dreaded it might be.
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Currently hosting 10year old daughter's birthday party. She's chosen Karaoke.
Amazingly it is many, many factors worse than even I dreaded it might be.
Amazingly it is many, many factors worse than even I dreaded it might be.
Not the point here at all, but I'm reminded that one of the things the UK Labour Government is actually trialing is funding grocery vans to take affordable fresh fruit and veg into lower income food deserts, but obviously nobody knows cos they keep banging on about migrants & small boats. Dickheads.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Not the point here at all, but I'm reminded that one of the things the UK Labour Government is actually trialing is funding grocery vans to take affordable fresh fruit and veg into lower income food deserts, but obviously nobody knows cos they keep banging on about migrants & small boats. Dickheads.
Holy shit. That's absolutely mad.
Here we have a moral panic about people donating food to food banks that requires expensive gas/electricity energy to cook.
In the US the Government actually mandates it as a requirement.
What a weirdly sadistic, fucked up country.
Here we have a moral panic about people donating food to food banks that requires expensive gas/electricity energy to cook.
In the US the Government actually mandates it as a requirement.
What a weirdly sadistic, fucked up country.
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Holy shit. That's absolutely mad.
Here we have a moral panic about people donating food to food banks that requires expensive gas/electricity energy to cook.
In the US the Government actually mandates it as a requirement.
What a weirdly sadistic, fucked up country.
Here we have a moral panic about people donating food to food banks that requires expensive gas/electricity energy to cook.
In the US the Government actually mandates it as a requirement.
What a weirdly sadistic, fucked up country.
Prince Louis played an absolute blinder behaving like a little dickhead at various highly public events.
Is he going to have to sit through any more overly long boring shit than is absolutely essential? No.
Genius.
Is he going to have to sit through any more overly long boring shit than is absolutely essential? No.
Genius.
Prince George joins Kate, King and Queen at Festival of Remembrance
Prince George joins Kate, King and Queen at Festival of Remembrance
The royals attended the annual event at the Royal Albert Hall on the eve of Remembrance Sunday.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Prince Louis played an absolute blinder behaving like a little dickhead at various highly public events.
Is he going to have to sit through any more overly long boring shit than is absolutely essential? No.
Genius.
Is he going to have to sit through any more overly long boring shit than is absolutely essential? No.
Genius.
Before I go and ask AI (which I fundamentally object to, but equally recognise would probably do this quickly and easily*) can anyone suggest if there is a way on either a Microsoft office programme, or some other free software to select a load of photos and have them put into a collage?
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Before I go and ask AI (which I fundamentally object to, but equally recognise would probably do this quickly and easily*) can anyone suggest if there is a way on either a Microsoft office programme, or some other free software to select a load of photos and have them put into a collage?
Makes a nice change to see a US politician talking about Christianity in... well, a Christian way.
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Makes a nice change to see a US politician talking about Christianity in... well, a Christian way.
I'm not a regular customer so this could have been the case for ages and I just hadn't noticed, but when the hell did a Subway 6" meal deal start costing nearly a tenner? That just seems obscene.
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I'm not a regular customer so this could have been the case for ages and I just hadn't noticed, but when the hell did a Subway 6" meal deal start costing nearly a tenner? That just seems obscene.
Good bye Dublin.
You are an absolutely fabulous city and I look forward to being back soon.
You are an absolutely fabulous city and I look forward to being back soon.
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good bye Dublin.
You are an absolutely fabulous city and I look forward to being back soon.
You are an absolutely fabulous city and I look forward to being back soon.
When do we find out the result?
Just wondering, cos... idk, the meltdown binfire of US politics at the moment is quite fascinating and a useful distraction from the absolute state of events over here.
Just wondering, cos... idk, the meltdown binfire of US politics at the moment is quite fascinating and a useful distraction from the absolute state of events over here.
there is one of the largest mass hysterias i’ve ever witnessed in politics with people who hate zohran mamdani and it’s all going to be so much funnier when he wins
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When do we find out the result?
Just wondering, cos... idk, the meltdown binfire of US politics at the moment is quite fascinating and a useful distraction from the absolute state of events over here.
Just wondering, cos... idk, the meltdown binfire of US politics at the moment is quite fascinating and a useful distraction from the absolute state of events over here.
Reposted by James O'Flynn
It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
Monday evening in Dublin, lads.
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Monday evening in Dublin, lads.
Dublin, I am in you. Right next to Custom's House if that means anything.
Footloose, fancy free and alone on a Monday night. Open to suggestions for dinner and a couple of drinks.
Footloose, fancy free and alone on a Monday night. Open to suggestions for dinner and a couple of drinks.
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dublin, I am in you. Right next to Custom's House if that means anything.
Footloose, fancy free and alone on a Monday night. Open to suggestions for dinner and a couple of drinks.
Footloose, fancy free and alone on a Monday night. Open to suggestions for dinner and a couple of drinks.
I'm going on a ferry today.
I am actually, genuinely, very excited, but I can't let anyone know because I'm 41yrs old, not 8.
I am actually, genuinely, very excited, but I can't let anyone know because I'm 41yrs old, not 8.
a baby without a shirt is standing in the water and smiling .
Alt: A baby is in water being very, very excited.
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm going on a ferry today.
I am actually, genuinely, very excited, but I can't let anyone know because I'm 41yrs old, not 8.
I am actually, genuinely, very excited, but I can't let anyone know because I'm 41yrs old, not 8.
This. All day long, every day.
Be interesting/depressing to see how quickly this story fades away now we know the attacker is both British born and mentally ill, but also that the heroes are both from professions usually framed as 'enemies of hard working tax payers'.
Be interesting/depressing to see how quickly this story fades away now we know the attacker is both British born and mentally ill, but also that the heroes are both from professions usually framed as 'enemies of hard working tax payers'.
Anyway, stoked to see how the political tendency that has spent decades cutting mental health funding, advocating for driverless trains and mocking attempts to ban big knives deals with a train driver and guard’s swift action helping end a mentally ill man’s rampage with a big knife.
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This. All day long, every day.
Be interesting/depressing to see how quickly this story fades away now we know the attacker is both British born and mentally ill, but also that the heroes are both from professions usually framed as 'enemies of hard working tax payers'.
Be interesting/depressing to see how quickly this story fades away now we know the attacker is both British born and mentally ill, but also that the heroes are both from professions usually framed as 'enemies of hard working tax payers'.
Apropos of nothing, reminder of this thread & story which gained frankly next to no attention other than twats who hadn't read the article making Harry Potter jokes & reminiscing about how they used to set off bangers at local rec. Jew hate & Mosque attack fantasy totally cool if you're white, obvs.
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Apropos of nothing, reminder of this thread & story which gained frankly next to no attention other than twats who hadn't read the article making Harry Potter jokes & reminiscing about how they used to set off bangers at local rec. Jew hate & Mosque attack fantasy totally cool if you're white, obvs.