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Simon William Cree
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You can't just attack me because I'm a beautiful woman. He/Him. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
I'm still a little at-sea with what the Bounty Hunters run of comics is doing if I am completely honest, but the cast of characters still remains fun and so it gets a pass mark from me.

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Review by piratesprogress - Star Wars: Bounty Hunters Vol. 4: Crimson Reign
Beilert Valance has been captured and rebuilt by Imperial scientists. Now at the command of Da...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I'm going to start as I hopefully mean to go on, and make 2026 the year I get back to my first love, actually reading some damn books.

First up, a return to form for Mr Murakami if you ask me, thank god.

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Review by piratesprogress - The City and Its Uncertain Walls
A teenage boy's girlfriend goes missing. Year's later, he follows her to a fantastical walled ...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I enjoyed the celebrity season, I enjoy the US version because of the Housewives, but there really is nothing better on the Traitors like an Internal Auditor from Basingstoke who thinks they're Hercule Poirot. 💚
January 1, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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[Edinburgh, UK] In the early hours of the 1st, Actionists smash up the Bruntons Aero Products factory in Musselburgh. Bruntons are linked to Leonardo who supplies materials used for genocide in Palestine.
January 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Well picked the member of the Traitors cast I fancy this year, hello Mr Isle of Lewis, I see you girl.
January 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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crowd screaming "tax the rich" at a mayoral inauguration in the heart of the global center of capitalism, you love to see it
January 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
FDR is back on the menu, boys.
zohran quoting and then rejecting "the era of big government is over," the line that captured the zenith of clintonian neoliberalism, is highly symbolic
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Nice touch - the trans announcer from the subway (“Stand clear of the platform edge”) is doing the announcing
January 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Woman wears boots."
New York Post looks normal
January 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Keir trying to get under 10% in the popularity polling for 2026.
The UK Government is reviving terrorism charges against Irish rapper Mo Chara, his group Kneecap have said ⬇️
UK Government reviving terrorism charge against Irish rapper, group says
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January 1, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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right but they’ve obviously not done any terrorism
The UK Government is reviving terrorism charges against Irish rapper Mo Chara, his group Kneecap have said ⬇️
UK Government reviving terrorism charge against Irish rapper, group says
www.thenational.scot
January 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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January 1, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Kill the resolution in your head. Smite the false god's throne.
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Going to finally see Avatar on Friday, so rip to everyone who's given their critiques and takes so far, because you're about to get the definitive one. 🙏
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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This was a pretty good one
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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not sure why I'm helping FT journalists do basic Politics GCSE stuff but the answer is "It's mutual". Starmer's Labour hates the electorate more than the electorate hates Starmer.
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.

www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
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December 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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I guess if you went all in on them, your choices now are to admit you were sold a lemon or pretend to be completely baffled about why they're so unpopular. I've yet to see any pundit choose the former. That's pride for you
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.

www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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These wonks really just can’t comprehend anything beyond aesthetics. Because labour is boring and “serious” about the shitty things rather than gleeful and uncouth like bojo or truss they expect people to like it
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.

www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Started Stranger Things' fifth season tonight, was the show always this clunkily written or has that only appeared now, it's been so long since I watched this I cannot for the life of me remember.
December 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
What are you up to tonight, I'm just reading while the 10-hour Kylo Ren lightsaber crackle video plays in the background.
December 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Wuh oh, he's back in the flat after spending a week at home and feeling contemplative, uh oh!
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Day 2 of the Inaugural Main Story Awards is here! Sylvie and Jack want to know... Do You Feel the Love?

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December 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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While we should never forget that this was objectively hilarious, this story is also a serious warning about how AI is vulnerable to malicious training and prompts (although the prompts in this story made for great comedy) as well as the ease and authority with which LLMs can spread disinformation
December 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation

Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
December 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM