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So AI is getting pretty regularly advertised as part of like phones / software etc. I’ve seen about 4/5 adverts for Gemini, Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT.
From a consumer standpoint, they fail on all counts, mainly from a perspective of “is that it?” or “what’s the point?”
From a consumer standpoint, they fail on all counts, mainly from a perspective of “is that it?” or “what’s the point?”
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Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
Everyone who’s done the ChatGPT trend and given them their data 100% tuned into the Kid Rock show cause they’re the most un-fun people alive
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Everyone who’s done the ChatGPT trend and given them their data 100% tuned into the Kid Rock show cause they’re the most un-fun people alive
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
Just sums up all you need to know about Farage in the way he attacked Polanski and Green Party members.
First a classist insult calling Polanski a “chimney sweep”. Then says “that’s a close to an insult I’ll come” and then proceeds to call Green Party supports “heroin smokers”!
First a classist insult calling Polanski a “chimney sweep”. Then says “that’s a close to an insult I’ll come” and then proceeds to call Green Party supports “heroin smokers”!
February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Just sums up all you need to know about Farage in the way he attacked Polanski and Green Party members.
First a classist insult calling Polanski a “chimney sweep”. Then says “that’s a close to an insult I’ll come” and then proceeds to call Green Party supports “heroin smokers”!
First a classist insult calling Polanski a “chimney sweep”. Then says “that’s a close to an insult I’ll come” and then proceeds to call Green Party supports “heroin smokers”!
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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Let's talk about who funds Reform.
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
February 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Let's talk about who funds Reform.
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
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Same Tory MPs, same austerity-led ideology, same failure.
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Same Tory MPs, same austerity-led ideology, same failure.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
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The government's Water White Paper doesn't tackle the root cause of the water crisis- privatisation.
As bills soar, shareholders pocket outrageous payouts for crumbling infrastructure, outages and sewage pollution.
Greens want water back where it belongs- in public hands.
As bills soar, shareholders pocket outrageous payouts for crumbling infrastructure, outages and sewage pollution.
Greens want water back where it belongs- in public hands.
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The government's Water White Paper doesn't tackle the root cause of the water crisis- privatisation.
As bills soar, shareholders pocket outrageous payouts for crumbling infrastructure, outages and sewage pollution.
Greens want water back where it belongs- in public hands.
As bills soar, shareholders pocket outrageous payouts for crumbling infrastructure, outages and sewage pollution.
Greens want water back where it belongs- in public hands.
Do any other defections between parties have their own Wikipedia page? Reform is a graveyard of former Tories who destroyed the UK and want another slice of the pie. The sooner voters wake up and realise the better.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of Conservative Party defections to Reform UK - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Do any other defections between parties have their own Wikipedia page? Reform is a graveyard of former Tories who destroyed the UK and want another slice of the pie. The sooner voters wake up and realise the better.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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Because...
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Because...
Please sign and remember to confirm your email address.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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"Under the weather" is a funny way to spell "chicken"
Farage is apparently 'under the weather' today and unable to talk about the US threats to the UK and Europe over Greenland.
Which is unfortunate.
Which is unfortunate.
January 18, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"Under the weather" is a funny way to spell "chicken"
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One of the grossest accounts out there
The website where you can lose your life savings betting on elections is now trying out a level of transphobia a bit too weedsy even for incels.
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
One of the grossest accounts out there
With all these defections from the Conservatives to Reform, you have to wonder how either of their supporters (especially Reform voters who want “change”) aren’t more pissed off
BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership.
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 11:27 AM
With all these defections from the Conservatives to Reform, you have to wonder how either of their supporters (especially Reform voters who want “change”) aren’t more pissed off
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
So AI is getting pretty regularly advertised as part of like phones / software etc. I’ve seen about 4/5 adverts for Gemini, Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT.
From a consumer standpoint, they fail on all counts, mainly from a perspective of “is that it?” or “what’s the point?”
From a consumer standpoint, they fail on all counts, mainly from a perspective of “is that it?” or “what’s the point?”
January 13, 2026 at 9:23 AM
So AI is getting pretty regularly advertised as part of like phones / software etc. I’ve seen about 4/5 adverts for Gemini, Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT.
From a consumer standpoint, they fail on all counts, mainly from a perspective of “is that it?” or “what’s the point?”
From a consumer standpoint, they fail on all counts, mainly from a perspective of “is that it?” or “what’s the point?”
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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This is obviously the right decision.
It should spark a wider conversation about social media platforms. We clearly can't - and shouldn't - just rely on the responsibility of the owners.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It should spark a wider conversation about social media platforms. We clearly can't - and shouldn't - just rely on the responsibility of the owners.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK to bring into force law this week to tackle Grok AI deepfakes
The technology secretary said it would be illegal for companies to supply the tools designed to make them.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This is obviously the right decision.
It should spark a wider conversation about social media platforms. We clearly can't - and shouldn't - just rely on the responsibility of the owners.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It should spark a wider conversation about social media platforms. We clearly can't - and shouldn't - just rely on the responsibility of the owners.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
All this goes to show is if Reform get to power, it’s going to be Conservatives 2.0.
Leadsom, Zahawi, Anderson, Bradley, Farage himself. All ex-Tories littered throughout the party trying to claw any modicum of power back
If their voters actually wanted change, they should vote @greenparty.org.uk
Leadsom, Zahawi, Anderson, Bradley, Farage himself. All ex-Tories littered throughout the party trying to claw any modicum of power back
If their voters actually wanted change, they should vote @greenparty.org.uk
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 1:25 PM
All this goes to show is if Reform get to power, it’s going to be Conservatives 2.0.
Leadsom, Zahawi, Anderson, Bradley, Farage himself. All ex-Tories littered throughout the party trying to claw any modicum of power back
If their voters actually wanted change, they should vote @greenparty.org.uk
Leadsom, Zahawi, Anderson, Bradley, Farage himself. All ex-Tories littered throughout the party trying to claw any modicum of power back
If their voters actually wanted change, they should vote @greenparty.org.uk
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The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
January 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
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Trump has withdrawn the US from global climate treaties.
Surprise, surprise his lapdogs in Reform want the UK to follow suit.
But the facts won't change: the world is getting hotter, and clean energy was 90% of new power in 2025.
Reform follow Trump; we'll follow the science.
Surprise, surprise his lapdogs in Reform want the UK to follow suit.
But the facts won't change: the world is getting hotter, and clean energy was 90% of new power in 2025.
Reform follow Trump; we'll follow the science.
January 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Trump has withdrawn the US from global climate treaties.
Surprise, surprise his lapdogs in Reform want the UK to follow suit.
But the facts won't change: the world is getting hotter, and clean energy was 90% of new power in 2025.
Reform follow Trump; we'll follow the science.
Surprise, surprise his lapdogs in Reform want the UK to follow suit.
But the facts won't change: the world is getting hotter, and clean energy was 90% of new power in 2025.
Reform follow Trump; we'll follow the science.
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"