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@thepig993.bsky.social
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@thepig993.bsky.social
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Heaven, heaven is a place
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
A place where nothing, nothing ever happens
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This branch of the culture has totally lost the idea of masculine virtue being defined against vices that are also masculine
Something that just occurred to me is for all Hegseth's machismo prostrating it's like a classically cowardly thing to kill defenseless men in war. Like by millennia-old standards of honor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This branch of the culture has totally lost the idea of masculine virtue being defined against vices that are also masculine
Spiralling numbers of military coups across Africa are Not Good imo
JUST IN: Military personnel in Benin have announced a ‘coup d’état,’ claiming to have overthrown President Patrice Talon and declaring the suspension of the Constitution. - initial reports
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Spiralling numbers of military coups across Africa are Not Good imo
The nature of international sports governance opens itself up to corruption quite easily imo
The world's wealthy liberal democracies looked the other way on FIFA's corruption for years because they didn't think corruption in sports was a big deal or worth addressing, and now find themselves looking at FIFA as a powerful, increasingly-integrated part of the far-right anti-democracy movement.
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The nature of international sports governance opens itself up to corruption quite easily imo
With respect Mo the reason you're on the bench is you've been shit most of this season
Mohamed Salah: I can't believe it, I'm very disappointed. I've done so much for this club, everyone can see that over the years, especially last season. To be on the bench, I don't know why. I feel like the club is throwing me under the bus. That's how I feel.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
With respect Mo the reason you're on the bench is you've been shit most of this season
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The fundamental problem with this in regard to Russo-Ukraine is that Putin has repeatedly said why he launched the War, and it has nothing to do with energy or resources.
You can just go away now.
If you don't know energy or resources causes war, you're incapable of a good faith argument.
If you don't know energy or resources causes war, you're incapable of a good faith argument.
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The fundamental problem with this in regard to Russo-Ukraine is that Putin has repeatedly said why he launched the War, and it has nothing to do with energy or resources.
Tough battle between Leeds and West Ham for that last relegation spot
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tough battle between Leeds and West Ham for that last relegation spot
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Here's a weird thing about government: It doesn't really seem to understand incentives.
Landfill tax: Makes it expensive to clear up illegally dumped waste because they haven't carved out an exemption.
On a similar note many London councils have a 48 hour turnaround for removing dumped rubbish...
Landfill tax: Makes it expensive to clear up illegally dumped waste because they haven't carved out an exemption.
On a similar note many London councils have a 48 hour turnaround for removing dumped rubbish...
The government can’t afford to clear up the gigantic waste mountain because it would have to pay millions of pounds to the government.
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Exclusive: ‘extremely unhelpful’ policy seen as deterrent to clearing thousands of dump sites across England
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here's a weird thing about government: It doesn't really seem to understand incentives.
Landfill tax: Makes it expensive to clear up illegally dumped waste because they haven't carved out an exemption.
On a similar note many London councils have a 48 hour turnaround for removing dumped rubbish...
Landfill tax: Makes it expensive to clear up illegally dumped waste because they haven't carved out an exemption.
On a similar note many London councils have a 48 hour turnaround for removing dumped rubbish...
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The line here that made my ears prick up (and should really spook Labour) is the third one (that we need “fair and managed” migration). That’s not the answer of someone who has come to get his 12 per cent. That’s a much more “no, when I say I want to replace Labour, I’m not coming to play” line.
Zack Polanski, "Labour are a government of cowards because you won't tell people the truth about migration"
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The line here that made my ears prick up (and should really spook Labour) is the third one (that we need “fair and managed” migration). That’s not the answer of someone who has come to get his 12 per cent. That’s a much more “no, when I say I want to replace Labour, I’m not coming to play” line.
Big losses for Sinn Fein!
Ireland, Red C poll:
Sinn Féin-LEFT: 22% (-2197)
Fianna Fáil-RE: 18% (-4)
Fine Gael-EPP: 17% (-4)
Soc Dems→S&D: 8% (+3)
Aontú-*: 6% (+2)
II-RE: 4%
Labour-S&D: 4% (-1)
Greens-G/EFA: 3%
PBP/S~LEFT: 2% (-1)
Fieldwork: November 2025
Sample size: 1,010
➤ europeelects.eu/ireland
Sinn Féin-LEFT: 22% (-2197)
Fianna Fáil-RE: 18% (-4)
Fine Gael-EPP: 17% (-4)
Soc Dems→S&D: 8% (+3)
Aontú-*: 6% (+2)
II-RE: 4%
Labour-S&D: 4% (-1)
Greens-G/EFA: 3%
PBP/S~LEFT: 2% (-1)
Fieldwork: November 2025
Sample size: 1,010
➤ europeelects.eu/ireland
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Big losses for Sinn Fein!
Nothing against Lauren Hill but I thought we were doing the draw?
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nothing against Lauren Hill but I thought we were doing the draw?
Best thing about this is Trump being ratioed on the BBC Sports live page
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Best thing about this is Trump being ratioed on the BBC Sports live page
Turns out propping up a dictator that reduced the cities they were supposed to be governing to rubble makes you unpopular in the country concerned
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Turns out propping up a dictator that reduced the cities they were supposed to be governing to rubble makes you unpopular in the country concerned
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It feels that Trump NSS declaring it wants to support, in essence, the overthrow of European Liberal Democracy and undercutting all of the assumptions we've based our last 70 years of foreign policy on should be a bigger news story. More than, you know, Eurovision
🚨🚨 God #America, this is grim and a very stark wake-up call to European political ledaders on the (non) future of the "transatlantic alliance":
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It feels that Trump NSS declaring it wants to support, in essence, the overthrow of European Liberal Democracy and undercutting all of the assumptions we've based our last 70 years of foreign policy on should be a bigger news story. More than, you know, Eurovision
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"Two dads had a fight in a gingerbread house and one disgruntled employee reportedly told a visitor that “Santa’s fucking dead”."
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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Two dads had a fight in a gingerbread house and one disgruntled employee reportedly told a visitor that “Santa’s fucking dead”."
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This is a good piece and I agree with all of it. But I'd add that a lot of Americans on encountering Actually Existing England come down with a version of "Paris Syndrome" - a widely recognised phenomenon described as....
Why does Tucker Carlson hate Britain?
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
By @JonnElledge.bsky.social
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
By @JonnElledge.bsky.social
Why does Tucker Carlson hate Britain?
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
www.newstatesman.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is a good piece and I agree with all of it. But I'd add that a lot of Americans on encountering Actually Existing England come down with a version of "Paris Syndrome" - a widely recognised phenomenon described as....
lads
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau today slammed European NATO allies for prioritizing their own defense industry over American arms suppliers, according to three NATO diplomats.
Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup
Washington is unhappy that some European arms programs limit U.S. participation.
www.politico.eu
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
lads
This will be one of the enduring uses of this version of AI in the future, not that this will have positive effects
AI technology may be shifting risks from actors in front of the camera to everyone else, whether through creation of violent and illegal pornography or through the spread of sexually explicit “deepfakes”
AI is upending the porn industry
Synthetic smut will soon be flooding the internet, bringing new opportunities and perils
econ.st
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This will be one of the enduring uses of this version of AI in the future, not that this will have positive effects
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Winkleigh (Torridge) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 42.3% (+8.7)
➡️ RFM: 32.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 24.9% (-23.7)
No LAB (-17.8) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.
🔶 LDM: 42.3% (+8.7)
➡️ RFM: 32.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 24.9% (-23.7)
No LAB (-17.8) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Winkleigh (Torridge) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 42.3% (+8.7)
➡️ RFM: 32.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 24.9% (-23.7)
No LAB (-17.8) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.
🔶 LDM: 42.3% (+8.7)
➡️ RFM: 32.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 24.9% (-23.7)
No LAB (-17.8) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.
The "they" in question:
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The "they" in question:
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You aren’t going to believe this. But there’s an important distinction between detaining someone as a law enforcement action in an interdiction and summarily killing them.
If the US Coast Guard stops a ship in international waters and seizes their cocaine, is that a war crime? The ship has not done anything illegal. Should we prosecute the Coast Guard Captain for piracy?
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You aren’t going to believe this. But there’s an important distinction between detaining someone as a law enforcement action in an interdiction and summarily killing them.
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Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
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"Keir Starmer did not create this problem — the damage done by the Conservatives cannot be overstated — but it is making matters worse."
Fantastic column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the malaise in our politics and the road that we're on without a major change in approach:
Fantastic column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the malaise in our politics and the road that we're on without a major change in approach:
Labour is slow-marching working people to populism
Insurgent parties to left and right peddle nonsense economics but enjoy dramatically rising support
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Keir Starmer did not create this problem — the damage done by the Conservatives cannot be overstated — but it is making matters worse."
Fantastic column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the malaise in our politics and the road that we're on without a major change in approach:
Fantastic column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the malaise in our politics and the road that we're on without a major change in approach:
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Excellent to see this from The Economist. We are slow walking into a constitutional crisis driven by the electoral system, and very few people are taking it seriously enough yet.
Welcome to slot-machine Britain! Our cover this week is on First Past the Post, the voting system that turns multi-party politics into a lottery.
Featuring our new modelling of British elections: www.economist.com/interactive/...
Featuring our new modelling of British elections: www.economist.com/interactive/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Excellent to see this from The Economist. We are slow walking into a constitutional crisis driven by the electoral system, and very few people are taking it seriously enough yet.