Marie Le Conte
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, accidental art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Pinned
Hello! Obligatory pinned post to say that I'm a freelance journalist and you can find my portfolio at marieleconte.com and my newsletter at youngvulgarian.substack.com, and you can contact me on marie.s.leconte@gmail.com. Always looking for fun/interesting work so do get in touch!
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
They warn that it’s going to destroy society, and then lecture us for refusing to “engage” when we don’t rush to integrate it into every aspect of our lives
this is a very basic point to make but I hate that so many tech people are going "whoops haha AI is about to destroy society as we know it!" and yet incredibly few tech people are arguing in favour of just...slowing down the roll-out of AI, apparently progress must crush us and we have no say in it?
February 20, 2026 at 10:51 AM
They warn that it’s going to destroy society, and then lecture us for refusing to “engage” when we don’t rush to integrate it into every aspect of our lives
in this week's newsletter! I attempt to revolutionise poker by inventing some new hands: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/a-terrible... [free to read]
February 20, 2026 at 10:04 AM
in this week's newsletter! I attempt to revolutionise poker by inventing some new hands: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/a-terrible... [free to read]
this is a very basic point to make but I hate that so many tech people are going "whoops haha AI is about to destroy society as we know it!" and yet incredibly few tech people are arguing in favour of just...slowing down the roll-out of AI, apparently progress must crush us and we have no say in it?
February 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
this is a very basic point to make but I hate that so many tech people are going "whoops haha AI is about to destroy society as we know it!" and yet incredibly few tech people are arguing in favour of just...slowing down the roll-out of AI, apparently progress must crush us and we have no say in it?
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
Spoiling a lot of takes but begging a large number of other questions... "Worsening graduate fortunes, it turns out, are a particularly British problem"
www.ft.com/content/649d...
www.ft.com/content/649d...
February 20, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Spoiling a lot of takes but begging a large number of other questions... "Worsening graduate fortunes, it turns out, are a particularly British problem"
www.ft.com/content/649d...
www.ft.com/content/649d...
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
it’s so cool everything is either a scam or designed to take away human rights or both now
February 20, 2026 at 4:52 AM
it’s so cool everything is either a scam or designed to take away human rights or both now
not to go back to my pet rant but this links very nicely to those of us who've been arguing for some time that actually form often matters just as much as content in politics, no matter what the online left thinks! fair not to like it as a dynamic but it is what it is!
February 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
not to go back to my pet rant but this links very nicely to those of us who've been arguing for some time that actually form often matters just as much as content in politics, no matter what the online left thinks! fair not to like it as a dynamic but it is what it is!
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
Baffled by the responses to this.
Most people aren't political. A political person did something she (rightly!) considered to be rude and off-putting. That's made her less likely to vote for them? Totally normal behaviour.
Most people aren't political. A political person did something she (rightly!) considered to be rude and off-putting. That's made her less likely to vote for them? Totally normal behaviour.
February 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Baffled by the responses to this.
Most people aren't political. A political person did something she (rightly!) considered to be rude and off-putting. That's made her less likely to vote for them? Totally normal behaviour.
Most people aren't political. A political person did something she (rightly!) considered to be rude and off-putting. That's made her less likely to vote for them? Totally normal behaviour.
planning to drink one glass of wine this evening for every hour I'm having to spend trying to figure out Make Tax Digital @ HMRC will that wine be tax deductible
February 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
planning to drink one glass of wine this evening for every hour I'm having to spend trying to figure out Make Tax Digital @ HMRC will that wine be tax deductible
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
This is an argument against gay men being parents at all!
February 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This is an argument against gay men being parents at all!
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
PUT IT BACK. PEBBLE IS NOT FRIEND.
The identification of a 'smiling' object found on Holy Island in Northumberland has been confirmed by BGS senior paleontologist Jan Hennissen.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
PUT IT BACK. PEBBLE IS NOT FRIEND.
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
great example here of why setting up a live blog isn't always the best response to a developing news story
February 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
great example here of why setting up a live blog isn't always the best response to a developing news story
anyway I know everyone's busy with the news but I'm rewriting the rules of poker for tomorrow's newsletter, so
(youngvulgarian.substack.com)
(youngvulgarian.substack.com)
February 19, 2026 at 10:49 AM
anyway I know everyone's busy with the news but I'm rewriting the rules of poker for tomorrow's newsletter, so
(youngvulgarian.substack.com)
(youngvulgarian.substack.com)
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
they had just taken one of the last of her corgis out of the freezer to do a standing rib roast for his birthday and now its ruined
February 19, 2026 at 10:35 AM
they had just taken one of the last of her corgis out of the freezer to do a standing rib roast for his birthday and now its ruined
(I do wonder if this will end up tarnishing Elizabeth's legacy for good, or if she's sort of become untouchable at this point)
February 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
(I do wonder if this will end up tarnishing Elizabeth's legacy for good, or if she's sort of become untouchable at this point)
that's silly, it's not going to work, trains are too fast for that
February 19, 2026 at 10:22 AM
that's silly, it's not going to work, trains are too fast for that
big day for people who like going hmmmm I wouldn't have done that, no, no reason I'll get into, just......hmmmmm not for me, I shan't elaborate
February 19, 2026 at 9:55 AM
big day for people who like going hmmmm I wouldn't have done that, no, no reason I'll get into, just......hmmmmm not for me, I shan't elaborate
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
Signs that your country needs an electoral threshold
February 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Signs that your country needs an electoral threshold
you know I genuinely think it was seeing Breathless earlier this month, properly ruined my day, would say it actively made me feel ashamed of being French
fun question: what’s the maddest you’ve ever been leaving a movie theater? not necessarily worst movie you’ve seen, but the one that just pissed you off the most. mine is Batman v Superman
February 18, 2026 at 11:45 PM
you know I genuinely think it was seeing Breathless earlier this month, properly ruined my day, would say it actively made me feel ashamed of being French
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
running through the streets crying, ripping my shirt open, screaming at the sky
Bari Weiss’s lecture at UCLA on “the future of journalism” canceled
February 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
running through the streets crying, ripping my shirt open, screaming at the sky
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
Would summarise this as: treat voters like adult stakeholders and not children who need to be managed.
Carney's incredible secret sauce seems to be - say what the problem is, whose fault it is, what you will have to do about it and what it will cost.
Keep reading articles about how impossible it is to be a successful centre/left PM these days. And then I look at Mark Carney...
February 18, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Would summarise this as: treat voters like adult stakeholders and not children who need to be managed.
"Cum Knees for short"
February 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"Cum Knees for short"
Reposted by Marie Le Conte
