Arieh Kovler
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Classical art gets so boringly realistic that Byzantium goes all kawaii manga stely in response.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Classical art gets so boringly realistic that Byzantium goes all kawaii manga stely in response.
The AI loan approval system:
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The AI loan approval system:
For those who aren't keeping up, Mamdani is a Zionist now (for condeming swastika graffiti on a yeshiva)
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For those who aren't keeping up, Mamdani is a Zionist now (for condeming swastika graffiti on a yeshiva)
Nah, Khan was a mainstream middle-of-the-road Labour type. Not a "scary leftie". He held the standard Labour positions on Israel in 2016 (though he's changed in the last 18 months). He wasn't an anti-Zionist. Middle East Eye even called him a Zionist!
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Nah, Khan was a mainstream middle-of-the-road Labour type. Not a "scary leftie". He held the standard Labour positions on Israel in 2016 (though he's changed in the last 18 months). He wasn't an anti-Zionist. Middle East Eye even called him a Zionist!
I don't think Donald Trump will end up trying to run in 2028. Too many legal and constitutional barriers. But there will be GOP leaders contemplating "Trump on the ballot" and thinking about getting one of Trump's kids on the ticket. Vance/Don Jr 2028? Or vice versa?
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I don't think Donald Trump will end up trying to run in 2028. Too many legal and constitutional barriers. But there will be GOP leaders contemplating "Trump on the ballot" and thinking about getting one of Trump's kids on the ticket. Vance/Don Jr 2028? Or vice versa?
These ones I can't even figure out. Google isn't helping me. What's a Mahpeta, Scrappy Dee, Bombo or TolMan Toe?
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These ones I can't even figure out. Google isn't helping me. What's a Mahpeta, Scrappy Dee, Bombo or TolMan Toe?
The costume options... oh dear.
Though I do wonder what a "Belgian" women's costume consisted of?
Though I do wonder what a "Belgian" women's costume consisted of?
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The costume options... oh dear.
Though I do wonder what a "Belgian" women's costume consisted of?
Though I do wonder what a "Belgian" women's costume consisted of?
Remember, Taranto turned up with guns at Obama's house a few hours after Trump posted Obama's address on his Truth Social account. Taranto reposted the Trump post with the address so we know he saw it.
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Remember, Taranto turned up with guns at Obama's house a few hours after Trump posted Obama's address on his Truth Social account. Taranto reposted the Trump post with the address so we know he saw it.
Why does this @wired.com paywall sound so much like a threat?
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Why does this @wired.com paywall sound so much like a threat?
Let me guess: Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden?
October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Let me guess: Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden?
One unconfirmed report claims that popular TikTok reporter/influencer Saleh Aljafarawi was killed or captured by the Doghmush clan. An unverified image of his body has begun circulating in the last hour or so.
October 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
One unconfirmed report claims that popular TikTok reporter/influencer Saleh Aljafarawi was killed or captured by the Doghmush clan. An unverified image of his body has begun circulating in the last hour or so.
3. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year and a day when Jews, even those who aren't usually religious, flock to synagogue services. Some men even wear a kittel, a white gown said to resemble a burial shroud. An attack on Yom Kippur feels like an attack on Jewish life
October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
3. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year and a day when Jews, even those who aren't usually religious, flock to synagogue services. Some men even wear a kittel, a white gown said to resemble a burial shroud. An attack on Yom Kippur feels like an attack on Jewish life
"Al-Shamie" is an unusual (but not unique) spelling of the common Syrian surname Shami (ie "Syrian"). Which makes me raise at least one eyebrow at this 2012 interview with then-Tory MP John Howell:
www.jpost.com/internationa...
www.jpost.com/internationa...
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Al-Shamie" is an unusual (but not unique) spelling of the common Syrian surname Shami (ie "Syrian"). Which makes me raise at least one eyebrow at this 2012 interview with then-Tory MP John Howell:
www.jpost.com/internationa...
www.jpost.com/internationa...
I think you can do "the awful Democrats have forced this terrible shutdown, which we hate, on you. Boo to them!" OR you can do "Shutdowns are awesome and I'm going to use this shutdown to fuck you all over with Project 2025", but you can't do both.
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I think you can do "the awful Democrats have forced this terrible shutdown, which we hate, on you. Boo to them!" OR you can do "Shutdowns are awesome and I'm going to use this shutdown to fuck you all over with Project 2025", but you can't do both.
Disappointingly, her boyfriend isn't a wizard or a time traveller, he just does all the household chores and drives her to work.
I was hoping for at least a Benjamin Button scenario.
I was hoping for at least a Benjamin Button scenario.
October 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Disappointingly, her boyfriend isn't a wizard or a time traveller, he just does all the household chores and drives her to work.
I was hoping for at least a Benjamin Button scenario.
I was hoping for at least a Benjamin Button scenario.
I'm working on the Christian Identity chapter for my book right now, so this idiocy is timely.
September 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I'm working on the Christian Identity chapter for my book right now, so this idiocy is timely.
The White House Deputy Press Secretary looked at this graph and thought "those grey bars are totally fine, everyone will understand that only the yellow ones are a problem".
September 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The White House Deputy Press Secretary looked at this graph and thought "those grey bars are totally fine, everyone will understand that only the yellow ones are a problem".
Oh, that reminds me of one of my favourite photos.
September 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Oh, that reminds me of one of my favourite photos.
Every right-wing antisemite understood exactly what Tucker Carlson was saying in his speech at the Kirk memorial event. But Tucker's history of promoting Holocaust denial isn't enough to stop him getting a top speaking slot there.
September 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Every right-wing antisemite understood exactly what Tucker Carlson was saying in his speech at the Kirk memorial event. But Tucker's history of promoting Holocaust denial isn't enough to stop him getting a top speaking slot there.
Joe Manchin will be 81 years old at the time of the 2028 presidential election.
September 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Joe Manchin will be 81 years old at the time of the 2028 presidential election.
There seems to be no business reason to justify Telsa stock's sudden 10% jump in the last 2 days. Sales down, market share down, brand trashed. If I was a conspiratorially-minded cynic I'd say the price rose solely to stop Larry Ellison from remaining the richest man in the world
September 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There seems to be no business reason to justify Telsa stock's sudden 10% jump in the last 2 days. Sales down, market share down, brand trashed. If I was a conspiratorially-minded cynic I'd say the price rose solely to stop Larry Ellison from remaining the richest man in the world
A Facebook page associated with the mother of the man believed to be Kirk's killer is being flooded with comments harassing her, accusing her and joking about her son's execution. Someone, presumably her, was deleting her whole life of posts one by one to stop it.
September 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A Facebook page associated with the mother of the man believed to be Kirk's killer is being flooded with comments harassing her, accusing her and joking about her son's execution. Someone, presumably her, was deleting her whole life of posts one by one to stop it.