A_Thankless_Task
@athanklesstask.bsky.social
Pedant and notorious northerner splitter of the infinitives, callous lover of fashion, wearer of some clothes, supporter of equal rights for socks of all heights, beloved of Dungeon Masters, 2nd Ed > All.
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A very worrying escalation of online harassment.
Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"
x.com/EuropaIneffa...
Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"
x.com/EuropaIneffa...
Europa Ineffable on X: "In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match: "it's a game of two halves" 🥴 https://t.co/b5YNKyaQtu" / X
In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match
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October 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A very worrying escalation of online harassment.
Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"
x.com/EuropaIneffa...
Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"
x.com/EuropaIneffa...
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thanks to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social for introducing me to this movie poster, featuring a tagline that made me hyperventilate with laughter
September 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
thanks to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social for introducing me to this movie poster, featuring a tagline that made me hyperventilate with laughter
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Feels like the flag debate has been kicking around my whole life and it still boils down to:
Civic institutions should fly the flag routinely.
Sporting occasions and national events, sure get it out.
Year round flag on your house, bit weird, trashy.
Doing it to "intimidate the forrins", obvs bad
Civic institutions should fly the flag routinely.
Sporting occasions and national events, sure get it out.
Year round flag on your house, bit weird, trashy.
Doing it to "intimidate the forrins", obvs bad
September 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Feels like the flag debate has been kicking around my whole life and it still boils down to:
Civic institutions should fly the flag routinely.
Sporting occasions and national events, sure get it out.
Year round flag on your house, bit weird, trashy.
Doing it to "intimidate the forrins", obvs bad
Civic institutions should fly the flag routinely.
Sporting occasions and national events, sure get it out.
Year round flag on your house, bit weird, trashy.
Doing it to "intimidate the forrins", obvs bad
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I admit I don't follow this world too much -- I pay attention to the main fascists not the pseudo intellectual fascists.
But here's Curtis Yarvin, who JD Vance is reportedly a "disciple" of, arguing for the institution of slavery. He tries to dress it up in bullshit, but its slavery.
But here's Curtis Yarvin, who JD Vance is reportedly a "disciple" of, arguing for the institution of slavery. He tries to dress it up in bullshit, but its slavery.
August 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I admit I don't follow this world too much -- I pay attention to the main fascists not the pseudo intellectual fascists.
But here's Curtis Yarvin, who JD Vance is reportedly a "disciple" of, arguing for the institution of slavery. He tries to dress it up in bullshit, but its slavery.
But here's Curtis Yarvin, who JD Vance is reportedly a "disciple" of, arguing for the institution of slavery. He tries to dress it up in bullshit, but its slavery.
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This, from Tom Scott’s newsletter, sums up the dilemma faced by content creators nowadays. Get known for one thing & keep giving people that, or be more varied/eclectic but have a harder time building recognition?
August 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This, from Tom Scott’s newsletter, sums up the dilemma faced by content creators nowadays. Get known for one thing & keep giving people that, or be more varied/eclectic but have a harder time building recognition?
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It would be Ian McShane on how he came to be narrator on Grace Jones’ Slave To The Rhythm:
‘I was in a chip shop with my wife Gwen, and Trevor Horn came in, who I’d known forever. He said ‘Ian, what are you doing after supper?’
‘Why?’
‘Well, I need a voice & Orson Welles is dead.’
‘I was in a chip shop with my wife Gwen, and Trevor Horn came in, who I’d known forever. He said ‘Ian, what are you doing after supper?’
‘Why?’
‘Well, I need a voice & Orson Welles is dead.’
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It would be Ian McShane on how he came to be narrator on Grace Jones’ Slave To The Rhythm:
‘I was in a chip shop with my wife Gwen, and Trevor Horn came in, who I’d known forever. He said ‘Ian, what are you doing after supper?’
‘Why?’
‘Well, I need a voice & Orson Welles is dead.’
‘I was in a chip shop with my wife Gwen, and Trevor Horn came in, who I’d known forever. He said ‘Ian, what are you doing after supper?’
‘Why?’
‘Well, I need a voice & Orson Welles is dead.’
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Poor Gerard is a racist Twitter troll who thinks he may be "in trouble". You can't even take part in a duet incessant racist harassment from 1am to 3am on a Friday night *these days* without putting your [sixth] account at risk, after his racist troll partner finally went too far even for Elon Musk.
May 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Poor Gerard is a racist Twitter troll who thinks he may be "in trouble". You can't even take part in a duet incessant racist harassment from 1am to 3am on a Friday night *these days* without putting your [sixth] account at risk, after his racist troll partner finally went too far even for Elon Musk.
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No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am CRINE.
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am CRINE.
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Was at a conference dinner a while back and one guy said "The future is AI. It doesn't replace senior developers, but no more need for juniors."
To which i replied:
"Where do you think senior developers come from. Straight from the womb?"
He went quiet, then wandered off to a different huddle.
To which i replied:
"Where do you think senior developers come from. Straight from the womb?"
He went quiet, then wandered off to a different huddle.
Yesterday it was a middle aged woman in my gym doing the same thing. Talking a young man’s ear off about how much chatGPT helps her do her work. Charts and writing — “i’m not good at that and now i don’t need someone in the org flow to do it”.
On the C train in Manhattan, two women — middle age, business look, clearly lawyers from the conversation — going on and on about ChatGPT. Helping them do research, write briefs, even plant a garden at home! So quick and easy!
Ugghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ugghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
May 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Was at a conference dinner a while back and one guy said "The future is AI. It doesn't replace senior developers, but no more need for juniors."
To which i replied:
"Where do you think senior developers come from. Straight from the womb?"
He went quiet, then wandered off to a different huddle.
To which i replied:
"Where do you think senior developers come from. Straight from the womb?"
He went quiet, then wandered off to a different huddle.
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Absolutely insane levels of stupid if you watch the whole thing.
And to add to the cluster fuck that is Kristi Noem, we have @murray.senate.gov facing down the unmitigated audacity, condescension, and breathtaking incompetence of Kash Patel.
youtu.be/HuMFH9a6BP4
youtu.be/HuMFH9a6BP4
TENSE: Kash Patel & Patty Murray Have Very Testy Exchange When She Asks If He's Politicized The FBI
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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May 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Absolutely insane levels of stupid if you watch the whole thing.
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What are 3 things that a party of government which wanted "to celebrate the collapse of the era of globalisation" would do?
- Would it put up tariffs on cars, instead of trying to get the USA to reduce tariffs?
- Would it put up tariffs on cars, instead of trying to get the USA to reduce tariffs?
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
What are 3 things that a party of government which wanted "to celebrate the collapse of the era of globalisation" would do?
- Would it put up tariffs on cars, instead of trying to get the USA to reduce tariffs?
- Would it put up tariffs on cars, instead of trying to get the USA to reduce tariffs?
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Too shitty for Piers Morgan is very shitty indeed.
Piers Morgan is a POS but man is this interview wild - based on the way her tone changes I don't think she realized the implications of what she said until after she said it.
If you look closely you can see her realize she is absolutely cooked in real time.
If you look closely you can see her realize she is absolutely cooked in real time.
May 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Too shitty for Piers Morgan is very shitty indeed.
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Mike Pence is smarter than Sensible Medicine doctors
May 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mike Pence is smarter than Sensible Medicine doctors
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Just learned today that 92% of US import consumption is dolls for beautiful little girls. Higher than I would have expected!
May 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Just learned today that 92% of US import consumption is dolls for beautiful little girls. Higher than I would have expected!
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It was always performative outrage.
May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It was always performative outrage.
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Wednesday is the tenth anniversary of the 2015 general election, where David Cameron made a successful re-election case for stability, heralding much the most volatile decade in British politics and government for a century
May 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Wednesday is the tenth anniversary of the 2015 general election, where David Cameron made a successful re-election case for stability, heralding much the most volatile decade in British politics and government for a century
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It is quite incredible the extent to which Trump is routinely held to a lower standard than every other politician. This would pretty much end the career of any other national leadership candidate in any western democracy, except none would ever do it - at all, still less during a mourning period
May 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It is quite incredible the extent to which Trump is routinely held to a lower standard than every other politician. This would pretty much end the career of any other national leadership candidate in any western democracy, except none would ever do it - at all, still less during a mourning period
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This isn't hypothetical.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
May 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This isn't hypothetical.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
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I've encountered a few people arguing that tariffs are good, actually, because they will force us to consume less and while I think our consumer culture is problematic in many ways, I don't think things such as 'food' and 'medical supplies' fall under the category of unnecessary purchases.
April 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I've encountered a few people arguing that tariffs are good, actually, because they will force us to consume less and while I think our consumer culture is problematic in many ways, I don't think things such as 'food' and 'medical supplies' fall under the category of unnecessary purchases.
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I know of several boys in my kids' circles who are obsessed with gym because they think you have to absolutely shredded to stand any chance of getting a girlfriend.
Very much blame the Andrew Tate tendency and hope they see this.
Also, as piece says there's nothing wrong with gym either... per se
Very much blame the Andrew Tate tendency and hope they see this.
Also, as piece says there's nothing wrong with gym either... per se
The latest batshit internet scandal is men accusing women of “lying” when stating a preference for Ollie Murs’ before pic.
So I unpacked all that
nataliaantonova.substack.com/p/this-inter...
So I unpacked all that
nataliaantonova.substack.com/p/this-inter...
This internet poll is breaking men's brains!
And this is what we get when male fitness standards clash with female preferences.
nataliaantonova.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I know of several boys in my kids' circles who are obsessed with gym because they think you have to absolutely shredded to stand any chance of getting a girlfriend.
Very much blame the Andrew Tate tendency and hope they see this.
Also, as piece says there's nothing wrong with gym either... per se
Very much blame the Andrew Tate tendency and hope they see this.
Also, as piece says there's nothing wrong with gym either... per se
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With deepest apologies to Batman:
April 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
With deepest apologies to Batman:
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Observer has long Maurice Glasman interview with Rachel Cooke + rumination on blue Labour
Odd for Glasman to praise Trump's tariffs for being a Bennite economic strategy! (Am not sure if rest of blue Labour is pro-tariffs, as well as anti-globalisation in rhetoric) observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Odd for Glasman to praise Trump's tariffs for being a Bennite economic strategy! (Am not sure if rest of blue Labour is pro-tariffs, as well as anti-globalisation in rhetoric) observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Maurice Glasman: Labour’s trump card
With a hotline to both the White House and Downing Street, the Labour peer and his campaign group Blue Labour are having a moment. Ahead of local elections, he talks about his invitation to Trump’s in...
observer.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Observer has long Maurice Glasman interview with Rachel Cooke + rumination on blue Labour
Odd for Glasman to praise Trump's tariffs for being a Bennite economic strategy! (Am not sure if rest of blue Labour is pro-tariffs, as well as anti-globalisation in rhetoric) observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Odd for Glasman to praise Trump's tariffs for being a Bennite economic strategy! (Am not sure if rest of blue Labour is pro-tariffs, as well as anti-globalisation in rhetoric) observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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First bit is someone else's fess: as an A&E nurse, I once had to pull a My Little Pony doll out of a man's arse. My fess comes next: my colleagues got pretty tired of pony puns: his condition after the procedure was stable, but his voice was a little hoarse, he has the trots...
April 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
First bit is someone else's fess: as an A&E nurse, I once had to pull a My Little Pony doll out of a man's arse. My fess comes next: my colleagues got pretty tired of pony puns: his condition after the procedure was stable, but his voice was a little hoarse, he has the trots...