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Deryck Whibley - Sum 41 ❤️🔥
Deryck Whibley - Sum 41 ❤️🔥
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Gonna assume it was “Allow it to be taken over by a Private Equity firm.”
December 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Gonna assume it was “Allow it to be taken over by a Private Equity firm.”
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Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted
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It's hard to think of another policy that is so fundamentally a free lunch as congestion pricing is
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's hard to think of another policy that is so fundamentally a free lunch as congestion pricing is
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Huge new poll puts Plaid ahead of Reform with Labour and the Conservatives on just 10% each. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/bombshell-...
Bombshell polling for Wales
If this is correct we are seeing a seismic shift
willhaywardwales.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Huge new poll puts Plaid ahead of Reform with Labour and the Conservatives on just 10% each. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/bombshell-...
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Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
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From now on, when discussing the budget, please use “is this measure bigger than the cost to the exchequer of gen Z drinking less” as your metric for assessing whether something actually raises or costs a significant sum
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
From now on, when discussing the budget, please use “is this measure bigger than the cost to the exchequer of gen Z drinking less” as your metric for assessing whether something actually raises or costs a significant sum
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Today's working class, lives in social housing or private rental.
Middle class: mortgage on a house, often paid off. Sometimes another property or few.
Today's corrupt upper class are those who own thousands of properties and about 50% of all of Land,
who get paid a fortune for merely existing!🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🖕🏻
Middle class: mortgage on a house, often paid off. Sometimes another property or few.
Today's corrupt upper class are those who own thousands of properties and about 50% of all of Land,
who get paid a fortune for merely existing!🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🖕🏻
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population
Research by author reveals corporations and aristocrats are the biggest landowners
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today's working class, lives in social housing or private rental.
Middle class: mortgage on a house, often paid off. Sometimes another property or few.
Today's corrupt upper class are those who own thousands of properties and about 50% of all of Land,
who get paid a fortune for merely existing!🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🖕🏻
Middle class: mortgage on a house, often paid off. Sometimes another property or few.
Today's corrupt upper class are those who own thousands of properties and about 50% of all of Land,
who get paid a fortune for merely existing!🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🖕🏻
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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"Lads, it's Russia."
Our cover this week
“Europe should take heart and recognise its own strength. Its military budget is already four times larger than Russia’s; its economy is ten times larger. Far from shying away from a financial contest with the Kremlin, Europe should embrace it—and win the war”
“Europe should take heart and recognise its own strength. Its military budget is already four times larger than Russia’s; its economy is ten times larger. Far from shying away from a financial contest with the Kremlin, Europe should embrace it—and win the war”
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"Lads, it's Russia."
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A dangerous move. From the WSJ.
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A dangerous move. From the WSJ.
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All the scrolls in the Library at Alexandria could probably have fit on a 16 GB hard drive, how important could it have been, honestly
August 28, 2023 at 9:28 PM
All the scrolls in the Library at Alexandria could probably have fit on a 16 GB hard drive, how important could it have been, honestly
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And if you think this is all coincidence, consider that Cary Grant was very close friends with Cubby Broccoli - and best man at his wedding. He was first choice for Bond. The deal fell through because Grant wouldn't commit to a five-movie deal, worried he was too old. The rest, as they say... 3/3
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And if you think this is all coincidence, consider that Cary Grant was very close friends with Cubby Broccoli - and best man at his wedding. He was first choice for Bond. The deal fell through because Grant wouldn't commit to a five-movie deal, worried he was too old. The rest, as they say... 3/3
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Every time I watch North by Northwest I am struck by the proufound but totally unacknowldged influence Hitch had on the Bond franchise. (Dr No came three years later.) This gibson-drinking, unflappable, debonair man, in an impeccably tailored suit, fakes his own death so he can act unseen. 1/3
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Every time I watch North by Northwest I am struck by the proufound but totally unacknowldged influence Hitch had on the Bond franchise. (Dr No came three years later.) This gibson-drinking, unflappable, debonair man, in an impeccably tailored suit, fakes his own death so he can act unseen. 1/3
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A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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Prince Andrew hosted Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein at Royal lodge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prince Andrew hosted Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein at Royal Lodge
The trio were at Andrew's mansion in 2006 as part of his daughter Beatrice's 18th birthday celebrations.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Prince Andrew hosted Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein at Royal lodge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
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Fuck winter, I hate it iandunt.substack.com/p/today-it-r...
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Fuck winter, I hate it iandunt.substack.com/p/today-it-r...
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There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
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The Ian Watkins story was utterly horrific and shocking when it was first revealed. It also had a devastating effect on his former band mates in Lost Prophets, as explored in Ian Winwood’s sobering book Bodies about the dark side of the rock music industry
October 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Ian Watkins story was utterly horrific and shocking when it was first revealed. It also had a devastating effect on his former band mates in Lost Prophets, as explored in Ian Winwood’s sobering book Bodies about the dark side of the rock music industry
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Reuters: Some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff as the war economy slows, domestic demand stalls, and exports dry up. Overdue salary arrears are up, and there's even talk of a moratorium on bankruptcies in the metals industry.
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reuters: Some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff as the war economy slows, domestic demand stalls, and exports dry up. Overdue salary arrears are up, and there's even talk of a moratorium on bankruptcies in the metals industry.
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U.S. District Judge April Perry is now questioning DOJ lawyer Eric Hamilton about the National Guard deployment. She starts by noting the 14 CA troops, 200 TX troops and 300 IL troops.
But she asks if those numbers could increase, and whether the troops could go elsewhere in Illinois.
But she asks if those numbers could increase, and whether the troops could go elsewhere in Illinois.
Hamilton is done. We're expecting questions from Perry now.
October 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
U.S. District Judge April Perry is now questioning DOJ lawyer Eric Hamilton about the National Guard deployment. She starts by noting the 14 CA troops, 200 TX troops and 300 IL troops.
But she asks if those numbers could increase, and whether the troops could go elsewhere in Illinois.
But she asks if those numbers could increase, and whether the troops could go elsewhere in Illinois.
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I’m old enough to remember when a comment like this would have been a resigning matter…
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit
Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in.
After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’m old enough to remember when a comment like this would have been a resigning matter…
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A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, has blocked President Donald Trump from sending any federalized National Guard troops to the city during protests against his immigration crackdown, doubling down on a narrower order issued a day earlier
Trump Blocked by Judge From Sending California Troops to Oregon
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, blocked President Donald Trump from sending any federalized National Guard troops to the city during protests against his immigration crackdown, doubling down on a narrower order issued a day earlier.
bloom.bg
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, has blocked President Donald Trump from sending any federalized National Guard troops to the city during protests against his immigration crackdown, doubling down on a narrower order issued a day earlier
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.