Christy
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"Adults are able to make hard choices and articulate them and stand behind them. People who are not yet adults engage in magical thinking and think they can eat their cake and have it too," says Perks, of Bradford's motion that'd reduce revenue without saying where he'd cut services or find offsets.
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Adults are able to make hard choices and articulate them and stand behind them. People who are not yet adults engage in magical thinking and think they can eat their cake and have it too," says Perks, of Bradford's motion that'd reduce revenue without saying where he'd cut services or find offsets.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
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so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
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if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
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Scrapping the two-child limit *is* welfare reform. Defining ‘reform’ solely as ‘cut’ is one reason why it’s proved so difficult
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit *is* welfare reform. Defining ‘reform’ solely as ‘cut’ is one reason why it’s proved so difficult
Somehow still found not guilty 🤷
As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
- the killings were unjustified
- none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns
- no warnings were given
- no soldiers were under threat
- the troops were the first to open fire
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Somehow still found not guilty 🤷
The UK right is fully into "remigration" now, and Labour is just trying to sell it's own harsher immigration policies as more practical, rather than challenging this extremist policy head-on
The Conservatives currently propose to retrospectively remove the ILR of permanent residents who aren't earning £37k, or who "accessed state support" They set no time limit re arrival or time of ILR. (Most people with ILR are pre-2020 arrivals)
Reform would do same but at £60k not £37k threshold
Reform would do same but at £60k not £37k threshold
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The UK right is fully into "remigration" now, and Labour is just trying to sell it's own harsher immigration policies as more practical, rather than challenging this extremist policy head-on
It’s deeply wrong that Israeli teams are even still in UEFA competitions, yet now we essentially have the PM giving 0 thought to the safety of a largely Muslim neighbourhood in Birmingham, so that Maccabi fans can attend a match
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
Talks happening 'at pace' over decision to block Tel Aviv fans, says Downing Street
Followers of the Israeli club will not be allowed to attend the Europa League game after a decision by Birmingham safety advisory group.
bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It’s deeply wrong that Israeli teams are even still in UEFA competitions, yet now we essentially have the PM giving 0 thought to the safety of a largely Muslim neighbourhood in Birmingham, so that Maccabi fans can attend a match
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
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"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
What are the odds that he's come to this conclusion bc only the US and Canada use brand names for common, over-the-counter medication?
Trump: "There are parts of the world that don't take Tylenol. There's a rumor, and I don't know if it's so or not, that Cuba, they don't have Tylenol because they don't have the money for Tylenol, and they have virtually no autism. Okay? Tell me about that one!"
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What are the odds that he's come to this conclusion bc only the US and Canada use brand names for common, over-the-counter medication?
Unbelievably grim
Trump: "We're seeing that there are no ships in the ocean anymore ... no there are no boats. I wonder why? Meaning, no drugs are coming across. Probably stopping some fishermen too. To be honest, if I were a fisherman, I wouldn't want to go fishing either. 'Maybe they think I have drugs downstairs'"
September 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Unbelievably grim
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Between Reform dominating the polls and the largest far-right demonstration in decades, we’re in a seriously dangerous moment.
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Between Reform dominating the polls and the largest far-right demonstration in decades, we’re in a seriously dangerous moment.
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this is just a ridiculous way to describe a guy who built an enemies list of professors so his shithead followers could send them hate mail and death threats
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
this is just a ridiculous way to describe a guy who built an enemies list of professors so his shithead followers could send them hate mail and death threats
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as hard as it is to imagine political solutions to the current moment, it’s even harder to imagine how we could be expected to comfortably share a society with these fucking babykillers
I recently looked up the Arabic translation of some of the names of the emaciated children used in coverage of the alleged famine in Gaza.
It turns out that many of them were sick before the war and have long, complicated medical histories. Our reporting shows they do not represent the average.
It turns out that many of them were sick before the war and have long, complicated medical histories. Our reporting shows they do not represent the average.
August 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
as hard as it is to imagine political solutions to the current moment, it’s even harder to imagine how we could be expected to comfortably share a society with these fucking babykillers
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Inconceivable how much needless death and suffering this will cause. These people are the enemies of humanity
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Inconceivable how much needless death and suffering this will cause. These people are the enemies of humanity
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Still one of the most insane things I've ever seen in a government report
June 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Still one of the most insane things I've ever seen in a government report
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I'm not exaggerating, that is the transphobes' *entire argument*: The near-unanimous positive findings on youth transition do not count because we have methodological quibbles with the research.
In any other field you would look at early, promising research and go "yep, keep expanding."
In any other field you would look at early, promising research and go "yep, keep expanding."
June 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm not exaggerating, that is the transphobes' *entire argument*: The near-unanimous positive findings on youth transition do not count because we have methodological quibbles with the research.
In any other field you would look at early, promising research and go "yep, keep expanding."
In any other field you would look at early, promising research and go "yep, keep expanding."
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Carney limits G7 guests to one assassination each
Carney limits G7 guests to one assassination each
OTTAWA – After inviting Indian PM Narendra Modi Prime Minister Mark Carney issued strict rules for the upcoming G7 meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta, limiting assassinations to one per guest nation. “The...
thebeaverton.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Carney limits G7 guests to one assassination each
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Car supremacy is kind of a fascinating tic of conservative ideology to me: They can only conceive of liberty within the structures of the status quo.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Car supremacy is kind of a fascinating tic of conservative ideology to me: They can only conceive of liberty within the structures of the status quo.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
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Keir Starmer is simply wrong in law. A trans woman with a Gender Recognition Certificate is considered a woman for the vast majority of legal purposes, as required by the ECHR. One would expect a former human rights lawyer to have a better grasp of legal detail.
Asked if Keir Starmer still believes that a trans woman is a woman, his spokesman replies "no".
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
April 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Keir Starmer is simply wrong in law. A trans woman with a Gender Recognition Certificate is considered a woman for the vast majority of legal purposes, as required by the ECHR. One would expect a former human rights lawyer to have a better grasp of legal detail.
Feel actual sick about how awful this is. An actual disgrace, these changes are going to endanger so many people.
Asked if Keir Starmer still believes that a trans woman is a woman, his spokesman replies "no".
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
April 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Feel actual sick about how awful this is. An actual disgrace, these changes are going to endanger so many people.