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Nick Timothy, Tory MP most responsible for the Windrush scandal, gives Mahmood his support
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Nick Timothy, Tory MP most responsible for the Windrush scandal, gives Mahmood his support
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Love Rishi, of all people, saying the BBC, “misjudged the nation’s mood, mishandled its people and mismanaged its own processes.” Admittedly, he's an expert on all three counts.😂
Rishi Sunak: We cannot allow the BBC to be captured by factionalism
The corporation enhances Britain’s standing and appeal, but its unique status requires a unique approach to ensuring trust. It must challenge its own failings
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Love Rishi, of all people, saying the BBC, “misjudged the nation’s mood, mishandled its people and mismanaged its own processes.” Admittedly, he's an expert on all three counts.😂
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Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
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Since it is apparently time to engineer cultural cohesion, we should set out a plan. The aim, of course, is that we should all ultimately adopt the culture native to Essex. It will need to be staged so in the first phase we will be requiring Yorkshire people to be more Scottish.
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Since it is apparently time to engineer cultural cohesion, we should set out a plan. The aim, of course, is that we should all ultimately adopt the culture native to Essex. It will need to be staged so in the first phase we will be requiring Yorkshire people to be more Scottish.
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The irony is that the Right used to cast the 1970s as the nadir of Britain's postwar decline, from which it had been "rescued" by Mrs Thatcher.
Labour was invariably said to want to "take us back to the 1970s".
But the 80s is less attractive to Reform's new voters, so the 70s are being repurposed.
Labour was invariably said to want to "take us back to the 1970s".
But the 80s is less attractive to Reform's new voters, so the 70s are being repurposed.
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The irony is that the Right used to cast the 1970s as the nadir of Britain's postwar decline, from which it had been "rescued" by Mrs Thatcher.
Labour was invariably said to want to "take us back to the 1970s".
But the 80s is less attractive to Reform's new voters, so the 70s are being repurposed.
Labour was invariably said to want to "take us back to the 1970s".
But the 80s is less attractive to Reform's new voters, so the 70s are being repurposed.
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Georges Méliès, the amazing film pioneer, selling toys at Montparnasse station in the 1920s shortly before the assumed dead genius was recognised and given the honour & credit he deserved by the film industry.
Sounds familiar?
You may have seen this story in the film 'Hugo'.
Sounds familiar?
You may have seen this story in the film 'Hugo'.
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Georges Méliès, the amazing film pioneer, selling toys at Montparnasse station in the 1920s shortly before the assumed dead genius was recognised and given the honour & credit he deserved by the film industry.
Sounds familiar?
You may have seen this story in the film 'Hugo'.
Sounds familiar?
You may have seen this story in the film 'Hugo'.
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A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
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This was a good read.
Btw, did you know that after Joyce Carol Oates posted this Elon responded that she's a liar and then he immediately began going under film posts and replying "Great movie".
I'm not even joking. 😂
Btw, did you know that after Joyce Carol Oates posted this Elon responded that she's a liar and then he immediately began going under film posts and replying "Great movie".
I'm not even joking. 😂
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This was a good read.
Btw, did you know that after Joyce Carol Oates posted this Elon responded that she's a liar and then he immediately began going under film posts and replying "Great movie".
I'm not even joking. 😂
Btw, did you know that after Joyce Carol Oates posted this Elon responded that she's a liar and then he immediately began going under film posts and replying "Great movie".
I'm not even joking. 😂
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I like the dancing, but I don’t like the camera trying to join in.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I like the dancing, but I don’t like the camera trying to join in.
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In 2020, Boris Johnson said that Trump "encouraged people to storm the Capitol ... I believe that that was completely wrong. ... I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol".
Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...
Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...
Boris Johnson condemns Trump after Capitol attack: 'Completely wrong'
YouTube video by Guardian News
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In 2020, Boris Johnson said that Trump "encouraged people to storm the Capitol ... I believe that that was completely wrong. ... I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol".
Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...
Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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My degrees are in CS, not law. So like my granny said, if she tells me a mosquito can pull a plow, then hook that mf up!
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My degrees are in CS, not law. So like my granny said, if she tells me a mosquito can pull a plow, then hook that mf up!
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Snoops had a great time, very good Julius Caesar with 5 actors. Great staging. Snoops is a proud friend of the director. Chap next to Snoops thought it should be at the National Theatre!
Snoops at Tangle Theatre Company’s Julius Caesar at Omnibus Theatre!
Selling programme and now in his seat!
Selling programme and now in his seat!
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Snoops had a great time, very good Julius Caesar with 5 actors. Great staging. Snoops is a proud friend of the director. Chap next to Snoops thought it should be at the National Theatre!
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Just watched episode 1. Brilliant -superb telling of history -very engaging. And salutary.
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Just watched episode 1. Brilliant -superb telling of history -very engaging. And salutary.
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Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.
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'It is true that none of us is personally responsible for the events and activities of our varied ancestors. But take care, if disowning any possible connection to events before you were born, to check if you are content to sever any sense of identification with Shakespeare or winning WW2 too' (!)
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
'It is true that none of us is personally responsible for the events and activities of our varied ancestors. But take care, if disowning any possible connection to events before you were born, to check if you are content to sever any sense of identification with Shakespeare or winning WW2 too' (!)
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Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
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Taking the think out of tank
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Taking the think out of tank
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Careful Marge, the 'Gazpacho police' will be after you with Commie talk like that.
(For those who don't remember amidst all the MAGA chaos, Ms Taylor Greene once confused the Spanish soup with Hitler's secret police.)
(For those who don't remember amidst all the MAGA chaos, Ms Taylor Greene once confused the Spanish soup with Hitler's secret police.)
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Careful Marge, the 'Gazpacho police' will be after you with Commie talk like that.
(For those who don't remember amidst all the MAGA chaos, Ms Taylor Greene once confused the Spanish soup with Hitler's secret police.)
(For those who don't remember amidst all the MAGA chaos, Ms Taylor Greene once confused the Spanish soup with Hitler's secret police.)
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(L to R) Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane, "Pistol Packin' Mama," at Lockbourne AAF in Ohio. All were WASP pilots who had been trained on B-17 "Flying Fortresses." c. 1944.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
(L to R) Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane, "Pistol Packin' Mama," at Lockbourne AAF in Ohio. All were WASP pilots who had been trained on B-17 "Flying Fortresses." c. 1944.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
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@barristersecret.bsky.social l suspect this instruction manual may prove useful in dealing with uncooperative - even hostile?- witnesses in court, or disarming any rogue judge who attacks you with their gavel?
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
@barristersecret.bsky.social l suspect this instruction manual may prove useful in dealing with uncooperative - even hostile?- witnesses in court, or disarming any rogue judge who attacks you with their gavel?
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Spray tan = $150
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Spray tan = $150
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝