Doug Campbell
@dm-campbell.bsky.social
Maker of collages and noises. Film buff. Book hoarder. Edinburgh man.
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‘The Fourth Wall’ (Collage 11/25, Doug Campbell)
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
‘The Fourth Wall’ (Collage 11/25, Doug Campbell)
Part of Priest's defence is that they couldn't afford a round of fish and chips when they made the record, and if it had occurred to them to brainwash their audience, the message would have been "Look guys, buy a record. PLEASE!." Clearly, these are not concerns for the AI industry.
what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Part of Priest's defence is that they couldn't afford a round of fish and chips when they made the record, and if it had occurred to them to brainwash their audience, the message would have been "Look guys, buy a record. PLEASE!." Clearly, these are not concerns for the AI industry.
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This should have been an instructive moment in people’s understanding of just how much people are willing to pay economically for racism and xenophobia.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This should have been an instructive moment in people’s understanding of just how much people are willing to pay economically for racism and xenophobia.
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Just to echo Rodent, UK politics makes much more sense if you understand it as Thatcherism collapsing in 2008 but persisting as gospel among the elites, who then spent the next two decades setting up various scapegoats to slaughter and then go, "Whoops. Turns out the blood is in another neck!"
I am not going to tell you my ideas are for def 100% the solution but I am going to say that it was crystal clear ten years ago that migrant-squealing Thatcherite centrism was a democratic disaster, and the lads spent that entire time screeching and gargling to protect it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just to echo Rodent, UK politics makes much more sense if you understand it as Thatcherism collapsing in 2008 but persisting as gospel among the elites, who then spent the next two decades setting up various scapegoats to slaughter and then go, "Whoops. Turns out the blood is in another neck!"
’Bold Cosmonaut of the Vibrational Planes’ (Collage 11/25, Doug Campbell)
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
’Bold Cosmonaut of the Vibrational Planes’ (Collage 11/25, Doug Campbell)
'Song of the Demogorgon' - an old collage I made way back in 2017. AKA 'Jane Russell, as Beautiful as Tigers Fighting'
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
'Song of the Demogorgon' - an old collage I made way back in 2017. AKA 'Jane Russell, as Beautiful as Tigers Fighting'
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It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
‘The Silent Era’ (Collage 11/25, Doug Campbell)
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
‘The Silent Era’ (Collage 11/25, Doug Campbell)
Yes, there's been a lot of talk about "Lest we forget" recently. We definitely don't want to be forgetting any of this.
The period where the IDF were firing machine guns at people trying to pick up bags of flour was one of the most despicable things I’ve seen in this country: every day for weeks, people behaving like something confusing and hard to understand was happening, because they couldn’t say what they saw.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yes, there's been a lot of talk about "Lest we forget" recently. We definitely don't want to be forgetting any of this.
I suspect I've got a few decades on the OP, but no arguments about his conclusions.
If you’re my age then politics in the 21st century was one avoidable, ludicrous catastrophe after another: disastrous wars, financial collapse, crumbling infrastructure and plummeting living standards, all explained via utterly abject, insulting drivel.The question is, who do you think is to blame.
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I suspect I've got a few decades on the OP, but no arguments about his conclusions.
Old school situationist feel about this, and of course it's bang on.
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Old school situationist feel about this, and of course it's bang on.
'To Charm a Salamander' (Collage 11/25, Doug Campbell)
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
'To Charm a Salamander' (Collage 11/25, Doug Campbell)
Excellent investigative work from The Mill.
Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Excellent investigative work from The Mill.
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Crash Bandicoot could do Kier Starmers job, but Kier Starmer couldn’t do Crash Bandicoot’s job
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Crash Bandicoot could do Kier Starmers job, but Kier Starmer couldn’t do Crash Bandicoot’s job
‘An Adventuress of the Great Indoors’ (Collage 10/25, Doug Campbell)
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
‘An Adventuress of the Great Indoors’ (Collage 10/25, Doug Campbell)
A characteristically astute insight from Mr. Guy. I think we can expect the structure to remain in place for the foreseeable future.
the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
October 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A characteristically astute insight from Mr. Guy. I think we can expect the structure to remain in place for the foreseeable future.
‘The Fiery Angel’ (Collage 10/25, Doug Campbell)
October 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
‘The Fiery Angel’ (Collage 10/25, Doug Campbell)
If the study reflects wider behaviour, this would explain a lot about current 'discourse'. Also jibes with Sartre's comments on the contempt for the truth he found in the arguments of anti-Semites.
Cultural wars are waged over opinions & won via control of belief & messaging. To edgelords real world effects are less important than appearing tough & symbolically showing strength. This mindset is strongly associated with authoritarian attitudes. theconversation.com/winning-with...
Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength
Conversations around misinformation that assume everyone cares about literal truth may be missing the point.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If the study reflects wider behaviour, this would explain a lot about current 'discourse'. Also jibes with Sartre's comments on the contempt for the truth he found in the arguments of anti-Semites.
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My only comment on the "Nazi tattoo" discourse is that displaying Nazi insignia in any way, shape, or form should automatically disqualify you from holding public office anywhere whatsoever. As should expressing sympathy, support, or "being open" to ideas espoused by Nazis.
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My only comment on the "Nazi tattoo" discourse is that displaying Nazi insignia in any way, shape, or form should automatically disqualify you from holding public office anywhere whatsoever. As should expressing sympathy, support, or "being open" to ideas espoused by Nazis.
Very pleased to have work in the new issue of this fine publication. Get your copy or view a free pdf at the link in comments below.
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Very pleased to have work in the new issue of this fine publication. Get your copy or view a free pdf at the link in comments below.
Seems to me that "a wave of air attacks" means there is no ceasefire. As if there was any doubt.
BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has begun a wave of air attacks on southern Gaza as the precarious ceasefire comes under threat.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Seems to me that "a wave of air attacks" means there is no ceasefire. As if there was any doubt.
I think this is very much the case in UK media and the big political parties.
The thing they don’t want to voice is that racism is authenticity to them.
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I think this is very much the case in UK media and the big political parties.
Spot on
Unpopulism: the centrist belief (typified by Starmer) that the duty of govt is to choose the least popular set of policy positions, and then attempt to sell them as 'making tough decisions', 'winning back credibility' etc. This views the electorate as ungrateful hogs who should take their medicine.
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Spot on
‘A Moment of Unbearable Longing’ (Collage 10/25, Doug Campbell)
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
‘A Moment of Unbearable Longing’ (Collage 10/25, Doug Campbell)
Labour policy statement in full!
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Labour policy statement in full!