eastyjet
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Chinese translator in Shanghai, etc.
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
just seen the latest YP spat and honestly, who is still a member of the SWP in this day and age
November 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
just seen the latest YP spat and honestly, who is still a member of the SWP in this day and age
could have done with saying this at any point in the past 20 years, but oh well
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
could have done with saying this at any point in the past 20 years, but oh well
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Next year, Shabana Mahmood is going to have you tortured at a black site if you’re caught performative reading Sally Rooney novels on the tube
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Next year, Shabana Mahmood is going to have you tortured at a black site if you’re caught performative reading Sally Rooney novels on the tube
Met another British dad at my kid’s swimming lesson and we both got to bitch about obtaining British passports for children born abroad. Do you know how edifying that was for me
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Met another British dad at my kid’s swimming lesson and we both got to bitch about obtaining British passports for children born abroad. Do you know how edifying that was for me
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“AI is here to stay” from the visionaries who brought you “NFTs are the future.”
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“AI is here to stay” from the visionaries who brought you “NFTs are the future.”
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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The effortless shift in discourse from people insisting that anything that isn't a white statue of a dead roman dude isn't art like 3 years ago to demanding that they be treated as visionary artists for typing" x-men mystique big boobs she's my girlfriend" into a prompt window
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The effortless shift in discourse from people insisting that anything that isn't a white statue of a dead roman dude isn't art like 3 years ago to demanding that they be treated as visionary artists for typing" x-men mystique big boobs she's my girlfriend" into a prompt window
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to use a crude Hungarian proverb "you could starve a brain cancer"
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
to use a crude Hungarian proverb "you could starve a brain cancer"
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Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hong Kong fire and Grenfell are just alike. Fire spreading through unsafe building materials installed due to penny-pinching, killing dozens. One difference: before the HK fire is even out three executives at contractors have been arrested, eight years after Grenfell no-one has been arrested.
love this jaunty little skateboarder
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
love this jaunty little skateboarder
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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
really cool that Labour wants to abolish trial by jury
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
really cool that Labour wants to abolish trial by jury
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I am beginning to like this AI coding assistant. I can totally relate.
February 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I am beginning to like this AI coding assistant. I can totally relate.
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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 8:23 AM
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
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Every version of this story is some version of ‘well you couldn’t expect me to be able to afford to buy the house I currently own’ and yes that is the point welcome to the housing crisis.
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Every version of this story is some version of ‘well you couldn’t expect me to be able to afford to buy the house I currently own’ and yes that is the point welcome to the housing crisis.
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Well, what if your politics dictate that the right wing press are the authentic voice of the patriotic public and the centre of robust British common sense, and that their mortal enemies are your enemies also. What then?
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Well, what if your politics dictate that the right wing press are the authentic voice of the patriotic public and the centre of robust British common sense, and that their mortal enemies are your enemies also. What then?
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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every 3 to 4 episodes of iron chef the introductory voice over will say some shit like "If memory serves me right... The French have a saying about butter and salt. Butter is the Wife's Womb of cooking. And salt... Is the Husband's Rock Hard Cock"
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
every 3 to 4 episodes of iron chef the introductory voice over will say some shit like "If memory serves me right... The French have a saying about butter and salt. Butter is the Wife's Womb of cooking. And salt... Is the Husband's Rock Hard Cock"
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How does this woman have the absolute most Skeletor ass news moments
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
How does this woman have the absolute most Skeletor ass news moments
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