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Have you taken a moment to think about Rowlf today?
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Have you taken a moment to think about Rowlf today?
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"Why are we spending tens of thousands of drachmas on fortress walls when the siege of Troy proved wars of the future will be fought with swarms of cheap wooden horses?"
- The Mycenae Times Editorial Board (1181 BCE)
- The Mycenae Times Editorial Board (1181 BCE)
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Why are we spending tens of thousands of drachmas on fortress walls when the siege of Troy proved wars of the future will be fought with swarms of cheap wooden horses?"
- The Mycenae Times Editorial Board (1181 BCE)
- The Mycenae Times Editorial Board (1181 BCE)
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If only there was a series of beloved animated shorts about some guy thoughtlessly using gadgets and causing problems
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If only there was a series of beloved animated shorts about some guy thoughtlessly using gadgets and causing problems
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Get in loser, we're losers. This is the loser bus
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Get in loser, we're losers. This is the loser bus
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Nearly 80% of early films created at the beginning of the 20thc were made in colour and one of the first careers in film production for artistic women was hand painting in film-colouring workshops #WomensArt
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Nearly 80% of early films created at the beginning of the 20thc were made in colour and one of the first careers in film production for artistic women was hand painting in film-colouring workshops #WomensArt
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One of my many hypocritical beliefs is that when I make an End of History joke, it is funny and good, but when anyone else does, they are unfairly disrespecting a brilliant and prescient book and should die in a fire.
the funny thing is that everyone thought fukuyama was taking a victory lap when in reality he thought the end of history would stifle human creativity and make everyone bored and apathetic
My imp of the perverse gets so amused at the fact that people pooh-poohed Fukuyama after 9/11 or thereabouts and it's only recently that they actually realized he was right after actually, you know, thinking about his work critically
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
One of my many hypocritical beliefs is that when I make an End of History joke, it is funny and good, but when anyone else does, they are unfairly disrespecting a brilliant and prescient book and should die in a fire.
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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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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My goodness, Baldwin could had written this last week.
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My goodness, Baldwin could had written this last week.
A smart Labour party would learn from this and just do the economically sensible thing of ignoring this shit and encouraging migration again. And yet
I'm near speechless at this framing of overall immigration falling by, like, 60%
Asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration to the UK and the number housed in hotels has increased despite Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to end their use ⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A smart Labour party would learn from this and just do the economically sensible thing of ignoring this shit and encouraging migration again. And yet
I assume the architects who designed the Princes Street M&S are big Father Ted fans. Because the escalator to the first floor delivers you straight into the heart of the lingerie section (the second largest in Scotland I understand)
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I assume the architects who designed the Princes Street M&S are big Father Ted fans. Because the escalator to the first floor delivers you straight into the heart of the lingerie section (the second largest in Scotland I understand)
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
HINT HINT HINT, FAMILY MEMBER FOLLOWERS
Here’s my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palin’s books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didn’t notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
HINT HINT HINT, FAMILY MEMBER FOLLOWERS
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"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
Why does nationality matter, anyway?
Deciding someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is a bit weird
www.newstatesman.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?"
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
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sigh
IT'S NOT A FAST TRACK IF YOU MAKE IT LONGER FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO SETTLE
Oh my God, abolish the Home Office
IT'S NOT A FAST TRACK IF YOU MAKE IT LONGER FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO SETTLE
Oh my God, abolish the Home Office
This is a very disingenuous post. NHS workers are not being fast-tracked, they’ve simply retained the five-year route to ILR that they were promised when they moved to this country. Treating people fairly is not a Labour “win.”
Is it possible to hate this government any more?
Is it possible to hate this government any more?
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
sigh
IT'S NOT A FAST TRACK IF YOU MAKE IT LONGER FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO SETTLE
Oh my God, abolish the Home Office
IT'S NOT A FAST TRACK IF YOU MAKE IT LONGER FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO SETTLE
Oh my God, abolish the Home Office
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I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
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Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
I've seen this Muppets episode more than any other, I absolutely loved it as a kid. Just the idea that the Muppets could make a star out of anyone, even a messenger boy. Finding out why Langham had left The Thick Of It was a very sad day for me
As a policy, I now only talk to people who’ll get my references. It’s a bold decision. That’s how I know I can send contributor request emails that read “You’d be an unexpected guest star like Chris Langham in the Muppets” and know I’m going to be understood and work with likeminded individuals.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I've seen this Muppets episode more than any other, I absolutely loved it as a kid. Just the idea that the Muppets could make a star out of anyone, even a messenger boy. Finding out why Langham had left The Thick Of It was a very sad day for me
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We need to push for the most "extreme" versions of things. No immigration rules *at all*, not even a passport check. No citizenship rules. You're here? You're British now.
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We need to push for the most "extreme" versions of things. No immigration rules *at all*, not even a passport check. No citizenship rules. You're here? You're British now.
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Going out on a limb here, but if Tommy Robinson is tweeting praising your new immigration policy YOU MIGHT HAVE LOST YOUR MIND, MORAL COMPASS AND REASON TO EXIST Labour
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Going out on a limb here, but if Tommy Robinson is tweeting praising your new immigration policy YOU MIGHT HAVE LOST YOUR MIND, MORAL COMPASS AND REASON TO EXIST Labour
Pre-War on Terror Tony Blair was a hell of a politician
I just revisited Tony Blair's 'forces of conservativism' conference speech in 1999 - two years into office. It's such a clear headed narration that balances people's continued frustration and what the government had delivered.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Pre-War on Terror Tony Blair was a hell of a politician
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anyone who talks about birthrate decline in the West without mentioning immigration as a solution is a white supremacist.
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
anyone who talks about birthrate decline in the West without mentioning immigration as a solution is a white supremacist.
The Reeves and Mortimer film about looking for Michael Jackson's glove that Ben Wheatley was supposed to direct.
It technically might still get made I suppose. But there's been no news for a while
It technically might still get made I suppose. But there's been no news for a while
What's the movie that almost got made but never came together that you're bummed about?
Mine is the William Gains biopic Philip Seymour Hoffman was trying to get made
Mine is the William Gains biopic Philip Seymour Hoffman was trying to get made
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Reeves and Mortimer film about looking for Michael Jackson's glove that Ben Wheatley was supposed to direct.
It technically might still get made I suppose. But there's been no news for a while
It technically might still get made I suppose. But there's been no news for a while