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Through the ruin of a city stalked the ruin of a man.
fresh from trying to give away everyone’s intellectual property to tech barons Peter Kyle is now business secretary
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
fresh from trying to give away everyone’s intellectual property to tech barons Peter Kyle is now business secretary
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Very enticing credit in these historical wargaming rules from 1989
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Very enticing credit in these historical wargaming rules from 1989
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In the UK we celebrate Misgiving, a year-round festival of formless dread and unease
November 23, 2023 at 8:49 AM
In the UK we celebrate Misgiving, a year-round festival of formless dread and unease
this theory also makes no sense unless you theorise also that different supervillains keep calling themselves Ernst Stavro Blofeld, that the CIA has a series of officers codenamed ‘Felix Leiter’ whose job it is to be Bond’s pal, and so on. It’s actually a lot worse, logic-wise
No. The correct way to understand this is to stop trying to make things fit together. You can watch different people playing Sherlock Holmes, in entirely different stories, without trying to make it add up. Stories are a dressing up box, not a jigsaw.
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
this theory also makes no sense unless you theorise also that different supervillains keep calling themselves Ernst Stavro Blofeld, that the CIA has a series of officers codenamed ‘Felix Leiter’ whose job it is to be Bond’s pal, and so on. It’s actually a lot worse, logic-wise
hoo boy
A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation
Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
hoo boy
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cooking is *nods* on point. But it looks like shit Gothmog. Look just, all, sort of slopped into a hobbit skull
October 18, 2023 at 10:55 PM
cooking is *nods* on point. But it looks like shit Gothmog. Look just, all, sort of slopped into a hobbit skull
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ME: I dove many leagues to reach you tonight. I must speak to Mother Shrimpkin. It's urgent!
GUARD: Tender as roe, are ye? The palace is closed to your like. Our Queen will see you not.
MOTHER SHRIMPKIN: P E R S E U S S T A N D A S I D E ! M I C H A E L I S A F R I E N D T O U S O F O L D
GUARD: Tender as roe, are ye? The palace is closed to your like. Our Queen will see you not.
MOTHER SHRIMPKIN: P E R S E U S S T A N D A S I D E ! M I C H A E L I S A F R I E N D T O U S O F O L D
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
ME: I dove many leagues to reach you tonight. I must speak to Mother Shrimpkin. It's urgent!
GUARD: Tender as roe, are ye? The palace is closed to your like. Our Queen will see you not.
MOTHER SHRIMPKIN: P E R S E U S S T A N D A S I D E ! M I C H A E L I S A F R I E N D T O U S O F O L D
GUARD: Tender as roe, are ye? The palace is closed to your like. Our Queen will see you not.
MOTHER SHRIMPKIN: P E R S E U S S T A N D A S I D E ! M I C H A E L I S A F R I E N D T O U S O F O L D
'The Science of Laziness', Italo Calvino, Italian Folk Tales. A man has a son whom he wishes to teach idleness. Casting about for a teacher, he hears of 'a famous and highly respected professor, who had never done a lick of work in his life that he could get out of doing,' and sets out to find him
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
'The Science of Laziness', Italo Calvino, Italian Folk Tales. A man has a son whom he wishes to teach idleness. Casting about for a teacher, he hears of 'a famous and highly respected professor, who had never done a lick of work in his life that he could get out of doing,' and sets out to find him
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if I were advising Keir Starmer what I’d say is if he’s asked what his favourite move is he should just say what his favourite movie is. Ok not if it is Birth of a Nation or something but just be normal! Alternatively if he doesn’t have a favourite movie or has never seen one, Best of the Best 2
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
if I were advising Keir Starmer what I’d say is if he’s asked what his favourite move is he should just say what his favourite movie is. Ok not if it is Birth of a Nation or something but just be normal! Alternatively if he doesn’t have a favourite movie or has never seen one, Best of the Best 2
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When we polled 100 women on what turns them on, the number one response was getting attacked by a yak
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When we polled 100 women on what turns them on, the number one response was getting attacked by a yak
ok just checking: does the whole economy have to be scams? is that a rule now. I feel like we've had about a decade of 'ok we're shifting our industrial base to making those x-ray spex so you can see through people's clothes that used to be advertised in the ad pages between Batman stories'
‘Hello police? Can a headline commit murder?’
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
ok just checking: does the whole economy have to be scams? is that a rule now. I feel like we've had about a decade of 'ok we're shifting our industrial base to making those x-ray spex so you can see through people's clothes that used to be advertised in the ad pages between Batman stories'
excellent piece by one of Nigel Farage's childhood victims
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
excellent piece by one of Nigel Farage's childhood victims
this is the crazy lady currently being sued by the Macrons because she claimed Mrs Macron is secretly trans
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
this is the crazy lady currently being sued by the Macrons because she claimed Mrs Macron is secretly trans
what @mjohnharrison.bsky.social called the clomping foot of nerdism
You guys interested in more stuff I pulled from Ron Moore’s ‘90s AOL chats with DS9 fans?
This was in reaction to a Season 5 ep retconning Dr. Bashir’s history. OH NO! The sacred CANON was violated!
Ron has the correct perspective (and more patience than I would have.)
This was in reaction to a Season 5 ep retconning Dr. Bashir’s history. OH NO! The sacred CANON was violated!
Ron has the correct perspective (and more patience than I would have.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
what @mjohnharrison.bsky.social called the clomping foot of nerdism
*desperately* er, Skibidi Toilet?
PM ‘told off’ by teacher after encouraging pupils to do 6-7 trend during school visit
PM ‘told off’ by teacher after encouraging pupils to do 6-7 trend during school visit
PM ‘told off’ by teacher after encouraging pupils to do 6-7 trend during school visit
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
*desperately* er, Skibidi Toilet?
yep it's the 'QuantumAI' scammers whose ads I still see and report regularly on social media sites. What can be done about these evil ghoul bastards?
Elderly man scammed out of £35k left feeling 'broken'
Elderly man scammed out of £35k left feeling 'broken'
Eddie Rushe, aged 82 from Lurgan, fell victim to three separate scams over 18 months.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
yep it's the 'QuantumAI' scammers whose ads I still see and report regularly on social media sites. What can be done about these evil ghoul bastards?
@torbooks.bsky.social Gideon the Ninth doesn't seem to be available in the UK any more, was it an export title for you and now picked up by a UK publisher...?
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
@torbooks.bsky.social Gideon the Ninth doesn't seem to be available in the UK any more, was it an export title for you and now picked up by a UK publisher...?
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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when people are like "x media is good but the dialogue is overwrought" i'm like dude my favorite show is Hannibal where in the first episode one guy asks another guy "what do you see me as" and he responds "i think you are the mongoose i want under the house when the snakes slither by"
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
when people are like "x media is good but the dialogue is overwrought" i'm like dude my favorite show is Hannibal where in the first episode one guy asks another guy "what do you see me as" and he responds "i think you are the mongoose i want under the house when the snakes slither by"
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Still laughing at “My favourite film is The Traitors”. My favourite book is Taylor Swift. My favourite song is Atomic Habits. I enjoy many relatable human pastimes.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Still laughing at “My favourite film is The Traitors”. My favourite book is Taylor Swift. My favourite song is Atomic Habits. I enjoy many relatable human pastimes.
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if rachel reeves also levies huge taxes on small paintable plastic soldiers she will have successfully ruined britains last nominally profitable industry
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
if rachel reeves also levies huge taxes on small paintable plastic soldiers she will have successfully ruined britains last nominally profitable industry
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We should rest assured that on Mark Zuckerberg's watch, nobody, and I mean nobody, will do sex trafficking eighteen times.
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We should rest assured that on Mark Zuckerberg's watch, nobody, and I mean nobody, will do sex trafficking eighteen times.