Ignoble Jim R Houghton
@jimrhoughton.bsky.social
Unpublished (so far) novelist, freelance copywriter, rationalist, physics enthusiast, cryptic crossword lover, recovering marketer, vintage watch collector.
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In recent "hard to take a side" news, this headline has it all:
Court dismisses Bruce Lehrmann’s bid for restraining order against Daily Mail reporter.
Court dismisses Bruce Lehrmann’s bid for restraining order against Daily Mail reporter.
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In recent "hard to take a side" news, this headline has it all:
Court dismisses Bruce Lehrmann’s bid for restraining order against Daily Mail reporter.
Court dismisses Bruce Lehrmann’s bid for restraining order against Daily Mail reporter.
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Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Best case: The President of the United States knew about a pedophilia ring and did nothing to stop it.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
Medium case: He also used his office to protect the perpetrators.
Worst case: Because he was one of the perpetrators.
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This little B!tch is spiraling
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This little B!tch is spiraling
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In case you were wondering why the government was shut down:
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In case you were wondering why the government was shut down:
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Surely (subject to all sorts of diligence) this is the sort of project that we should invest in under public ownership?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Whyalla steelworks might be the best place in the world to make low-cost green iron. Will Labor seize the moment? | Rod Sims and Baethan Mullan
If the government is committed to the energy transition and a future made in Australia, the choice that must be made is clear
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Surely (subject to all sorts of diligence) this is the sort of project that we should invest in under public ownership?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
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Can Portland sue Fox for…
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Can Portland sue Fox for…
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BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.
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A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
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Stewart continued to call out the Democrats, saying: “You had the wind at your back, election victories all over the country…You sold out the entire shutdown not to get what you wanted, but for a promise to not get what you wanted later.”
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Stewart continued to call out the Democrats, saying: “You had the wind at your back, election victories all over the country…You sold out the entire shutdown not to get what you wanted, but for a promise to not get what you wanted later.”
If correct, we should hunt these people down. There must be evidence...
www.theage.com.au/world/europe...
www.theage.com.au/world/europe...
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for weekend safaris to kill civilians’ during siege of Sarajevo
An investigation has been launched into claims that gun enthusiasts and far-right extremists travelled to the war-torn city in the 1990s with sniper rifles to pick off terrified Bosnians “for fun”.
www.theage.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If correct, we should hunt these people down. There must be evidence...
www.theage.com.au/world/europe...
www.theage.com.au/world/europe...
If you want to use more than half of your box of Sorbent tissues, this is the only way to do it...
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If you want to use more than half of your box of Sorbent tissues, this is the only way to do it...
There is no individual choice here. Their respective owners demand it. And their owners don't care about any Liberal's short-term electoral fate. Their goals are to confuse, delay action now, and shift the debate and goalposts slowly over time.
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The Liberal party’s betrayal of younger voters on net zero isn’t just a moral failure – it’s electoral stupidity | Intifar Chowdhury
For a Coalition desperate to prove it can govern again, ignoring millennials and gen Z is a curious kind of strategy
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November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
There is no individual choice here. Their respective owners demand it. And their owners don't care about any Liberal's short-term electoral fate. Their goals are to confuse, delay action now, and shift the debate and goalposts slowly over time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Autoplay of embedded video should be banned from the internet on pain of death. It is NEVER good or useful.
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My petty gripe: autoplay trailers – give me more than 10 seconds before trying to make me watch The Diplomat
Even at the end of Schindler’s List, after a message honouring the memory of 6 million Jews murdered, I have four seconds before Binge is telling me to watch NCIS
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November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Autoplay of embedded video should be banned from the internet on pain of death. It is NEVER good or useful.
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
There's nothing clever about this. It's having so little pride, integrity or empathy for others that you can lie and distort without turning a hair. It is literally having fewer human qualities than other people.
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Nothing to see here: Trump press chief in full denial mode over Epstein
Karoline Leavitt defied the laws of moral physics to insist that the true wrongdoers were Joe Biden and the Democrats
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November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
There's nothing clever about this. It's having so little pride, integrity or empathy for others that you can lie and distort without turning a hair. It is literally having fewer human qualities than other people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Not saying all is tickety-boo in Venezuela but you can tell there's a hatchet-job going on when no commentary discusses what and who the opposition truly represents nor the circumstances and conditions that led to Chavez being elected in the first place.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Not saying all is tickety-boo in Venezuela but you can tell there's a hatchet-job going on when no commentary discusses what and who the opposition truly represents nor the circumstances and conditions that led to Chavez being elected in the first place.
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It's so over for Tesla in China.
The Xiaomi YU7, a Model Y rival, not only outsold Tesla's Model Y in October, but it outsold Tesla's *total* October sales of 26,006 vehicles by 29%.
💀☠️
The Xiaomi YU7, a Model Y rival, not only outsold Tesla's Model Y in October, but it outsold Tesla's *total* October sales of 26,006 vehicles by 29%.
💀☠️
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It's so over for Tesla in China.
The Xiaomi YU7, a Model Y rival, not only outsold Tesla's Model Y in October, but it outsold Tesla's *total* October sales of 26,006 vehicles by 29%.
💀☠️
The Xiaomi YU7, a Model Y rival, not only outsold Tesla's Model Y in October, but it outsold Tesla's *total* October sales of 26,006 vehicles by 29%.
💀☠️
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There’s a whole industry around designing effective offices but as far as I know execs don’t care; it’s well established that open plans suck but we’ve been stuck with them for decades so that they can save rent
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
There’s a whole industry around designing effective offices but as far as I know execs don’t care; it’s well established that open plans suck but we’ve been stuck with them for decades so that they can save rent
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November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This headline represents a microcosm of all that is wrong with our bolloxed-up world...
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...
Your fitness tracker is not rewarding you accurately for your effort
Like to push yourself in a workout? New research suggests you may be benefiting more than your tracker says you are.
www.theage.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This headline represents a microcosm of all that is wrong with our bolloxed-up world...
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...