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I do think the key for things like Home Alone, Muppet Christmas Carol, etc. is that the actors fully commit to the bit
I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically
I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically
December 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I do think the key for things like Home Alone, Muppet Christmas Carol, etc. is that the actors fully commit to the bit
I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically
I feel like similar films made now lean too heavily into doing it ironically
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I've always felt uneasy about contactless payment. Really not keen about muggers being told they can benefit even more than before from stealing my card. (Yes there's talk of setting lower individual limits, but the muggers won't know in advance if I've done that) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
£100 contactless card limit to be lifted from March
Card providers can decide whether to offer unlimited payments on contactless cards.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I've always felt uneasy about contactless payment. Really not keen about muggers being told they can benefit even more than before from stealing my card. (Yes there's talk of setting lower individual limits, but the muggers won't know in advance if I've done that) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
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It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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Night night sweet dreamies
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
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ALAN'S GAME RECAP 😂 #celebritytraitors #traitors
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
ALAN'S GAME RECAP 😂 #celebritytraitors #traitors
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Last time I saw this pose it was Chris Pratt training some velociraptors. #CelebrityTraitors
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Last time I saw this pose it was Chris Pratt training some velociraptors. #CelebrityTraitors
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October 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”
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Westminster spends its time fighting off one mad tax scam after another. Really keen to see more from HMRC and others to get to the bottom of this snail farm loonery along with our previous candy and wizard problems.
I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him down, an even stranger story emerges.
www.londoncentric.media
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Westminster spends its time fighting off one mad tax scam after another. Really keen to see more from HMRC and others to get to the bottom of this snail farm loonery along with our previous candy and wizard problems.
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As yes British football in the 1980s. Well known for its good-natured fun. He's a ridiculous person.
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As yes British football in the 1980s. Well known for its good-natured fun. He's a ridiculous person.
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Welcome to hell! www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape
NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Welcome to hell! www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Johnson refused to answer specific questions or to provide factual denials to allegations of rule-breaking, while insisting all the rules had been followed at all times. His responses led Acoba’s chair, Isabel Doverty, to find him in breach of the rules.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds
Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Johnson refused to answer specific questions or to provide factual denials to allegations of rule-breaking, while insisting all the rules had been followed at all times. His responses led Acoba’s chair, Isabel Doverty, to find him in breach of the rules.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Every mention of 'the UAE model' needs to be accompanied by a reminder that the population of the UAE is 89% immigrant and 70% male.
October 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Every mention of 'the UAE model' needs to be accompanied by a reminder that the population of the UAE is 89% immigrant and 70% male.
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Or indeed this
I'm not afraid that AI can do my job, I'm afraid of the world where we agree that the pisspoor approximation of my job it ~can~ do is all we need
October 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Or indeed this
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The mystery of medical diagnosis!
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
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Today marks the 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”
— Dave Chappelle, doing his shtick in front of a whooping, cheering crowd in … Riyadh.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...
— Dave Chappelle, doing his shtick in front of a whooping, cheering crowd in … Riyadh.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...
At Saudi Comedy Fest, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today marks the 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
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PeakMetrics has that one covered already www.wsj.com/articles/bot...
Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars
AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.
www.wsj.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
PeakMetrics has that one covered already www.wsj.com/articles/bot...
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this is an extraordinary canary in the coal mine
Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is an extraordinary canary in the coal mine