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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Maya Hawke reveals advice her mom Uma Thurman gave before working with Quentin Tarantino:
“Keep your shoes on”
“Keep your shoes on”
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Maya Hawke reveals advice her mom Uma Thurman gave before working with Quentin Tarantino:
“Keep your shoes on”
“Keep your shoes on”
Fair play to the Etsy store they bought this from but fucking hell…
next step: neon lights saying THE WHITE HOUSE
New sign outside the Oval Office..
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Fair play to the Etsy store they bought this from but fucking hell…
Yikes. Basically saying “we always knew he was a fucking wrong’un & now mums dead we’re getting rid”.
BREAKING
Prince Andrew will no longer be a Prince of the United Kingdom.
In an extraordinary move, Buckingham Palace has announced that the King is stripping him of that style.
Presumably, he will now be known as Andrew Windsor.
The Palace also stated he has been ordered to leave Royal Lodge.
Prince Andrew will no longer be a Prince of the United Kingdom.
In an extraordinary move, Buckingham Palace has announced that the King is stripping him of that style.
Presumably, he will now be known as Andrew Windsor.
The Palace also stated he has been ordered to leave Royal Lodge.
October 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Yikes. Basically saying “we always knew he was a fucking wrong’un & now mums dead we’re getting rid”.
With respect to Fender, CMAT’s Euro Country is simply the superior album
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
With respect to Fender, CMAT’s Euro Country is simply the superior album
A Green Cllr? Opposed to building new homes? I simply can’t believe it!
Kate Mammolotti, who represents the Hummersknott ward, spoke out against a proposal by Esh Homes to build a new estate on land near Coniscliffe Road
| Bill Edgar
| Bill Edgar
Darlington: Greenspace housing plea
Kate Mammolotti, who represents the Hummersknott ward, spoke out against a proposal by Esh Homes to build a new estate on land near Coniscliffe Road
northeastbylines.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A Green Cllr? Opposed to building new homes? I simply can’t believe it!
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As we speak, ppl whose humanity I cherish & often consider friends—from leftists to Islamists, LGBTQ activists to devout conservatives—lay murdered underground or in authoritarians’ prisons across the MENA region bc they dared to disagree.
Charlie mattered. Free debate matters. A 🧵 on an awful day:
Charlie mattered. Free debate matters. A 🧵 on an awful day:
September 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
As we speak, ppl whose humanity I cherish & often consider friends—from leftists to Islamists, LGBTQ activists to devout conservatives—lay murdered underground or in authoritarians’ prisons across the MENA region bc they dared to disagree.
Charlie mattered. Free debate matters. A 🧵 on an awful day:
Charlie mattered. Free debate matters. A 🧵 on an awful day:
Waiting your entire adult life for the next Labour government only for its leader to be Kier fucking Starmer. He needs to go
September 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Waiting your entire adult life for the next Labour government only for its leader to be Kier fucking Starmer. He needs to go
We go live to Keir Starmer’s office
September 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We go live to Keir Starmer’s office
If true, this would be insane.
Rumour mill now suggesting Cooper will go to FCDO, Lammy to Justice, Mahmood to Home. Still all unconfirmed.
September 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If true, this would be insane.
Wonderful thread about an absolute banger of an album.
EURO COUNTRY is almost certainly my album of the year.
It is a phenomenal piece of work, at once deeply honest, anarchic, and personal and yet simultaneously capturing the cultural malaise of post-celtic tiger Ireland.
An album any artist would be thrilled to have done once, she's done it 3 times.
It is a phenomenal piece of work, at once deeply honest, anarchic, and personal and yet simultaneously capturing the cultural malaise of post-celtic tiger Ireland.
An album any artist would be thrilled to have done once, she's done it 3 times.
September 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Wonderful thread about an absolute banger of an album.
Think things can be true at the same time. Silver is a dickhead that should be ignored but also Bluesky over represents ‘So you hate waffles?’ users who are entirely unable to scroll past things that aren’t for them. They’re anti-social scolds and should be shunned.
September 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Think things can be true at the same time. Silver is a dickhead that should be ignored but also Bluesky over represents ‘So you hate waffles?’ users who are entirely unable to scroll past things that aren’t for them. They’re anti-social scolds and should be shunned.
Hey nerds, do yer self a favour & go listen to the new CMAT album. It’s a banger!
August 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Hey nerds, do yer self a favour & go listen to the new CMAT album. It’s a banger!
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Just going to list out the things Labour have elected to ignore this month, off the top of my head:
The Shadow Home Secretary and LotO celebrating the release of a woman who plead guilty to inciting violence and hatred.
A Tory MP and AM joining another party calling for mass deportations.
The Shadow Home Secretary and LotO celebrating the release of a woman who plead guilty to inciting violence and hatred.
A Tory MP and AM joining another party calling for mass deportations.
The 'reject your eyes and ears' around this is quite grating. On one side, "trust the plan"; on the other, "ThIs iS wHAt They ReaLlY tHInk". When it's so clear that the little strategy that does exist is badly misguided electoralism that reeks of insincerity and can't deliberately work.
August 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just going to list out the things Labour have elected to ignore this month, off the top of my head:
The Shadow Home Secretary and LotO celebrating the release of a woman who plead guilty to inciting violence and hatred.
A Tory MP and AM joining another party calling for mass deportations.
The Shadow Home Secretary and LotO celebrating the release of a woman who plead guilty to inciting violence and hatred.
A Tory MP and AM joining another party calling for mass deportations.
With all the respect I can muster, cry me a fucking river
WASPI women feel “totally abandoned” 10 years after launching their campaign, grim polling shows.
WASPI women 'totally abandoned' after 10 years as poll shows election threat
www.mirror.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
With all the respect I can muster, cry me a fucking river
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jesus not now letterboxd
August 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
jesus not now letterboxd
Nature is healing etc etc
Regina Hall and Anna Faris are officially returning for ‘Scary Movie 6’ in theaters next summer.
August 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Nature is healing etc etc
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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In most of the world, bigger cities have stronger economies. It happens in France, the USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, and on, and on. But not in Britain. In Britain, the bigger a city gets the weaker its economy is, except for London. This costs us dearly.
August 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In most of the world, bigger cities have stronger economies. It happens in France, the USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, and on, and on. But not in Britain. In Britain, the bigger a city gets the weaker its economy is, except for London. This costs us dearly.
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We should expect Sheffield to be as rich as Pittsburgh. Leeds as rich as Philadelphia or Bordeaux.
Liverpool as rich as Baltimore, Marseille or Rotterdam.
Birmingham as rich as Detroit or St. Louis.
Manchester as rich as Chicago or Lyon.
Liverpool as rich as Baltimore, Marseille or Rotterdam.
Birmingham as rich as Detroit or St. Louis.
Manchester as rich as Chicago or Lyon.
August 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
We should expect Sheffield to be as rich as Pittsburgh. Leeds as rich as Philadelphia or Bordeaux.
Liverpool as rich as Baltimore, Marseille or Rotterdam.
Birmingham as rich as Detroit or St. Louis.
Manchester as rich as Chicago or Lyon.
Liverpool as rich as Baltimore, Marseille or Rotterdam.
Birmingham as rich as Detroit or St. Louis.
Manchester as rich as Chicago or Lyon.
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Recent work by The Resolution Foundation covered in the FT modelled that removing Manchester and Birmingham's underperformance would grow the UK economy by 0.1%. I think we should expect 100x that! 7% growth above trend if we emulate France. 14% if we can emulate the Netherlands.
August 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Recent work by The Resolution Foundation covered in the FT modelled that removing Manchester and Birmingham's underperformance would grow the UK economy by 0.1%. I think we should expect 100x that! 7% growth above trend if we emulate France. 14% if we can emulate the Netherlands.
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I think that part of why we're not fixing the problem is that most of our expert economists think about agglomeration and cities wrongly. They try and isolate the effect of city size from other thinks like sector mix and skill levels that are inseparable from city size.
August 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I think that part of why we're not fixing the problem is that most of our expert economists think about agglomeration and cities wrongly. They try and isolate the effect of city size from other thinks like sector mix and skill levels that are inseparable from city size.
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Everybody’s gonna learn this lesson the hard way: anything even adjacent to this chan culture dogwhistle shit is deeply unpopular. Like the incels they’re catering to, you and your brand develop permanent stench from being around any of it.
NEW: Foot traffic fell 9% y/o/y at American Eagle stores for the week that began August 3, marking the 2nd week of traffic declines since the retailer launched its controversial campaign featuring actor Sydney Sweeney
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
Exclusive: Foot traffic down 9% at American Eagle following Sydney Sweeney ad controversy
Traffic fell for both weeks since the campaign dropped, per Pass_by
www.retailbrew.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Everybody’s gonna learn this lesson the hard way: anything even adjacent to this chan culture dogwhistle shit is deeply unpopular. Like the incels they’re catering to, you and your brand develop permanent stench from being around any of it.
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It’s so cool that everyone is just destroying the Internet
August 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It’s so cool that everyone is just destroying the Internet