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Wow, he looks just like him!
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wow, he looks just like him!
I mean, there's anti-racism and "anti-racism" though. Let's not pretend that we don't know this
I’m hearing from a charity that’s reluctant to support an anti-racism event because it’s too “political”. I’m explaining to them that opposing racism wasn’t at all “political” until very recently.
Also (1) everything is political but (2) it doesn’t need to be party political.
Charity IS Politics.
Also (1) everything is political but (2) it doesn’t need to be party political.
Charity IS Politics.
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I mean, there's anti-racism and "anti-racism" though. Let's not pretend that we don't know this
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From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I've been stabbed to death in the last week twice
As someone who is in central London several days a week, can I just say having my ass stabbed has not been a problem or indeed a concern.
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I've been stabbed to death in the last week twice
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Just made this. I’m a widely respected intellectual, you know
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just made this. I’m a widely respected intellectual, you know
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I see Jo Maugham is trying to start a witch hunt against Muriel Gray. After all why on earth is a former TV presenter, host of the media show, documentary maker, arts programme presenter and maker, radio presenter, founder of a TV production company, and TV producer doing on the board of the BBC?
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I see Jo Maugham is trying to start a witch hunt against Muriel Gray. After all why on earth is a former TV presenter, host of the media show, documentary maker, arts programme presenter and maker, radio presenter, founder of a TV production company, and TV producer doing on the board of the BBC?
Interestingly though there are a couple of "antiwoke" moments in One Battle After Another - around pronouns and land acknowledgements - that got decent laughs in the cinema where I watched it. And the film "After the Hunt" also released this year fits into an "unwokening" movement, if it exists
Welcome to the great unwokening of Hollywood! Shame no one can be bothered to turn up | Jason Okundaye
Welcome to the great unwokening of Hollywood! Shame no one can be bothered to turn up | Jason Okundaye
Sydney Sweeney has become the poster child of a predicted rightwing cultural domination. So why is no one watching her films, asks Guardian assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Interestingly though there are a couple of "antiwoke" moments in One Battle After Another - around pronouns and land acknowledgements - that got decent laughs in the cinema where I watched it. And the film "After the Hunt" also released this year fits into an "unwokening" movement, if it exists
A lot of the replies to this have shown me that people struggle between "woke" and "Khmer Rouge"
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A lot of the replies to this have shown me that people struggle between "woke" and "Khmer Rouge"
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Reporter questions claim of BBC ‘systemic bias’ on trans issues
Reporter questions claim of BBC ‘systemic bias’ on trans issues
Deborah Cohen says she is not aware of any attempts within corporation to stop or shape her reporting on subject
A reporter at the heart of the BBC’s coverage of gender dysphoria has questioned claims that the corporation suffers from “systemic bias” on trans issues, saying it ran a series of reports without any interference.
Claims that the BBC had failed to properly cover gender and trans issues formed part of a memo alleging “serious and systemic problems” of bias at the corporation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reporter questions claim of BBC ‘systemic bias’ on trans issues
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You're telling me
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You're telling me
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Please, just a little bit of child poverty reduced and a nicer public realm, for a treat
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Please, just a little bit of child poverty reduced and a nicer public realm, for a treat
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Does anyone know of any collated account of the total number and list of those who were convicted for primarily online content in July-August 2024?
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Does anyone know of any collated account of the total number and list of those who were convicted for primarily online content in July-August 2024?
How much were his socks? I quite like his socks
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How much were his socks? I quite like his socks
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Rupert Lowe has invited Wayne O'Rourke to parliament
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims
Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims
Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rupert Lowe has invited Wayne O'Rourke to parliament
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims
Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims
Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"
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We all know that Americans don't understand sarcasm so the Beeb should just do the most ott apology imaginable to Trump and everybody's happy.
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We all know that Americans don't understand sarcasm so the Beeb should just do the most ott apology imaginable to Trump and everybody's happy.
Amazing scenes
The reason for sports to be sex segregated is purely and entirely because of women winning them btw. Biathalon for instance used to not be, then a woman won a race and within 2 weeks there was a sex separation. It is fragile men who made it this way.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Amazing scenes
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Same energy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Same energy.
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Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
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"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."
It'll be Amol Rajan of course
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It'll be Amol Rajan of course
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Also what stands out to me that the last three Director Generals have ended up resigning. A tricky role.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Also what stands out to me that the last three Director Generals have ended up resigning. A tricky role.
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‘Thanks so much for joining us on what I know is a very busy day for you. Tell me, what is your vision for the BBC as the corporation’s new director-general?’
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
‘Thanks so much for joining us on what I know is a very busy day for you. Tell me, what is your vision for the BBC as the corporation’s new director-general?’