Matthew Fricker
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I don't appreciate all the end of year stuff being done now, the year isn't over yet, give December some respect. Looking at you Spotify.
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I don't appreciate all the end of year stuff being done now, the year isn't over yet, give December some respect. Looking at you Spotify.
Trump really does just believe the last person he spoke to, doesn't he?
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump really does just believe the last person he spoke to, doesn't he?
The whole 'popularism' thing is mostly just a motte and bailey argument. You make a bunch of specific policy recommendations and then retreat to the generic idea of moderation and doing popular things when challenged.
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The whole 'popularism' thing is mostly just a motte and bailey argument. You make a bunch of specific policy recommendations and then retreat to the generic idea of moderation and doing popular things when challenged.
They've gentrified him! Give him his cone back!
The famous cone on the Duke Of Wellington statue has been replaced with a pigeon reading a newspaper - and the pigeon has a tiny cone hat.
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Story by Secret Glasgow Read it here: bit.ly/duke-of-wellington-cone-replaced
📸 by @the.rebel.bear
Story by Secret Glasgow Read it here: bit.ly/duke-of-wellington-cone-replaced
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
They've gentrified him! Give him his cone back!
One weird take I've seen about One Battle After Another is criticising it for mocking land acknowledgements. Its worth noting that the one instance of it is when Bob is asking where the guy on the hotline is...
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
One weird take I've seen about One Battle After Another is criticising it for mocking land acknowledgements. Its worth noting that the one instance of it is when Bob is asking where the guy on the hotline is...
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Love when letterboxd does a special little thing when you review a particular film. It happens just rarely enough to surprise you.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Love when letterboxd does a special little thing when you review a particular film. It happens just rarely enough to surprise you.
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
Is this camp?
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October 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Is this camp?
I don't think I've ever been so baffled by the popularity of a film as I have with K-Pop Demon Hunters. Genuinely woeful, feels like a weak first draft of a script.
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I don't think I've ever been so baffled by the popularity of a film as I have with K-Pop Demon Hunters. Genuinely woeful, feels like a weak first draft of a script.
I don't know why but I really can't be bothered with halloween, terrible holiday.
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I don't know why but I really can't be bothered with halloween, terrible holiday.
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“i was married, but i’m not married anymore. women don’t like the vehicle.”
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“i was married, but i’m not married anymore. women don’t like the vehicle.”
Really proud of this OQL performance
October 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Really proud of this OQL performance
Honestly I think very few of our big pop stars will be forgotten over time, the modern music industry massively incentivises growing a big passionate fandom and you can't really coast on radio play and be fairly anonymous. No way Swift isn't still well known 50-60 years from now.
I think Taylor Swift is going to be forgotten by history to a shocking degree. She's going to be one of those names you'll see scrolling through old top 40 rankings going "the number one was who for how long?!?"
October 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Honestly I think very few of our big pop stars will be forgotten over time, the modern music industry massively incentivises growing a big passionate fandom and you can't really coast on radio play and be fairly anonymous. No way Swift isn't still well known 50-60 years from now.
There's a feeling that Charlie Brown had hoes
'There’s a feeling too that the Orange Order has acted in good faith and in the spirit of One Scotland Many Cultures; that they’ve moved into those values and helped advance Scotland’s reputation as an inclusive, diverse and tolerant nation' || Kevin McKenna 👇
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
There's a feeling that Charlie Brown had hoes
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Gouvernement Français % Any World Record
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Gouvernement Français % Any World Record
Reading the replies to this reminds me of judging debate competitions where sometimes you'd just get these massive mismatches in arguing ability. Idk if I buy the claim that LLMs have some level of awareness but wow the opposition are doing a real bad job of rebutting it.
October 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reading the replies to this reminds me of judging debate competitions where sometimes you'd just get these massive mismatches in arguing ability. Idk if I buy the claim that LLMs have some level of awareness but wow the opposition are doing a real bad job of rebutting it.
Putting the specifics aside I do like that sometimes world leaders go to conferences and do bits, bet he was chuckling to himself as he cooked this up on the plane there.
PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.
October 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Putting the specifics aside I do like that sometimes world leaders go to conferences and do bits, bet he was chuckling to himself as he cooked this up on the plane there.
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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All the Taliban fighters who were bored their office jobs after winning hearing about the Bagram news:
September 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
All the Taliban fighters who were bored their office jobs after winning hearing about the Bagram news:
Both the far left and the centre left are now indistinguishable from the worst caricatures they make about each other.
🚨 | Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that the YourParty membership sign up link posted this morning by Zarah Sultana was unauthorised.
Over 20,000 people had already signed up, with the standard rate being £55 per annum. These are set to be cancelled.
Over 20,000 people had already signed up, with the standard rate being £55 per annum. These are set to be cancelled.
September 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Both the far left and the centre left are now indistinguishable from the worst caricatures they make about each other.
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#404 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Not my favourite Bowie album, but still pretty damn good.
Not my favourite Bowie album, but still pretty damn good.
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#404 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Not my favourite Bowie album, but still pretty damn good.
Not my favourite Bowie album, but still pretty damn good.
Depends a lot on how strict the criteria is for food being from a particular place. If its a looser definition then D is the obvious answer, as Indian, Chinese and various Southeast Asian cuisines are common enough that you won't struggle too much to find stuff to eat wherever you go.
For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?
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September 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Depends a lot on how strict the criteria is for food being from a particular place. If its a looser definition then D is the obvious answer, as Indian, Chinese and various Southeast Asian cuisines are common enough that you won't struggle too much to find stuff to eat wherever you go.