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Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
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Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
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A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.
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An extremely satisfying set of videos is coming in a few years.
December 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An extremely satisfying set of videos is coming in a few years.
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So the guy who made racist comments, and is being supported by a party with a track record of racism, led by a man who also made racist comments, made other racist comments.
Reform not exactly doing a great job of arguing it isn't a party for racists.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform not exactly doing a great job of arguing it isn't a party for racists.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK
Exclusive: Labour says Nigel Farage’s party should swiftly condemn Chris Parry after further comments emerge
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
So the guy who made racist comments, and is being supported by a party with a track record of racism, led by a man who also made racist comments, made other racist comments.
Reform not exactly doing a great job of arguing it isn't a party for racists.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform not exactly doing a great job of arguing it isn't a party for racists.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Anna Turley:
“The fact Farage has failed to take any action against Chris Parry despite his first racist comments being exposed 12 days ago shows what a weak leader he is. He is dragging his party further into the gutter and is unfit for high office.“
“The fact Farage has failed to take any action against Chris Parry despite his first racist comments being exposed 12 days ago shows what a weak leader he is. He is dragging his party further into the gutter and is unfit for high office.“
Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK
Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK
Exclusive: Labour says Nigel Farage’s party should swiftly condemn Chris Parry after further comments emerge
A Reform UK mayoral candidate who said David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean” has suggested that at least eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds do not have a primary loyalty towards the UK.
Nigel Farage’s party has so far refused to condemn Chris Parry, a retired naval rear admiral who has been picked to contest the now-postponed Hampshire and the Solent mayoral election for the party, over his comment about Lammy, the deputy prime minister. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Anna Turley:
“The fact Farage has failed to take any action against Chris Parry despite his first racist comments being exposed 12 days ago shows what a weak leader he is. He is dragging his party further into the gutter and is unfit for high office.“
“The fact Farage has failed to take any action against Chris Parry despite his first racist comments being exposed 12 days ago shows what a weak leader he is. He is dragging his party further into the gutter and is unfit for high office.“
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Hugely important decision that essentially saves Ukraine from having to accept a bad deal through running out of money.
Eurobonds becoming the emergency funding mechanism of choice. Note too that this was (de facto?) enhanced co-operation.
www.ft.com/content/e569...
www.ft.com/content/e569...
EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s funds
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Hugely important decision that essentially saves Ukraine from having to accept a bad deal through running out of money.
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Imagine living your entire life and on your death, being relegated to "his wife." Michelle Singer Reiner, her name is Michelle Singer Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Imagine living your entire life and on your death, being relegated to "his wife." Michelle Singer Reiner, her name is Michelle Singer Reiner.
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GRIN AND SHARE IT
December 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
GRIN AND SHARE IT
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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Reminded of when, during lockdown, the Princess Bride became an actual folk tale, to be retold, lovingly.
Warning: that ending might choke you up a bit.
youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?...
Warning: that ending might choke you up a bit.
youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?...
The Princess Bride Home Movie FULL
YouTube video by Jenna
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December 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Reminded of when, during lockdown, the Princess Bride became an actual folk tale, to be retold, lovingly.
Warning: that ending might choke you up a bit.
youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?...
Warning: that ending might choke you up a bit.
youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?...
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I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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Zohran Mamdani just put every knee-bending institution to shame.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Zohran Mamdani just put every knee-bending institution to shame.
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Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
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I'm. With. Him.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I'm. With. Him.
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This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
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Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
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This is far right rhetoric. This is appeasing them. This is being far right yourself
Absolutely not. Shame on every single sitting Labour MP who doesn’t come out against this today.
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is far right rhetoric. This is appeasing them. This is being far right yourself
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"Writing is not just a means of communication; it helps us organise our thoughts. Turning to artificial intelligence text generators ultimately means allowing Silicon Valley billionaires to think in our place" writes Corentin Lamy in today’s Le Monde.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Writing is not just a means of communication; it helps us organise our thoughts. Turning to artificial intelligence text generators ultimately means allowing Silicon Valley billionaires to think in our place" writes Corentin Lamy in today’s Le Monde.
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A policy designed for people who will never vote Labour that will very, very obviously drive people who might vote Labour away. The politics of moral depravity and total stupidity that only hastens the arrival of a democracy-ending, EHRC leaving, net zero abandoning far right government.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A policy designed for people who will never vote Labour that will very, very obviously drive people who might vote Labour away. The politics of moral depravity and total stupidity that only hastens the arrival of a democracy-ending, EHRC leaving, net zero abandoning far right government.
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Aside from the cruelty of this, I’d just like to know why it’s ok to ignore and disappoint liberal/progressive voters.
Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?
Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Aside from the cruelty of this, I’d just like to know why it’s ok to ignore and disappoint liberal/progressive voters.
Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?
Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?
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Jeffrey Epstein said Trump was worse than gross. Jeffrey Epstein.
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Jeffrey Epstein said Trump was worse than gross. Jeffrey Epstein.
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THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD
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Don't write speeches to make sure no one yells at you.
Write them so someone turns them into Hamilton.
bsky.app/profile/kend...
Write them so someone turns them into Hamilton.
bsky.app/profile/kend...
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Don't write speeches to make sure no one yells at you.
Write them so someone turns them into Hamilton.
bsky.app/profile/kend...
Write them so someone turns them into Hamilton.
bsky.app/profile/kend...