Staedtler
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What about another crossword puzzle? We enjoyed those. It'll take a while to set up a grid first. Then it'll be a clue every day.
People get so cross when I do this
People get so cross when I do this
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What about another crossword puzzle? We enjoyed those. It'll take a while to set up a grid first. Then it'll be a clue every day.
People get so cross when I do this
People get so cross when I do this
Brexit has turned Britain into the political basket case of Europe, burning through prime ministers and governments too weak, too stupid or too lazy to confront the country with reality
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Brexit has turned Britain into the political basket case of Europe, burning through prime ministers and governments too weak, too stupid or too lazy to confront the country with reality
If Starmer is forced out, then every prime minister since the Brexit referendum will have failed to complete a term.
The question is, how many will it take before the English media acknowledge the problem
The question is, how many will it take before the English media acknowledge the problem
Really good, fairminded and I think right on the question of why both Sunak and Starmer became unpopular so quickly and what the policy lessons from that are:
Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If Starmer is forced out, then every prime minister since the Brexit referendum will have failed to complete a term.
The question is, how many will it take before the English media acknowledge the problem
The question is, how many will it take before the English media acknowledge the problem
Okay, my eyes have just collided with the word "broligarchy", and my brain has already unshakeably decided it means a cartel of umbrella manufacturers
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Okay, my eyes have just collided with the word "broligarchy", and my brain has already unshakeably decided it means a cartel of umbrella manufacturers
I'm totally lost on what Star Wars film I watched last
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm totally lost on what Star Wars film I watched last
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The stones are not only in constant conversation with each other, but with the land itself. We approach and catch them in the act of chatting. Just for a moment we feel we are intruding, feel we have broken an intimate spell. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The stones are not only in constant conversation with each other, but with the land itself. We approach and catch them in the act of chatting. Just for a moment we feel we are intruding, feel we have broken an intimate spell. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
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Isn't this how we got BSE?
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Isn't this how we got BSE?
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November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
Make a change from his normal kind of action
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
Donald Trump Preparing To Sue BBC Over Panorama Speech Row
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Make a change from his normal kind of action
Also, when it comes to balance, you can balance political opinion, of course, but there is nothing to balance with matters of legal fact except lies.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Also, when it comes to balance, you can balance political opinion, of course, but there is nothing to balance with matters of legal fact except lies.
I think this is spot on.
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I think this is spot on.
Far as I'm concerned, the BBC completely malfunctioned during the Brexit referendum and has been malfunctioning ever since.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Far as I'm concerned, the BBC completely malfunctioned during the Brexit referendum and has been malfunctioning ever since.
I'm sure they do, "in key tasks". They're called machines.
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here on.ft.com/3JERVRg
AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here
Tech leaders say systems now rival human intelligence in key tasks, further fuelling the superintelligence debate
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I'm sure they do, "in key tasks". They're called machines.
It's beginning to take shape now through the mizzle of the future.
Reeves can't survive this policy u turn. Starmer replaces her with someone who reverses all his policies. He can't afford to sack another chancellor, so he has to resign.
Reeves can't survive this policy u turn. Starmer replaces her with someone who reverses all his policies. He can't afford to sack another chancellor, so he has to resign.
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It's beginning to take shape now through the mizzle of the future.
Reeves can't survive this policy u turn. Starmer replaces her with someone who reverses all his policies. He can't afford to sack another chancellor, so he has to resign.
Reeves can't survive this policy u turn. Starmer replaces her with someone who reverses all his policies. He can't afford to sack another chancellor, so he has to resign.
Where's my Brexit dividend?
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Where's my Brexit dividend?
I condemn this all generation of politicians to the dung heap. They're a blockage in the pipes, a Brexit constipation.
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I condemn this all generation of politicians to the dung heap. They're a blockage in the pipes, a Brexit constipation.
It's about capacity for thinking. Starmer wants us to think he's fit to run a government.
But is he?
One of the functions of a government is to confront the country with reality. But is he doing that? No. He's comforting people with more and more stupidities.
But is he?
One of the functions of a government is to confront the country with reality. But is he doing that? No. He's comforting people with more and more stupidities.
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's about capacity for thinking. Starmer wants us to think he's fit to run a government.
But is he?
One of the functions of a government is to confront the country with reality. But is he doing that? No. He's comforting people with more and more stupidities.
But is he?
One of the functions of a government is to confront the country with reality. But is he doing that? No. He's comforting people with more and more stupidities.
Because they refuse to apologise for and start trying to undo the damage they colluded in
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Because they refuse to apologise for and start trying to undo the damage they colluded in
It doesn't surprise me Rachel reeves can't do maths. They've lobotomised themselves. They cut out the part of their brain where Brexit used to be, so now it doesn't exist for them, but none of their sums add up
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It doesn't surprise me Rachel reeves can't do maths. They've lobotomised themselves. They cut out the part of their brain where Brexit used to be, so now it doesn't exist for them, but none of their sums add up
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How to spot a cunt.
Episode one.
Do they punch up, or down?
Episode one.
Do they punch up, or down?
November 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
How to spot a cunt.
Episode one.
Do they punch up, or down?
Episode one.
Do they punch up, or down?
All the things you learn from TV
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
All the things you learn from TV
You know that horror film ploy where they bite into something and only realise it's rotten when it's too late. I just had that, and now I'm going to turn into a zombie monster and kill everyone
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You know that horror film ploy where they bite into something and only realise it's rotten when it's too late. I just had that, and now I'm going to turn into a zombie monster and kill everyone
Me liking posts in other peoples conversations that concern me not
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Me liking posts in other peoples conversations that concern me not