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Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Ideas to devalue your £2m home:
Install an outdoors glass cubicle toilet on your front drive and make sure you use it regularly. Keep eye contact with anyone who sees you using it.
Install an outdoors glass cubicle toilet on your front drive and make sure you use it regularly. Keep eye contact with anyone who sees you using it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ideas to devalue your £2m home:
Install an outdoors glass cubicle toilet on your front drive and make sure you use it regularly. Keep eye contact with anyone who sees you using it.
Install an outdoors glass cubicle toilet on your front drive and make sure you use it regularly. Keep eye contact with anyone who sees you using it.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
How long ago was Benefits Street last broadcast? Has it now entered the Pantheon of dated references that mean nothing to anyone under 35 but fill tabloids that are only bought by pensioners, the middle-aged, and actually dead people?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
How long ago was Benefits Street last broadcast? Has it now entered the Pantheon of dated references that mean nothing to anyone under 35 but fill tabloids that are only bought by pensioners, the middle-aged, and actually dead people?
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This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
It's time to break the silence on the transformation of City Hall into Death Star II from Return Of The Jedi
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It's time to break the silence on the transformation of City Hall into Death Star II from Return Of The Jedi
The first ever episode of Stranger Things had a bit where they talk about the cool bands they listen to. That included The Smiths, who hadn't released any records at the point in time the scene was supposed to be occurring at. One of several clues that ST universe is not quite the same as ours.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The first ever episode of Stranger Things had a bit where they talk about the cool bands they listen to. That included The Smiths, who hadn't released any records at the point in time the scene was supposed to be occurring at. One of several clues that ST universe is not quite the same as ours.
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This guy stares into the *soul* of the midwit. Bang on every time 😂
Man delivering line that he’s been practising all week at dinner party
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This guy stares into the *soul* of the midwit. Bang on every time 😂
I'm so bored I'm going to read that ConHome article by a Cummings fanboy.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm so bored I'm going to read that ConHome article by a Cummings fanboy.
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We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
They should leak 2 different Budgets, then we wait to find out which gets broadcast. That keeps it fresh and exciting.
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They should leak 2 different Budgets, then we wait to find out which gets broadcast. That keeps it fresh and exciting.
You can't judge Farage by the standards of a different time. It all happened weeks ago.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
You can't judge Farage by the standards of a different time. It all happened weeks ago.
"I had a sense that everyone was waiting, not just for a performance of the same songs they'd heard for 35 years, but also for something different" - me, in Unherd
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"I had a sense that everyone was waiting, not just for a performance of the same songs they'd heard for 35 years, but also for something different" - me, in Unherd
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The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
Off to see My Bloody Valentine. I'll try to use value-neutral expressions and avoid controversial language like "music" and "enjoyment".
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Off to see My Bloody Valentine. I'll try to use value-neutral expressions and avoid controversial language like "music" and "enjoyment".
There's a new, better kind of podcast, where the words are all written down and you can decide what voice reads them out in your head
www.discontinuednotes.com
www.discontinuednotes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There's a new, better kind of podcast, where the words are all written down and you can decide what voice reads them out in your head
www.discontinuednotes.com
www.discontinuednotes.com
In order to appeal to Reform voters, Reeves will announce VAT on French mustard while exempting English.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In order to appeal to Reform voters, Reeves will announce VAT on French mustard while exempting English.
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Everyone is doing this ironically, but someone has to state it plainly. Chris Mason is exactly what is wrong with BBC politics coverage. Infantile coverage via soap opera and constant fawning over Reform and the archetypal Reform voter's supposed views.
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Everyone is doing this ironically, but someone has to state it plainly. Chris Mason is exactly what is wrong with BBC politics coverage. Infantile coverage via soap opera and constant fawning over Reform and the archetypal Reform voter's supposed views.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
I'm going to carry on using the term even though I accept all this is true.
Wow - debunking “When Prophesy Fails” - the canonical foundation of cognitive dissonance theory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'm going to carry on using the term even though I accept all this is true.
Kent & The Gang
🔴 Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Farage’s flagship Kent County Council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
Farage’s flagship Kent County Council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
Reform UK's 'Cost Cutting' Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage's flagship Kent County Council, which promised to "reduce waste and cut your taxes" is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Kent & The Gang
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Thread on criticism*, well worth your time if you dabble or consume. 👇🧵
*critiquing (sic) can GTF...
*critiquing (sic) can GTF...
I took out a guest special offer subscription to the NYRB for C for her birthday. We both miss that kind of longform writing. It's great having access to their archive again. There's a really good recent piece by Matthew Aucoin on the future of criticism. I might quote a passage or two in a bit.
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thread on criticism*, well worth your time if you dabble or consume. 👇🧵
*critiquing (sic) can GTF...
*critiquing (sic) can GTF...
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Very sad news about Udo Kier, one of those actors who you thought would live forever, introducing himself to one generation after another.
A filmography full of cult classics (and Ace Ventura), and he was never less than perfect in all of them. In his own amazing way.
A filmography full of cult classics (and Ace Ventura), and he was never less than perfect in all of them. In his own amazing way.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Very sad news about Udo Kier, one of those actors who you thought would live forever, introducing himself to one generation after another.
A filmography full of cult classics (and Ace Ventura), and he was never less than perfect in all of them. In his own amazing way.
A filmography full of cult classics (and Ace Ventura), and he was never less than perfect in all of them. In his own amazing way.
It's time for Jim Broadbent to answer some questions.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It's time for Jim Broadbent to answer some questions.