"The deals you want to be involved in require discretion, trust, handshakes, privacy. This book announces that you are willing to sell all of these for a farthing" is such a perfect summary of Mandelson. The world's most notorious sex trafficker was a better judge of character than the current PM
![Lord Peter Mandelson sought Epstein's opinion on the draft of his 2010 memoir about New Labour's rise to power and his relationships with former prime ministers
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
"I have finished my first read [...] The deals you want to be involved in require discretion, trust, handshakes, privacy. This book announces that you are willing to sell all of these for a farthing," Epstein wrote as part of an email exchange dated 16 May 2010.
"Your friend, and boss, tony [sic], is more often described as frail, flustered, tired, weak, and Gordon, flawed, demanding, pig-headed, irrationally determined."
The emails, released by the US Department of Justice, give an insight into how much Mandelson valued Epstein's advice and shows they remained close after the disgraced financier was convicted of child sex offences in 2008.
"It is not uplifting, it is gossipy and defensive," Epstein adds, saying he found the draft book
"troubling" and recommending that Mandelson look at his manuscript again.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jziujmsqvcwblhtksoo2ezzr/bafkreiczwxqqstqhfil6scxm3soihrmcahptuloseazr67sktpcdzlmvsy@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"The deals you want to be involved in require discretion, trust, handshakes, privacy. This book announces that you are willing to sell all of these for a farthing" is such a perfect summary of Mandelson. The world's most notorious sex trafficker was a better judge of character than the current PM
I presume there was a meeting where they realise it's total shit but they have to plough on as it's too late to change course and they spent all the money already because surely no one signs off on it willingly?
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I presume there was a meeting where they realise it's total shit but they have to plough on as it's too late to change course and they spent all the money already because surely no one signs off on it willingly?
Honestly thought I was looking at some sort of Cold War Steve shitpost at first
February 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Honestly thought I was looking at some sort of Cold War Steve shitpost at first
Why does he look like John Torode
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Why does he look like John Torode
Gene Roddenberry: I invented Romulan Ale as a cautionary tale
Pakistani distillery: At long last, we have created Romulan Ale from the classic Star Trek episode "Don't Drink The Romulan Ale"
Pakistani distillery: At long last, we have created Romulan Ale from the classic Star Trek episode "Don't Drink The Romulan Ale"
February 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Gene Roddenberry: I invented Romulan Ale as a cautionary tale
Pakistani distillery: At long last, we have created Romulan Ale from the classic Star Trek episode "Don't Drink The Romulan Ale"
Pakistani distillery: At long last, we have created Romulan Ale from the classic Star Trek episode "Don't Drink The Romulan Ale"
This is an all-time heckle, up there with Gough Whitlam's response to "I'm a Country member"
January 30, 2026 at 7:40 AM
This is an all-time heckle, up there with Gough Whitlam's response to "I'm a Country member"
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Appears this is also true for fascism.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Appears this is also true for fascism.
It's stained glass for the greige era
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
It's stained glass for the greige era
What's wrong babe? You've barely touched your stained glass England shirt
January 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM
What's wrong babe? You've barely touched your stained glass England shirt
After reading this all I could think of was this Tweet
January 23, 2026 at 5:21 AM
After reading this all I could think of was this Tweet
Think part of it comes down to that Tumblr meme about the two meanings of "respect". MAGA interpreted respect for the dead as the with-reverence-and-fealty version not just with-politeness version and then tried to foist it on everyone
just thinking again about how MAGA’s attempt to suppress all criticism of Charlie Kirk created a backlash so intense that he is now probably the most abjectly Internet-defiled person in human history
genuinely Charlie Kirk may have been more degraded and demeaned by the Internet at this point than anyone else in human history
the universe is not always unjust
the universe is not always unjust
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Think part of it comes down to that Tumblr meme about the two meanings of "respect". MAGA interpreted respect for the dead as the with-reverence-and-fealty version not just with-politeness version and then tried to foist it on everyone
Did it actually sink? Or has it been secretly towed to the Gare Loch, where it is now lurking?
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Did it actually sink? Or has it been secretly towed to the Gare Loch, where it is now lurking?
It's the "surrounding" that gets me the most, as if there are floating Chinese restaurants anchored off the coast around Faslane, waiting to pounce
January 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
It's the "surrounding" that gets me the most, as if there are floating Chinese restaurants anchored off the coast around Faslane, waiting to pounce
Might have to bring the Daily Mail Headline Generator back
January 21, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Might have to bring the Daily Mail Headline Generator back
Reposted by Chris Applegate
Don't forget the enormous piece of blank space when opening the app: bsky.app/profile/goon...
@metoffice.gov.uk Can you talk me through the design decision to have this enormous space at the top of the new app’s forecast page, forcing us to scroll down for most of the information?
January 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Don't forget the enormous piece of blank space when opening the app: bsky.app/profile/goon...
What's with the large negative space at the top third, forcing important information below the fold? And why do you have your logo at the bottom of the screen needlessly obscuring that same info? People rely on this app for their lives and livelihoods, design like this is actively harmful
January 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
What's with the large negative space at the top third, forcing important information below the fold? And why do you have your logo at the bottom of the screen needlessly obscuring that same info? People rely on this app for their lives and livelihoods, design like this is actively harmful
Big fan of whichever sub-committee at the Met Office went "for the new app design, let's put our logo in three different places on the screen, so people know what app they're using. And let's put the bottom one floating over actually useful info, that makes perfect sense"
January 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Big fan of whichever sub-committee at the Met Office went "for the new app design, let's put our logo in three different places on the screen, so people know what app they're using. And let's put the bottom one floating over actually useful info, that makes perfect sense"
There was a similar case in the UK. I keep a scan of this newspaper article about it on my phone, to cheer me up with a quick laugh whenever I am down
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 AM
There was a similar case in the UK. I keep a scan of this newspaper article about it on my phone, to cheer me up with a quick laugh whenever I am down
Reposted by Chris Applegate
aye
rip in advance to Scott "Mr Dilbert" Adams who is perhaps most famous for writing a now-deleted four part blog post where he attempted to hypnotize his readers into nutting and asked them to email him after they have nutted to tell him about the nut.
www.tumblr.com/manlethotlin...
www.tumblr.com/manlethotlin...
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
aye
Gone down a rabbit hole, the man had never-ending lore it seems
Rest in piss, Scott Adams.
January 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Gone down a rabbit hole, the man had never-ending lore it seems
A giant of the literary word, we have lost a colossus
January 13, 2026 at 9:38 PM
A giant of the literary word, we have lost a colossus
Or maybe it was the failure of the Dilberito that radicalised him en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_A...
January 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Or maybe it was the failure of the Dilberito that radicalised him en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_A...
Still wondering at which point in his life Scott Adams went completely off the deep end. Maybe it was when he started writing his non-comic books about religion and started fantasising (post-9/11) about holy wars & a clash of civilizations. Got too high on his own supply.
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Still wondering at which point in his life Scott Adams went completely off the deep end. Maybe it was when he started writing his non-comic books about religion and started fantasising (post-9/11) about holy wars & a clash of civilizations. Got too high on his own supply.
He used to have some very interesting critiques of the system, and I still wonder what made him go off the deep end
January 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM
He used to have some very interesting critiques of the system, and I still wonder what made him go off the deep end