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Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
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I look at these and cannot help thinking that nothing would be worse, and many things would be better if none of these people had done anything.
90% of AI is the invention of tools out of unnecessity.
90% of AI is the invention of tools out of unnecessity.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I look at these and cannot help thinking that nothing would be worse, and many things would be better if none of these people had done anything.
90% of AI is the invention of tools out of unnecessity.
90% of AI is the invention of tools out of unnecessity.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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"The woman became stuck underneath the Range Rover as it then travelled along the road before the vehicle stopped a short time later"
Seriously, how distracted or otherwise do you have to be to hit a cyclist and the ln drive on with them trapped underneath.🤬🤬
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Seriously, how distracted or otherwise do you have to be to hit a cyclist and the ln drive on with them trapped underneath.🤬🤬
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Police appeal for witnesses after cyclist was injured in Monkseaton
A woman has been left with serious injuries after the incident on Monkseaton's Front Street on Friday morning saw a huge emergency response
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"The woman became stuck underneath the Range Rover as it then travelled along the road before the vehicle stopped a short time later"
Seriously, how distracted or otherwise do you have to be to hit a cyclist and the ln drive on with them trapped underneath.🤬🤬
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Seriously, how distracted or otherwise do you have to be to hit a cyclist and the ln drive on with them trapped underneath.🤬🤬
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Thread.👇
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thread.👇
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Good piece about some very bad editorials, which I find more depressing than enraging. They have no apparent audience (besides Bezos) and lack basic fluency in the legal concepts they discuss. Both asinine and utterly pointless. Can someone who understands the law at least write them?
It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!
The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Good piece about some very bad editorials, which I find more depressing than enraging. They have no apparent audience (besides Bezos) and lack basic fluency in the legal concepts they discuss. Both asinine and utterly pointless. Can someone who understands the law at least write them?
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
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It was bad to begin with, but they keep doubling down on their reprehensible conduct.
There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It was bad to begin with, but they keep doubling down on their reprehensible conduct.
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One of the 19 Epstein images released by the House Democrats today shows a grinning Donald Trump with half a dozen young women, whose faces have been redacted.
Trump, Clinton, Gates included in Epstein photo trove
The House Oversight Committee Democrats released photos from the Epstein estate linking powerful men to the late convicted sex offender.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
One of the 19 Epstein images released by the House Democrats today shows a grinning Donald Trump with half a dozen young women, whose faces have been redacted.
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And of course, that's the point of these articles: they're reality distortion devices to make the unpopular minority opinions of one bit of rural Britain stand in for 'what rural people think'.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
More on that in this powerful @georgemonbiot.bsky.social piece.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
More on that in this powerful @georgemonbiot.bsky.social piece.
An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot
This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And of course, that's the point of these articles: they're reality distortion devices to make the unpopular minority opinions of one bit of rural Britain stand in for 'what rural people think'.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
More on that in this powerful @georgemonbiot.bsky.social piece.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
More on that in this powerful @georgemonbiot.bsky.social piece.
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In reality, time and again, when you look at polling on rural vs urban opinion it's often identical. With strong majorities opposing the attitudes and habits of the very people the Telegraph is headlining.
As I've written before, the rural culture war is a myth: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-...
As I've written before, the rural culture war is a myth: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-...
The ‘rural culture war’ is a myth
The issues over which we’re told we’re most divided, are often the ones on which we actually most agree.
national.thelead.uk
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In reality, time and again, when you look at polling on rural vs urban opinion it's often identical. With strong majorities opposing the attitudes and habits of the very people the Telegraph is headlining.
As I've written before, the rural culture war is a myth: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-...
As I've written before, the rural culture war is a myth: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-...
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The polling asked multiple questions. But none of them mention 'Metropolitan bias' and perceptions of inaccuracy vary widely depending on how the question is framed.
For instance, one asks whether BBC Reports about rural issues are biased: 28% of rural respondents say yes, 27% say no.
For instance, one asks whether BBC Reports about rural issues are biased: 28% of rural respondents say yes, 27% say no.
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The polling asked multiple questions. But none of them mention 'Metropolitan bias' and perceptions of inaccuracy vary widely depending on how the question is framed.
For instance, one asks whether BBC Reports about rural issues are biased: 28% of rural respondents say yes, 27% say no.
For instance, one asks whether BBC Reports about rural issues are biased: 28% of rural respondents say yes, 27% say no.
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Now, it's telling that the actual poll is never linked and the questions it actually asked aren't mentioned: not in the Telegraph, nor Farmers' Weekly, nor the Regional Moorland Group's own article about their poll.
But dig around on YouGov and you'll find the original here:
tinyurl.com/3mvy2phm
But dig around on YouGov and you'll find the original here:
tinyurl.com/3mvy2phm
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Now, it's telling that the actual poll is never linked and the questions it actually asked aren't mentioned: not in the Telegraph, nor Farmers' Weekly, nor the Regional Moorland Group's own article about their poll.
But dig around on YouGov and you'll find the original here:
tinyurl.com/3mvy2phm
But dig around on YouGov and you'll find the original here:
tinyurl.com/3mvy2phm
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ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
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The fact you have to say "any compassionate employer" is the point. Not every employer is compassionate!
'Making grief contractual would be the death of common sense. Any compassionate employer would give a worker the time needed to recover from the loss of a close friend or family member' | ✍️ Martin Samuel
Making grief contractual would be the death of common sense
Any compassionate employer would give a worker the time needed to recover from the loss of a close friend or family member
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The fact you have to say "any compassionate employer" is the point. Not every employer is compassionate!
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"Since 2007, the first version of official economic history — the version that gets reported as news every few months — showed that the average annual growth rate was 0.76%. By contrast, the current version of the same history says average annual growth was 1.34%, 76% better."
The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told on.ft.com/48x09Vg
The UK economy is not nearly as bad as you’ve been told
A huge pessimistic bias in our national accounts leads us to doom and gloom which turns out to be nonsense
on.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Since 2007, the first version of official economic history — the version that gets reported as news every few months — showed that the average annual growth rate was 0.76%. By contrast, the current version of the same history says average annual growth was 1.34%, 76% better."
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From the tenor of the piece, it really isn't clear whether they consider that a bad thing or a badge of honour.
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
From the tenor of the piece, it really isn't clear whether they consider that a bad thing or a badge of honour.
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"[the DfT] does not routinely assess the economic cost of congestion on the road network as a whole."
Road economics really is vibes.
Road economics really is vibes.
A question on #RoadTraffic tabled by Lewis Cocking on 04-12-2025 has been answered by Lilian Greenwood. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-04/97316
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"[the DfT] does not routinely assess the economic cost of congestion on the road network as a whole."
Road economics really is vibes.
Road economics really is vibes.
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can't say what I think about this as it would get me banned from this website permanently
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
can't say what I think about this as it would get me banned from this website permanently
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Tish Murtha & Kuba Ryniewicz - Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
baltic.art
December 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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1/ The deaths of Russian soldiers who are murdered by their own commanders for personal profit are reportedly covered up by a systemically corrupt military command and justice system, while the killer commanders themselves are protected and even promoted despite their crimes. ⬇️
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
1/ The deaths of Russian soldiers who are murdered by their own commanders for personal profit are reportedly covered up by a systemically corrupt military command and justice system, while the killer commanders themselves are protected and even promoted despite their crimes. ⬇️
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Aside from the obvious racism inherent in this bullshit, Scotland has four official languages, three of which are not spoken English.
Even spoken English is often peppered with Scots, which most of the establishment consider "not fluent English"
The BBC caption is classic anti-Scotland BBC.
Even spoken English is often peppered with Scots, which most of the establishment consider "not fluent English"
The BBC caption is classic anti-Scotland BBC.
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Aside from the obvious racism inherent in this bullshit, Scotland has four official languages, three of which are not spoken English.
Even spoken English is often peppered with Scots, which most of the establishment consider "not fluent English"
The BBC caption is classic anti-Scotland BBC.
Even spoken English is often peppered with Scots, which most of the establishment consider "not fluent English"
The BBC caption is classic anti-Scotland BBC.
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Neil Henderson is angry that RAF spy plane footage taken over Gaza on the day his son James was killed there in an Israeli drone strike has not been released
The clip is from @declassifieduk.org's new documentary on the RAF spy flights. A must watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fk3...
The clip is from @declassifieduk.org's new documentary on the RAF spy flights. A must watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fk3...
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Neil Henderson is angry that RAF spy plane footage taken over Gaza on the day his son James was killed there in an Israeli drone strike has not been released
The clip is from @declassifieduk.org's new documentary on the RAF spy flights. A must watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fk3...
The clip is from @declassifieduk.org's new documentary on the RAF spy flights. A must watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fk3...
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Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
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EVERYBODY HATES ME AND IT'S ALL THEIR FAULT!
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
EVERYBODY HATES ME AND IT'S ALL THEIR FAULT!