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Kieran Hurley
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Some people argue it's harder to stay true to your principles the more established you become, and then some people are Sally Rooney

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
Author tells high court her public support for group means her books could disappear from UK stores altogether
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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What I've been thinking about the last hour or so
#Beatles
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…

—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A good and compelling observation, you have to say
It’s gaining traction now because “Reform leader is literal Nazi” wasn’t much of a story, but “national media didn’t care Reform leader is Nazi because he helped fill column inches and then he became Prime Minister” is. Folk are trying to save their own reputations more than trying to destroy his.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
there is absolutely no justification for Carol of the Bells going that hard
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I'm pretty sure it's been public knowledge available to anyone interested for years that Farage was an outspoken Nazi as a schoolboy. Like I'm certain I didn't make that up.
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
if people are really giving out advice like this then making them thoroughly ashamed of themselves is a necessary act of self-preservation for our vocation, because the moment they become a majority it's time to pack it all up, game over
telling emerging writers that the only way to improve is ‘buy Final Draft/learn AI’ instead of ‘watch and read everything you can’ is… certainly a choice

like it’s the (paid-for) tools that’ll teach you what you want to say about the world and how to say it, not living in and experiencing it
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Couldn't fucking parse this at first. Are these dipshits having a protest because these people are in fact learning English? Make up your fucking minds you stupid racist cunts
NEW: Glasgow City Council is set for a long-running stand-off with protesters targeting a local primary over English classes for pupils’ mums

🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
just having my occasional big think about how Steve Clarke used to use Scott McTominay as a centre half
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There is no political leader alive more fickle and more easily swayed by the charms of a handsome charismatic man than Donald J. Trump
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
One day someone is gonna rebrand the sweet Christmas mince pie feeling "mincemeat" with a different name, and they're going to have great success with it let me tell you
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
time to break for an early lunch and watch re-runs of all the Scotland goals
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Fucking sucks about Mani man
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Desperately need our own dedicated platform for World Cup coverage next year. Not just for the Scotland matches either. Absolutely do not want a discussion of the latest from England's training camp at half time in Japan v Haiti in a tournament Scotland are playing at.
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Underrated moment from the commentary box last night: James McFadden, himself the previous undisputed holder of the no2 spot, declaring at the end that we've just seen the 3 greatest Scotland goals ever in one match
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Heard you're not Scottish, sorry about it. Good luck with everything anyway
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Need to keep my head screwed on work today before I end up literally attempting to write poetry about Scott McTominay
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It actually is the greatest Scotland goal of all time you know. And it's not even close when you think about it.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Bits And Pieces GBX
YouTube video by Watters Edge
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
There is absolutely no real reason a random 18 year old should have heard of or know anything about the actor and writer Wallace Shawn. It is not disrespectful to Shawn to accept this.
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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If you’re a theatre-maker, it’s hard to overstate how strange Wally’s film/TV career has been
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Typically excellent from Dani, this
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fucking hell this train stabbing. Absolutely horrific, nightmarish
November 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM