Mayfair Cynic
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Washing machines are popular at John Lewis this Xmas.
(I'm guessing some husbands will be less popular this Xmas.)
(I'm guessing some husbands will be less popular this Xmas.)
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Washing machines are popular at John Lewis this Xmas.
(I'm guessing some husbands will be less popular this Xmas.)
(I'm guessing some husbands will be less popular this Xmas.)
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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take the day off NY Times pitch bot
December 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
take the day off NY Times pitch bot
"bags (except in Scotland) had Union Jack artwork whereas those in Scotland were plain"
Oooooof!
Oooooof!
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKF... I actually have proper work to do, but I give you 108 pages and 32,000 words as to whether rotisserie chicken is hot food (and therefore subject to VAT) or just incidentally served warm (and therefore zero rated)
WM Morrison Supermarkets Ltd v Revenue and Customs (VAT - cool-down rotisserie chickens - whether "hot food") [2025] UKFTT 1542 (TC) (11 December 2025)
www.bailii.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"bags (except in Scotland) had Union Jack artwork whereas those in Scotland were plain"
Oooooof!
Oooooof!
"Average person eats 0.1 Morrisons rotisserie chicken a year" factoid actualy just statistical error.
Chicken Georg, who lives in a cage and eats 10,000 a day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
Chicken Georg, who lives in a cage and eats 10,000 a day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
Quick search suggests they sell for £5 each, so that's 20 million birds.
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Average person eats 0.1 Morrisons rotisserie chicken a year" factoid actualy just statistical error.
Chicken Georg, who lives in a cage and eats 10,000 a day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
Chicken Georg, who lives in a cage and eats 10,000 a day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
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It’s also the kind of thing that makes rumours that Meta’s organic revenue growth is running on fumes here seem…yeah, just about right really.
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It’s also the kind of thing that makes rumours that Meta’s organic revenue growth is running on fumes here seem…yeah, just about right really.
Richard Tice messaging Isabel Oakeshott, "no, of course you don't have to, but I'm just saying you might like it".
December 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Richard Tice messaging Isabel Oakeshott, "no, of course you don't have to, but I'm just saying you might like it".
RETVRN (to Twitter)
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
RETVRN (to Twitter)
<very Dom Joly voice>
"Dominate the space"
"Dominate the space"
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
<very Dom Joly voice>
"Dominate the space"
"Dominate the space"
Buying on ebay;
"When can I pop round and collect it? Wednesday or Thursday"
"Oh, no, you can't come then, my husband is away"
"What about if I send my sister?"
"Oh, that will be fine then, but it's quite heavy"
"That's okay, I'll be there to help put it in the van"
"Okay, see you Thursday"
"..."
"When can I pop round and collect it? Wednesday or Thursday"
"Oh, no, you can't come then, my husband is away"
"What about if I send my sister?"
"Oh, that will be fine then, but it's quite heavy"
"That's okay, I'll be there to help put it in the van"
"Okay, see you Thursday"
"..."
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Buying on ebay;
"When can I pop round and collect it? Wednesday or Thursday"
"Oh, no, you can't come then, my husband is away"
"What about if I send my sister?"
"Oh, that will be fine then, but it's quite heavy"
"That's okay, I'll be there to help put it in the van"
"Okay, see you Thursday"
"..."
"When can I pop round and collect it? Wednesday or Thursday"
"Oh, no, you can't come then, my husband is away"
"What about if I send my sister?"
"Oh, that will be fine then, but it's quite heavy"
"That's okay, I'll be there to help put it in the van"
"Okay, see you Thursday"
"..."
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american military: optimus prime we need you, megatron is attacking
optimus prime, awake for 26 hours straight and hopped up on speed and powdered caffeine: just have to make a quick drop off and then I have a mandated rest period
optimus prime, awake for 26 hours straight and hopped up on speed and powdered caffeine: just have to make a quick drop off and then I have a mandated rest period
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
american military: optimus prime we need you, megatron is attacking
optimus prime, awake for 26 hours straight and hopped up on speed and powdered caffeine: just have to make a quick drop off and then I have a mandated rest period
optimus prime, awake for 26 hours straight and hopped up on speed and powdered caffeine: just have to make a quick drop off and then I have a mandated rest period
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We staffed the entire FBI with guys who only make memes and podcasts, hope that doesn't affect our ability to respond to major crimes
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
We staffed the entire FBI with guys who only make memes and podcasts, hope that doesn't affect our ability to respond to major crimes
Your local restaurant got a new chef and you stopped going there because the food is terrible and the chef's scummy mates are hanging around inside.
Going back again won't make the food any better.
Going back again won't make the food any better.
December 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Your local restaurant got a new chef and you stopped going there because the food is terrible and the chef's scummy mates are hanging around inside.
Going back again won't make the food any better.
Going back again won't make the food any better.
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old twitter was like a place in interwar berlin, paris, or shanghai people have romantic memories about in spite of witnessing knife fights between prostitutes daily and heroin junkies overdosing
My pleases-nobody sense of Return To Twitter Discourse is that the place can never return to what it was, and can never return to the idealized past version we imagine either, nor can that idealized past version be constructed anywhere else because it was always romantic self-regarding bullshit
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
old twitter was like a place in interwar berlin, paris, or shanghai people have romantic memories about in spite of witnessing knife fights between prostitutes daily and heroin junkies overdosing
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Måndag morgon i december.
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Måndag morgon i december.
"The worst tyre-fitter in a small market town" is a superb insult.
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"The worst tyre-fitter in a small market town" is a superb insult.
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I never thought I’d say this, but I genuinely wonder if Oracle could die! One of the few true bailout targets I’d humor. They’re doing $248bn of lease deals while spending $12bn in capex a quarter, negative cash flow too. Nasty stuff
www.theinformation.com/briefings/or...
www.theinformation.com/briefings/or...
Oracle Strikes $150 Billion of Data Center Leases in November Quarter
Oracle struck about $150 billion worth of lease commitments on data centers in the three months ending November, it revealed in securities filing late last week, a sign it is preparing for the cloud d...
www.theinformation.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I never thought I’d say this, but I genuinely wonder if Oracle could die! One of the few true bailout targets I’d humor. They’re doing $248bn of lease deals while spending $12bn in capex a quarter, negative cash flow too. Nasty stuff
www.theinformation.com/briefings/or...
www.theinformation.com/briefings/or...
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The president interrupted his Christmas remarks because he was confused about whether or not the woman five feet in front of him was his daughter who, he has repeatedly said in public, he would very much like to fuck.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Trump gets distracted by a woman in the crowd he says looks like Ivanka and has her turn for the cameras
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The president interrupted his Christmas remarks because he was confused about whether or not the woman five feet in front of him was his daughter who, he has repeatedly said in public, he would very much like to fuck.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
I'm drinking a glass of Juleaquavit.
I was going to tag @groda.eu but I've just realised it's Norwegian so I'll tag @robinwigglesworth.ft.com instead.
I was going to tag @groda.eu but I've just realised it's Norwegian so I'll tag @robinwigglesworth.ft.com instead.
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm drinking a glass of Juleaquavit.
I was going to tag @groda.eu but I've just realised it's Norwegian so I'll tag @robinwigglesworth.ft.com instead.
I was going to tag @groda.eu but I've just realised it's Norwegian so I'll tag @robinwigglesworth.ft.com instead.
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The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.
Trump: We’re building an arc like the Arc de Triomphe. It will be like the one in Paris but it blows it away.
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.