Roger McCarthy
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'Prince, I can hear the trumpet of Germinal,
The tumbrils toiling up the terrible way;
Even to-day your royal head may fall,
I think I will not hang myself to-day'.
(Chesterton)
The tumbrils toiling up the terrible way;
Even to-day your royal head may fall,
I think I will not hang myself to-day'.
(Chesterton)
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It’s a combination of unpleasant anecdata - everyone knows of *someone* they think is faking it - with a bone headed refusal to accept that some disability is invisible or, to be more accurate, only partially visible.
Among other things, they put you in a wheelchair basically regardless of what your mobility issue is. But more importantly: something odd and troubling is happening, so much 'disabled people are faking it!' stuff in the air.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s a combination of unpleasant anecdata - everyone knows of *someone* they think is faking it - with a bone headed refusal to accept that some disability is invisible or, to be more accurate, only partially visible.
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Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
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Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended https://theonion.com/unconventional-director-sets-shakespeare-play-in-time-1819569151/
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended https://theonion.com/unconventional-director-sets-shakespeare-play-in-time-1819569151/
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See also, “I am a Labour supporter which means I oppose every decision Labour has made for the last 90 years.”
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
See also, “I am a Labour supporter which means I oppose every decision Labour has made for the last 90 years.”
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Fascinating example of “I am a leftist, which means I hate the left and praise the right.“
If any of you want to see some of the... amazing takes in this.
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Fascinating example of “I am a leftist, which means I hate the left and praise the right.“
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A resident of Salisbury cathedral with his characterful mush ☺️
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A resident of Salisbury cathedral with his characterful mush ☺️
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NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years.
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
Labour are finally taking the housing shortage seriously
Is the new National Planning Policy Framework Labour’s biggest pro-growth move?
www.samdumitriu.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years.
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
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Not getting less suspicious that a huge part of the problem here is a big increase in the purity of cocaine sold in London over the 2010s
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Not getting less suspicious that a huge part of the problem here is a big increase in the purity of cocaine sold in London over the 2010s
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Because nobody likes the Labour Party’s leaders; nobody ever wanted what they were selling, and the national press inflicted them upon the public regardless. And because they have spent the last five years telling their own supporters they are scum while pandering to Reform voters, who hate them.
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Because nobody likes the Labour Party’s leaders; nobody ever wanted what they were selling, and the national press inflicted them upon the public regardless. And because they have spent the last five years telling their own supporters they are scum while pandering to Reform voters, who hate them.
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Really good and thoughtful write-up of one of the most positive changes Labour is attempting to make, this:
NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years.
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
Labour are finally taking the housing shortage seriously
Is the new National Planning Policy Framework Labour’s biggest pro-growth move?
www.samdumitriu.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Really good and thoughtful write-up of one of the most positive changes Labour is attempting to make, this:
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The ACLU of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against ICE, Noem, and other DHS officials. Susan Tincher, who had her wedding ring cut off by ICE agents, is one of the plaintiffs in the case.
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The ACLU of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against ICE, Noem, and other DHS officials. Susan Tincher, who had her wedding ring cut off by ICE agents, is one of the plaintiffs in the case.
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At this point the judge just be all like:
Aw! How can I stay mad at you?!
Aw! How can I stay mad at you?!
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
At this point the judge just be all like:
Aw! How can I stay mad at you?!
Aw! How can I stay mad at you?!
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I've seen some responses to this dismissing the idea that doing Roman military history could be a disadvantage in the job market because it is so popular with the public.
There absolutely is a hiring bias against military history in the field, but it has nothing to do with being white or male.
There absolutely is a hiring bias against military history in the field, but it has nothing to do with being white or male.
This is 100% incorrect as the explanation for why someone obsessed with Roman *military* history is not being hired.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I've seen some responses to this dismissing the idea that doing Roman military history could be a disadvantage in the job market because it is so popular with the public.
There absolutely is a hiring bias against military history in the field, but it has nothing to do with being white or male.
There absolutely is a hiring bias against military history in the field, but it has nothing to do with being white or male.
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No matter how you slice it, US police officers are safer on the job and paid waaaaay more than other countries' police despite doing a…less than stellar job
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No matter how you slice it, US police officers are safer on the job and paid waaaaay more than other countries' police despite doing a…less than stellar job
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
The question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little and such poor police work?
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I could tell a story in which the reason I washed out of newsrooms is that I was white and it was post-2020.
I don’t do that because there are plenty of other explanations, and it would be _journalistically inaccurate_ to pick that one absent evidence.
I don’t do that because there are plenty of other explanations, and it would be _journalistically inaccurate_ to pick that one absent evidence.
One problem with this take is the number of high profile white millennial men in the media...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I could tell a story in which the reason I washed out of newsrooms is that I was white and it was post-2020.
I don’t do that because there are plenty of other explanations, and it would be _journalistically inaccurate_ to pick that one absent evidence.
I don’t do that because there are plenty of other explanations, and it would be _journalistically inaccurate_ to pick that one absent evidence.
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not trying to shit up these folks' mentions with a "well actually" but McGovern's "Uncorking The Past" is a really fun read about prehistorical and ancient-history evidence for alcohol fermentation in early humanity. great xmas present if you have a History Dad who likes to grill and have a Cold One
December 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
not trying to shit up these folks' mentions with a "well actually" but McGovern's "Uncorking The Past" is a really fun read about prehistorical and ancient-history evidence for alcohol fermentation in early humanity. great xmas present if you have a History Dad who likes to grill and have a Cold One
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Ironically I think Rorty is right here in that the displacement of liberals’ focus after the 60s from caring about economics to caring about identity issues basically defanged liberalism. “Take all the money and power but be nicer to racial and sexual minorities” was a bad bargain.
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Ironically I think Rorty is right here in that the displacement of liberals’ focus after the 60s from caring about economics to caring about identity issues basically defanged liberalism. “Take all the money and power but be nicer to racial and sexual minorities” was a bad bargain.
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It's like the Biggus Dickus scene in the Life of Brian
watching regular people who have to stand behind Trump while he speak is captivating
this poor guy
this poor guy
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It's like the Biggus Dickus scene in the Life of Brian
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Sigh. The market analysis section of this Charter Review somehow manages to be even more stupid than in previous ones.
Labour are going to destroy the BBC.
Labour are going to destroy the BBC.
![Given changes to the local media ecosystem in recent years, we must ensure that the BBC works alongside, and does not crowd-out, high quality local media organisations.
Its share of online local news audiences across the UK increased from 26% to 37% between 2022 to 2024, perhaps reflecting how rapidly this market is evolving. footnote
97]
Stakeholders in the news media sector have been clear that they feel that BBC online local news views are displacing commercial online views. While Ofcom have not found substantive evidence to support this, it has noted that increased BBC online local news presence in recent years forms part of the headwinds facing local publishers and that future BBC changes may have a greater impact on commercial audiences. footnote 98]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vogd52ezdb5jqrw33e4tjg6b/bafkreiehfr5qzeaujwh5ovbbjpuaec7eiiwlt3ljjvvootmpbnt2wdk6ma@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sigh. The market analysis section of this Charter Review somehow manages to be even more stupid than in previous ones.
Labour are going to destroy the BBC.
Labour are going to destroy the BBC.
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a local mutual aid is literally latinos training other latinos how to use firearms. It’s an understatement when I say that a lot of white beltway liberals don’t quite understand what is happening.
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
a local mutual aid is literally latinos training other latinos how to use firearms. It’s an understatement when I say that a lot of white beltway liberals don’t quite understand what is happening.
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WENDY: Talk about awkward. First, Bruce said he wanted to be my friend. Then that changed to he wanted to guard my dreams and visions. It’s like, okaaaaaay.
Bruce Springsteen’s Exes Grab Brunch
Several women share bottomless mimosas somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. MARY 1: I slammed the screen door, and the first thing he said was he hat...
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
WENDY: Talk about awkward. First, Bruce said he wanted to be my friend. Then that changed to he wanted to guard my dreams and visions. It’s like, okaaaaaay.
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man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we