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Just saw someone making a Love Actually is Problematic point, on social media, like it was 2012.
December 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just saw someone making a Love Actually is Problematic point, on social media, like it was 2012.
Listening back to Twice's first hit, What Is Love? and the change from that to the songs they did for K-Pop Demon hunters is remarkable (the range on Goldenist be at least 3 octaves). Anyway, hope all the kids enjoy a 50 yr old bloke singing along when we go to see them in May 😬😬
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Listening back to Twice's first hit, What Is Love? and the change from that to the songs they did for K-Pop Demon hunters is remarkable (the range on Goldenist be at least 3 octaves). Anyway, hope all the kids enjoy a 50 yr old bloke singing along when we go to see them in May 😬😬
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How showbusiness 'journalism' really works
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
How showbusiness 'journalism' really works
Apparently Carol King wrote Kylie's debut hit, the Locomotion 😯
It fills me with great joy to hear my daughter walking around the house singing the new Kylie Minogue song, just like I did 40 (!!) years ago..what a career! It's nice to have some continuity in a rapidly changing world 🙂
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Apparently Carol King wrote Kylie's debut hit, the Locomotion 😯
It fills me with great joy to hear my daughter walking around the house singing the new Kylie Minogue song, just like I did 40 (!!) years ago..what a career! It's nice to have some continuity in a rapidly changing world 🙂
December 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It fills me with great joy to hear my daughter walking around the house singing the new Kylie Minogue song, just like I did 40 (!!) years ago..what a career! It's nice to have some continuity in a rapidly changing world 🙂
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Brexit was basically a romance scam. "Future faking" Only instead of being better off by £350million a week, we're worse off. Some romance scam victims wake up to reality, and some would rather continue to wallow in the fantasy no matter how much damage it's doing.
December 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Brexit was basically a romance scam. "Future faking" Only instead of being better off by £350million a week, we're worse off. Some romance scam victims wake up to reality, and some would rather continue to wallow in the fantasy no matter how much damage it's doing.
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Explaining bicameral legislatures to a wrapped [sic] audience.
December 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Explaining bicameral legislatures to a wrapped [sic] audience.
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The slightly different pictures is killing me
December 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The slightly different pictures is killing me
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No, of course, it should just hand him $10bn
BBC declares it will fight the US President but should it?
As President Trump follows through on his threat to sue the BBC, what are the options for the corporation?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
No, of course, it should just hand him $10bn
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Maybe it's a sign of my age....
.... but I don't get why people are so excited to learn what music they listened to this year from streaming services.
I mean, wasn't it YOU who listened to it?
.... but I don't get why people are so excited to learn what music they listened to this year from streaming services.
I mean, wasn't it YOU who listened to it?
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Maybe it's a sign of my age....
.... but I don't get why people are so excited to learn what music they listened to this year from streaming services.
I mean, wasn't it YOU who listened to it?
.... but I don't get why people are so excited to learn what music they listened to this year from streaming services.
I mean, wasn't it YOU who listened to it?
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The continuous pandering to Trump is embarrassing. We Europeans hold most of the cards now, not him. We pay to keep Ukrainian troops supplied, while Trump cut all aid. Yet we still pretend as if he was the authority on this matter.
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The continuous pandering to Trump is embarrassing. We Europeans hold most of the cards now, not him. We pay to keep Ukrainian troops supplied, while Trump cut all aid. Yet we still pretend as if he was the authority on this matter.
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The data shows pretty clearly the impact of the global financial crisis and Brexit, but also the failure of the coalition government to turn the tide of real wages for most of its time in office...
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The data shows pretty clearly the impact of the global financial crisis and Brexit, but also the failure of the coalition government to turn the tide of real wages for most of its time in office...
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A graph that tells you everything you need to know about why British politics is in the state it is in.
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A graph that tells you everything you need to know about why British politics is in the state it is in.
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The meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and the US delegation in Berlin, Germany, has started.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and the US delegation in Berlin, Germany, has started.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
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russian peeps sitting right in the middle of the American delegation, too.
The meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and the US delegation in Berlin, Germany, has started.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
What is great to see is that German Chancellor Merz is sitting right in the middle of the Ukrainian delegation, making absolutely clear where he stands in this matter.
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
russian peeps sitting right in the middle of the American delegation, too.
The GC crowd really fucked themselves with this case.
The coverage of the Sandy Peggie judgement has annoyed me because it is exactly the same as every single one of these stories.
She behaved unreasonably, they had cause for discipline, they bungled the disciplinary case, she announces she won, but even moreso because of quite how awful she is.
She behaved unreasonably, they had cause for discipline, they bungled the disciplinary case, she announces she won, but even moreso because of quite how awful she is.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The GC crowd really fucked themselves with this case.
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The head of the Catholic Church in Spain calls for a general election or a confidence vote. And wants the Constitution reformed to "clarify" it. In other words, Sánchez must go and Spain is a country with a single national identity.
www.lavanguardia.com/politica/202...
www.lavanguardia.com/politica/202...
Argüello: “Cuestión de confianza, moción de censura, o ir a elecciones”
El presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal analiza la situación política y social española, y aboga además por reformar la Constitución
www.lavanguardia.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The head of the Catholic Church in Spain calls for a general election or a confidence vote. And wants the Constitution reformed to "clarify" it. In other words, Sánchez must go and Spain is a country with a single national identity.
www.lavanguardia.com/politica/202...
www.lavanguardia.com/politica/202...
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YES. More on the Salt Path Grifters is exactly the seasonal tonic we've needed!
Just when you thought Saltpathgate was over, it becomes even more bonkers. In addition to the stealing, it seems that the Ah Nature Cure coast walk, they were actually being put up by family members:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
‘Don’t look for the money. I’ve taken it all’: Raynor Winn’s ‘confession’ that she stole from her family | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
YES. More on the Salt Path Grifters is exactly the seasonal tonic we've needed!
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Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
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🇪🇺🇺🇸 Merz: The decades of Pax Americana are largely over for us in Europe — and for us in Germany as well. It no longer exists in the way we once knew it. The Americans are now firmly pursuing their own interests.
We are falling behind — partly due to U.S. trade and tariff policy.
We are falling behind — partly due to U.S. trade and tariff policy.
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🇪🇺🇺🇸 Merz: The decades of Pax Americana are largely over for us in Europe — and for us in Germany as well. It no longer exists in the way we once knew it. The Americans are now firmly pursuing their own interests.
We are falling behind — partly due to U.S. trade and tariff policy.
We are falling behind — partly due to U.S. trade and tariff policy.
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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The "Overton Window" not shifting in that nobody more famousTomlinson, Lucy White, Ant Middleton & an ind councillor are arguing publicly to ban Badenoch from parliament (or remove all practicing Muslims from UK)
What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument
What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The "Overton Window" not shifting in that nobody more famousTomlinson, Lucy White, Ant Middleton & an ind councillor are arguing publicly to ban Badenoch from parliament (or remove all practicing Muslims from UK)
What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument
What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument
Yes, journalism just a way to get famous for people who can't sing, dance, write songs, draw, paint, or do anything creative or interesting
Excluding Trump, it wasn't though was it? Disappointing? Yes. Crazy, crazy? Really? Think it's very revealing of the mindset of Laura and others who were so addicted to the drama of the tory years.
December 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yes, journalism just a way to get famous for people who can't sing, dance, write songs, draw, paint, or do anything creative or interesting
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Its hard to read “I would never ask for a service worker who racially abused me to be fired“ as much more than “I’m not like other girls“
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Its hard to read “I would never ask for a service worker who racially abused me to be fired“ as much more than “I’m not like other girls“