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I hadn’t realised that the Epstein files are full of chat about London as the place for rich swine to sue and crush people reporting on their activities. Completely blunt about it, sounds like: if you’re a rich criminal who needs to squash someone, you should always sue them in Britain.
On Politics: Mandelson and the Private Life of Power
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 11/02/2026 · 1h 7m
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February 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I hadn’t realised that the Epstein files are full of chat about London as the place for rich swine to sue and crush people reporting on their activities. Completely blunt about it, sounds like: if you’re a rich criminal who needs to squash someone, you should always sue them in Britain.
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Ah. We’re back with this.
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Ah. We’re back with this.
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The High Court ruling – that the Government’s banning of Palestine Action is unlawful – is an important moment in turning the world on its correct axis, writes Owen Jones ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
February 14, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The High Court ruling – that the Government’s banning of Palestine Action is unlawful – is an important moment in turning the world on its correct axis, writes Owen Jones ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
The new Silent Hill game is apparently based on St Monans
youtu.be/E6jmJ0Y6V7w?...
youtu.be/E6jmJ0Y6V7w?...
SILENT HILL: Townfall | Official Reveal Trailer (4K:JP/CERO) | KONAMI
YouTube video by SILENT HILL (Official)
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February 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The new Silent Hill game is apparently based on St Monans
youtu.be/E6jmJ0Y6V7w?...
youtu.be/E6jmJ0Y6V7w?...
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
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🚨Rail fares on ScotRail services are set to be frozen for the next year following a £4.3 million subsidy from the Scottish Government
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
February 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
🚨Rail fares on ScotRail services are set to be frozen for the next year following a £4.3 million subsidy from the Scottish Government
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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One reason PKD and Clive Barker and Stephen King have been so influential is that they wrote short stories, back when you could actually make a living writing short stories.
That market is dead.
That market is dead.
February 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
One reason PKD and Clive Barker and Stephen King have been so influential is that they wrote short stories, back when you could actually make a living writing short stories.
That market is dead.
That market is dead.
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Remembering James Van Der Beek’s LGBTQ+ allyship: ‘How is two gay people getting married a threat?’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/12/james-van-der-beek-dies-lgbtq-allyship/?utm_content=1770891921&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/12/james-van-der-beek-dies-lgbtq-allyship/?utm_content=1770891921&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
James Van Der Beek, actor and staunch LGBTQ+ ally, dies aged 48
Dawson’s Creek actor and staunch LGBTQ+ ally James Van Der Beek has died, two-and-a-half years after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Remembering James Van Der Beek’s LGBTQ+ allyship: ‘How is two gay people getting married a threat?’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/12/james-van-der-beek-dies-lgbtq-allyship/?utm_content=1770891921&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/12/james-van-der-beek-dies-lgbtq-allyship/?utm_content=1770891921&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
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I'm just going to say that as a second (third, fourth?) nonce scandal hits the Labour party: this is the government that's trying to classify wikipedia as an adult site in the name of protecting the kids.
February 11, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I'm just going to say that as a second (third, fourth?) nonce scandal hits the Labour party: this is the government that's trying to classify wikipedia as an adult site in the name of protecting the kids.
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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Make Art (1/4)
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Make Art (1/4)
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It's Bandcamp Friday, when BC waives their fees and pays out the maximum amount to artists. Great day to purchase
"HOW I(CE) COULD JUST KILL A MAN"
and we'll forward 100% proceeds to the AMOR Immigrant Defense Network in RI. tr.ee/8VSSHQvf_A
"HOW I(CE) COULD JUST KILL A MAN"
and we'll forward 100% proceeds to the AMOR Immigrant Defense Network in RI. tr.ee/8VSSHQvf_A
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday, when BC waives their fees and pays out the maximum amount to artists. Great day to purchase
"HOW I(CE) COULD JUST KILL A MAN"
and we'll forward 100% proceeds to the AMOR Immigrant Defense Network in RI. tr.ee/8VSSHQvf_A
"HOW I(CE) COULD JUST KILL A MAN"
and we'll forward 100% proceeds to the AMOR Immigrant Defense Network in RI. tr.ee/8VSSHQvf_A
Had asparagus for breakfast and cant wait to pee
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Had asparagus for breakfast and cant wait to pee
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says the International Olympic Committee has banned him from wearing his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine. https://cnn.it/4bG49Vn
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says the International Olympic Committee has banned him from wearing his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine. https://cnn.it/4bG49Vn
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This.
I'm uninstalling my RING today.
Dystopia notwithstanding, the Ring commercial about their surveillance finding lost pets makes no sense.
Of the ~10M pets lost annually, their service finds ~500. They want Americans to commit privacy suicide for a .005% success rate???
Yeah, no thanks. Cancelling.
Dystopia notwithstanding, the Ring commercial about their surveillance finding lost pets makes no sense.
Of the ~10M pets lost annually, their service finds ~500. They want Americans to commit privacy suicide for a .005% success rate???
Yeah, no thanks. Cancelling.
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
This.
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What's that you say, Anas? That you tweeted this last year in 2025 about your 'old friend' Peter Mandelson and now you think Starmer should resign but you should keep your job?
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
What's that you say, Anas? That you tweeted this last year in 2025 about your 'old friend' Peter Mandelson and now you think Starmer should resign but you should keep your job?
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Joe Pesci is 83.
Pesci was Ridley Scott’s first choice for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (seen here in costume) but left two weeks into production.
Rutger Hauer stepped in & the rest is history.
Pesci was Ridley Scott’s first choice for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (seen here in costume) but left two weeks into production.
Rutger Hauer stepped in & the rest is history.
February 9, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Joe Pesci is 83.
Pesci was Ridley Scott’s first choice for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (seen here in costume) but left two weeks into production.
Rutger Hauer stepped in & the rest is history.
Pesci was Ridley Scott’s first choice for Roy Batty in Blade Runner (seen here in costume) but left two weeks into production.
Rutger Hauer stepped in & the rest is history.
Finished Fallout season 2 and thought it a lot fun. I dont care about canon.
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Finished Fallout season 2 and thought it a lot fun. I dont care about canon.
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A repost for those who do not skeet on the Lord's day
Unlocked post - a PDF showing everything I've published since 1998, and where you can get it (if you can get it).
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Q&A 38: Everything, unfortunately | John Allison
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February 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM
A repost for those who do not skeet on the Lord's day
