James van B®️egt
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James van B®️egt
@causticcorner.bsky.social
Syncretic, cynic, dysthymic, pedantic, heretic, antinatalist, Anglo-Dutch. Loves cats, hates autocracy, hypocrisy, monarchy, religion, and poor grammar.
Would you trust this man with your data?

It is Musk who is unhinged.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
BBC is working on a Farage 'origin story' too (at last), taking input from those who worked with/alongside him. Being charitable, I've experienced his 'xenophobia' first hand.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We've been on vacation in Australia and Bali. Chinese car brands like BYD/Denza, GWM, and Chery are *everywhere*. Asian food culture in Oz is through the roof, American fast food is yesterday's news. Clothing, cosmetics, electronics are all Asia-first. It's over for the US, for now.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yesss, glad I'm not alone 😠
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'd cheer for Culture Studies, encompassing geography, history, languages, music, art, and religion. Help students to understand the world and broaden their minds, while sparking interest in topics for deeper study.
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'd have plumped for simply 'Nonce Andrew'
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The betrayal at the end was brutal.
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
She was cold as ice, this one. Can't see her performance being beaten, ever.
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
*contestant obvsl
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just came here to share the same :-) youtu.be/LkpQ_rTDqFg?...
Emma Thompson On Getting Paid To Be Funny, And Feeling “Intense Irritation” Over A.I.
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Is he a pogonophobe?
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Sweet dreams 😬
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Watch their famous "customer obsession" go down the drain.
#ComputerSaysNo
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Watch their famous "customer obsession" go down the toilet...

#computersaysno
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Even if he was 'a coconut', doesn't make him wrong. Observing something that is palpably true is not in itself racist.

Of course, out of the mouth of a Reform spokesperson, you can infer a racist motive, but that's another matter.
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
My Sikh friend from Birmingham calls them 'blackverts'. No denying that ad agencies over-represent minorities vs the real UK demographic, for whatever reason. But while Pochin may well be racist, the observation in itself is not racist, imho.
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm sure more (reliable) stats will soon be forthcoming as journalists are tasked to watch ads and keep score, rather than fwd through them. However, in my experience of the past few years, I don't feel she is statistically wrong, whatever the intention behind what she said.
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Get your point, but advertising is more simplistic than that. She expressed irritation at 'too many', as in, not reflective of the real world. Is she a racist? Probably. But is an observation (which I share) in itself racist? Of course not.
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM