Dan
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Labour love this hypnotherapist line because they get to do antisemitic dogwhistles but get bailed out by the press each time. Like they did here.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Labour love this hypnotherapist line because they get to do antisemitic dogwhistles but get bailed out by the press each time. Like they did here.
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the labour party have solved the withering of state capacity by making being arrested a crime. genius.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
the labour party have solved the withering of state capacity by making being arrested a crime. genius.
A post from the old place that still lives rent free in my head is when someone, with a straight face, claimed that the Pope wasn’t in any position to pontificate. Err…
look, polyamory is extremely not for me but I have a ton of friends who it works great for, so obviously I disagree with him here
but I always find it very funny when you get a bunch of outraged posts about the Pope being Catholic
even if he’s pretty cool for a Pope he is, you know, the Pope
but I always find it very funny when you get a bunch of outraged posts about the Pope being Catholic
even if he’s pretty cool for a Pope he is, you know, the Pope
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A post from the old place that still lives rent free in my head is when someone, with a straight face, claimed that the Pope wasn’t in any position to pontificate. Err…
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Holy shit.
I knew this Labour government would be bad, but holy shit.
I knew this Labour government would be bad, but holy shit.
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Holy shit.
I knew this Labour government would be bad, but holy shit.
I knew this Labour government would be bad, but holy shit.
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The media really will treat LLMs as human before they give trans people the same courtesy
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The media really will treat LLMs as human before they give trans people the same courtesy
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This is unconscionable. We should all be makimg more of a fuss about this, it puts every one of us at the mercy of these evil bastards.
So the actual bar being discussed for juryless trials seems to be anything where the sentence is less than 5 years.
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is unconscionable. We should all be makimg more of a fuss about this, it puts every one of us at the mercy of these evil bastards.
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I'd wager the reason they didn't charge the vast majority of the Palestine action arrestees was through fear of the gentle pensioners being presented as terrorists getting acquitted by juries.
Obviously this has implications beyond this, and it all makes me feel sick.
I hate the labour party.
Obviously this has implications beyond this, and it all makes me feel sick.
I hate the labour party.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'd wager the reason they didn't charge the vast majority of the Palestine action arrestees was through fear of the gentle pensioners being presented as terrorists getting acquitted by juries.
Obviously this has implications beyond this, and it all makes me feel sick.
I hate the labour party.
Obviously this has implications beyond this, and it all makes me feel sick.
I hate the labour party.
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Not much danger of a jury finding somebody with a popular cause innocent when there is no jury.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Not much danger of a jury finding somebody with a popular cause innocent when there is no jury.
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So the actual bar being discussed for juryless trials seems to be anything where the sentence is less than 5 years.
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So the actual bar being discussed for juryless trials seems to be anything where the sentence is less than 5 years.
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
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I cannot recall a British politician that has credibly expressed statements that are as antisemitic as those expressed by Nigel Farage. Where is the Board of Deputies?
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I cannot recall a British politician that has credibly expressed statements that are as antisemitic as those expressed by Nigel Farage. Where is the Board of Deputies?
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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The Feminine Complex - I won't run [USA, pop-rock] (1969) They were not so many all-girls bands in 1969 - From the album Livin' Love
https://redd.it/13jijst
https://youtu.be/aLqSfp2_Kug
https://redd.it/13jijst
https://youtu.be/aLqSfp2_Kug
The Feminine Complex - I won't run [USA, pop-rock] (1969) They were not so many all-girls bands in 1969 - From the album Livin' Love
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Feminine Complex - I won't run [USA, pop-rock] (1969) They were not so many all-girls bands in 1969 - From the album Livin' Love
https://redd.it/13jijst
https://youtu.be/aLqSfp2_Kug
https://redd.it/13jijst
https://youtu.be/aLqSfp2_Kug
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The really cool thing about 'Spreadie Van Halen' is that "halen" is the Welsh word for salt.
Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The really cool thing about 'Spreadie Van Halen' is that "halen" is the Welsh word for salt.
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She was even BAD at it. Do you remember when she said "and the thing is...I don't look like your typical Jew". I BALKED! I got blocked for tweeting at her "What does a typical Jew look like please, Rachel? Is it me?" Just a....TERRIBLE thing to say!
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
She was even BAD at it. Do you remember when she said "and the thing is...I don't look like your typical Jew". I BALKED! I got blocked for tweeting at her "What does a typical Jew look like please, Rachel? Is it me?" Just a....TERRIBLE thing to say!
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To say the entire press taking this utterly cynical, vexatious horseshit and ramping it up into national terror amounts to a big thumb on the scales of democracy significantly undersells just how serious this stuff is. It raises questions about whether we’re a democracy in any meaningful sense.
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
To say the entire press taking this utterly cynical, vexatious horseshit and ramping it up into national terror amounts to a big thumb on the scales of democracy significantly undersells just how serious this stuff is. It raises questions about whether we’re a democracy in any meaningful sense.
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Like, it was very obvious it was a heavily choreographed campaign of bullshit and shenanigans, but even I assumed it was *at least somewhat organic* and not just the country’s most tiresome reactionary crackpots meeting up offscreen and agreeing to all scream the same drivel in unison.
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Like, it was very obvious it was a heavily choreographed campaign of bullshit and shenanigans, but even I assumed it was *at least somewhat organic* and not just the country’s most tiresome reactionary crackpots meeting up offscreen and agreeing to all scream the same drivel in unison.
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The actual real explanation always turns out to be way more dumb and insulting than you imagined it was.
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The actual real explanation always turns out to be way more dumb and insulting than you imagined it was.
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Stop Making Sense on vinyl
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Stop Making Sense on vinyl
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RIP, Jellybean Johnson. He held it down for the greatest band of all-Time. youtu.be/IE0lAfjoT9o?...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
RIP, Jellybean Johnson. He held it down for the greatest band of all-Time. youtu.be/IE0lAfjoT9o?...
Brilliant film, this.
Stories within stories within stories within stories... And a score by Krzysztof Penderecki. I recommend this film.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
The Saragossa Manuscript review – cult Polish period-costume comedy is outrageous head-spinner
Wojciech Has’s slice of 1960s surrealism is set in 18th-century Spain, as an officer careens through farcical encounters and erotic episodes in a wild ride that could be a series of Monty Python sketc...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Brilliant film, this.
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"Dernier domicile connu", avec Lino et Marlène. Quel choc de voir et d'entendre ça quand on est un gamin...
youtu.be/mJ2FURhZgy8?...
youtu.be/mJ2FURhZgy8?...
François de Roubaix - Dernier Domicile Connu
YouTube video by cratediggafr
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"Dernier domicile connu", avec Lino et Marlène. Quel choc de voir et d'entendre ça quand on est un gamin...
youtu.be/mJ2FURhZgy8?...
youtu.be/mJ2FURhZgy8?...
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Half a century ago exactly, 36 year old Francois de Roubaix died in a diving accident in the Canary Islands. The world was robbed of one of cinema's greatest composers and sonic explorers. The replies to @gotglink.bsky.social feature some of his best scores.
Il y a 50 ans aujourd'hui, François de Roubaix s'éteignait.
La poésie, le talent et la grâce de son œuvre musicale rayonnent toujours autant.
Je vous propose de poster ici un morceau qui représente pour vous son univers.
La poésie, le talent et la grâce de son œuvre musicale rayonnent toujours autant.
Je vous propose de poster ici un morceau qui représente pour vous son univers.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Half a century ago exactly, 36 year old Francois de Roubaix died in a diving accident in the Canary Islands. The world was robbed of one of cinema's greatest composers and sonic explorers. The replies to @gotglink.bsky.social feature some of his best scores.