David Locke
@david-locke.bsky.social
Reject imposed obligations, expectations, and roles.
They need to be sent to the A.G Pu Yi Institute of Plutocratic Remodelling, then placed into useful work.
Sweeping streets, maybe. Or gardening…
Whatever.
They just need to go.
Sweeping streets, maybe. Or gardening…
Whatever.
They just need to go.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
They need to be sent to the A.G Pu Yi Institute of Plutocratic Remodelling, then placed into useful work.
Sweeping streets, maybe. Or gardening…
Whatever.
They just need to go.
Sweeping streets, maybe. Or gardening…
Whatever.
They just need to go.
Outrageous. I hadn't heard of this fire, either.
Although it didn't burn the entire building, á la "Towering Inferno", it's a prime example of plutocratic solipsism, sociopathic indifference, and just… greed.
Wealth can't be a metric for leadership.
It should be contraindicated for leaders.
Although it didn't burn the entire building, á la "Towering Inferno", it's a prime example of plutocratic solipsism, sociopathic indifference, and just… greed.
Wealth can't be a metric for leadership.
It should be contraindicated for leaders.
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Outrageous. I hadn't heard of this fire, either.
Although it didn't burn the entire building, á la "Towering Inferno", it's a prime example of plutocratic solipsism, sociopathic indifference, and just… greed.
Wealth can't be a metric for leadership.
It should be contraindicated for leaders.
Although it didn't burn the entire building, á la "Towering Inferno", it's a prime example of plutocratic solipsism, sociopathic indifference, and just… greed.
Wealth can't be a metric for leadership.
It should be contraindicated for leaders.
Wasn't aware of the BBC headline from 2013. I recall The Towering Inferno as a 1970s blockbuster disaster film, based on a dread scenario which was unheard-of IRL at the time.
I was thinking of the Grenfell Tower fire as the other instance of a "second time".
I was thinking of the Grenfell Tower fire as the other instance of a "second time".
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Wasn't aware of the BBC headline from 2013. I recall The Towering Inferno as a 1970s blockbuster disaster film, based on a dread scenario which was unheard-of IRL at the time.
I was thinking of the Grenfell Tower fire as the other instance of a "second time".
I was thinking of the Grenfell Tower fire as the other instance of a "second time".
Whoever heard of a *whole skyscraper* on fire, let alone a cluster of whole skyscrapers?
I think there was a Paul Newman / Steve McQueen film about such a fire once. With William Holden and Faye Dunaway. And Fred Astaire…
But whoever heard of this happening in real life — for a *second* time???
I think there was a Paul Newman / Steve McQueen film about such a fire once. With William Holden and Faye Dunaway. And Fred Astaire…
But whoever heard of this happening in real life — for a *second* time???
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Whoever heard of a *whole skyscraper* on fire, let alone a cluster of whole skyscrapers?
I think there was a Paul Newman / Steve McQueen film about such a fire once. With William Holden and Faye Dunaway. And Fred Astaire…
But whoever heard of this happening in real life — for a *second* time???
I think there was a Paul Newman / Steve McQueen film about such a fire once. With William Holden and Faye Dunaway. And Fred Astaire…
But whoever heard of this happening in real life — for a *second* time???
Was this featured in an Adam Curtis doco, once?
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Was this featured in an Adam Curtis doco, once?
Is there a British equivalent to the American word "astroturfing"?
Or do you guys just say astroturfing?
Or do you guys just say astroturfing?
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Is there a British equivalent to the American word "astroturfing"?
Or do you guys just say astroturfing?
Or do you guys just say astroturfing?
You've spotlighted a true lost classic, my man…
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You've spotlighted a true lost classic, my man…
It's curious how we tend to apply colonialism only to circumstances we choose to criticize, while completely ignoring the concept where it's relevant, in circumstances we consider unimportant.
It makes one question whether our commitment to anti-colonialism is, in fact, that…
It makes one question whether our commitment to anti-colonialism is, in fact, that…
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's curious how we tend to apply colonialism only to circumstances we choose to criticize, while completely ignoring the concept where it's relevant, in circumstances we consider unimportant.
It makes one question whether our commitment to anti-colonialism is, in fact, that…
It makes one question whether our commitment to anti-colonialism is, in fact, that…
No one respects him.
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No one respects him.
Trump's megalomania is a tow line at the end of a motorboat, hauling him closer and closer to the ramp where he'll try to jump the shark. Closer and closer…
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Trump's megalomania is a tow line at the end of a motorboat, hauling him closer and closer to the ramp where he'll try to jump the shark. Closer and closer…
I loved the scenes where Sharon Tate turned up at a cinema on a whim, for a matinée screening of her own film. The exchange with the cinema manager was absolute gold, and the final image of a bare-foot Tate in a nearly-empty theater, blissfully munching free popcorn was the icing on the cake. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I loved the scenes where Sharon Tate turned up at a cinema on a whim, for a matinée screening of her own film. The exchange with the cinema manager was absolute gold, and the final image of a bare-foot Tate in a nearly-empty theater, blissfully munching free popcorn was the icing on the cake. ❤️
Sounds like someone has had an epiphany… after noticing suddenly how last decade's zeitgeist is now today's niche.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sounds like someone has had an epiphany… after noticing suddenly how last decade's zeitgeist is now today's niche.
Graham Nash, among many others, once genuinely believed that music could change the world. At age 80-something now, he might still feel this way.
But — how can music change the world when so many of us have stopped caring about music to this extent?
I mean widely distributed, top 40-style music…
???
But — how can music change the world when so many of us have stopped caring about music to this extent?
I mean widely distributed, top 40-style music…
???
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Graham Nash, among many others, once genuinely believed that music could change the world. At age 80-something now, he might still feel this way.
But — how can music change the world when so many of us have stopped caring about music to this extent?
I mean widely distributed, top 40-style music…
???
But — how can music change the world when so many of us have stopped caring about music to this extent?
I mean widely distributed, top 40-style music…
???
Why do they look so… intimidating?
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Why do they look so… intimidating?
I love the slogan printed on that sign, in the article's thumbnail image: "The more you know, the more you NO!"
I'm stealing that.
I'll steal that, and détourne it in so many, many ways…
I'm stealing that.
I'll steal that, and détourne it in so many, many ways…
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I love the slogan printed on that sign, in the article's thumbnail image: "The more you know, the more you NO!"
I'm stealing that.
I'll steal that, and détourne it in so many, many ways…
I'm stealing that.
I'll steal that, and détourne it in so many, many ways…
Yes. The "fun" part. The real part of relationships.
The best part, I think.
The best part, I think.
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yes. The "fun" part. The real part of relationships.
The best part, I think.
The best part, I think.
I've been waiting my whole life for someone to say this to me.
Lucky guy…
Lucky guy…
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I've been waiting my whole life for someone to say this to me.
Lucky guy…
Lucky guy…
💯 So many crypto investors have borrowed against their crypto equities to make other investments, which has inflated the prices for every conceivable type of token, instrument, stake, or real property throughout the rest of economy.
This is an absolute disaster, just waiting to happen.
This is an absolute disaster, just waiting to happen.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
💯 So many crypto investors have borrowed against their crypto equities to make other investments, which has inflated the prices for every conceivable type of token, instrument, stake, or real property throughout the rest of economy.
This is an absolute disaster, just waiting to happen.
This is an absolute disaster, just waiting to happen.