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"The people search everywhere for a saviour, but only charlatans are to be found."
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Now they made me sign up over here too
"The people search everywhere for a saviour, but only charlatans are to be found."
Block early, block often
He/him
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I mean, *very obviously* it was catastrophic to spend a decade all-channels blasting the public with ideas like “funding the NHS is self-indulgent nonsense for effete pricks having a circle-jerk of moral purity”. Wildly reckless idiocy, a bit of an abomination really. But that’s what happened.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I mean, *very obviously* it was catastrophic to spend a decade all-channels blasting the public with ideas like “funding the NHS is self-indulgent nonsense for effete pricks having a circle-jerk of moral purity”. Wildly reckless idiocy, a bit of an abomination really. But that’s what happened.
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It's your annual reminder that these next 4-5 days are prime "unsubscribe" days. You don't remember how you got on that list begging you to spend money? You no longer spend money at that outlet? Unsubscribe o'clock, baby.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's your annual reminder that these next 4-5 days are prime "unsubscribe" days. You don't remember how you got on that list begging you to spend money? You no longer spend money at that outlet? Unsubscribe o'clock, baby.
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Elizabeth Defiler
Spouse
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
Spouse
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Elizabeth Defiler
Spouse
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
Spouse
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
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He characterise an 80% drop as a "step in the right direction"
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
He characterise an 80% drop as a "step in the right direction"
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Huh. Looks like Cleared Hot - a modern successor to EA's old Strike series of helicopter shooters - is doing great. 1000 user reviews in a few days, 98% positive.
Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
Save 10% on Cleared Hot on Steam
CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and ...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Huh. Looks like Cleared Hot - a modern successor to EA's old Strike series of helicopter shooters - is doing great. 1000 user reviews in a few days, 98% positive.
Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
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Possibly a #Mr&Mrs shot for #BirdOfTheDay? 😜
Two goldfinches fighting over the bath
#stunday #EastCoastKin #ItsMyTurn
Two goldfinches fighting over the bath
#stunday #EastCoastKin #ItsMyTurn
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Possibly a #Mr&Mrs shot for #BirdOfTheDay? 😜
Two goldfinches fighting over the bath
#stunday #EastCoastKin #ItsMyTurn
Two goldfinches fighting over the bath
#stunday #EastCoastKin #ItsMyTurn
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The Keebler Elves are billionaires now, and as part of the President's Advisory Council they've said some alarming things about the connection between Pepperidge Farms and autism.
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Keebler Elves are billionaires now, and as part of the President's Advisory Council they've said some alarming things about the connection between Pepperidge Farms and autism.
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star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
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Trying to put himself into a figure-four leg lock
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Trying to put himself into a figure-four leg lock
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AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
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how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
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Post your warning label
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Post your warning label
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
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This is not *the far right* news. This is Sky, utterly mainstream, entirely and completely operating under the frame that "welfare spending is too high and needs to be cut". This is total received wisdom in the UK, even though it's not even close to true.
Ridge: "This is what I don't understand. I think you do believe we do spend too much money on welfare... I'm trying to work out why we've ended up with [this] budget"
Pressure e.g. this govt didn't want to scrap the two child benefit cap but they've been forced to
Pressure e.g. this govt didn't want to scrap the two child benefit cap but they've been forced to
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is not *the far right* news. This is Sky, utterly mainstream, entirely and completely operating under the frame that "welfare spending is too high and needs to be cut". This is total received wisdom in the UK, even though it's not even close to true.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM