John Lappin
@johnlappin.bsky.social
Journalist, financial, mostly I have opinions on many things.
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Immediately dying in Whamagheddogheddon - the competition to see how far you can get into December before seeing Discourse over Whamagheddon.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Immediately dying in Whamagheddogheddon - the competition to see how far you can get into December before seeing Discourse over Whamagheddon.
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This. "Believing the stripper really loves you" is a good line for a certain type of gullibility, but most strippers a) are actually capable of love and b) wouldn't encourage a customer to suicide. Because they're human and have minds and emotions. LLMs aren't and don't.
I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This. "Believing the stripper really loves you" is a good line for a certain type of gullibility, but most strippers a) are actually capable of love and b) wouldn't encourage a customer to suicide. Because they're human and have minds and emotions. LLMs aren't and don't.
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I was asked if I believe in reincarnation, yes I said and believed in it ever since I was a puppy.
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I was asked if I believe in reincarnation, yes I said and believed in it ever since I was a puppy.
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Bess Flowers.
1000 films. Much of Hitchcock. Singing on the Rain. It Happened One Night. The Day the Earth Stood Still. A Night at the Opera...
1000 films. Much of Hitchcock. Singing on the Rain. It Happened One Night. The Day the Earth Stood Still. A Night at the Opera...
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Bess Flowers.
1000 films. Much of Hitchcock. Singing on the Rain. It Happened One Night. The Day the Earth Stood Still. A Night at the Opera...
1000 films. Much of Hitchcock. Singing on the Rain. It Happened One Night. The Day the Earth Stood Still. A Night at the Opera...
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‘Tom and I were friends for over 50 years. We relished each other’s plays, and we loved each other’s company’
David Hare remembers Tom Stoppard
https://bit.ly/4rur4s9
David Hare remembers Tom Stoppard
https://bit.ly/4rur4s9
‘Tom Stoppard redefined Britishness as something freedom-loving' | The Observer
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November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
‘Tom and I were friends for over 50 years. We relished each other’s plays, and we loved each other’s company’
David Hare remembers Tom Stoppard
https://bit.ly/4rur4s9
David Hare remembers Tom Stoppard
https://bit.ly/4rur4s9
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She f*cken warned us.
Damn you who didn’t listen.
Damn you who didn’t listen.
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
She f*cken warned us.
Damn you who didn’t listen.
Damn you who didn’t listen.
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I owe the novel and this film adaptation—specifically the screenplay—everything. (IYKYK)
Evening #noirvember viewing recommendation? Watch THE BIG SLEEP (1946) in our Howard Hawks collection! In their second immortal pairing, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's innuendo-laden chemistry practically scorches the screen.
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I owe the novel and this film adaptation—specifically the screenplay—everything. (IYKYK)
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R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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One of the greatest to ever do it.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
One of the greatest to ever do it.
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This is why it is good that financial literacy is going to be taught in schools. On average, if you are 20, you should save in an index fund and not worry about it for decades, and he should know this!
Josh Hall, 20, is 'worried' about how the cash ISA allowance cut announced in Wednesday’s Budget will affect his long-term savings plans
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is why it is good that financial literacy is going to be taught in schools. On average, if you are 20, you should save in an index fund and not worry about it for decades, and he should know this!
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Good morning, BlueSky
Try to have this much fun today
Try to have this much fun today
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Good morning, BlueSky
Try to have this much fun today
Try to have this much fun today
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We all know this, right?
"Nevertheless, the study does show a clear mechanism for the mood boost conferred by a workout, suggesting that exercise may be a valid treatment regimen for individuals who struggle with finding an appropriate medication."
"Nevertheless, the study does show a clear mechanism for the mood boost conferred by a workout, suggesting that exercise may be a valid treatment regimen for individuals who struggle with finding an appropriate medication."
With exercise, even one workout could offer immediate relief for symptoms of anxiety or depression. #RSNA25
www.sciencealert.com/a-single-30-...
www.sciencealert.com/a-single-30-...
A Single 30-Minute Exercise Session Has an Immediate Antidepressant Effect
A single, half-hour session of moderate exercise is enough to confer an immediate mood-boosting effect, and now scientists have figured out why.
www.sciencealert.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We all know this, right?
"Nevertheless, the study does show a clear mechanism for the mood boost conferred by a workout, suggesting that exercise may be a valid treatment regimen for individuals who struggle with finding an appropriate medication."
"Nevertheless, the study does show a clear mechanism for the mood boost conferred by a workout, suggesting that exercise may be a valid treatment regimen for individuals who struggle with finding an appropriate medication."
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There is no Korean restaurant in Iceland. Just putting it out there in case someone with Korean roots is looking to make a move to a cold, dark place and also make my life a little better.
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is no Korean restaurant in Iceland. Just putting it out there in case someone with Korean roots is looking to make a move to a cold, dark place and also make my life a little better.
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An inward-facing clique with an ethos semi-detached from broader society; a truculent "épater les normies" attitude mixed with an empty and self-serving pragmatism: it sometimes feels a bit as if classic-era Living Marxism has formed the latest British government.
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Not sure how you get the average rate on outstanding mortgages to rise above the current rate on new advances unless there's a distributional issue like a load of new first-time buyers on higher LTVs in the forecast period.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Not sure how you get the average rate on outstanding mortgages to rise above the current rate on new advances unless there's a distributional issue like a load of new first-time buyers on higher LTVs in the forecast period.
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OBR outstanding mortgage rate forecast is an interesting one!
builtplace.com/weekly-summa...
builtplace.com/weekly-summa...
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
OBR outstanding mortgage rate forecast is an interesting one!
builtplace.com/weekly-summa...
builtplace.com/weekly-summa...
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"Hello, I'd like to buy this thing, please"
"That'll be £50"
"On your website it's £25"
"Sorry, we don't price-match our website"
"But I can do click-and-collect and just take it?"
"Yes"
"..."
#ANationOfShopkeepers
"That'll be £50"
"On your website it's £25"
"Sorry, we don't price-match our website"
"But I can do click-and-collect and just take it?"
"Yes"
"..."
#ANationOfShopkeepers
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Hello, I'd like to buy this thing, please"
"That'll be £50"
"On your website it's £25"
"Sorry, we don't price-match our website"
"But I can do click-and-collect and just take it?"
"Yes"
"..."
#ANationOfShopkeepers
"That'll be £50"
"On your website it's £25"
"Sorry, we don't price-match our website"
"But I can do click-and-collect and just take it?"
"Yes"
"..."
#ANationOfShopkeepers
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Get people to self-declare online and then when they sell it’s checked with any discrepancy and corrected for then.
Electric cars will need annual checks under Reeves’s new rules
Drivers of electric cars will be requested to go to MOT centres annually to have their mileage checked, even if their vehicle does not require an inspection, under changes announced by Rachel Reeves.
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Drivers of electric cars will be requested to go to MOT centres annually to have their mileage checked, even if their vehicle does not require an inspection, under changes announced by Rachel Reeves.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Get people to self-declare online and then when they sell it’s checked with any discrepancy and corrected for then.
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About half way through my British Museum visit and I've reached Sutton Hoo. Here's the helmet and the remarkable shoulder-clasps, the reconstruction and the slightly misleading way I first met the image in 1983.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
About half way through my British Museum visit and I've reached Sutton Hoo. Here's the helmet and the remarkable shoulder-clasps, the reconstruction and the slightly misleading way I first met the image in 1983.
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The words 'Universal Credit' do not appear in the bible. Checkmate libs.
(People of the cloth that follow me:
A) I am joking, honest. My soul is not that corrupted.
B) I would genuinely laugh if you pointed me to the verse where it does appear)
(People of the cloth that follow me:
A) I am joking, honest. My soul is not that corrupted.
B) I would genuinely laugh if you pointed me to the verse where it does appear)
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The words 'Universal Credit' do not appear in the bible. Checkmate libs.
(People of the cloth that follow me:
A) I am joking, honest. My soul is not that corrupted.
B) I would genuinely laugh if you pointed me to the verse where it does appear)
(People of the cloth that follow me:
A) I am joking, honest. My soul is not that corrupted.
B) I would genuinely laugh if you pointed me to the verse where it does appear)
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I absolutely cannot understand what political goal Badenoch thinks she’s accomplishing here. If nothing else, she’s directly invited the Archbishop of Canterbury to weigh in, and she must know she’ll disagree.
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I absolutely cannot understand what political goal Badenoch thinks she’s accomplishing here. If nothing else, she’s directly invited the Archbishop of Canterbury to weigh in, and she must know she’ll disagree.
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I don’t like being referred to as a Yankee but I’ve realized this is not at all because I’m Southern, but because I specifically resent being associated with traditional New England Protestant culture and its flavorless foods
All people from the U.S. are Yankees. I say this as a person born and raised in The South because pissing off That Specific Kind of Southerner is a moral good.
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I don’t like being referred to as a Yankee but I’ve realized this is not at all because I’m Southern, but because I specifically resent being associated with traditional New England Protestant culture and its flavorless foods