Al
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· Jan 1
New Year! New Pinned Thread with the films I’m watching in 2025.
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Yes, but on the plus side frothing imperialists can lie about how free we now are, how Ireland will one day soon want to rejoin us and how we can never trust Europeans anyway so it’s all good.
🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Yes, but on the plus side frothing imperialists can lie about how free we now are, how Ireland will one day soon want to rejoin us and how we can never trust Europeans anyway so it’s all good.
“Sextette” starring Mae West. An absolutely glorious piece of seventies cinematic madness.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“Sextette” starring Mae West. An absolutely glorious piece of seventies cinematic madness.
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woah plot twist
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
woah plot twist
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#NationalTrust #NT members have followed the board's recommendations and elected sane candidates to the NT's Council at the 2025 AGM
The right-wing #RestoreTrust candidates were defeated again.
The right-wing #RestoreTrust candidates were defeated again.
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#NationalTrust #NT members have followed the board's recommendations and elected sane candidates to the NT's Council at the 2025 AGM
The right-wing #RestoreTrust candidates were defeated again.
The right-wing #RestoreTrust candidates were defeated again.
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About 300 employees of a nuclear facility in Russian Ulyanovsk region have gone on a massive strike because they are not paid any salary.
"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
About 300 employees of a nuclear facility in Russian Ulyanovsk region have gone on a massive strike because they are not paid any salary.
"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
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The next edition of the paper (13 November, 1989) was just as muted.
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The next edition of the paper (13 November, 1989) was just as muted.
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My annual post about how the Morning Star reported the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
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November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My annual post about how the Morning Star reported the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
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30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Funny For Money, a fascinating post-Newsnight one-off in which Bob Monkhouse talks to Ben Elton about his career and the technique and craft of comedy.
Funny for Money Bob Monkhouse talks to Ben Elton
From 8th November 1995
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Funny For Money, a fascinating post-Newsnight one-off in which Bob Monkhouse talks to Ben Elton about his career and the technique and craft of comedy.
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Brother looks like he smoked an exploding cigar in a Looney Tune
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Brother looks like he smoked an exploding cigar in a Looney Tune
It feels nice in a “maybe things will go back to normal” to be in Central London today and the place be so so busy. On the other hand - SO MANY BLOODY PEOPLE EVERYWHERE!
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It feels nice in a “maybe things will go back to normal” to be in Central London today and the place be so so busy. On the other hand - SO MANY BLOODY PEOPLE EVERYWHERE!
Sure sex is great but have you ever watched through a commercial break sat next to the person you love and both of you shouting ‘Fuck off” at the end of every single wretched advert.
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sure sex is great but have you ever watched through a commercial break sat next to the person you love and both of you shouting ‘Fuck off” at the end of every single wretched advert.
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"And of course we were always prepared for the uncanny, the strange and bizarre and frightening, by the ever-smoking Rod Serling with his trademark snarling voice, telling us what was in store for us with that half-smirk."
Six Damn Fine Degrees #259: The Twilight Zone
Welcome to Six Damn Fine Degrees. These instalments will be inspired by the idea of six degrees of separation in the loosest sense. The only rule: it connects – in some way – to the previous instal…
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November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"And of course we were always prepared for the uncanny, the strange and bizarre and frightening, by the ever-smoking Rod Serling with his trademark snarling voice, telling us what was in store for us with that half-smirk."
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You're travelling through another dimension, a dimension not of sight and sound... because of a Twilight Zone box set vanishing without a trace.
adamnfinecup.com/2025/11/07/s...
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Six Damn Fine Degrees #259: The Twilight Zone
Welcome to Six Damn Fine Degrees. These instalments will be inspired by the idea of six degrees of separation in the loosest sense. The only rule: it connects – in some way – to the previous instal…
adamnfinecup.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
You're travelling through another dimension, a dimension not of sight and sound... because of a Twilight Zone box set vanishing without a trace.
adamnfinecup.com/2025/11/07/s...
adamnfinecup.com/2025/11/07/s...
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
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Everyone knows that an army marches on its vibes
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Everyone knows that an army marches on its vibes
I mean, i can’t get too excited by this because they’ve already made two “new” Mummy films and a Spin-off film after the original and they were all awful.
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will reportedly return for a new 'The Mummy' movie
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I mean, i can’t get too excited by this because they’ve already made two “new” Mummy films and a Spin-off film after the original and they were all awful.
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Meanings of the word for November in various languages
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Meanings of the word for November in various languages
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
I’ll be honest, this is when i started to lose them. Love the earlier albums but I more admire this one.
'A consensus pick among fans, Tri Repetae marks a stylistic peak for Booth and Brown, the best representation of their work during that early period'
Many Happy Returns to #Autechre's Tri Repetae, which turns 30 today!
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Many Happy Returns to #Autechre's Tri Repetae, which turns 30 today!
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November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’ll be honest, this is when i started to lose them. Love the earlier albums but I more admire this one.
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
It’s striking that the last twenty years online I’ve seen self-declared experts repeat over and over again that renewables just won’t work and - quietly in the background - renewables have just gone in with very much working.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It’s striking that the last twenty years online I’ve seen self-declared experts repeat over and over again that renewables just won’t work and - quietly in the background - renewables have just gone in with very much working.
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good morning gang, let’s all suffer together
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
good morning gang, let’s all suffer together
Likeness of Me, happily sitting back and watching as someone who thinks they’re clever makes a complete tit of themselves.
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Likeness of Me, happily sitting back and watching as someone who thinks they’re clever makes a complete tit of themselves.