Does the USA's crackdown on visas for fact-checkers mean there will be no VAR at the World Cup
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Does the USA's crackdown on visas for fact-checkers mean there will be no VAR at the World Cup
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"Santa Claus is coming to town" - festive, exciting
"Santa Claus is goin' to town" - concerning, possibly problematic
"Santa Claus is goin' to town" - concerning, possibly problematic
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Santa Claus is coming to town" - festive, exciting
"Santa Claus is goin' to town" - concerning, possibly problematic
"Santa Claus is goin' to town" - concerning, possibly problematic
It would be interesting to pinpoint the moment the word "Brexit" came to express the thing you have to own rather than the moment you pass through (see Creasy in today's Guardian). Suspect it began with reference to hard and soft varieties. It makes it much harder for its proponents to shake off
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It would be interesting to pinpoint the moment the word "Brexit" came to express the thing you have to own rather than the moment you pass through (see Creasy in today's Guardian). Suspect it began with reference to hard and soft varieties. It makes it much harder for its proponents to shake off
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
"That's it, Stoofer, you help"
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"That's it, Stoofer, you help"
My Spotify Wrapped was less of a review of the year, and more of an intervention
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My Spotify Wrapped was less of a review of the year, and more of an intervention
Yeah exactly, it's just like Bertrand Russell said: "Idiots are always getting things wrong, unless they are actually clever"
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Yeah exactly, it's just like Bertrand Russell said: "Idiots are always getting things wrong, unless they are actually clever"
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
Wife says I need to stop complaining every time I see an octagonal snowflake, I'm ruining it for the children
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Wife says I need to stop complaining every time I see an octagonal snowflake, I'm ruining it for the children
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I present... Smol Paul's brain scan.
How is it possible that EVEN IN 2D he is this much himself?!
How is it possible that EVEN IN 2D he is this much himself?!
September 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I present... Smol Paul's brain scan.
How is it possible that EVEN IN 2D he is this much himself?!
How is it possible that EVEN IN 2D he is this much himself?!
Spike Lee needs to stop writing his name on his drugs, what if the police catch him
November 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Spike Lee needs to stop writing his name on his drugs, what if the police catch him
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
I like that Christmas song by the Pretenders
# dud dud der derrr #
# I got pigs #
# dud dud der derrr #
# in blankets #
# dud dud der derrr #
# I got pigs #
# dud dud der derrr #
# in blankets #
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I like that Christmas song by the Pretenders
# dud dud der derrr #
# I got pigs #
# dud dud der derrr #
# in blankets #
# dud dud der derrr #
# I got pigs #
# dud dud der derrr #
# in blankets #
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
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My favourite part of the AI Kingston on Thames christmas mural is the man using a severed dog's paw on a stick to subdue his chimera dogwife
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My favourite part of the AI Kingston on Thames christmas mural is the man using a severed dog's paw on a stick to subdue his chimera dogwife
@totallyshow.bsky.social As well as the Uncle Jeff Coefficient, am I right in thinking that someone on the show once suggested a way to predict the way the table will finish by looking at what the table is in terms of goal difference, once it gets to Christmas? I might be imagining this
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@totallyshow.bsky.social As well as the Uncle Jeff Coefficient, am I right in thinking that someone on the show once suggested a way to predict the way the table will finish by looking at what the table is in terms of goal difference, once it gets to Christmas? I might be imagining this
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It's Friday afternoon, so who wouldn't want to enter the weekend with one more round of my patented bubble plots of British politics? In this final (one hopes) of my mini-series I look at who the 'odd ones out' of British politics are. Who is 'out of touch' with the rest of the public. Let's see 1/n
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's Friday afternoon, so who wouldn't want to enter the weekend with one more round of my patented bubble plots of British politics? In this final (one hopes) of my mini-series I look at who the 'odd ones out' of British politics are. Who is 'out of touch' with the rest of the public. Let's see 1/n
Mirror, mirror
On the floor
Who is the clumsiest
Of them all
On the floor
Who is the clumsiest
Of them all
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Mirror, mirror
On the floor
Who is the clumsiest
Of them all
On the floor
Who is the clumsiest
Of them all
I simply close my screen to 45° with absolutely no issues whatsoever
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I simply close my screen to 45° with absolutely no issues whatsoever
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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This is a vital essay by @johnspringford.bsky.social & @acjsissons.bsky.social - diagnosing the British malaise and providing a set of clear policy solutions. You will be much better informed for having read it getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is a vital essay by @johnspringford.bsky.social & @acjsissons.bsky.social - diagnosing the British malaise and providing a set of clear policy solutions. You will be much better informed for having read it getting-out-of-the-hole.uk