Rascar Capac
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"Those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War." – Peter Cook
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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
Vox populi, vox dei, as the fella said.
Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
January 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Vox populi, vox dei, as the fella said.
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Which word am I supposed to be stressing in this headline?
January 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Which word am I supposed to be stressing in this headline?
My ★★★★ review of "The Swimmer" (1968):
boxd.it/ctiNER
boxd.it/ctiNER
A ★★★★ review of The Swimmer (1968)
Summer in Connecticut, and in a well-heeled suburb, the New York advertising executive Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) arrives at a pool party held by some old friends. Realising that almost every house ...
boxd.it
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
My ★★★★ review of "The Swimmer" (1968):
boxd.it/ctiNER
boxd.it/ctiNER
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oh, nothing much. Just China eyeing a certain offshore island with a renewed sense of hemispheric entitlement.
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
oh, nothing much. Just China eyeing a certain offshore island with a renewed sense of hemispheric entitlement.
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Step 1 might be to check whether his name is actually Tommy Robinson. Step 2 might be to call up the Quilliam Foundation (which doesn't exist anymore) and ask about the time that he became an anti-extremist working with them
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Step 1 might be to check whether his name is actually Tommy Robinson. Step 2 might be to call up the Quilliam Foundation (which doesn't exist anymore) and ask about the time that he became an anti-extremist working with them
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Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
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There's only problem. This has just gone out to news outlets from the police. Journalists make mistakes (I do!), a big lie is harder to spot... but it's hard to conclude British journalism aggregation isn't rotten to the core. I think what's really bleak is that *someone else* did die in the canal.
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There's only problem. This has just gone out to news outlets from the police. Journalists make mistakes (I do!), a big lie is harder to spot... but it's hard to conclude British journalism aggregation isn't rotten to the core. I think what's really bleak is that *someone else* did die in the canal.
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There's an incredibly sad story that's been aggregated across most national and local newspapers today. A 29-year-old mum called Jana Bahvalova found dead in a Manchester canal after failing to pick up her kids. Her family are raising money on GoFundMe for her two small kids on the eve of Christmas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There's an incredibly sad story that's been aggregated across most national and local newspapers today. A 29-year-old mum called Jana Bahvalova found dead in a Manchester canal after failing to pick up her kids. Her family are raising money on GoFundMe for her two small kids on the eve of Christmas.
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"i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" i would. that's the point of having a worst enemy. grow up and hate people like an adult
September 28, 2023 at 8:49 PM
"i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" i would. that's the point of having a worst enemy. grow up and hate people like an adult
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
The Angel of Christmas must look just so.
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Angel of Christmas must look just so.
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I wish this was an exaggeration, but it isn’t. They appear to have actively worked to block their purported allies being granted asylum, so they couldn’t be called to give evidence in Britain.
The British government and forces left their local translators and interpreters to be killed by the Taliban so they couldn't give evidence in any war-crimes trials
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I wish this was an exaggeration, but it isn’t. They appear to have actively worked to block their purported allies being granted asylum, so they couldn’t be called to give evidence in Britain.
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If people become insecure, we find they’re three times more likely to desert Labour than if they become more concerned about immigration. Around one-third of Britons felt economically insecure as of April 2025.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If people become insecure, we find they’re three times more likely to desert Labour than if they become more concerned about immigration. Around one-third of Britons felt economically insecure as of April 2025.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
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I mean the thing about trying to govern with no political ambitions is that your opponents can just project whatever they want onto it and there's nothing you can really do to stop them
The predictable crushing uniformity of the coverage of this Budget tells you an awful lot about the priorities of those papers, and also why there's actually quite a lot to praise in it bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I mean the thing about trying to govern with no political ambitions is that your opponents can just project whatever they want onto it and there's nothing you can really do to stop them
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we’re about to see if “left on economics, conservative on social policy” is in any way electorally viable - we’ve had a varying cast of people claiming for close to 17 years that this was the silver bullet to assure Labour success
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
we’re about to see if “left on economics, conservative on social policy” is in any way electorally viable - we’ve had a varying cast of people claiming for close to 17 years that this was the silver bullet to assure Labour success
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Bit of a test case here for “is liberalism still a real thing, or is it just a political version of a collection of Labubus that you show off to your friends” IMO.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Bit of a test case here for “is liberalism still a real thing, or is it just a political version of a collection of Labubus that you show off to your friends” IMO.
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Now to take a big sip of my hot drink and check who reinstated him onto the Labour Party
I read “It is hard to imagine that taking place in Britain” initially as “thank goodness”. Then I realised that Phillips *wants* this for Britain! He wants a Britain where visible minorities live in fear of abduction and deportation? WTAF?
Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Now to take a big sip of my hot drink and check who reinstated him onto the Labour Party
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RIP Udo Kier, star of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
RIP Udo Kier, star of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
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"The inquiry report says imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England"
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"The inquiry report says imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England"
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Bluesky has the juice. If anything, too much juice. This is the kind of suicidal personal candidness you got from celebs on Twitter c 2011
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Bluesky has the juice. If anything, too much juice. This is the kind of suicidal personal candidness you got from celebs on Twitter c 2011
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon