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Baron Hannan of Kingsclere ladies and gentlemen.
The stupidest man in whichever hemisphere he happens to be visiting this week:
The stupidest man in whichever hemisphere he happens to be visiting this week:
January 21, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Baron Hannan of Kingsclere ladies and gentlemen.
The stupidest man in whichever hemisphere he happens to be visiting this week:
The stupidest man in whichever hemisphere he happens to be visiting this week:
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SCOTUS will bend over backwards to claim this isn't about transgender status and doesn't invoke heightened scrutiny when Trump just outright says it.
January 20, 2026 at 8:09 PM
SCOTUS will bend over backwards to claim this isn't about transgender status and doesn't invoke heightened scrutiny when Trump just outright says it.
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I mean, this is utterly pathetic, just a dismal standard of reporting
sanewashing a brain-rotted lunatic by calling him ‘enigmatic’ and ‘expansive’
January 20, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I mean, this is utterly pathetic, just a dismal standard of reporting
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“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
January 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
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Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Esther Ghey says daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by harmful online content
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has urged Keir Starmer to ban social media for under-16s, adding to growing pressure on the prime minister before a crunch vote on the issue on Wednesday.
Esther Ghey wrote to Starmer on Monday explaining in detail how she felt her daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by TikTok influencers with whom she had become obsessed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.
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It's just so stupid, embarrassing, disastrous.
Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
January 19, 2026 at 12:13 AM
It's just so stupid, embarrassing, disastrous.
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The reason the UK knew the operational parameters of the Argentine aircraft and missile systems was because they were French.
And the moment the war kicked off, the French government quietly slipped us the full specifications.
And the moment the war kicked off, the French government quietly slipped us the full specifications.
Untrue, of course. UK got lots of support, and never asked for military intervention. But it's not the South Atlantic Treaty Org. At US insistence to avoid colonial wars, NATO only covers Europe, N. America, and the Atlantic north of the Tropic of Cancer. e.g. Hawaii and Guam aren't covered, either.
January 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The reason the UK knew the operational parameters of the Argentine aircraft and missile systems was because they were French.
And the moment the war kicked off, the French government quietly slipped us the full specifications.
And the moment the war kicked off, the French government quietly slipped us the full specifications.
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This. All of this. Generative AI has opened that hellish CSAM doorway even wider.
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This. All of this. Generative AI has opened that hellish CSAM doorway even wider.
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This is a very good point. The November 2025 US National Security Strategy never mentions the Arctic at all. The idea that it's a genuine security priority for the Trump administration is not credible.
January 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This is a very good point. The November 2025 US National Security Strategy never mentions the Arctic at all. The idea that it's a genuine security priority for the Trump administration is not credible.
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When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
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AND THE CHOIR SAID AMEN
"A tattoo on a woman is like putting a bumper sticker on a classic car."
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
AND THE CHOIR SAID AMEN
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
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this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
January 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
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The parallels with transphobia today are extraordinary, even if the good ol' Guardian can't bring itself to say so.
‘Naked homophobia’: play revisits BBC’s first programme on gay men in 1950s
Original script from 1954 referring to ‘troubles of this kind’ to be brought to life on stage for LGBT+ History Month
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:31 AM
The parallels with transphobia today are extraordinary, even if the good ol' Guardian can't bring itself to say so.
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This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.
Republican on CNN: You peacefully protest with a letter to the editor. You peacefully protest by starting a Substack or a podcast.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.
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For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
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If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.
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So she was an everyday American hero, got it.
The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training. https://cnn.it/49yoNEa
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
So she was an everyday American hero, got it.
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Why does this article even exist given its own third and fourth paragraphs
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Why does this article even exist given its own third and fourth paragraphs
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"All of the reductions in carbon emissions we’ve achieved through sustainable sources and electric vehicles will be reversed by the inexorable rise and insatiable appetite of AI."
Welcome to a post-human world: the vast anonymity of the data centre
These impersonal warehouses are the 21st century’s calling card — architecture for the computing power we are training to outsmart us
giftarticle.ft.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
"All of the reductions in carbon emissions we’ve achieved through sustainable sources and electric vehicles will be reversed by the inexorable rise and insatiable appetite of AI."
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Such a shame that Scott Adams spent the last fifteen years or so of his life being such a horrible, shitty, person so very publicly that the very same people who twenty years ago would have been genuinely heartbroken at his death are now making gloating jokes.
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Such a shame that Scott Adams spent the last fifteen years or so of his life being such a horrible, shitty, person so very publicly that the very same people who twenty years ago would have been genuinely heartbroken at his death are now making gloating jokes.
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This presents the idea that medical appointments, analysis and diagnosis should only be pursued if you... already have a positive diagnosis. They're telling you they think the system is broken if you turn up to be checked for something they rule out. That a negative diagnosis is a systematic failure
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This presents the idea that medical appointments, analysis and diagnosis should only be pursued if you... already have a positive diagnosis. They're telling you they think the system is broken if you turn up to be checked for something they rule out. That a negative diagnosis is a systematic failure
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And she was giving him grace. “I’m not mad are you”.
And to be given grace in the moment infuriated him, because apparently a woman not being mad at him was emasculating?
And to be given grace in the moment infuriated him, because apparently a woman not being mad at him was emasculating?
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
And she was giving him grace. “I’m not mad are you”.
And to be given grace in the moment infuriated him, because apparently a woman not being mad at him was emasculating?
And to be given grace in the moment infuriated him, because apparently a woman not being mad at him was emasculating?
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The creation of CSAM on X is unrelated to whether children use the site or not. So what Badenoch appears to be arguing is that only adults should be allowed to look at CSAM. She’s also implying that that it’s rather judgy and illiberal of the govt to “not like” a CSAM generator
Kemi going to bat for the non-consensual, violent, child porn app formerly known as X.
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The creation of CSAM on X is unrelated to whether children use the site or not. So what Badenoch appears to be arguing is that only adults should be allowed to look at CSAM. She’s also implying that that it’s rather judgy and illiberal of the govt to “not like” a CSAM generator