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A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
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This was a good read.
Btw, did you know that after Joyce Carol Oates posted this Elon responded that she's a liar and then he immediately began going under film posts and replying "Great movie".
I'm not even joking. 😂
Btw, did you know that after Joyce Carol Oates posted this Elon responded that she's a liar and then he immediately began going under film posts and replying "Great movie".
I'm not even joking. 😂
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This was a good read.
Btw, did you know that after Joyce Carol Oates posted this Elon responded that she's a liar and then he immediately began going under film posts and replying "Great movie".
I'm not even joking. 😂
Btw, did you know that after Joyce Carol Oates posted this Elon responded that she's a liar and then he immediately began going under film posts and replying "Great movie".
I'm not even joking. 😂
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I like the dancing, but I don’t like the camera trying to join in.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I like the dancing, but I don’t like the camera trying to join in.
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In 2020, Boris Johnson said that Trump "encouraged people to storm the Capitol ... I believe that that was completely wrong. ... I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol".
Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...
Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...
Boris Johnson condemns Trump after Capitol attack: 'Completely wrong'
YouTube video by Guardian News
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In 2020, Boris Johnson said that Trump "encouraged people to storm the Capitol ... I believe that that was completely wrong. ... I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol".
Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...
Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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My degrees are in CS, not law. So like my granny said, if she tells me a mosquito can pull a plow, then hook that mf up!
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My degrees are in CS, not law. So like my granny said, if she tells me a mosquito can pull a plow, then hook that mf up!
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Snoops had a great time, very good Julius Caesar with 5 actors. Great staging. Snoops is a proud friend of the director. Chap next to Snoops thought it should be at the National Theatre!
Snoops at Tangle Theatre Company’s Julius Caesar at Omnibus Theatre!
Selling programme and now in his seat!
Selling programme and now in his seat!
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Snoops had a great time, very good Julius Caesar with 5 actors. Great staging. Snoops is a proud friend of the director. Chap next to Snoops thought it should be at the National Theatre!
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Just watched episode 1. Brilliant -superb telling of history -very engaging. And salutary.
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Just watched episode 1. Brilliant -superb telling of history -very engaging. And salutary.
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Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.
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'It is true that none of us is personally responsible for the events and activities of our varied ancestors. But take care, if disowning any possible connection to events before you were born, to check if you are content to sever any sense of identification with Shakespeare or winning WW2 too' (!)
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
'It is true that none of us is personally responsible for the events and activities of our varied ancestors. But take care, if disowning any possible connection to events before you were born, to check if you are content to sever any sense of identification with Shakespeare or winning WW2 too' (!)
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Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
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Taking the think out of tank
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Taking the think out of tank
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Careful Marge, the 'Gazpacho police' will be after you with Commie talk like that.
(For those who don't remember amidst all the MAGA chaos, Ms Taylor Greene once confused the Spanish soup with Hitler's secret police.)
(For those who don't remember amidst all the MAGA chaos, Ms Taylor Greene once confused the Spanish soup with Hitler's secret police.)
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Careful Marge, the 'Gazpacho police' will be after you with Commie talk like that.
(For those who don't remember amidst all the MAGA chaos, Ms Taylor Greene once confused the Spanish soup with Hitler's secret police.)
(For those who don't remember amidst all the MAGA chaos, Ms Taylor Greene once confused the Spanish soup with Hitler's secret police.)
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(L to R) Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane, "Pistol Packin' Mama," at Lockbourne AAF in Ohio. All were WASP pilots who had been trained on B-17 "Flying Fortresses." c. 1944.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
(L to R) Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane, "Pistol Packin' Mama," at Lockbourne AAF in Ohio. All were WASP pilots who had been trained on B-17 "Flying Fortresses." c. 1944.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gr...
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@barristersecret.bsky.social l suspect this instruction manual may prove useful in dealing with uncooperative - even hostile?- witnesses in court, or disarming any rogue judge who attacks you with their gavel?
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
@barristersecret.bsky.social l suspect this instruction manual may prove useful in dealing with uncooperative - even hostile?- witnesses in court, or disarming any rogue judge who attacks you with their gavel?
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Spray tan = $150
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Spray tan = $150
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
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Brave actress Maureen O'Hara speaking out about sexual harassment and big Hollywood producers & directors misbehaving, back in 1945.
www.newspapers.com/article/live...
www.newspapers.com/article/live...
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Brave actress Maureen O'Hara speaking out about sexual harassment and big Hollywood producers & directors misbehaving, back in 1945.
www.newspapers.com/article/live...
www.newspapers.com/article/live...
@publicradionerd.bsky.social
CBP agent: "You could smell the onions & mustard"
in the sandwich thrown at him.
A grand jury refused to indict the perpretator on a felony assault so he's charged with a misdemeanour.
With that testimony why hasn't the Trump junta charged him with chemical warfare?
CBP agent: "You could smell the onions & mustard"
in the sandwich thrown at him.
A grand jury refused to indict the perpretator on a felony assault so he's charged with a misdemeanour.
With that testimony why hasn't the Trump junta charged him with chemical warfare?
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
@publicradionerd.bsky.social
CBP agent: "You could smell the onions & mustard"
in the sandwich thrown at him.
A grand jury refused to indict the perpretator on a felony assault so he's charged with a misdemeanour.
With that testimony why hasn't the Trump junta charged him with chemical warfare?
CBP agent: "You could smell the onions & mustard"
in the sandwich thrown at him.
A grand jury refused to indict the perpretator on a felony assault so he's charged with a misdemeanour.
With that testimony why hasn't the Trump junta charged him with chemical warfare?
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Silence speaks volumes/You only sing when you're losing.
"He does not answer the PR part of Pippa’s question."
"He does not answer the PR part of Pippa’s question."
Farage claims Brexit opportunities have been ‘squandered’ and says he wants as many rich people as possible in the UK – politics live
Reform UK leader says he expects Labour to be forced into an austerity budget before the next election
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Silence speaks volumes/You only sing when you're losing.
"He does not answer the PR part of Pippa’s question."
"He does not answer the PR part of Pippa’s question."
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Anyone listening to Chris Philp’s Today interview, predicated on the premise knife crime is rising, might like to read my piece from yesterday setting out the more nuanced reality: on.ft.com/47Aw3hT
Train stabbing fuels UK public’s feeling of insecurity
Cambridgeshire attack is second mass knife crime incident in less than a week
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Anyone listening to Chris Philp’s Today interview, predicated on the premise knife crime is rising, might like to read my piece from yesterday setting out the more nuanced reality: on.ft.com/47Aw3hT
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Since it is apparently up to self-appointed, middle-aged white British men to decide who truly is or is not British, I’ve decided Matt Goodwin isn’t.
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Since it is apparently up to self-appointed, middle-aged white British men to decide who truly is or is not British, I’ve decided Matt Goodwin isn’t.
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