Iain
@discobanana.bsky.social
Drinker of tea. Devourer of biscuits.
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Labour: YOU MUST INTEGRATE
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Labour: YOU MUST INTEGRATE
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
Also Labour: we might kick you out in a couple years so don't get to comfy yeah
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Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
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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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and it's a feature, not a bug, of whatever mangled faction this is that is running Labour. these people are able to do one thing and one thing alone - fight factional wars against the left.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
and it's a feature, not a bug, of whatever mangled faction this is that is running Labour. these people are able to do one thing and one thing alone - fight factional wars against the left.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
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It reminds me when those militia guys occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and then got all confused when they got arrested afterwards. they were literally "b-but we're not occupying it anymore? what do you mean i'm being held to account for my PAST actions??" literal pancake batter for brains
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
It reminds me when those militia guys occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and then got all confused when they got arrested afterwards. they were literally "b-but we're not occupying it anymore? what do you mean i'm being held to account for my PAST actions??" literal pancake batter for brains
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Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
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I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him.
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist
english.elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him.
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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6/10 Labour voters think refugees should be able to be citizens within 6 years, regardless of how they arrived before claiming asylum.
Public supported that by 44% to 33%
Tory voters 40% v 42% split
Reform agin
Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood propose 20 years, rather than 6 years or 10 years
Public supported that by 44% to 33%
Tory voters 40% v 42% split
Reform agin
Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood propose 20 years, rather than 6 years or 10 years
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
6/10 Labour voters think refugees should be able to be citizens within 6 years, regardless of how they arrived before claiming asylum.
Public supported that by 44% to 33%
Tory voters 40% v 42% split
Reform agin
Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood propose 20 years, rather than 6 years or 10 years
Public supported that by 44% to 33%
Tory voters 40% v 42% split
Reform agin
Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood propose 20 years, rather than 6 years or 10 years
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TIME TO PLAN SOME SHIT: 2026 Effin' Birds planners and calendars are at your local bookstore right now. Check eatf.art for some online ordering options.
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
TIME TO PLAN SOME SHIT: 2026 Effin' Birds planners and calendars are at your local bookstore right now. Check eatf.art for some online ordering options.
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IMO, the play is everyone gets political cover by voting yes on its release and when the time comes, Pammy Jo Bondi at the DOJ was say “Well, wait a minute, these files can’t be released because this is now an active, ongoing investigation” and none of those same republicans will argue it.
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
IMO, the play is everyone gets political cover by voting yes on its release and when the time comes, Pammy Jo Bondi at the DOJ was say “Well, wait a minute, these files can’t be released because this is now an active, ongoing investigation” and none of those same republicans will argue it.
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What really, truly sucks is that, from here on out, this person will only be able to fail upwards. That's the system we've created.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What really, truly sucks is that, from here on out, this person will only be able to fail upwards. That's the system we've created.
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She’s lying, of course, but it is noteworthy that the feels like she has to lie and say these things. She’s a weathervane and this is a sign of the way the wind is blowing.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
She’s lying, of course, but it is noteworthy that the feels like she has to lie and say these things. She’s a weathervane and this is a sign of the way the wind is blowing.
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
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some notable things in this excellent Bloomberg story - www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
some notable things in this excellent Bloomberg story - www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
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listen, who among us hasn't supported their friends through peccadillos like the sexual exploitation of children? everyone has their bad habits, smoking, eating too much, the systematic abuse of vulnerable children in a way that wounds them for life.
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
listen, who among us hasn't supported their friends through peccadillos like the sexual exploitation of children? everyone has their bad habits, smoking, eating too much, the systematic abuse of vulnerable children in a way that wounds them for life.
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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This week, for the first time in seven and a half years of writing a weekly parenting column, I admit why I so rarely use it to give out advice. On experts, common sense, and being bad enough at parenting that I'd never tell anyone what to do.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
This isn’t a parenting advice column. But I have some suggestions | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This week, for the first time in seven and a half years of writing a weekly parenting column, I admit why I so rarely use it to give out advice. On experts, common sense, and being bad enough at parenting that I'd never tell anyone what to do.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I do hope those sensibles telling me that Labour's new policy was fair and sensible are enjoying Tommy Robinson's endorsement of it this morning.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
That's who you've joined.
Tommy Robinson.
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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So many adverts for smart tech are just profoundly depressing.
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
So many adverts for smart tech are just profoundly depressing.
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This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
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The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
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There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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When I say you reap what you sow…
This ICE agent created chaos in the Summer in LA. He was then arrested after pointing a firearm at a woman in a restaurant bathroom. He complains how it’s hard to be ICE in the station. He’s since died of a drug overdose.
This ICE agent created chaos in the Summer in LA. He was then arrested after pointing a firearm at a woman in a restaurant bathroom. He complains how it’s hard to be ICE in the station. He’s since died of a drug overdose.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When I say you reap what you sow…
This ICE agent created chaos in the Summer in LA. He was then arrested after pointing a firearm at a woman in a restaurant bathroom. He complains how it’s hard to be ICE in the station. He’s since died of a drug overdose.
This ICE agent created chaos in the Summer in LA. He was then arrested after pointing a firearm at a woman in a restaurant bathroom. He complains how it’s hard to be ICE in the station. He’s since died of a drug overdose.
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True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer