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A nice write up of a book, a couple of good links, and fine thesis statement at the end, I expect no less of one of the last of the great old school blogs.
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
The cultural contradictions of techbro capitalism - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Andrew Gelman has read Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Williams, which sounds like a very interesting book by a New Zealand lawyer who climbed high in the ranks at Facebook, before becoming too disgust...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:34 PM
A nice write up of a book, a couple of good links, and fine thesis statement at the end, I expect no less of one of the last of the great old school blogs.
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
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if you’re having a bad morning just think that you could be the person in the philadelphia office of emergency management who sent out a citywide text alert with a link to chubbyparade dot com
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
if you’re having a bad morning just think that you could be the person in the philadelphia office of emergency management who sent out a citywide text alert with a link to chubbyparade dot com
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Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
Rejoining the EU is the only way to stop Trump
It is time to return home
inews.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
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Reform are well ahead of the Greens when it comes to recycling rubbish. *HIGNFY Guest-Host Eyebrow Wiggle*
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Reform are well ahead of the Greens when it comes to recycling rubbish. *HIGNFY Guest-Host Eyebrow Wiggle*
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The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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I love the way that recently Michael Gove has appeared as a talking head on several discussions of disloyalty, political backstabbing, leadership bids etc. It's as if he is in journalists' contact books as the go-to expert on being a bit of a shit. (E.g. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...)
Broadcasting House - Back him or block him? Burnham row engulfs Labour - BBC Sounds
Labour's executive decides today whether to allow Andy Burnham to seek a Westminster seat.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I love the way that recently Michael Gove has appeared as a talking head on several discussions of disloyalty, political backstabbing, leadership bids etc. It's as if he is in journalists' contact books as the go-to expert on being a bit of a shit. (E.g. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...)
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Omg.
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Omg.
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
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The Brexit latest seems to have moved from strong independent sovereign nation to country entirely dependant on US funding and defence for its survival. Thanks.
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The Brexit latest seems to have moved from strong independent sovereign nation to country entirely dependant on US funding and defence for its survival. Thanks.
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Fun fact: The Black Plague had a 9 percent approval rating, same as invading Greenland. It’s basically the polling floor.
January 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Fun fact: The Black Plague had a 9 percent approval rating, same as invading Greenland. It’s basically the polling floor.
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American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say
American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say
Scale and speed of president’s moves have stunned observers of authoritarian regimes – is the US in democratic peril?
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:14 PM
American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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I am a novelist. I have published both decent and bestselling work. All of my bestsellers were written while I was drunk and depressed. Since I've been sober and happier, I've not had a single bestseller.
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I am a novelist. I have published both decent and bestselling work. All of my bestsellers were written while I was drunk and depressed. Since I've been sober and happier, I've not had a single bestseller.
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every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
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Putting this here in case useful over the next couple of days.
January 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Putting this here in case useful over the next couple of days.
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The late 80s and early 90s saw a raft of children's cartoons based on 15 and 18-rated films: The Toxic Avenger, Police Academy, Rambo, and ROBOCOP (1988). Not gonna lie, if I was a kid who was too young to see the film, I'd have been all over this!
"You are gonna be a bad muddy funster!"
"You are gonna be a bad muddy funster!"
January 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The late 80s and early 90s saw a raft of children's cartoons based on 15 and 18-rated films: The Toxic Avenger, Police Academy, Rambo, and ROBOCOP (1988). Not gonna lie, if I was a kid who was too young to see the film, I'd have been all over this!
"You are gonna be a bad muddy funster!"
"You are gonna be a bad muddy funster!"
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"There comes a point where we have to start questioning whether or not he’s actually aware of what’s happening around him & the harm he’s doing. It’s similar to historical figures like Nero or Caligula. Their madness took over & they started doing wildly destructive things. Trump is in that place."
Simon Rosenberg on Trump’s no good, very bad year
"It’s grotesque. He’s become a grotesque figure."
www.publicnotice.co
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"There comes a point where we have to start questioning whether or not he’s actually aware of what’s happening around him & the harm he’s doing. It’s similar to historical figures like Nero or Caligula. Their madness took over & they started doing wildly destructive things. Trump is in that place."
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It is really important to understand that the asylum hotel chaos of 2022-24 is a *failed experiment in closed borders* (in contrast to the liberal visa policy)
The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims
bsky.app/profile/pete...
The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims
bsky.app/profile/pete...
“Robert Jenrick is the man who as Immigration Minister oversaw the open borders experiment that led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country”
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 AM
It is really important to understand that the asylum hotel chaos of 2022-24 is a *failed experiment in closed borders* (in contrast to the liberal visa policy)
The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims
bsky.app/profile/pete...
The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims
bsky.app/profile/pete...
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I was thinking about that 1980s James Bond movie where everybody's trying to get their hands on a Fabergé egg for some reason
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I was thinking about that 1980s James Bond movie where everybody's trying to get their hands on a Fabergé egg for some reason
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
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Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
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was not expecting the introduction section on the dilbert wikipedia to conclude quite this brutally holy SHIT
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
was not expecting the introduction section on the dilbert wikipedia to conclude quite this brutally holy SHIT
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Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
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Please congratulate our chimp Bonzo. He recently completed our anger management program.
January 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Please congratulate our chimp Bonzo. He recently completed our anger management program.
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Amazing, a Ford worker called Trump a “pedophile protector” during his visit to an assembly plant in Michigan today.
In return, Trump, who has failed to release the Epstein files, yelled, “fuck you” and flipped off the worker.
In return, Trump, who has failed to release the Epstein files, yelled, “fuck you” and flipped off the worker.
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Amazing, a Ford worker called Trump a “pedophile protector” during his visit to an assembly plant in Michigan today.
In return, Trump, who has failed to release the Epstein files, yelled, “fuck you” and flipped off the worker.
In return, Trump, who has failed to release the Epstein files, yelled, “fuck you” and flipped off the worker.