Ren Zelen
@renzelen.bsky.social
Academic editor & freelance film & book reviewer. Ex-lit academic. Has written sci-fi novels (see ‘Hathor Diaries' on Amazon).
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What did I tell you?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What did I tell you?
Too many powerful men (and their female enablers) blocking this because of their own culpability.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“But there is another timebomb about to explode and it will if there is no accountability or justice for the Epstein victims.”
“But there is another timebomb about to explode and it will if there is no accountability or justice for the Epstein victims.”
If Epstein’s victims don’t receive justice that is a ticking time bomb | V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Millions of sexual violent survivors will not live a day longer with this torturous injustice
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Too many powerful men (and their female enablers) blocking this because of their own culpability.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“But there is another timebomb about to explode and it will if there is no accountability or justice for the Epstein victims.”
“But there is another timebomb about to explode and it will if there is no accountability or justice for the Epstein victims.”
If Epstein’s victims don’t receive justice that is a ticking time bomb | V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Millions of sexual violent survivors will not live a day longer with this torturous injustice
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“But there is another timebomb about to explode and it will if there is no accountability or justice for the Epstein victims.”
“But there is another timebomb about to explode and it will if there is no accountability or justice for the Epstein victims.”
I love this!
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I love this!
Yes, the idiots are so obsessed with immigrants they don’t want to see the emigrants- they miss the point that they’re losing young people and young families.
The right-wing are such blinkered fools.
The right-wing are such blinkered fools.
All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yes, the idiots are so obsessed with immigrants they don’t want to see the emigrants- they miss the point that they’re losing young people and young families.
The right-wing are such blinkered fools.
The right-wing are such blinkered fools.
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Jack Shepherd: English actor and star of Wycliffe dies at 85 share.google/6tbtcD66JOBj...
Sad news. I enjoyed watching Wycliffe.
Sad news. I enjoyed watching Wycliffe.
Jack Shepherd: English actor and star of Wycliffe dies at 85
He will be remembered for his roles as TV detective Charles Wycliffe and fictional Labour MP Bill Brand.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Jack Shepherd: English actor and star of Wycliffe dies at 85 share.google/6tbtcD66JOBj...
Sad news. I enjoyed watching Wycliffe.
Sad news. I enjoyed watching Wycliffe.
Yep, that’s the truth of it.
The Puritans left Europe (which wasn’t keen on their killjoy attitude) because they wanted a community on which they could impose their draconian rules & strictures. In fact, the New World was where all the weirdo European cults & sects went off to. Explains things, eh?
The Puritans left Europe (which wasn’t keen on their killjoy attitude) because they wanted a community on which they could impose their draconian rules & strictures. In fact, the New World was where all the weirdo European cults & sects went off to. Explains things, eh?
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Yep, that’s the truth of it.
The Puritans left Europe (which wasn’t keen on their killjoy attitude) because they wanted a community on which they could impose their draconian rules & strictures. In fact, the New World was where all the weirdo European cults & sects went off to. Explains things, eh?
The Puritans left Europe (which wasn’t keen on their killjoy attitude) because they wanted a community on which they could impose their draconian rules & strictures. In fact, the New World was where all the weirdo European cults & sects went off to. Explains things, eh?
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And yet never mentioned in all the zillion words of commentary about the budget.
Top Stanford economists:
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
And yet never mentioned in all the zillion words of commentary about the budget.
Calling him a ‘con man’ is being kind. He doesn’t t have the mental capacity to be a ‘con man’ - he reacts to whatever the last person he spoke to has said - he’s a criminal, a cheat, a fraud, a rapist and an uneducated lout who has no idea how anything works or how to behave.
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Calling him a ‘con man’ is being kind. He doesn’t t have the mental capacity to be a ‘con man’ - he reacts to whatever the last person he spoke to has said - he’s a criminal, a cheat, a fraud, a rapist and an uneducated lout who has no idea how anything works or how to behave.
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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I would say to all mums & dads, if you want your kids to have a realistic & healthier approach to sexual relationships, have a good practical book about it in the house (with pictures!) & let them access it privately when they need to, but be there to answer questions if they ask. & boys -ask WOMEN
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I would say to all mums & dads, if you want your kids to have a realistic & healthier approach to sexual relationships, have a good practical book about it in the house (with pictures!) & let them access it privately when they need to, but be there to answer questions if they ask. & boys -ask WOMEN
There was a lovely big book in my house (with colour pictures) that my lads had absolute access to. They knew that. When they were ready they could take a good look & have a good read and all accurate, relevant sex information was in there - from anatomical to technique to emotion to contraception.
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There was a lovely big book in my house (with colour pictures) that my lads had absolute access to. They knew that. When they were ready they could take a good look & have a good read and all accurate, relevant sex information was in there - from anatomical to technique to emotion to contraception.
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When men are programmed to NOT listen to women, it’s impossible to maintain a healthy relationship in the first place, let alone having sex that’s mutually satisfying to the both of them.
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When men are programmed to NOT listen to women, it’s impossible to maintain a healthy relationship in the first place, let alone having sex that’s mutually satisfying to the both of them.
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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Some guys never outgrow their adolescent need for porn. It’s understandable when you’re an awkward teenager full of testosterone, but once you leave your 20s behind, you should realize that besides being horribly misogynistic, pornography is bullshit. Nobody in the real world acts like this.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Some guys never outgrow their adolescent need for porn. It’s understandable when you’re an awkward teenager full of testosterone, but once you leave your 20s behind, you should realize that besides being horribly misogynistic, pornography is bullshit. Nobody in the real world acts like this.
The Queen did meet heads of state because she had to. Unlike Farage, she didn’t meet with criminals and jailbirds -
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Queen did meet heads of state because she had to. Unlike Farage, she didn’t meet with criminals and jailbirds -
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My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
Farage lies as easily as he breathes because he has no respect whatsoever for the intelligence of his following (and he may be right).
"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Farage lies as easily as he breathes because he has no respect whatsoever for the intelligence of his following (and he may be right).
More weirdo porny accounts turning up on here than before. Some people spend more of their time thinking up weirdo sex stuff than doing it, (‘cause let’s face it guys, if your fantasy is to see women have lesbian sex with Marg Simpson, you need to get out more).
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
More weirdo porny accounts turning up on here than before. Some people spend more of their time thinking up weirdo sex stuff than doing it, (‘cause let’s face it guys, if your fantasy is to see women have lesbian sex with Marg Simpson, you need to get out more).
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When we think that those who thought Liz Truss was a genius are the same people paid to analyse Rachel Reeves' budget we are lost.
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
When we think that those who thought Liz Truss was a genius are the same people paid to analyse Rachel Reeves' budget we are lost.
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Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
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Oh look, running the NHS and care homes etc is going to get tougher and tougher.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration to UK drops 69% year on year, ONS says
Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Oh look, running the NHS and care homes etc is going to get tougher and tougher.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Dreaming of his next cosplay as some kind of imaginary hero.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Dreaming of his next cosplay as some kind of imaginary hero.
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."