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I live in Kent, so have a little sympathy for me…
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
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If X was a website showing child porn, it would be closed down and the proprietors prosecuted. Why is X still allowed to continue in the UK?
If X was a website showing child porn, it would be closed down and the proprietors prosecuted. Why is X still allowed to continue in the UK?
Musk is back to help Trump reshape the world, and the UK is on his hit list — The i Paper
The world's richest man fell out of favour with the US President last year, but now appears to be rebuilding his influence
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January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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If X was a website showing child porn, it would be closed down and the proprietors prosecuted. Why is X still allowed to continue in the UK?
If X was a website showing child porn, it would be closed down and the proprietors prosecuted. Why is X still allowed to continue in the UK?
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How does she think the lettuce felt?
January 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
How does she think the lettuce felt?
This by KCC’s @antonyhook.bsky.social is well worth reading if you’re interested in how local government finances actually work and what the reality is around the claims that Westminster politicians in general and Reform politicians in particular may make about waste and potential savings.
Between now and March you may (and should) see a lot of discourse about local authority budgets.
Please give short shrift to comparisons that politicians like to make between council budgets and a) domestic household budgets or b) the finances of a small or big business.
Please give short shrift to comparisons that politicians like to make between council budgets and a) domestic household budgets or b) the finances of a small or big business.
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This by KCC’s @antonyhook.bsky.social is well worth reading if you’re interested in how local government finances actually work and what the reality is around the claims that Westminster politicians in general and Reform politicians in particular may make about waste and potential savings.
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Trump must not be given a free pass to break international law.
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Trump must not be given a free pass to break international law.
Another one you can’t take your eyes off of in the #BBL What looked straightforward for the Sixers following a low scoring Heat has turned into a quagmire. Going to take some good batting from here!
January 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Another one you can’t take your eyes off of in the #BBL What looked straightforward for the Sixers following a low scoring Heat has turned into a quagmire. Going to take some good batting from here!
If we’re honest, the US has pulled the shenanigans it’s pulled in Venezuela before. I think the reason it’s made people normally ok angry with it is down to
1. They didn’t bother running a media campaign to normalise it
2. In the past we knew we could rely on the US to oppose anyone else doing it
1. They didn’t bother running a media campaign to normalise it
2. In the past we knew we could rely on the US to oppose anyone else doing it
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
If we’re honest, the US has pulled the shenanigans it’s pulled in Venezuela before. I think the reason it’s made people normally ok angry with it is down to
1. They didn’t bother running a media campaign to normalise it
2. In the past we knew we could rely on the US to oppose anyone else doing it
1. They didn’t bother running a media campaign to normalise it
2. In the past we knew we could rely on the US to oppose anyone else doing it
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JANUARY WELLNESS PLAN:
1. Calculate how much you'd usually spend in January on things like alcohol, cakes, bacon and snacks.
2. Think of all the other things you could spend that money on.
3.
4.
5. Spend it on alcohol, cakes, bacon and snacks.
1. Calculate how much you'd usually spend in January on things like alcohol, cakes, bacon and snacks.
2. Think of all the other things you could spend that money on.
3.
4.
5. Spend it on alcohol, cakes, bacon and snacks.
January 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
JANUARY WELLNESS PLAN:
1. Calculate how much you'd usually spend in January on things like alcohol, cakes, bacon and snacks.
2. Think of all the other things you could spend that money on.
3.
4.
5. Spend it on alcohol, cakes, bacon and snacks.
1. Calculate how much you'd usually spend in January on things like alcohol, cakes, bacon and snacks.
2. Think of all the other things you could spend that money on.
3.
4.
5. Spend it on alcohol, cakes, bacon and snacks.
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The conservative proposition is that there are outgroups that the law must bind but not protect and there are ingroups that the law must protect but not bind.
December 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The conservative proposition is that there are outgroups that the law must bind but not protect and there are ingroups that the law must protect but not bind.
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Wait, all the people who said it was outrageous that a British riot-supporter was jailed for a tweet are now saying it's outrageous that a British person was released from an Egyptian prison, given his tweets?
December 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Wait, all the people who said it was outrageous that a British riot-supporter was jailed for a tweet are now saying it's outrageous that a British person was released from an Egyptian prison, given his tweets?
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He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
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This #Ashes rant, from an anonymous former Australian test cricketer, is an absolute delight. newsletter.danliebke.com/p/the-twelve...
The Twelve, uh, Eleven Days of Ashes Cricket
Musings on the third Ashes Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer
newsletter.danliebke.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This #Ashes rant, from an anonymous former Australian test cricketer, is an absolute delight. newsletter.danliebke.com/p/the-twelve...
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accidentally did more washing than I have drying space
December 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
accidentally did more washing than I have drying space
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I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Go Lando!
December 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Go Lando!
Am I making some sort of old fart error in how I reply to people on here? Whenever I dip my toe into actually interacting in a conversation the replies seem to be all over the place. It’s frustrating and doesn’t seem to work like conversation threads on other platforms.
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Am I making some sort of old fart error in how I reply to people on here? Whenever I dip my toe into actually interacting in a conversation the replies seem to be all over the place. It’s frustrating and doesn’t seem to work like conversation threads on other platforms.
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One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
Sure, Galloway is better than Peterson
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.
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🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jesus is just a minor inconvenience in Badenoch’s interpretation of the Christian faith. 🙄
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
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November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Jesus is just a minor inconvenience in Badenoch’s interpretation of the Christian faith. 🙄
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I for one am COMPLETELY dumbfounded as to how Nigel Farage has swivelled from horrific poisonous teenage racist to the open-hearted generous empath that he is today
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I for one am COMPLETELY dumbfounded as to how Nigel Farage has swivelled from horrific poisonous teenage racist to the open-hearted generous empath that he is today
Didn’t get up early enough to see England bat the opening day of #ashes but I think it’s kudos to the bowlers all around so far. Should be an interesting if short match!
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Didn’t get up early enough to see England bat the opening day of #ashes but I think it’s kudos to the bowlers all around so far. Should be an interesting if short match!