Marie Le Conte
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
jack of an honestly surprising number of trades / journalist, author, radio person, accidental art dealer, etc / [email protected]
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Hello! Obligatory pinned post to say that I'm a freelance journalist and you can find my portfolio at marieleconte.com and my newsletter at youngvulgarian.substack.com, and you can contact me on [email protected]. Always looking for fun/interesting work so do get in touch!
obviously I know intellectually that the point of roguelikes is to play and play again so you get better and I remember plateauing at the second biome's boss in Hades but also........I think I should just be able to beat the Hades II second biome boss immediately, for my mental health
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
obviously I know intellectually that the point of roguelikes is to play and play again so you get better and I remember plateauing at the second biome's boss in Hades but also........I think I should just be able to beat the Hades II second biome boss immediately, for my mental health
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Forseeing a time when the judiciary is infested by the same "Rishi Sunak isn't even English" radicalisation that's taken the right, and some people are blindsided because they thought "this trans girl said she was alarmed and distressed, but I don't believe her" was impartial application of the law
To tie back to my comparison to other online radicalisation, even if you don't give a shit about trans people, the judiciary becoming increasingly partial on a specific issue should be seen as the canary in the coal mine giving the current direction of travel in this country
Like it was obvious when the Supreme Court randomly decided to rewrite the Equality Act, but I think there's a large amount if journalistic negligence that no one really treats judges as anything other than neutral conduits through which the word of law moves
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Forseeing a time when the judiciary is infested by the same "Rishi Sunak isn't even English" radicalisation that's taken the right, and some people are blindsided because they thought "this trans girl said she was alarmed and distressed, but I don't believe her" was impartial application of the law
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I wish they treated the presidential turkey pardon a little more like professional wrestling, and had like a senator from the opposing party sharpening a carving knife and licking his chops until the pardon goes through, and then he throws up his hands and storms out
November 28, 2024 at 6:49 PM
I wish they treated the presidential turkey pardon a little more like professional wrestling, and had like a senator from the opposing party sharpening a carving knife and licking his chops until the pardon goes through, and then he throws up his hands and storms out
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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somehow this too is about the budget
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
somehow this too is about the budget
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Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
genuinely trying very very hard to do some work here but between editors and potential interviewees not getting back to me it really is looking like I may have no choice but to simply play Hades II with my inbox vaguely in my eyeline
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
genuinely trying very very hard to do some work here but between editors and potential interviewees not getting back to me it really is looking like I may have no choice but to simply play Hades II with my inbox vaguely in my eyeline
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In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
just regular journalism business, who among us, etc etc
I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
just regular journalism business, who among us, etc etc
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
yes I don't really see how you can go "oh yikes these people have changed their political views incredibly quickly, mostly because of what Very Online people talk about on social media" and also think that people who went from never talking about gender to calling trans women predators are....normal
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Much to agree with here, notably on Labour's bewildering lack of interest in what 2010-24 governments actually did in policy terms. But this - something we have known for well over a century! - just cannot be repeated too often.
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Much to agree with here, notably on Labour's bewildering lack of interest in what 2010-24 governments actually did in policy terms. But this - something we have known for well over a century! - just cannot be repeated too often.
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I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
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AAAAAARGH www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS directed pregnant women to controversial Free Birth Society via charity
Exclusive: NHS websites pointed women to factsheet featuring podcast by ‘dangerous’ influencers linked to baby deaths
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
AAAAAARGH www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Has no one in the BBC heard of the Streisand effect?
Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?
Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Has no one in the BBC heard of the Streisand effect?
Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?
Did everyone think, "oh, Rutger Bregman, he'll be cool with this"?
a Tuesday which, I'm sorry to say, feels grossly like a Thursday, but alas
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
a Tuesday which, I'm sorry to say, feels grossly like a Thursday, but alas
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I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
unfortunately I have lost my mind at the Instagram posting from the gay sheep wool brand
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
unfortunately I have lost my mind at the Instagram posting from the gay sheep wool brand
god this reminded me of the incredibly daft list I wrote up two years ago for my newsletter, or the worst/best/funniest things to include in your will: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/where-ther...
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
god this reminded me of the incredibly daft list I wrote up two years ago for my newsletter, or the worst/best/funniest things to include in your will: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/where-ther...
played a VERY REASONABLE three hours of Hades II on my first night and absolutely not dragging myself to bed now so I can calm down before sleep even though I don't want to and I just want to keep playing Hades II, no sir
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
played a VERY REASONABLE three hours of Hades II on my first night and absolutely not dragging myself to bed now so I can calm down before sleep even though I don't want to and I just want to keep playing Hades II, no sir
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
right, I'm going in, see you in 2026
finished work early......no plans this evening.........cold outside.......could it be time........will I finally start playing Hades II and voluntarily remove myself from society for five to seven weeks.....
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
right, I'm going in, see you in 2026
finished work early......no plans this evening.........cold outside.......could it be time........will I finally start playing Hades II and voluntarily remove myself from society for five to seven weeks.....
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
finished work early......no plans this evening.........cold outside.......could it be time........will I finally start playing Hades II and voluntarily remove myself from society for five to seven weeks.....
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if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
[poignantly]
female friendship :)
female friendship :)
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
[poignantly]
female friendship :)
female friendship :)
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There's a really fantastic piece to be written on the way that social media makes some people believe they are in a customer service relationship with the people they are talking to online.
I want to make something very clear to everyone: I do not work for you. You don't sign my paychecks and the expectation that I do is frankly insane. Go away.
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There's a really fantastic piece to be written on the way that social media makes some people believe they are in a customer service relationship with the people they are talking to online.