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One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
THERE IS VIDEO
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
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And the England cricket team - who did NOT get whitewashed
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
And the England cricket team - who did NOT get whitewashed
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times
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Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
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21 year sentence for using a car as a weapon. Good
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But YouTube is full of examples, with 1000s of approving comments. Every driver doing it should be banned, for life. We can discuss how to manage protesters blocking roads: it's not this.
youtu.be/u-8qd_5_sAo?...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But YouTube is full of examples, with 1000s of approving comments. Every driver doing it should be banned, for life. We can discuss how to manage protesters blocking roads: it's not this.
youtu.be/u-8qd_5_sAo?...
Bus driver rams Just Stop Oil protesters blockade nearly running them over
YouTube video by The Scottish Sun
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
21 year sentence for using a car as a weapon. Good
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But YouTube is full of examples, with 1000s of approving comments. Every driver doing it should be banned, for life. We can discuss how to manage protesters blocking roads: it's not this.
youtu.be/u-8qd_5_sAo?...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
But YouTube is full of examples, with 1000s of approving comments. Every driver doing it should be banned, for life. We can discuss how to manage protesters blocking roads: it's not this.
youtu.be/u-8qd_5_sAo?...
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Whether it's an obscure adjunct professor posting that Charlie Kirk did some bad things or it's the president of the United States celebrating Rob Reiner's death, there's plenty of incivility on both sides.
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Whether it's an obscure adjunct professor posting that Charlie Kirk did some bad things or it's the president of the United States celebrating Rob Reiner's death, there's plenty of incivility on both sides.
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
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I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
New Coke: A Warning from History
If, like me, you’re British then your knowledge of New Coke is likely to be (a) it was a massive failure, (b) everyone hated it, (c) it was a terrible business decision, and, if your go-to re…
excelpope.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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ME: (shivering, stripped naked and tied to a chair) Drag queens have pretty privilege…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
ME: (shivering, stripped naked and tied to a chair) Drag queens have pretty privilege…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
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🎵 I took my time 🎵
🎵 I hurried up 🎵
🎵 The choice was mine 🎵
🎵 I didn't think enough 🎵
🎵 We're simply having a wonderful Christmastime 🎵
🎵 Simply having a wonderful Christmastime 🎵
🎵 I hurried up 🎵
🎵 The choice was mine 🎵
🎵 I didn't think enough 🎵
🎵 We're simply having a wonderful Christmastime 🎵
🎵 Simply having a wonderful Christmastime 🎵
November 8, 2023 at 1:19 AM
🎵 I took my time 🎵
🎵 I hurried up 🎵
🎵 The choice was mine 🎵
🎵 I didn't think enough 🎵
🎵 We're simply having a wonderful Christmastime 🎵
🎵 Simply having a wonderful Christmastime 🎵
🎵 I hurried up 🎵
🎵 The choice was mine 🎵
🎵 I didn't think enough 🎵
🎵 We're simply having a wonderful Christmastime 🎵
🎵 Simply having a wonderful Christmastime 🎵
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Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
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Big tents are for clowns, not politics
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Big tents are for clowns, not politics
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it’s called a double negative maybe you’ve never not heard of it
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
it’s called a double negative maybe you’ve never not heard of it
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the AI-generated chapter titles for our episodes are making me believe in the power of AI
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
the AI-generated chapter titles for our episodes are making me believe in the power of AI
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i think they should let Ms Rachel design a squid games for Mr Beast specifically
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
i think they should let Ms Rachel design a squid games for Mr Beast specifically
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"Jurors found Sean Dunn not guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge on Thursday in federal court in D.C."
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
DC ‘sandwich guy' found not guilty of assault after throwing sub at federal agent
A man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent calls it an act of protest. Prosecutors are trying to prove that it was a federal crime. Jurors heard attorneys’ opening statement...
www.nbcwashington.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Jurors found Sean Dunn not guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge on Thursday in federal court in D.C."
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
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Woke up today to the news
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Woke up today to the news