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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
One last bright spot amidst the encircling gloom in the season of mists and mixed metaphors.
October 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
One last bright spot amidst the encircling gloom in the season of mists and mixed metaphors.
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Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
Absurdity defined.
She was arrested for holding a sign reading:
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
October 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Absurdity defined.
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Happy 86th birthday Lily Tomlin.
My first memory of Lily was watching her singing and signing "Sing” on Sesame Street.
Till this day, I still associate this song with Lily more than The Carpenters.
My first memory of Lily was watching her singing and signing "Sing” on Sesame Street.
Till this day, I still associate this song with Lily more than The Carpenters.
September 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy 86th birthday Lily Tomlin.
My first memory of Lily was watching her singing and signing "Sing” on Sesame Street.
Till this day, I still associate this song with Lily more than The Carpenters.
My first memory of Lily was watching her singing and signing "Sing” on Sesame Street.
Till this day, I still associate this song with Lily more than The Carpenters.
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The BBC keep slipping up with this, time and time again.
YES! Thank you...
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal
Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951
northeastbylines.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The BBC keep slipping up with this, time and time again.
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this is why i don't care about the "Can AI make art?" arguments -- that's not what it's built to do. this is
can i use a tank to mow my lawn? maybe, but i'm not sure why i'd try
can i use a tank to mow my lawn? maybe, but i'm not sure why i'd try
Medicare will start requiring prior approval for certain procedures — and will hire private AI companies to determine if patients are covered.
The AI companies would have financial incentives to deny claims, because Medicare plans to pay them some of the savings from rejections.
The AI companies would have financial incentives to deny claims, because Medicare plans to pay them some of the savings from rejections.
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
this is why i don't care about the "Can AI make art?" arguments -- that's not what it's built to do. this is
can i use a tank to mow my lawn? maybe, but i'm not sure why i'd try
can i use a tank to mow my lawn? maybe, but i'm not sure why i'd try
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
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If your humanity doesn't extend to immigrants then it probably doesn't go much further than yourself. And my Englishness sure isn't defined by such individuals.
August 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If your humanity doesn't extend to immigrants then it probably doesn't go much further than yourself. And my Englishness sure isn't defined by such individuals.
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And let's face it, we know that those who would deport any group en masse will not be too picky about whether that includes those long resident here if they have the wrong skin colour or religion.
August 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And let's face it, we know that those who would deport any group en masse will not be too picky about whether that includes those long resident here if they have the wrong skin colour or religion.
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A day of shame for the UK. A political party proposes mass deportations and the response from other political parties is not to condemn this as going further than even Mosley or the National Front.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A day of shame for the UK. A political party proposes mass deportations and the response from other political parties is not to condemn this as going further than even Mosley or the National Front.
Pretty, isn't it?
July 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Pretty, isn't it?
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Happy "piano" 🎹 birthday (88 😉) to the great pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, born 6th July 1937.
July 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Happy "piano" 🎹 birthday (88 😉) to the great pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, born 6th July 1937.
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Searing poem from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Searing poem from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
A close relative of the famous yellow and pink Peace is its yellow and what would you call that, crimson? Meilland stablemate with the unlikely moniker Pullman Orient Express. Just a *little* bit vulgar, n'est-ce pas? But special.
June 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A close relative of the famous yellow and pink Peace is its yellow and what would you call that, crimson? Meilland stablemate with the unlikely moniker Pullman Orient Express. Just a *little* bit vulgar, n'est-ce pas? But special.
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More beauty of Kyiv for you.
I keep showing you these ordinary moments,
my favorite places.
I keep showing you that life is going on here.
I keep showing you these ordinary moments,
my favorite places.
I keep showing you that life is going on here.
June 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
More beauty of Kyiv for you.
I keep showing you these ordinary moments,
my favorite places.
I keep showing you that life is going on here.
I keep showing you these ordinary moments,
my favorite places.
I keep showing you that life is going on here.
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BREAKING: The IDF has explained it fired at Irish diplomats in the West Bank because it thought they were Palestinian civilians. How the fuck am I supposed to parody this shit? I quit 😭😭😭
May 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
BREAKING: The IDF has explained it fired at Irish diplomats in the West Bank because it thought they were Palestinian civilians. How the fuck am I supposed to parody this shit? I quit 😭😭😭
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British Meat Processors Association: Starmer has “managed to achieve what the previous government promised us originally but didn’t deliver”. ~AA
May 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
British Meat Processors Association: Starmer has “managed to achieve what the previous government promised us originally but didn’t deliver”. ~AA
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This is how "This side says X, but the other side says Y" balance ends up distorting journalism. Instead of being based on the journalist's own independent, impartial analysis this question really just ventriloquises a partisan opposition stance and gives the impression the BBC fully agrees with it.
Chris Mason to Keir Starmer: "Isn't the truth that you've sold out British fishermen..."
May 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This is how "This side says X, but the other side says Y" balance ends up distorting journalism. Instead of being based on the journalist's own independent, impartial analysis this question really just ventriloquises a partisan opposition stance and gives the impression the BBC fully agrees with it.
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Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
May 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
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Someone has finally been held accountable for the war in Gaza, and it's Gary Lineker www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Match of the Day host Gary Lineker expected to leave the BBC
It comes after he faced criticism for sharing a social media post about Zionism.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Someone has finally been held accountable for the war in Gaza, and it's Gary Lineker www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Excellent, thank you!
A quick run-down of what's been announced today
Almost all of it still to happen
PDF with clicky links: bit.ly/UshGraphic140
@ukandeu.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @cleodavies.bsky.social @davidheniguk.bsky.social @nvondarza.bsky.social
Almost all of it still to happen
PDF with clicky links: bit.ly/UshGraphic140
@ukandeu.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @cleodavies.bsky.social @davidheniguk.bsky.social @nvondarza.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Excellent, thank you!