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Max Howard-Evans
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The Parable of the Punk Bar:
I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out." And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer." and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them." And i was like, ohok and he continues. "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too. And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down. And i was like, 'oh damn.' and he said "yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people." And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven't forgotten that at all.
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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A hat with Chinese and an English translation on it. It says 'Hello, I am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?'
October 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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A scene from King of the Hill. Hank Hill is scolding his son Bobby for putting up a poster about hell, saying "if those kids could read they'd be very upset".
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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stonks guy meme but he's stood in front of a union jack with a rake about to hit him in the face. 'rakes'.
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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I disagree strongly that private rents can fix this issue and I'd also like to know if this will end up subbing landlords in the city (it fucking shouldn't). Rent caps and BTL caps would go further for those dwelling on economic grounds.
From a Bristol council consultation on new policy on vehicle dwellers. "We aim to advise and support people living in a vehicle to plan a move away from living in vehicles or find safer options that are not on the highway or council owned land without consent. Part of this offer will be to access private sector accommodation or move into supported accommodation where needed"
October 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Yeah I'm not a fan of it either
Mark Cuban Sex Doll with its mouth open.
September 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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He was right about one thing
Text cropped from The Guardian thumbnail that says 'PM says history will not forgive his government'
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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The quote attributed to an IBM slide c.1979 is something I have thought about a lot more regularly recently:
Text on a page that reads 'A computer can never be held accountable - therefore a computer must never make a management decision'
September 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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An image of someone who has pulled their shirt up and is using a Perry the Platypus plush as a fake head. The caption reads "every day we stray further from God".
September 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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A set of three images showing a conversation between Lindsay and Tobias from Arrested Development. The conversation goes "well, did it work for those people?" Reply: "no, it never goes. I mean, these people might somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but...but it might just work for us".
September 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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A list of words first used in print in 1991 from Mirriam-Webster. They include 'BDSM', 'bestie', 'cybersex', 'granny panties' and 'LARPer'. What a time to be alive
September 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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The more I see people defending Starmer as 'needing more time', or 'having a greater aim', the more I'm reminded of this.
The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a heuristic in systems thinking coined by the British management consultant Stafford Beer, who stated that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do". It is widely used by systems theorists, and is generally invoked to counter the notion that the purpose of a system can be read from the intentions of those who design, operate or promote it.
August 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Today has been one of those 'I will do anything but pay £50 for the actual tool' days so I made a mortar hoe using a regular hoe and a cobalt holesaw drill bit.
A photo of a garden hoe that has had two holes cut in the face of the blade to make it better at mixing and aerating mortar.
August 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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She when I, uhhh, me when-
August 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Hi Ste, this node is bugged (maybe if you don't accept all cookies?)
Screenshot from the game Mindset showing the map screen. A specific level node has been circled in the screenshot to highlight that there's a bug in that level. A screenshot of the bug in the Mindset level where a popup has obscured some of the game pieces.
August 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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A meme using two paintings of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). He is wearing clothes and a wig fashionable in the period. The first image is a painting of Samuel reading intently, followed by a second where he is looking at the viewer with a 'WTF' expression.
August 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A woman holding a Stitch Lilo from Lilo and Stitch. Yes, this is a confusing sentence.
August 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Are these the 'plenty of Israelis' you mentioned?
A graph showing the share of Israelis who agree that peaceful existence with Palestine is possible. It is a declining scale from 2013 to 2025.
July 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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A brief VPN primer:

Most apps now offer 'Split Tunneling' which will let you select which of your other phone apps use the service. This means you can use banking and GPS-oriented tasks (e.g. Google search) without having it come up with results from another country.
Text in an app screen that says "Split Tunneling: customize your connection by deciding which apps and IP addresses are protected by VPN".
July 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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"broadly"?
Lord Farquaad from Shrek pointing and laughing. The caption reads "LIBERAL".
July 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Haha, this is the first thing that popped into my head
Homer Simpson being coached to take on a new identity in witness protection, and not understanding the cue.
July 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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politically illiterate outside of your specific context.
A picture of Brian Butterworth with a neckerchief and a cowboy hat on. The caption reads 'American'.
July 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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this one actually made me chuckle
A close up of an AI generated person who has an incredible number of fingers and a mullet that could generously be described as 'Lego Hair'.
July 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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HP brown sauce but the bottle reads PP instead. Yes, it's a crude joke.
July 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Moor have locked down their socials and they've posted this statement, which, as you'd expect, distances Justin from the rest of the business immediately.

I guess we'll see what a formal apology looks like (read: how the fuck do you walk something like that back?)
Statement from Moor Beer on Instagram. Slide 1: "To be clear, Moor Beer were shocked to see Justin's post yesterday which he deeply regrets. As a small, employee owned company everyone including Justin want there to be no doubt that we do not support genocide or the atrocities taking place in the middle east and are deeply sorry for any offence caused. If you know us all as people, you would know that this would never be our position. If you are finding out about us for the first time we want to emphasise that this is not at all what we stand for. Many of you will have been to gigs and events we've put on at our venues over the last 18 years, and seen that we are a place of love and support for all people and groups and hope your experiences here reflect that. In beer and music we have done our best to bring people together, regardless of backgrounds, as our gig rosters and brewing partners testify. We do not condone hate speech or exclusion of any kind. We are sorry for any hurt caused and deeply regret any harm done. Statement from Moor Beer on Instagram. Slide 2: "Moor Beer is more than just one person and we don't want the actions of one to negatively impact the team which have been incredibly dedicated and hard working for many years. Justin hasn't been involved in the hands-on day to day operations or communications for some time. He will be issuing a personal apology; he is deeply sorry for the pain he has caused both to his friends and Moor Beer. We would greatly appreciate your understanding and continued support of the wider team for all of the great things we wish to continue to do for you and our communities. With love and compassion, Team Moor".
July 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM