MrPrimate
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(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)
![[TWO PINTS OF BEER are on a pub bar, one is PERONI and one is a brown Christmas-themed beer]
1
PERONI:
Hello there
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Hello Peroni
2
PERONI:
So nice to have someone new on the lineup!
And you are…?
3
CHRISTMAS BEER:
You know who I am, Peroni.
4
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I am Brown Christmas Liquid.
I come back each year.
5
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Every time with a new name, and a new horrible ingredient.
Last year I was Reindeer Stomper. This year I am... Cheeky Elf.
6
PERONI:
Oh god
You were on the bar for two months and…
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Three pints sold, aye.
7
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I’m a seasonal blend of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, orange peel, nutmeg and this year, for reasons of late-capitalist sadism, vanilla.
8
CHRISTMAS BEER:
My name is Cheeky Elf,
I taste of jam,
and I want to d*e.
9
PERONI:
Well somebody’s trying you
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Poor bastard
[A hand comes down to lift CHRISTMAS BEER to sip the pint]
10
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
11
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
12
[CHRISTMAS BEER gets put back on the bar ]
PERSON [who just drank CHRISTMAS BEER]:
Oh my god
CHEEKY ELF:
SEE?
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December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)
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The Minister for Homelessness is a landlord - and she just evicted her tenants, tried to charge them >£2,000 in illegal fees, then re-listed the property weeks later for £700 more.
The same Minister who claims to fight for renters’ rights.
You couldn’t make it up.
🧵
The same Minister who claims to fight for renters’ rights.
You couldn’t make it up.
🧵
August 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The Minister for Homelessness is a landlord - and she just evicted her tenants, tried to charge them >£2,000 in illegal fees, then re-listed the property weeks later for £700 more.
The same Minister who claims to fight for renters’ rights.
You couldn’t make it up.
🧵
The same Minister who claims to fight for renters’ rights.
You couldn’t make it up.
🧵
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It's amazing what evidence based policy can do.
The evidence that the 20mph limit is working fantastic from the point of view of saving lives and saving the taxpayer money in Wales is overwhelming.
You can be annoyed about it.
But you can't argue that it isn't doing what it was supposed to do.
The evidence that the 20mph limit is working fantastic from the point of view of saving lives and saving the taxpayer money in Wales is overwhelming.
You can be annoyed about it.
But you can't argue that it isn't doing what it was supposed to do.
August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's amazing what evidence based policy can do.
The evidence that the 20mph limit is working fantastic from the point of view of saving lives and saving the taxpayer money in Wales is overwhelming.
You can be annoyed about it.
But you can't argue that it isn't doing what it was supposed to do.
The evidence that the 20mph limit is working fantastic from the point of view of saving lives and saving the taxpayer money in Wales is overwhelming.
You can be annoyed about it.
But you can't argue that it isn't doing what it was supposed to do.
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I kinda think the way people use ChatGPT is sort of aspirational because it seems to emulate the way rich people have sycophants lying to them all the time until they lose touch with reality and also their entire minds
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I kinda think the way people use ChatGPT is sort of aspirational because it seems to emulate the way rich people have sycophants lying to them all the time until they lose touch with reality and also their entire minds
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"I've never met a person in their 70s with autism" is a quote from someone who has never bothered to step foot into a ham radio club meeting, a gathering of railfans, or a local Linux users group.
April 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"I've never met a person in their 70s with autism" is a quote from someone who has never bothered to step foot into a ham radio club meeting, a gathering of railfans, or a local Linux users group.
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It has been pointed out to me that the Japanese Ambassador to the UK took Paddington bear to Japan to visit Studio Ghibli themed attractions
This feels endearing in a world where much of diplomacy is increasingly about hard power and brusque politics
This feels endearing in a world where much of diplomacy is increasingly about hard power and brusque politics
March 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It has been pointed out to me that the Japanese Ambassador to the UK took Paddington bear to Japan to visit Studio Ghibli themed attractions
This feels endearing in a world where much of diplomacy is increasingly about hard power and brusque politics
This feels endearing in a world where much of diplomacy is increasingly about hard power and brusque politics
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fuuuuucking hell
New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.
February 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
fuuuuucking hell
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Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
Algorithms are breaking how we think
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...
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Trump’s inauguration was a glimpse of what is to come | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump’s inauguration was a glimpse of what is to come | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump began his inauguration day encircled by a bevy of oligarchs, but ended it giving favor to his mob
The most sacred ceremony conducted at the Trump inauguration undoubtedly for Donald Trump personally, with its mystical meaning elevating him to his…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump’s inauguration was a glimpse of what is to come | Sidney Blumenthal
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Its so stark how if you're over 30ish you grew up in a world that idolised - & I mean fully *worshipped as a bedrock cultural law* - the idea that you should challenge yourself/become something better by trying something new... & now advertising-led tech is all like 'nah babe this isn't your thing'
"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Opinion | AI Can Work for Us
A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Its so stark how if you're over 30ish you grew up in a world that idolised - & I mean fully *worshipped as a bedrock cultural law* - the idea that you should challenge yourself/become something better by trying something new... & now advertising-led tech is all like 'nah babe this isn't your thing'
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Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid
December 24, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid
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A list of ten countries and the number of heavy metal bands they have per 1 million people...
China = 0.1
Jamaica = 0.3
Thailand = 2
Albania = 3
South Korea = 4
Cuba = 6
Japan = 11
Russia = 14
Brazil = 18
Finland = 532
China = 0.1
Jamaica = 0.3
Thailand = 2
Albania = 3
South Korea = 4
Cuba = 6
Japan = 11
Russia = 14
Brazil = 18
Finland = 532
December 19, 2024 at 11:35 AM
A list of ten countries and the number of heavy metal bands they have per 1 million people...
China = 0.1
Jamaica = 0.3
Thailand = 2
Albania = 3
South Korea = 4
Cuba = 6
Japan = 11
Russia = 14
Brazil = 18
Finland = 532
China = 0.1
Jamaica = 0.3
Thailand = 2
Albania = 3
South Korea = 4
Cuba = 6
Japan = 11
Russia = 14
Brazil = 18
Finland = 532
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December 6, 2024 at 1:45 PM