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This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
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It really says a lot that peaceful protest in public spaces can get you arrested in the UK but the Twitter situation is viewed as completely okay. Americans take a very absolutist view of free speech which comes with real trade-offs. But this state of affairs completely inverts them! Deranged stuff.
This is really bad; Grok is now going into is third day of regularly producing nonconsensual deepfake pornography and nobody is doing anything about it. The "Mechahitler" and "white genocide" episodes were stopped much more quickly. I suppose this tells us all about relative priorities.
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It really says a lot that peaceful protest in public spaces can get you arrested in the UK but the Twitter situation is viewed as completely okay. Americans take a very absolutist view of free speech which comes with real trade-offs. But this state of affairs completely inverts them! Deranged stuff.
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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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/
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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One thing having secondary school age kids has brought home to me is how much the reduction of history to WWII is sustained by the education system. Feels like my kids have covered that conflict four times or more already, yet vast tracts of British history (let alone Europe) passed over in silence.
August 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
One thing having secondary school age kids has brought home to me is how much the reduction of history to WWII is sustained by the education system. Feels like my kids have covered that conflict four times or more already, yet vast tracts of British history (let alone Europe) passed over in silence.
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It’s striking how many people on the left take it as axiomatic that support for democracy as a principle must mean a commitment to maximalist internal democracy, without considering the idea that the latter can make you *less* representative of society or even the communities you hope to represent
July 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It’s striking how many people on the left take it as axiomatic that support for democracy as a principle must mean a commitment to maximalist internal democracy, without considering the idea that the latter can make you *less* representative of society or even the communities you hope to represent
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold