The Leopard in the Basement is STILL a Sensible Name
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Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Judge Kemp has decided to save another 11 corrections to the Peggie judgment for Christmas.
Debate has ensued, especially about this one
"In paragraph 793 delete the second sentence"
Whether you can say that and then actually deleted two sentences and a quote
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Debate has ensued, especially about this one
"In paragraph 793 delete the second sentence"
Whether you can say that and then actually deleted two sentences and a quote
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Judge Kemp has decided to save another 11 corrections to the Peggie judgment for Christmas.
Debate has ensued, especially about this one
"In paragraph 793 delete the second sentence"
Whether you can say that and then actually deleted two sentences and a quote
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Debate has ensued, especially about this one
"In paragraph 793 delete the second sentence"
Whether you can say that and then actually deleted two sentences and a quote
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
"Level 4 interventions generally address very serious or consistent concerns, or cases of repeated breaches, and may also be used in the event of a refusal (or clear failure) to comply with FOI law or the Codes of Practice."
NHS Fife management is totally dishonest and corrupt
NHS Fife management is totally dishonest and corrupt
December 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Level 4 interventions generally address very serious or consistent concerns, or cases of repeated breaches, and may also be used in the event of a refusal (or clear failure) to comply with FOI law or the Codes of Practice."
NHS Fife management is totally dishonest and corrupt
NHS Fife management is totally dishonest and corrupt
In the Peggie vs Upton/NHS Fife Tribunal decision there are at least three undeniably fabricated quotes from other legal Judgments.
The worst being a fabricated quote the FWS Supreme Court decision that appears designed to throw away its conclusion.
The emerging theory these are AI hallucinations.
The worst being a fabricated quote the FWS Supreme Court decision that appears designed to throw away its conclusion.
The emerging theory these are AI hallucinations.
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In the Peggie vs Upton/NHS Fife Tribunal decision there are at least three undeniably fabricated quotes from other legal Judgments.
The worst being a fabricated quote the FWS Supreme Court decision that appears designed to throw away its conclusion.
The emerging theory these are AI hallucinations.
The worst being a fabricated quote the FWS Supreme Court decision that appears designed to throw away its conclusion.
The emerging theory these are AI hallucinations.
"Chairman’s letter to MPs, expressing regret for misleading Panorama report, will heap further pressure on Tim Davie to resign"
I hope so. If the BBC want to exist they need to hire someone with a backbone who won't capitulate to pressure from internal power grabs www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
I hope so. If the BBC want to exist they need to hire someone with a backbone who won't capitulate to pressure from internal power grabs www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"Chairman’s letter to MPs, expressing regret for misleading Panorama report, will heap further pressure on Tim Davie to resign"
I hope so. If the BBC want to exist they need to hire someone with a backbone who won't capitulate to pressure from internal power grabs www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
I hope so. If the BBC want to exist they need to hire someone with a backbone who won't capitulate to pressure from internal power grabs www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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The BBC has been accused this week of bias in a leaked report by one of its own watchdogs. As a 35 year veteran of the Corporation, naturally, I have views markurban.substack.com/p/liberal-bi...
Liberal bias? Us?!
What we learn from a leaked report on the BBC
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November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The BBC has been accused this week of bias in a leaked report by one of its own watchdogs. As a 35 year veteran of the Corporation, naturally, I have views markurban.substack.com/p/liberal-bi...
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Tribunal Tweets has been doing sterling work again today reporting on the Ms B Hutchison and others v County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust employment tribunal - Darlington nurses challenge NHS over changing room policy
tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/eight-nurs...
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Ms B Hutchison & others v County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Darlington nurses challenge NHS over changing room policy
tribunaltweets.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tribunal Tweets has been doing sterling work again today reporting on the Ms B Hutchison and others v County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust employment tribunal - Darlington nurses challenge NHS over changing room policy
tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/eight-nurs...
tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/eight-nurs...
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What's up, Bluesky? We thought you might've missed some of our greatest hits, so we put this together for you.
Can't wait to spend more quality time together! ❤️🇺🇸
Can't wait to spend more quality time together! ❤️🇺🇸
October 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What's up, Bluesky? We thought you might've missed some of our greatest hits, so we put this together for you.
Can't wait to spend more quality time together! ❤️🇺🇸
Can't wait to spend more quality time together! ❤️🇺🇸
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'Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access'.
Translation:
The swimming ponds must stop men, however they identify, using the women's pond.
It's the law.
Men have two other ponds they can swim in.
Women have rights too.
Translation:
The swimming ponds must stop men, however they identify, using the women's pond.
It's the law.
Men have two other ponds they can swim in.
Women have rights too.
Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access
Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access
Trans swimmers currently able to use a mixed pond or either of the segregated ponds for the gender they identify as
A consultation has been launched on transgender swimmers’ access to Hampstead Heath ponds, which could result in them being banned from using the pools for the gender they identify as.
The Kenwood Ladies’ and Highgate Men’s ponds are gender-segregated, with trans people currently able to swim in whichever they feel most appropriate, or use the Heath’s mixed-gender pond instead. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
'Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access'.
Translation:
The swimming ponds must stop men, however they identify, using the women's pond.
It's the law.
Men have two other ponds they can swim in.
Women have rights too.
Translation:
The swimming ponds must stop men, however they identify, using the women's pond.
It's the law.
Men have two other ponds they can swim in.
Women have rights too.
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Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
October 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
This little lecture on parenting and disappointment in response to the word "WAFFLES" is breaking me up 😂
October 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This little lecture on parenting and disappointment in response to the word "WAFFLES" is breaking me up 😂
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This @usatoday.com article should be withdrawn.
It claims:
'Researchers whose findings suggest no clear competitive advantage for transgender women have reportedly been excluded from this group.'
There are no such findings.
It claims:
'Researchers whose findings suggest no clear competitive advantage for transgender women have reportedly been excluded from this group.'
There are no such findings.
September 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This @usatoday.com article should be withdrawn.
It claims:
'Researchers whose findings suggest no clear competitive advantage for transgender women have reportedly been excluded from this group.'
There are no such findings.
It claims:
'Researchers whose findings suggest no clear competitive advantage for transgender women have reportedly been excluded from this group.'
There are no such findings.
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Translation:
The IOC panel has excluded researchers who compared overweight, unfit, recreational transwomen to elite female athletes & found the elite females out-performed them.
Then leveraged this so-called finding to argue some males should be eligible for female sport.
bsky.app/profile/wome...
The IOC panel has excluded researchers who compared overweight, unfit, recreational transwomen to elite female athletes & found the elite females out-performed them.
Then leveraged this so-called finding to argue some males should be eligible for female sport.
bsky.app/profile/wome...
SCOOP: The IOC’s panel that will determine policy on transgender participation appears to have excluded researchers whose work casts doubt on the need for bans
IOC says transgender policy to be based on science, but panel makeup tells different story
Six prominent researchers whose work cast doubt on transgender bans say they are not part of IOC panel determining Olympic participation policy.
www.usatoday.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Translation:
The IOC panel has excluded researchers who compared overweight, unfit, recreational transwomen to elite female athletes & found the elite females out-performed them.
Then leveraged this so-called finding to argue some males should be eligible for female sport.
bsky.app/profile/wome...
The IOC panel has excluded researchers who compared overweight, unfit, recreational transwomen to elite female athletes & found the elite females out-performed them.
Then leveraged this so-called finding to argue some males should be eligible for female sport.
bsky.app/profile/wome...
In awe of Michael Mann policing of his account here.
Literally got blocked within 2-3 minutes for this post.
I'm guessing he has some bot scouring replies for tell tale phrases like "epistemic bubble". Or perhaps some loyal students are employed for this?
Anyway, his epistemic bubble is maintained
Literally got blocked within 2-3 minutes for this post.
I'm guessing he has some bot scouring replies for tell tale phrases like "epistemic bubble". Or perhaps some loyal students are employed for this?
Anyway, his epistemic bubble is maintained
September 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In awe of Michael Mann policing of his account here.
Literally got blocked within 2-3 minutes for this post.
I'm guessing he has some bot scouring replies for tell tale phrases like "epistemic bubble". Or perhaps some loyal students are employed for this?
Anyway, his epistemic bubble is maintained
Literally got blocked within 2-3 minutes for this post.
I'm guessing he has some bot scouring replies for tell tale phrases like "epistemic bubble". Or perhaps some loyal students are employed for this?
Anyway, his epistemic bubble is maintained
Interesting. Tyler Robinson was declared "indigent" by the Judge at his video link court appearance. I guess dad isn't paying for his lawyer either way.
Mystery over whether Charlie Kirk shooter's dad claimed $1m reward to turn in his own son www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson makes first court appearance
Charlie Kirk's accused killer, Tyler Robinson, will make his first court appearance today, where prosecutors are preparing to file capital murder charges.
www.dailymail.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Interesting. Tyler Robinson was declared "indigent" by the Judge at his video link court appearance. I guess dad isn't paying for his lawyer either way.
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"hating Charlie Kirk because Charlie Kirk was a loathsome bigot" is an extremely straightforward political motive
September 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"hating Charlie Kirk because Charlie Kirk was a loathsome bigot" is an extremely straightforward political motive
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Once you can convince yourself that the guy engraving the world‘s most famous anti-fascist anthem on his assassin’s bullet is, in fact, announcing his allegiance to fascism, you can pretty much convince yourself of anything, right?
That’s what worries me. Facts being no obstacle to belief.
That’s what worries me. Facts being no obstacle to belief.
September 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Once you can convince yourself that the guy engraving the world‘s most famous anti-fascist anthem on his assassin’s bullet is, in fact, announcing his allegiance to fascism, you can pretty much convince yourself of anything, right?
That’s what worries me. Facts being no obstacle to belief.
That’s what worries me. Facts being no obstacle to belief.
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Me: the stuff pretty much meant what it said
Everyone else, apparently: the messages were ironically anti-fascist but actually pro-fascist and then another layer to make it anti-fascist again in endless nested layers of inscrutable irony, no motive detectable
Everyone else, apparently: the messages were ironically anti-fascist but actually pro-fascist and then another layer to make it anti-fascist again in endless nested layers of inscrutable irony, no motive detectable
A trolling and nihilistic message “designed to be maximally disruptive and incomprehensible, cloaked in layer upon layer of irony"
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
September 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Me: the stuff pretty much meant what it said
Everyone else, apparently: the messages were ironically anti-fascist but actually pro-fascist and then another layer to make it anti-fascist again in endless nested layers of inscrutable irony, no motive detectable
Everyone else, apparently: the messages were ironically anti-fascist but actually pro-fascist and then another layer to make it anti-fascist again in endless nested layers of inscrutable irony, no motive detectable
“Robinson’s mother explained [Tyler Robinson] had become more political and had started to lean more to the left, becoming more pro-gay and trans rights oriented,” Gray said.
“She stated that Robinson began to date his roommate, a biological male who was transitioning genders.”
“She stated that Robinson began to date his roommate, a biological male who was transitioning genders.”
September 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Robinson’s mother explained [Tyler Robinson] had become more political and had started to lean more to the left, becoming more pro-gay and trans rights oriented,” Gray said.
“She stated that Robinson began to date his roommate, a biological male who was transitioning genders.”
“She stated that Robinson began to date his roommate, a biological male who was transitioning genders.”
Graham Linehan
"Thanks to my solicitors and the @SpeechUnion for getting my absurd bail conditions dropped!"
👍😀
"Thanks to my solicitors and the @SpeechUnion for getting my absurd bail conditions dropped!"
👍😀
September 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Graham Linehan
"Thanks to my solicitors and the @SpeechUnion for getting my absurd bail conditions dropped!"
👍😀
"Thanks to my solicitors and the @SpeechUnion for getting my absurd bail conditions dropped!"
👍😀
Breathtakingly disgusting to see from the NYT.
But a key feature of Cognitive Dissonance is *increased* proselyting post disconfirmation. After all these people are supposed to believe he is a woman yet why is this woman doing something no women do?
imo Festinger et al describes this well here:
But a key feature of Cognitive Dissonance is *increased* proselyting post disconfirmation. After all these people are supposed to believe he is a woman yet why is this woman doing something no women do?
imo Festinger et al describes this well here:
August 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Breathtakingly disgusting to see from the NYT.
But a key feature of Cognitive Dissonance is *increased* proselyting post disconfirmation. After all these people are supposed to believe he is a woman yet why is this woman doing something no women do?
imo Festinger et al describes this well here:
But a key feature of Cognitive Dissonance is *increased* proselyting post disconfirmation. After all these people are supposed to believe he is a woman yet why is this woman doing something no women do?
imo Festinger et al describes this well here:
"The 23-year-old suspect was reported to have ‘identified as a female’ and changed his name to Robin at the age of 17. A manifesto included an image of Adam Lanza"
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
Robert Westman: Minneapolis ‘gunman’ was son of church employee
The 23-year-old suspect was reported to have ‘identified as a female’ and changed his name to Robin at the age of 17. A manifesto included an image of Adam Lanza
www.thetimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"The 23-year-old suspect was reported to have ‘identified as a female’ and changed his name to Robin at the age of 17. A manifesto included an image of Adam Lanza"
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman is a transgender woman whose mother worked at the school where two children were slaughtered.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Minneapolis school shooter is school worker's trans daughter
Court records seen by Daily Mail indicate that Westman had previously been known as Robert, having petitioned to have her name changed in 2019.
www.dailymail.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman is a transgender woman whose mother worked at the school where two children were slaughtered.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...