I have nothing but enthusiasm for any so-called "collateral damage" from the Epstein files. Powerful people have been doing horrific, objectively evil things and it needs to be stopped. I'm trained as a forensic psychologist and after they wind up incarcerated we can talk rehabilitation. AFTER.

I hate that I have what I sometimes consider erudite thoughts and then see guys getting $450,000 from the New York Times to write "should we lock women in cages??"

something I learned from attending an elite prep school is that if you are wealthy enough you don’t have to do anything right

New “prominent New Zealander” alert. #nzpol.

Man, with Peter Thiel now being in the mix with the Epstein files, pedocon theory is really starting to look like it's on to something...

This does raise another interesting possibility, that everyone who takes up the James Bond persona also adopts all of its history and trauma, like one has to 'become' Bond in order to succeed him.

The precariousness of literature sucks. It sucks for readers, watching their beloved publications fold. It sucks for writers, scrambling for cents. One of Australia's oldest literary magazines recently closed. It relied on a publisher's support alongside subscriptions. The publisher killed it off.

Things gradually slotting into place.

Evangelion is just Mazinger Z with knobs on and an even drippier protagonist.

So there’s one aspect of the BBC story that has received zero attention: Robbie Gibb’s potential financial conflict of interests. According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle. 1/ www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Described in the press as a “secret internal report,” the memo is just 1 man’s opinion–the kind of crank diatribe that used to be written in green ink & filed in the bin. Yet, b/c everything is stupid, it has triggered the resignations of director general Tim Davie & BBC News CEO Deborah Turness.

You guys wanna see a dead body?

Studies in graphite of a variety of one-handed blades from 1400s to modern day. The stiletto is definitely my favorite, but they were all fun to draw. #drawing #swordarts #weapondesign #sketchbook #blackwing602 #pencilstudy #artfundamentals

Mamdani has the chance to do the funniest thing ever on his first day

I invent imaginary dramas, inserting myself as the hero or villain, internalizing all of it personally, and instead of a personality disorder, I call it art

BREAKING: House Democrats just released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Trump had "spent hours at my house" with one of Epstein's victims — among other messages that suggested Epstein believed Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged. tinyurl.com/5yj3dfpx

its 9 am and so far today we have learned that jeffrey epstein was advised to blackmail donald trump who spent lots of alone time with children at epsteins house

If you're openly sympathetic to fascist ideas then I'll admit, I have no qualms about calling you out.

again that is not an exaggeration. the Normans built Winchester on a floating log raft and when those logs decayed, the Edwardians sent a guy to plug the holes with cement except they'd been burying bodies for centuries already so it was just like. corpse soup

Never give up. Somewhere in the world, there's a haunted manor house on the moors with a mysterious caretaker, indifferent cats, and secret libraries within libraries, waiting for you in the darkness.

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you wouldn't know Tory voters support net zero going off what the Tory MPs keep saying. Maybe they don't know either!

For two years the people of Sweden sacrificed first bulls then men to end the famine that devastated the land. On the third year, they seized their King, Domalde, and sacrificed him to the gods. The next year was prosperous. #WyrdWednesday 🖼️: E. Werenskiold

Crooks and crooks.

Unsurprised to see folks campaigning for access to abortions also being angry with the Prescott memo (because one of the guy's complaints about 'bias' is the BBC using the phrase 'reproductive rights') - once again, it's the same damn argument about bodily autonomy and our rights to our own selves.

A sad state of affairs

German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵 • May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses • OpenAI disagrees & can appeal "The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates" — German Music Rights Society

Silly parents produce silly children. The Singularity will be via British Leyland.

He rescues the daughter of the King from being sacrificed to the dragon (after he failed to bribe his peasants to feed someone else to it instead), then the dragon is successfully tamed so George can take it into the city and threaten everyone into converting to Christianity before he kills it.

Has anyone actually looked up the story of George and the Dragon recently? This isn't a case of a symbol of noble ideals being appropriated and corrupted by fascists. The symbol sucks and stands for things that suck.

Wes Streeting is a flat faced plum with all the genuine ideology of a chicken salad and the passion of a bannister. But hey, so long as he speaks well on radio 4, your favourite podcasters and times columnists will sing his praises on here, innit. God we deserve so much better than you wankers 😆.

I mentioned previously how Brianna was taught in school primarily in isolation and idk if non brits know what that means. Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.

Here he is www.findagrave.com/memorial/563...

Suspending a prominent journalist and scholar of authoritarianism during this particular moment is a very bad look for mods and deserves an explanation. Restate Sarah Kendzior.

It’s important to point out the obvious nonsense here. Palantir isn’t utopian. It’s not for universal liberty and fulfilment. It’s currently working with ICE in the authoritarian USA and the IDF in occupied Palestine.

“The report found that the heaviest AI users are thought leadership writers (84%), PR/comms professionals (73%), and content marketing writers (73%).” How can you be a thought leader when you don’t think? Fraud. Scam. Grift and nonsense!

Oh my god. I just looked it up. Suddenly a lot of...everything...is coming into focus. People have no reading comprehension because they can't read but think they can?!

It is hard to emphasize enough how much Americans CANNOT READ and LITERALLY do not know what your post said before they reply to you. They have no skill for figuring out what you ACTUALLY said. They think this is how everybody experiences reading.

I heard almost no buzz about Oz Perkins' adaptation of the Stephen King story, THE MONKEY. Folks, if you love horror with an absurdist eye, HOLY SHIT you need to watch this movie. Incredible performances, eye-popping visuals, and the darkest wit I've seen in ages. GREAT MOVIE. AMAZING!

Back in the day, as long as you had a credit card, you could buy all the NSFW stuff you wanted, because it proved you were old enough. These companies need to realize that we don't need them. It's 2025, anyone can make a new company or vote for change.

This is even funnier than it just being Streeting on manoeuvres.

BREAKING: Scorpion Bites Frog Immediately and Repeatedly

It’s only 14 minutes into the new day and Labour are already making clowns out of themselves

Rupert Lowe has invited Wayne O'Rourke to parliament O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"

If BBC News was a hotbed of left-wing wokery producing *systemically* biased coverage Jeremy Corbyn may well have been elected Prime Minister in 2019. It’s not. He wasn’t. And we got Boris Johnson instead.

That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC. SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...

Fascinating that Nick Robinson names Robbie Gibb as the instigator of the coup at the BBC He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy This should be the end of his time on the BBC board

"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running." - former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022

why

It seems Samir Shah, as well as Robbie Gibb, is part of the problem at the BBC, not least due to the former's "how dare you question me, peasant!" vibe.