my last Epstein scoop for the weekend: Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers. www.ft.com/content/8623...

Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...

Same energy

the oldest adage in journalism is “follow the money” new in the FT:

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Getting ready to watch the Riyadh #royalrumble ? Here’s my piece on CM Punk, WWE and the Saudi deal that I wrote for @socialsuplexnl.bsky.social last year. www.socialsuplex.com/features-8/

“bari weiss’s wife in the epstein files” is simply too perfect

@iwriteok.bsky.social in your research on mbs did you come across the story of when Vince McMahon got into an argument with Turki Al-Sheik and abandoned a plane full of wrestlers in the country?

This man was repeatedly forced out of his position in government due to scandals and was brought back, and I don’t think there’s ever been any adequate explanation as to why.

Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes. Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.

if you read enough history you understand that the very best people, following their instincts, tend to make themselves targets in times like these.

He died surrounded by loved ones, assuming he loved wolves.

Tom Baker is 92 today

Think of this every day

Japan photo dump

Gosh, appeasing a politician who has spent his business career creating and exploiting leverage and reneging on deals on a whim did not work. Who would have thought?

elected democrats who want their constituents to remain non-violent in their protests of these abuses must actually offer a path for ending the abuses non-violently. they currently are not as a party and it’s a major problem.

This is the thing. The story that "the UK is joining a mission to defend European territory from US aggression" is *huge*, it overturns a century of geopolitical assumptions, it'd overwhelm everything else. But the story is also "one guy goes on trip which may well go nowhere". Which is silly.

Remember: what Trump and his administration are doing is only possible because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional functions of check and balance.

Ep 53! 2026 kicks off with NJPW WK20- we cover the three big matches & Tana's retirement ceremony in depth. We then hit a potpourri of topics: Chris Jericho, the AMC TNA Debut, AEW's C2 and Women's Tag Tourneys and MJF as AEW's new Men's World Champion. redcircle.com/shows/9aad8c...

This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.

Some Japan pictures from the trip so far

Which muppet would you have cast as the ghost of Christmas yet to come aka death?

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This is just after the bit where Death muses about how humans are so fascinating that they created boredom as a concept. It's an astonishing scene, this one.

Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”

Take that Lisa’s Beliefs! Christmas Day! youtu.be/IgfIhX-5WNY?...

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 24 Okay, okay, okay. Not your fault, it’s a bird thing. You don’t control the birds. You will someday, but not now.

I feel like there isn’t a table big enough for Jesus to flip when I see stuff like this.

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 23 Nancy Drew says all you need to solve a mystery is an inquisitive temperament and two good friends. I’ve got an inquisitive temperament. Maybe I could geo solve this.

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 22 Nelson: who died and made you boss? Lisa: Mr Estes, the publications advisor…

It's four days before Christmas & a great day not to be a scumbag 🥰 🥰 🥰 🥰

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 21 Marge: Lisa, did anyone force you to come today? Lisa: you. Marge: hmm… well no one’s forcing you to stay. Lisa: okay, I’m leaving. Marge: oop, you’re not going anywhere missy.

Basically this is the thing. With just a southern leg, HS2 will add lots of capacity for commuter trains to the south and literally make trains to Manchester & the North West slower

Take that Lisa’s Beliefs! Day 20 Who needs College, mom? We’re trillionaires! Let’s buy dune buggies!

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 19 Lisa: you don’t have the intelligence to rig an election by yourself, do you? You were just Barlow’s lackey. You were Ronnie to his Nancy. Bart: Sonny to his Cher. Lisa: Ringo to his rest of the Beatles!

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 18 Lenny: She’s murdered her brother and trying to dump his body in the harbour! Otto: well duh. Mel: and as a grim finale, she intends to drown that poor, caged baby! Lisa: what’s happening, where am I? Helen Lovejoy: and she’s on drugs!

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 16 Lisa: if they’re really witches, why don’t they use their powers to escape? Homer: That sounds like witch talk to me, Lisa. Lisa: never mind!

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 16 Lisa: Oh, my poor dead kitty, not you too! All right Bob, now it’s personal! Bart: Hey! Uh, he did try to kill me.

there's just something so bleak about the fact that the seemingly apolitical murder of two elderly people by their profoundly ill son becomes a political football before the bodies are even cold

It took two years from the time of the alleged salute to the charge being made. Two years. Still can't get over how unserious this is. And five years from now they will be panicking saying "how did it come to this". By which time most of the people who warned them will be long gone.

incredible things happening at the nazi bar

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 15 Bart: Milhouse likes you. Lisa: oh please! Milhouse likes Vaseline on toast.

Update: YouTube straight up removed another video about loot boxes. They’re just hitting anything that mentions gambling regardless of context. What a ridiculous platform.

I am genuinely blaming the incumbent government for its failure to enforce the law! I *also* blame the right for the failure to police itself. Both are a problem, obviously.

Take that Lisa’s beliefs! Day 14 I’m not a state, I’m a monster!

Overnight successes take a long time to get there and the work put in by Dav Pilkey with Captain Underpants and Dogman, Jamie Smart with Looshkin and Flember, and the people behind The Phoenix should not be underestimated.