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Massive nerd points at work today. Pointed out an error a slide in a presentation the PermSec was giving because it said “Director Generals” rather than “Directors General”.

Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.

Not see a Kennedy leave a body behind that quickly since Chappaquiddick.

Thank God that Mick Herron exists as a worthy successor to Terry Pratchett as the leading “shit, it’s dad’s birthday at the weekend and I need to get him something that’s breezy but not shit” author of choice.

Ross Douthat right now:

Current least favourite inexplicable bit of enshittification (a term I usually hate) - if you Google a word to get the correct spelling, it corrects it (usually) but when you go back to paste the corrected version in the search bar it then auto-corrects it back to the original, incorrect spelling.

"Vibe coding" is not a word, is it? It's two words. Once again repeating my view that "Word of the Year" is entirely about hate clicks and it's a conspiracy by Big Dictionary to sell more of their products ahead of Christmas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m reminded of the Chung Kuo sci-fi novels where the world-spanning mega city becomes so vast that the only way to upgrade it is to demolish segments that are themselves the size of countries.

It’s alright, that frees up capacity to build that 80k seater football stadium on top of the skyscraper.

trump take plane

As with Sadiq, Mamdani breaks people’s brains because they just cannot get around the concept of a socially liberal Muslim.

LOL

The haters said I couldn't do it and they were correct. Honestly, great call from the haters.

They’re calling him the Dina Boluarte of America.

Can’t wait for Mamdani to become the first Mayor of New York to not be driven insane by being Mayor of New York. I’m sure this will happen.

BRO WHAT

Can’t wait to invite two dozen friends here and then murder them one by one.

Babe, the neighbours are coming around, break out the good whisky.

I’ve got so much “Minor Romanov” vibes it’s insane. Grand Duke Ivan Ericovich, fled to Paris in 1917, patron of Prokofiev, editor of a violently anti-Semitic newspaper, died of a frankly unheard of number of STIs in Biarritz just before the Anschluß”.

babe, what's wrong, do you not like your stellaris christmas jumper

Turnout figures from the New York mayoralty: I think Susan Hall really could do it, you know: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

so farewell then richard bruce cheney former defence secretary and republican éminence grise you once shot a lawyer in the face like you did the constitution you used to manage halliburton so it seems only right that you've fracked off - E. J. Tindale (34½ unvetted potential running mates)

Every article about the Polish economy by the Anglo-Right is just this.

It's fine, they can fall back on having the world's largest false teeth factory. www.ft.com/content/8828...

Love how this reads like a LinkedIn post about the grindset mindset.

🚨 KOTOR ON UNI CHALLENGE 🚨

can confirm, died fighting the Roundheads earlier

Japan celebrated Culture Day on Monday, so today’s Japan Daily Briefing is light, looking at assessments of Takaichi’s busy week of diplomacy and the pending debate on cutting the number of Diet seats. open.substack.com/pub/observin...

I am struggling to think of the best Eric Adams content but I think it might have to be this. Just can't get over the impression of him saying 9/11 is a semi-regular occurrence that you start to see as a minor irritation. "Damn, came off the subway at 8am, another fucking 9/11 happening"

As someone who does not live in America, let alone New York, let me reiterate again how the best option for me personally is Eric Adams. Years of entertainment, lost like tears in the rain

I'd kinda like to go to this but I cannot think of a worse place to be than a concert hall full of Persona fans who've shelled out £100 per ticket. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/gam...

ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ɪꜱ ᴀɴᴛᴀɢᴏɴɪꜱᴛɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴀɴɢʀʏ!

"Christmas Lights on the A20" has the exact tone and cadence of a John Shuttleworth song.

As with the ones on the Spanish high-speed network and the Eurostar, it would just be security theatre in any case. I do find it darkly funny that they have metal detectors at Cartagena station but not in Bilbao.

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Not a massive fan of global warming but “a half decent Whitby wine scene” is an upside.

Severndroog Castle's first ever night-time opening this evening, with amazing views across London -- and a spooky castle in the woods.

I am not hearing much from the ASI today about how train drivers and crew are all overpaid, workshy socialists.

mood

The Guardian giving more and more time for what is essentially new age quackery is a bad trend for the broad left in this country.

At pub.

Check your kids' Halloween candy carefully, someone tried to hide Savage Beastfly in mine.

I've read this story five times and I literally do not know what it is trying to say. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is the cousin marriage chap, FTR.