Sickening that the very same people who encouraged the hatred of members of the Polish community in Britain, before and after Brexit, have now appropriated the tragic murder of Henry Nowak to further their racist agenda.

Wrote this on Southampton and the 'creator economy', in case you're interested www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-muir-th...

NEW | On the ghouls in the exploitation business… TRADING DOG WHISTLES FOR KLAXONS Right-wing columnists and politicians are exploiting the murder of Henry Nowak, turning him into a symbol to serve their grim ambitions. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/trading-do...

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

Had to admit defeat on this. The "pop star's" website posted another far right video after the neo-Nazi fans had been lobbying for Restore since the local elections. Hard to predict what will be left 50 years after he's dead, maybe just a nasty smell & some lost promise.

Restore Britain has replaced the fascist Homeland Party in the European 'Remigration' movement Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/06/euro...

It's remarkable how infrequently people who've suffered a devastating loss call for acts of unfocused violent revenge. Unlike people who haven't suffered such a loss, but think the revenge would be fun.

Every crime in which an ethnic or cultural minority is the perpetrator used to justify repression or worse of minorities. Every crime in which a minority is the victim used to argue for the idea that ethnic diversity is inherently unstable and should be reduced or eradicated.

X is demented. They're all screeching about anti-white racism, listing crimes committed by non-white people as if they're connected & demanding the Sikh community speak out about a murder - which is like demanding Scotland says something about Ian Brady.

Gooseberry cream? Why? This is as bad as the chocolate apple.

I don't know if the bans were justified but I don't think society benefits from streamers, vloggers & podcasters yak yak yaking for hours. We're in information hell.

The sentencing remarks for the murder of Henry Nowak in Southampton are now online and contain a series of important findings The judge found that murderer Vickrum Digwa lied at the scene by claiming to have been the victim of a racist attack and denying stabbing HN www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

All of the 60s stars are like that. They get interviewed in 80s like they're 100 years old when they're about 32.

Huge amount of daily newspaper output for years now has been “I relentlessly behave like an abysmal arsehole about absolutely everything, and nobody pats me on the head and says Well Done”. Or, alternatively, “I was acting like an aggro dickhead and people told me to fuck off, it’s totalitarian”

Last week, @thenerve.news published #TheHarborneReceipts, a forensic examination in cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne’s donations…& how closely they tracked Farage & Johnson’s pro-crypto policy statements. Yesterday, the FT published an editorial making this exact point about Reform. 1/

devastating story:

I like a lot of Paul McCartney's Wings & Solo stuff, he was just too old, rich & cheery to be cool & if I was a young musician in 1980 I would probably have seethed every time he made a peace sign.

The police version does make more sense than the news/social media coverage. It was internal bleeding, so they didn't see a wound & it was the murderer who called them to make the complaint so it took them a few minutes to work out that he wasn't the victim. www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshi...

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Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions.

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This is Cooper. He didn't realize anyone was home. Loves singing a cappella. Just not in front of an audience. 14/10 (TT: amber023 via Storyful)

True. I only remember the expenses scandal because of the duck pond.

To anyone who's been in or around media, this is not surprising. Why? Because journalism—outside the investigative sphere—is a fundamentally lazy profession. You cultivate "sources" to do the legwork for you, & then decide whether to report faithfully/verbatim, or embellish the intel you're given.

More than a bit worrying that reality seems not to matter anymore. Like, whole political movements rise up out of disinformation campaigns pushed by algorithms and media narratives. www.latimes.com/california/s...

I love the way The Boyfriend looks, but the lack of a decent plot or sparkling dialogue makes it very boring. Like a long slog through a tech rehearsal.

if you're new here, "discourse" is when two journalists are arguing and we join in by calling them names

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Publishers will have to employ fact checkers or impose fines on AI use because if readers can't trust books, they'll stop buying them.

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I liked Number One Fan, although as usual, I wondered why they didn't go to the police immediately & tell them everything. youtu.be/wMFc_2MkJBA?...

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Solicitors take forever to do the tiniest thing. There's endless forms & documents. Endless.

Judith Butler is so convoluted that I thought she was talking nonsense for ages, but eventually I worked it out & I think she's probably right. It was an ordeal though.

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It's a great film. It'll be interesting to see what the play does.

It’s rare to interview someone who is willing to share so honestly and insightfully about the immense challenges they have faced after their time in the spotlight. So much admiration for Daniela.

Sad to see John Cleese fall for the conspiracy theory that Muslims are plotting to take over the West. He's in his 80s & on Twitter/X all day, so I suppose that's some mitigation.

NEW | A look at Simon Heffer’s new publisher. Spoiler: it ♥️ ‘race science’ guys and antisemites… BARON BLACKWATER’S VERY BAD BOOK CLUB He’s promoting his Enoch Powell book in The Telegraph and Spectator. His chosen publisher is a far-right cesspit. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/baron-blac...

This is about Roy Chubby Brown, who isn't famous enough to have a social media controversy, so I think his management contrives these things every so often to plug his tour.

We are all the angry frog this morning

Among other things it does feel like events like Unite The Kingdom are really designed for people to make content out of, more than anything else. People whose brains have been corroded by content then become stars of the shows they love watching and getting mad about

He's got an uphill battle, because having to ditch a leader like this usually leaves a stench.

They have a lot of funding & online media attention, so the fact they can't break out of their activist bubble or book any decent acts (or credible speakers) shows they're not that popular.

I've loved this album since I came across How High The Moon on YouTube. It was so haunting.