ICE Recruits Professional Valets. Will Help Agents Conquer Fear Of Slow Moving Vehicles.

Question for the NYTimes: In what world do you not immediately flash the news that an American President has told you "I don't believe in international law"? Am just curious, 'cos I must have missed that journalism class.

Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement https://theonion.com/insecure-frustrated-bully-with-something-to-prove-cons-1819575405/

Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.

Thousands of joke writers reading that Harry Brook has got into trouble with a bouncer, and wondering whether to bother.

I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance". It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder". The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.

Not saying I don’t trust tech. But anyone with access to a decent sized baking potato and a pair of black NHS specs could probably pass the facial recognition test on my banking app. I mean, you’d be welcome to the ‘content’ of the account for the effort …

"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"let's be calm and wait for the facts to come in" was probably a lot less annoying to hear back before everyone had an HD video camera in their pocket at all times

Enormous sympathy for anyone trying to write dystopian fiction at the moment. How on earth do you avoid being overtaken by events?

Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Hard to believe that the government, led by a former DPP, doesn’t know this. Which would mean, if James is right, that the UK government is turning a blind eye to the production of child porn rather than risk upsetting Musk and the US government. And that would be an extraordinary scandal.

If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...

After all that, Starmer gets no brownie points for his carefully chosen words on Venezuela.

"Grok Is Generating About ‘One Nonconsensual Sexualized Image Per Minute’. Regulators around the world are looking into Elon Musk’s xAI after its chatbot began ‘undressing’ celebrities and underage children at the request of users." www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Arseholes continue to be arseholes. And the same arseholes who pretend that the chief arsehole isn’t serious will tell us not to get carried away … arseholes.

White House directs preparation of plans for a military invasion and annexation of Greenland.

Does anyone think Trump could even find Greenland on a map? Blowing up NATO has been Putin’s goal all along. His fingerprints are all over all of this.

Just excellent and all they deserve. www.ft.com/content/ad94...

“Stop bothering me with this tittle tattle. I’ve got people to pick on …”

30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine

Totally safe.

Calling it Denmark instead of Greenland tends to focus the mind. As in: “Raging sociopath wants to invade Denmark …” Semantics, I know. Think of it as a Crimea/Ukraine thing.

Wow holy fucking shit. As someone in recovery, this is a living nightmare even I didn't see coming. Very cool. These are death machines that sometimes make kiddie porn. Simple as.

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

But Kier can’t upset his pal Don.

Scottish football. Absolutely unrivalled when it comes to to craic. Stuff your Man United dramas and Chelsea soap operas. This is where the real entertainment is. Tragedy, comedy … definitely plenty of comedy.

Trump told the oil companies about his illegal attack on Venezuela - most of them his major donors - but didn’t inform Congress.

Now ban all betting ads.

Local Man Believes Cheap Venezuelan Oil Headed Straight To Gas Station. Will Wait Another Hour.

Remarkable statement from the Prime Minister of Denmark, directed at President Trump: “I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”

greetings from hell

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Still very little buzz about a team sitting four points off second place in Scotland’s zany top flight. Everyone focused on leaders, collapsing Old Firm and ‘sexy’ Motherwell. Can Hibs continue to fly under radar? www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/footba...

Six Celtic defeats in eight games under Wilfried Nancy and the pressure only grows. The latest collapse against Rangers brought more fan protests against the board. Nancy calls the situation a "tornado". He has asked for time, patience and "context". www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...

Snap.

These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver. This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.

This year’s World Cup already had a Berlin Olympics 36 feel to them. How difficult would it be for Canada and Mexico to host on their own? Even if it meant scaling things down … just imagine there has been an earthquake and the USA isn’t capable of hosting.

A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.

I don't recall off hand who made the point about AI being, more than anything else, a machine for displacing responsibility. That increasingly looks like its most reliable feature

This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!

You'd think the British government (and everyone else still using X for 'reach') would not want to be known to be frequenting a platform that carries and actually generates child porn. And yet they keep posting there.

My piece from the G-Tech last night: www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...

Meanwhile, at the other place:

Aw man …

Aw shit, I knew that vaccine from the bloke at the leisure centre car park was dodgy. Feel cheated.

Hoping food scientists go on a mad morale-boosting spree in 2026. Not asking for the big ones (cheeseburgers prevent osteoporosis, putting caramel sauce on ice cream causes you to LOSE weight). But little wins. Tell us curly fries lead to shiny hair. Chocolate is good for knee pain. And hurry.