Learning that Peter Thiel is an anagram of THE REPTILE is giving Count Alucard

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If you saw Shabana Mahmood’s idiotic and insulting display in the Commons this week and wondered: what kind of slack-jawed ignoramus would fall for this abysmal bullshit about how her ethnicity means you can’t tell her not to do migrant crackdowns? Well, the answer is: Guardian columnists.

Are you ok, babe? You’ve barely touched your pledges 🥀

From 39 mins: Prof. Marta Haveyshko discusses the major corruption scandal unfolding in Ukraine involving Zelensky's top associates. ⁦He was elected as an outsider who would fight corruption. How’s that going? (Spoiler: About as well as the war.) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Marc Bessant (Prevenge) and Sleaford Mods singer Jason Williamson star in GAME, the first film from Geoff Barrow’s Bristol-based Invada Films. My Time Out review: www.timeout.com/movies/game-...

In Charlie Mackesy’s home town, Walberswick, there’s a deli where Charlie writes on the walls 🥰

Concern is growing for this former pro-Palestine protestor who has been missing since July 2024. Many are afraid she may have suffered a severe mental injury and although she was last seen in the Westminster area, she is believed to be lost and travelling without a moral compass.

If you’re not watching the MAGA movement tear itself apart over Israel, Epstein, Nick Fuentes, Charlie Kirk, future foreign wars, H1-b visas and other assorted third rails, you are missing the best show currently available on the best streaming service of all, “independent media”

The launch of Your Party has been a complete and utter shambles. It has been a disaster class in how to launch a political party. If the other parties wanted to sabotage Your Party, they could not have done a better job, writes Ricky Hale (@councilestatemedia.uk) open.substack.com/pub/councile...

Enjoyed this look into the Your Party debacle averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

ngl Noam Chomsky’s emergent “for me, pedophilia is not a deal breaker” relationship with Epstein has hit hard. Chomsky’s former close friend @ggreenwald.bsky.social dug deep into this yesterday on his @systemupdate.bsky.social show

If you’re not watching the MAGA movement tear itself apart over Israel, Epstein, Nick Fuentes, Charlie Kirk, future foreign wars, H1-b visas and other assorted third rails, you are missing the best show currently available on the best streaming service of all, “independent media”

As pointed out at the other place: it’s a wonder that with his busy schedule of deliberately wrecking his own party to media outlets choking to repeat every word at this point, Mandelson managed to find the time to meet Jeffrey Epstein again. But he seems to have managed it.

When you suddenly realise there’s a country to the left of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines. Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard

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OpenAI – and, by extension, the U.S. economy, currently propped up by Pollyanna-ish A.I. optimism – is epically FUCKED podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

He’s running

There’s something missing in the debate about #BBC bias

Wes Comin’ in hot on X 🔥

My friend Imogen Sara Smith wrote several times about Tatsuya Nakadai's unique qualities, such as here in 2020 at Bright Lights Film Journal. brightlightsfilm.com/japanese-cin...

“Design”

50th anniversary screening of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (at Letchworth’s lovely Broadway Cinema) made me think: Jack Nicholson is such a charismatic and engaging presence, he makes you forget R.P. McMurphy was originally in jail for having sex with a child.

I've got a new book of prints of my paintings that you can cut out and hang on your wall. It's called "Faces Of The Empire: The Battle For Humanity's Soul", and I've got some locally-printed copies I can sign and mail to you if you order one. Here's a video I made about it:

With its mix of Stephen King, Twilight Zone and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and my favourite actress, #Pluribus couldn’t be more my jam if it snuck into my house, climbed into the fridge and sidled up to my jars of Bonne Maman Raspberry Conserve and Mallorcan marmalade

Highly recommend listening to @www.johnbleasdale.com’s excellent Writers on Film #Podcast especially the most recent episode on #NeoNoir Night Moves (1975) and Alan Sharp's novel with @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, @bylinetimes.bsky.social republishes Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...

I am appalled that so many people are questioning the ability of this man to efficiently and wisely lead the FBI.

Hot off the Royal Mail van. Thanks for the recommendation @www.johnbleasdale.com I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous @plumeriapics.bsky.social Lovely stuff.

The only thing that could possibly mitigate the failure of Chris Cunningham to realise his vast potential is if he turned out to be Banksy

Amazon tried to claim their proposed new data centre, to be built on the site of an industrial estate with heavy HGV usage, would be good for the environment and the economy. Our press officer @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social begged to differ – and he brought receipts 🔥

This is a serious treat for film fans. Two highly informed pals taking themselves down several fascinating rabbit holes. Didn’t want it to end. Night Moves reissue looks fantastic and yes, yes, yes to The Medusa Touch novelisation btw.

On the latest episode of @www.johnbleasdale.com‘s terrific Writers on Film podcast, you can hear @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social discuss our 50th anniversary edition of Alan Sharp’s novel based on his screenplay for neo-noir classic NIGHT MOVES podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Stunning episode of ⁦‪Struggle Session with ⁦‪leading neurologist Dr @joho.bsky.social, author of We Want Them Infected: How the Failed Quest for Herd Immunity Led Doctors to Embrace the Anti-vaccine Movement and Blinded Americans to the Threat of COVID. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

why do Libs always fight when the Left is always right

nobody is going to tactically vote labour to keep reform out at the next general election. you 'centrists' are deluded for thinking that's even a remote possibility. also, morning all. ✌️

Something that makes me laugh every damn day is the US right conflating “liberals” and “the left” as if we on the left don’t see “the libs” as being on the right

In a rather cruel example of history repeating itself, Eric Stoltz was fired from The Big Lebowski as he had been from Back to the Future. This is the only remaining footage of him as The Dude.

This book is a handbook for The Hague #Complicit

It’s wild how Israel imprisoned some British activists from the flotilla like two weeks ago and Starmer was like: it’s a matter for Israel but there’s been an emergency parliamentary meeting to discuss football hooligans from another country and how we welcome them

@sloanelysbeth.bsky.social Just checking you saw this

Somebody brought receipts

labour are not moderates.

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

I'm told this is where the Portland antifa operatives are gathering and holding their resistance meetings.

Need new shades to complete the look

@paleofuture.bsky.social Hi Matt, did you ever release the full White House movie logs?? Your Kennedy piece was fascinating 🤔

Just picked up three '70s Westerns written by Alan Sharp (NIGHT MOVES screenwriter) on Blu-ray. Great leading men (Peter Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck), interesting directors (Richard Fleischer, Peter Fonda, Robert Aldrich, Ted Kotcheff) and all worth a watch.

Mr @edzitron.com right now