Tindersticks

Would it be bad to force the six-year old out of bed to open her presents? Getting a bit bored here

Imagine if this had been filmed in a kitchen and he was wearing a Christmas junper

WHAT DAY IS IT

Michael Caine should’ve got an Oscar for Muppet Christmas Carol

This is both funny and surprisingly moving

Glad that’s been sorted then

He's making list, he's checking it twice, he's gonna find out who's optimally adapted to their environment...

There’s no reason why he should even be in the room. It can just be assumed that everything will get back to Putin.

Well this can go fuck itself www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/city...

Anyway, if you now need to change your ideas about buying a child a book for Christmas, the new Hotel Flamingo, “Frosty Fiesta” by Alex Milway is brilliant

There’s a misconception that news stories must always be surprising etc (man bites dog and all that). But some of the best stories are the ones that confirm what everyone knew, deep down, all the time

Ugh no

What’s the difference between camp and “campy”?

If you needed a better example of the way politicians use and discard young teenage girls, this is it. The stats are there if you’d care to view them, Kemi

Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence

Was very lucky to be asked by Netflix to host a screening of Laura Poitras’s documentary Cover Up about the storied US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. We had editors, reporters, lawyers, some old lags (hi) some next gen. Film is on Netflix on 26th. It’s unflinching and inspiring. Recommend.

Just watched #CoverUp, Laura Poitras’s new documentary on Seymour Hersh. A brilliant portrait of a man with a complex legacy, and also a disturbing run through the excesses of American power in the second half of the 21st Century

I am listening to the apparently very exciting band Geese. Um, is this it?

In fairness - we couldn't stop him if we tried....

Finally we have literature for people who like to eat food that falls on the ground.

No Surprises is a Christmas song

Just imagine the blind rage of Donald Trump when confronted with something as lovely and human as When Harry Met Sally…

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Is it because you write about it in the Daily Mail? Oh - it actually is.

Oh poor Mel Brooks

Absolutely haunted football team

“Post-liberalism” means two things: 1) I like the fascism, but I don’t think of myself as the sort of person who’d be into something so uncouth. 2) The woke made me do it, but since everyone’s opposed to liberty now, why don’t we acknowledge that some races, genders, and religions are lesser.

While we’re talking controversial Aninal Farm adaptations, the 1954, partly CIA funded version is narrated by Gordon Heath, an absolutely fascinating black American actor and musician, who ran a folk club in Paris (the recordings are worth a listen). He does not mention the film in his memoir.

Polygamy is good now

When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender This I could not do I took my energy snack and vanished.

Welp, looks like we're teaching the LinkedIn grindset people what The Onion is the hard way.

“History” is neither scientific nor moral and does not “come for” anyone, or indeed judge them to be on the right or wrong side of itself dontmakemetapthesign.gif

Why do so many Internet food people wear those creepy black latex gloves?

I have just learned that Horse Outside by the Rubberbandits is 15 years old today

It’s entirely possible that there will be players at the 2030 World Cup who weren’t born the last time it was held in a functioning democracy

Anyway, the All Ireland hurling final is set to clash with the world cup final, so I know which I’ll be watching

That’s too much soccer

Corbyn and Sultana's new party is likely to benefit from factors for which it can claim no credit. New from David Renton on The Lead as he considers what next for Your Party

Finally home after > 27 hours of grindset creating shareholder value through AI agentic workflow and guiding a warrior-ethos meditation during my ketamine break. My 8 year old dog: "Do you have to slay so hard because the villain misrepresented an OBR analysis to Parliament?" Me: "Bitcoin."

What?

This mashup didn’t get enough praise on Instagram but BlueSky is famous for being way more into jokes

Stoppard with Havel ❤️

No one could write like Stoppard. No one had a sense of theatre like Stoppard. He was a man of tremendous principle who treasured both England and a particularly English form of personal liberty while remaining engaged by the fate of dissidents east of the Iron Curtain.

Fucking Hell

Emma does a great job debunking this BS claims. A further point is that's kind of incredible to see so many UK newspapers side with millionaires when most of the readers they need to reach live on low salaries and benefit from better funded public services

One of the least appealing things about British Trotskyists is their bleating whenever people correctly identify their shenanigans. If there’s a witch hunt, it’s because your long tradition of damaging witchcraft suggests it might be necessary

I see our infiltrators at the Times are doing sterling work.