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It's not defeatist to acknowledge that rules, regulations, and norms only hold power if they are respected or can be enforced. You can't mount an effective strategy against something if you deny that the thing can ever happen.

Jenrick defection probably the dumbest thing he could have done. He could have been the top race science guy in the tory party, but now he's going to be a run-of-the-mill race science guy who needs to impress guys who believe a secret sect of Brown people control the traffic lights

I really wish people hadn't demonized calories because the one thing that calorie count is really, really good for is being able to say "Wow those are starvation rations."

Finding it very difficult not to be cynical about the “Northern Powerhouse” rail announcement. Especially given the timescales.

For those asking if the iron cross/Teutonic Order logo is real. Last time there was doubt because of the way it leaked, but not this time: www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-re... (09 January 2026)

Either Sheffield City Council had 500 gallons of Vimto to dispose of or it turns out the Peace Gardens was built on an ancient Druid burial ground.

I wonder who owns Dilbert now and if they'll do anything interesting with it?

Wondering whether to post about UKIP's new cross pattée logo, or if they aren't relevant enough to cover any more. (It is faintly plausible that the latter is why they have decided to go for outrage)

Even the Terminally Undecided are below their usual "Is it wrong to nuke orphanages? ~10% dunno" numbers.

“News organizations” are running the hell out of this story because they see their function not so much to report facts but to enforce social norms like “police officers are automatically deserving of respect to a degree it is newsworthy if someone is mean to one of them.”

Now, Nadhim Zahawi going from one rabidly anti-europe party to another and then calling for a "Glorious Revolution" that is hilarious political satire. Isn't it? Doesn't really matter, given his previous he'll be caller for the leader to resign tomorrow.

Did they tell us One Battle After Another was a comedy in advance or was one of those suggestions where a man comes out with something terrible and then afterwards says it was justa joke?

One of the big surprises about how well One Battle After Another did at the Golden Globes is the category it was in. I can't for the life of me remember any of the songs.

Since football is unlikely to get onboard with "respect the kicker" I will continue my one man online campaign for switching to a stop/start clock although to be honest there is zero hope of that either. But 4th officials rolling dice to decide the amount of stoppage time really isn't it.

The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

While searching online for information about Fenwick's I saw someone had spelled it as if the 144yo institute bowls goats. IYKYK.

Listen to women... No not those women, this hate group that like me more than the others.

Doncaster has the new pretty but annoying railway clock.

Slightly odd, but mostly pleasant experience. (Would have been entirely pleasant except the cage the wedges came in and the hike to the bogs)

In the gods.

once again we are all tapping the sign

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

really feels like Becca Good saying “go get some lunch, big boy” is when he snapped. the kind of man who joins ICE is absolutely the kind of man who thinks women should die for saying things like that. they absolutely crash out when we aren’t cowering in fear and making them feel scary & powerful

In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.

/2 I mean, if you hear that Renee Good had a 15-year-old child and you want to post AI pictures of that child naked, you think you'll get any help with that here? With these stuck up libs? No. Not in this bubble! Read the Atlantic if you doubt me.

Look, people, let’s stop being so judgmental about folks who stay on Twitter/X. There are fewer Nazis here, sure, but if a woman gets murdered by an ICE agent and you want to see her corpse in a bathing suit, where are you on Bluesky? Out of luck, that’s where.

Please don't forget the outstanding Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw when being outraged about Sinners losses in awards season

So no constraint whatsoever then. Also it isn't really his morality that is at issue is it as we know he is very persuadable.

Glad to know that the shit right wing papers doing their best to run the country are happy for hundreds to die and thousands to be injured by drunk drivers every year.

If you have ever said that something won't happen until the devil can skate to work, better get ready for it to occur as the forecast has ICE heading for Hell.

I would like to suggest that all those right wingers that are against the EU on "sovereignty grounds" but in favour of the "Special Relationship" with the USA probably don't understand the true nature of any of those three things.

Thank you all for being here.

Bloody hell it has been a long year. [looks at calendar] Oh…

You can be outraged about global events and racism at crappy awards at the same time. Including you can be happy the UN did something despite there being so little they can do, you can hate the choices made by even more pointless than usual awards & know that racists are in charge almost everywhere

Actually the plan is to do The House At Pooh Corner next: announcements soon

this is a fake quote and you can tell because british people use plural pronouns for bands, not singular pronouns

Was craving salad so made myself a small Caesar.

So for obvious stupid reasons what book people swear oaths on is a topic today.

Happy New Year. Hoping that 2026 is a good one.

Going with plan B thanks to viral aches and pains. Low Key NYE with telly, ibuprofen, a long hot bath, and a metric tonne of finger food.

Does the ICC really give venues "Demerit points"? Perhaps they should rename the match referee "Head Prefect".

Sometimes someone happens to remind me of the dark monsters lurking in my mind. Some invaders like depression that I wish to expel, others very much part of me that I can only hope are kept in check by the Directing Dark.

Apparently MSM doesn't take Christmas off from being bigotry. Lots of lovely racism and transphobia going on. Remember that danger in toilets and changing rooms is an issue made up by Christian nationalists who will come after the rights of everyone who isn't a cis strait white man next.

Couple of unintentionally funny bits [1] in the credits for The War Between the Land and the Sea. No spoilers here. A) my brain would read job titles with the U word in as U.N.I.T. production manager etc.

I started writing something about "The first time I saw (one aspect) of Jackson Lamb's management style in fiction was Mustrum Ridcully" but it sounded a bit too much like a tryhard LinkedIn motivational post.

I started writing something about "The first time I saw (one aspect) of Jackson Lamb's management style in fiction was Mustrum Ridcully" but it sounded a bit too much like a tryhard LinkedIn motivational post.

"You boy! Down there! What day is 'what day is bins?'?"

*chef's kiss*