This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

What’s everyone’s favourite avatar quote? Luke, avatar father.

Instead of watching a panel show in which a man who has been credibly accused of multiple cases of sexual harassment does nazi salutes, you can simply watch Horrible Science on iplayer for free, which has great comedy, interesting facts about dinosaurs and space & no nazi salutes x

No time for ties.

"They want to cancel Christmas" latest:

Don’t think much of this updated ‘12 Days of Christmas’ lads.

Dr No worries if not.

@quantick.bsky.social Here’s the owner of those washed up shoes.

She does want to talk about it.

Happy Christmas!! Quick question. Any ideas on how to deal with these zombie tiny Tims?

[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]

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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT, Di.

Beating up nauseating YouTube influencers can be a great way to pay for UK public services.

It’s heartbreaking to think of anyone sleeping rough at Christmas. Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields is offering beds and pathways to long-term support in partnership with Westminster City Council, helping people off the streets for good. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Via @orlajoelsen.bsky.social: ‘Premier of Greenland 🇬🇱 statement this morning; “This morning, I am both saddened and grateful 🇬🇱” 1/

The Telegraph is the last place I'd trust to tackle misinformation. Via Private Eye

Now listen, there's a documentary on BBC2 this evening about "Squawking Bird", the leader of the Blackfoot Indians in the late 1860s. Now this starts at 8:45 and goes on for approximately three-quarters of an hour.

An English local council innovates, evaluates what it did, finds it works (replicating an earlier study in Scotland) … and all councils are told by the Labour government not to try it. What message does this convey? Another victory for ideology & cowardice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Did I rank all The Muppets holiday specials? Yes, I did for SYFY WIRE & it's a great reminder of the deep bench of varied holiday stories the Henson Company has created over the decades: www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/ev...

Wow. They’re some tight trousers. #totp

Channel 4 news reporting on a contractual document in the Post Office/Fujitsu scandal which makes Fujitsu liable for penalties for bugs in the software & explicitly says that central amendment to branch accounts was possible Uploaded to Inquiry but not cross-examined upon 👀

"When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship," wrote veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.

I'm very glad this is breaking properly. The rather saintly Carole Cadwalladr was pilloried by the establishment; Andrew Neil tried to categorise her as a mad cat woman. I seem to recall the Speccie had all sorts of paid for Russian puff stuff going on too. Coincidental, obvs... but indicative.

People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.

Samuel L Jackson is 77. This is wonderfully in-depth interview conducted by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social Jackson is insight as usual on the technical aspects of acting but as you can see below, he’s just damned entertaining & straight-talking: www.vulture.com/article/samu...

Half Ma’am Half Brisket

This SNL sketch is absolutely amazing, but it is incredibly violent (you have been warned!) youtu.be/ug44G2FdWyU?...

Reform politicians double down on their racism because they’re proudly racist. Farage won’t apologise for his or his party’s racism because he needs his racist voters on side. Reform is racist. Farage is racist. Don’t call for apologies. Call them what they are. app.independent.co.uk/2025/12/20/2...

Now on Channel 4, Apocalypse Now.

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2025: Boris Johnson, "If Labour MPs try to reverse Brexit they will be walking into a hail of machine gun fire" 2019: Boris Johnson, "We must all be clear that violence and intimidation anywhere is wholly unacceptable in this country"

You want a perfect 10 after #strictly Die Hard is on Channel 4 right now.

Die Hard is on Channel 4 tonight at 9:10.

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language

Farage always complains he is silenced in Parliament but yesterday he was given the opportunity to speak as he requested and he couldn’t be bothered to turn up. What an utter hypocrite.

Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.

For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such

Soul II Soul played a blinder in Koko, Camden Town, tonight. Good vibes, nice times.