Spitballing about Book 3 of EoM with @unavaleable.bsky.social and the phrase "means tested post-scarcity" just flashed through my mind like this
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John C
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This is the right thing to say and I wholeheartedly support it and believe it but it is frustrating and aggravating that he's been saying this for months and months and, like Mamdani, some people on here take this as a rhetorical pivot after the primary rather than just sincerity.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
real halfway point of the horror movie vibes in my Russia book as Yezhov has finally been demoted and shuffled out :) only to be replaced by his deputy, some "Beria" chap?
there'd be a lot of discourse to be had about this article and book if there were more than 4 black Brits on this website
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4h agoIn Britain, we equate blackness with the working class. It’s time for a rethink
was no one gonna mention Harry Houdini looked like martin sheen in 1980
100 years ago news@100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 4h agoAug. 5, 1926: Harry Houdini seals himself into a coffin that’s then lowered to the bottom of the pool at the Hotel Shelton in New York. With no visible breathing apparatus, he remains underwater for 1 hour, 31 minutes, before signaling through a buzzer to be brought back to the surface. 1/2
oh hey we're doing degenerate Jewish art but leftishly.
Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2d ago
Weirdly I think "I am not running as a candidate and will refocus my career on de-radicalisation" is possibly the, uh, good ending?
IMO the obvious but probably scheduling conflicted choice is Robert Pattinson, the actual obvious choice is Riz Ahmed and the interesting choice is Himesh Patel Inevitably it will be Callum Turner but boo
The Independent@the-independent.com · 10h agoJames Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’
beautiful thread on the idea of spooks holding international awards for Spooking
Jack Tindale@jacktindale.bsky.social · 8h agoProperly gone at the idea of having this awarded like a corporate award gigs in one of those massive but soulless business hotel ballrooms, with Romesh Ranganathan hosting.
on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...
More metaphorical fuel for the argument that Burnham is sleepwalking himself into problems down the line on climate
Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 9h agoThis is a repeated pattern Burnham has already displayed - portraying environmental protection and economic prosperity as zero sum, sacrificing one for the other. It might be canny short term politics, but it’s a horrible message that validates the culture messaging of the climate deniers
it’s kind of crazy that YouTube, which might as well be the biggest television station in the world, is just nonstop scammy ads—and it’s gotten worse since the advent of generative AI
I've done a bit of a Wikiwalk about this and had the amazing revelation that one of the French agents behind the bombing later became a wildlife photographer and had one of his photos published under a pseudonym in a calendar for...Greenpeace. Most of them had been sold by the time they realised.
Jack Tindale@jacktindale.bsky.social · 8h agoThe Deputy Head of DGSE picking at his overcooked chicken supreme as he waits to hear if he'll get a Lifetime Achievement Award for the Rainbow Warrior.
The Eurovision Jury element to this is amazing. [Cut to a man in dark glasses and a trenchcoat in Belgrade, standing under a streetlight] "Good eeeveening London. And may I say Mrs Metreweli you are looking fabulous tonight and thank-you for a fabulous show."
I am going to be spending the rest of my day and possibly my week thinking about "Werner the Herzog" and quite frankly it's the last thing I needed
MaksonLima@maksonlima.bsky.social · 9h agoJuro que tem dias que eu acordo pensando nisso aqui:
Not to jinx it and/or say that perhaps the loss of Hungary as a clearing house for far-right money has had an impact...but it doesn't feel like we've had the bubbling far-right tension as much this year as the last two-three? Not that, like, a certain amount of the damage isn't already done
This is not great but still *significantly* better for Labour any other seat estimation since, like September 2024
Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 10h agoMRP Poll | Labour 81 Seats Short: LAB: 245 (+138) | 26% RFM: 174 (-112) | 23% CON: 99 (+19) | 21% LDM: 67 (-17) | 11% SNP: 25 (-8) | 2% PLC: 8 (-2) | 1% GRN: 7 (-13) | 10% Via @convergent-opinion.bsky.social, 25-30 Jul. Changes w/ 15 Jun MRP.
Really weird to me how incredibly rich white men get to say stuff like "in three to four years we'll be achieving nuclear fusion from honey" and the stock markets go "wow, sounds great bro!" and the news just reports it with maybe a paragraph at the end of "critics say this is unlikely".
Ed Baldwin going nuts after being stuck on the moon alone for six months:
Andy Burnham Accepter@jorisbinned.bsky.social · 10h agoWhy's that cunt fucking up the moon
Live depiction of my romantic skills
fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 11h agoChatted to a stunning girl at a bar in Zante, walked her back to her apartment and kissed at her door, she spent 20 mins explaining how she hated her room mates and didn't want to stay there. I walked 5 minutes back to my hotel. Only realised 2 years later whilst reminiscing.
That Joshua Bonehill-Paine is a suitable Tory candidate but Grant Shapps and Gavin Barwell have been excluded is quite a good indicator of how many seats the Tories will realistically regain at the next election.
Still on my holidays! Traveling across Europe by train and seen some amazing sites. Lazying in Italy now before returning home next week. This is the life…
If you can’t think of anything nice to say, I believe there’s a vacancy at The Spectator.
I used to get annoyed at even sensible outlets like the BBC and FT doing headlines like "who is X, the new Y?" headlines before I realised that that's the only way to get the article to appear in search results above clickbait/AI sites these days.