the genuine evil that permeates the UK press makes the mere amoral greed of the US press look positively wonderful by comparison
Gregk Foley@gregk.co.uk · 6mo agoSharing from a friend, a passage from the Leveson Inquiry regarding the British actor Denholm Elliott, who died of AIDS in 1992. Three years after her death, the News of the World journalist Paul McMullan did the following to his daughter—neither a celebrity nor even someone of public interest.
"why does the UK change leaders so often?" there are diminishing returns wrt how long each vessel can house thatcher's spirit. by the end of the century we'll be getting through 1000 prime ministers a day
This is a long shot, but does anyone know of any youth centres/charities in the Salford and Greater Manchester area who would like a free pool table? My dad has one he'd like to give away and he's having a hard time finding anyone who wants one.
NEW: Secret Handshake installed working arcade games called Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell at the DC War Memorial. The game features "furious tweet battles against Iranian schoolgirls, low-flow shower heads, and other threats to American freedom like DEI and The Pope..."
Please tell me she had to explain what 'cussy' was too
This is such a pefect distillation of what human advancement looks like to a tech billionaire
Matt Hill@gethill.bsky.social · 4mo agoPrime with ads. Just how Kubrick intended.
Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed. We must get rid of Palantir altogether. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...
Because we get asked a lot. by @PalantirTech(Palantir) | Twitter Thread Reader
Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affir...
twitter-thread.com
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
If you’re a royal historian writing a biography of the early years of Andrew & Charles and you haven’t called it A Nonce and Future King what are you even doing?
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
The load-bearing myth at the heart of UK politics is that the politicians and media are tolerant and decent and working people are knuckle-dragging bigots, but it's actually completely the other way around.
Wear The Peace@wearthepeace.bsky.social · last yr.A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
Hey you like wrestling podcasts? Come listen to the @truepennyshow.bsky.social Show where there 47 Days worth of pods to listen to about every wrestling subject you could possibly imagine! soundcloud.com/user-807479608
The Truepenny Show Channel
Five shows that try and give well rounded discussion to everything in wrestling around the world. The latest show in the Truepenny Show family is All About All Japan as Christy invites guests to disc
soundcloud.com
For example: this was the index created for the British Army for warning signs of extreme far right radicalisation in 2019. I notice it would’ve caught half of parliament and most of the commentariat even then, never mind now.
