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In case anyone needs to know, ITV Retro are uploading all episodes of The Prisoner on to their channel. Here's the one which you could argue predicts the furore around a lot of current problems. I even tried replicating the conclusion of the episode on ChatGPT once. youtu.be/5a8fmFsZCbQ?...

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On House to Astonish, this week's chart post.

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On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.

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Just on Times Radio talking about the Green Party wealth tax proposal. The usual populist stuff about magically raising lots of money from Other People. But in reality the Green Party manifesto raised marginal income tax rate to 72% for a graduate with three kids earning £60k.

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I see it’s Adam Curtis time again. How this pin-sharp parody did not put an end to the silliest of genres I’ll never know. Still, it’s easier to understand why people took Dominic Cummings seriously when this sort of join-the-dots nonsense masquerades as credible analysis. youtu.be/x1bX3F7uTrg?...

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On House to Astonish, annotations for Magik #6.

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the sensational character find of 1941

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We now cross over to BBC Radio Derby.

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CC: @unhingedftcomments.bsky.social on.ft.com/3TopaJG

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On House to Astonish, annotations for Phoenix #12.

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On House to Astonish, annotations for Exceptional X-Men #10. (Which aren't terribly long.)

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I’ve never understood the US Supreme Court’s resistance to this, in a country that televises trials. The UK has always regarded appellate courts as the least problematic hearings.

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And now! The main event of the evening! House to Astonish Episode 213, with reviews of Imperial and Be Not Afraid, and chat about Peter David, Deadpool/Batman (and Batman/Deadpool), The UnChosen, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum and Punisher: Red Band! bit.ly/astonish213

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On House to Astonish, this week's chart post.

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On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.

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On House to Astonish, annotations for Storm #9.

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You do. Also present are “hitler”, “asswhole” (sic) and “prestidigitation”.

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Might be a lesson here somewhere about outsourcing capacity for key government services to a guy who lives in a lair under a volcano

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Three men sit in a cell in El Salvador. The first asks the second why he has been imprisoned. He replies, "Because I criticized Elon Musk." The first man responds, "But I am here for praising Musk!" They ask the third man who has been sitting quietly in the back. He answers, "I AM Elon Musk".

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“Musk shifts to the political right” is quite the angle.

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This stuff happening today is absolutely top class “we have the Musk feud at home” energy

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Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Sarah Smith on the BBC has just said that "no-one expected it to go this bad this fast" and honestly, I expected it to go at least this bad sooner.

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Hasn’t Bannon been in exile from the inner circle for ages, though?

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If you’re overstimulated, please report to the Bluesky cooldown tent where we have orange slices and someone who doesn’t understand the concept of jokes waiting for you

In case anyone needs to know, ITV Retro are uploading all episodes of The Prisoner on to their channel. Here's the one which you could argue predicts the furore around a lot of current problems. I even tried replicating the conclusion of the episode on ChatGPT once. youtu.be/5a8fmFsZCbQ?...

On House to Astonish, this week's chart post.

On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.

Just on Times Radio talking about the Green Party wealth tax proposal. The usual populist stuff about magically raising lots of money from Other People. But in reality the Green Party manifesto raised marginal income tax rate to 72% for a graduate with three kids earning £60k.

On House to Astonish, annotations for Magik #6.

the sensational character find of 1941

We now cross over to BBC Radio Derby.

CC: @unhingedftcomments.bsky.social on.ft.com/3TopaJG

On House to Astonish, annotations for Phoenix #12.

On House to Astonish, annotations for Exceptional X-Men #10. (Which aren't terribly long.)

I’ve never understood the US Supreme Court’s resistance to this, in a country that televises trials. The UK has always regarded appellate courts as the least problematic hearings.

And now! The main event of the evening! House to Astonish Episode 213, with reviews of Imperial and Be Not Afraid, and chat about Peter David, Deadpool/Batman (and Batman/Deadpool), The UnChosen, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum and Punisher: Red Band! bit.ly/astonish213

On House to Astonish, this week's chart post.

On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.

On House to Astonish, annotations for Storm #9.

You do. Also present are “hitler”, “asswhole” (sic) and “prestidigitation”.

Might be a lesson here somewhere about outsourcing capacity for key government services to a guy who lives in a lair under a volcano

Three men sit in a cell in El Salvador. The first asks the second why he has been imprisoned. He replies, "Because I criticized Elon Musk." The first man responds, "But I am here for praising Musk!" They ask the third man who has been sitting quietly in the back. He answers, "I AM Elon Musk".

“Musk shifts to the political right” is quite the angle.

This stuff happening today is absolutely top class “we have the Musk feud at home” energy

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sarah Smith on the BBC has just said that "no-one expected it to go this bad this fast" and honestly, I expected it to go at least this bad sooner.

Hasn’t Bannon been in exile from the inner circle for ages, though?

If you’re overstimulated, please report to the Bluesky cooldown tent where we have orange slices and someone who doesn’t understand the concept of jokes waiting for you

If only there had been some clues that they were both like this.

I will never forget this Thursday afternoon

On the blog, annotations for Laura Kinney, Wolverine #7.

On House to Astonish, annotations for X-Men #17.