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Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks.

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This is what AI bloat is right now. Some interfering bastard thing jumping into your document to offer help you don't need towards a purpose it'll never understand. Jumped up paperclip cunt.

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Our beautiful birds of prey are routinely and illegally slaughtered on driven grouse moors . If you are as sick of this criminal persecution as me then please sign this ⁦‪@wildjustice.bsky.social petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Please RT

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weird how the ultra rich can’t seem to afford to take time off. if i had ten million pounds - that’s about £300k a year for the rest of my life, presumably - and i’d fuck off on a grand tour to find the nicest cake in the world. these cunts can’t even seem to do long weekends

submitted 54 days ago • 13 comments

Strongly recommended if you want to see two people driving each other nuts while making the most incredible music

submitted 54 days ago • 3 comments

Elections have consequences

submitted 57 days ago • 2493 comments

We’ve had years gearing up to this, but the news today really is like watching the ‘fuck about, find out’ live stream

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my offer to america: we bring woke back

submitted 59 days ago • 316 comments

One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months. I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.

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Regardless of anything else about the Wisconsin race, it's just a relief to learn that money can't always buy elections

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Whilst media falls over itself to argue that #LePen benefits from this, back in Jan Thom Reilly observed that her deputy Bardella had said if she was convicted she shouldn’t be allowed to run. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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This is a life-changing thought.

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This is completely insane. Legal types, do get in touch with family if you can help.

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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

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As Nicole Hemmer points out: 1990s: We’re cancelling the Enola Gay exhibit because veterans and historians can’t agree whether we should celebrate its role in ending WWII or critically assess the decision to use nuclear weapons 2025: We’re cancelling the Enola Gay because it has the word “gay.”

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Is America great again yet?

submitted 90 days ago • 1313 comments

All I'm saying is, if you ran a campaign on democracy being at stake and democracy lost, isn't it time to be massively freaking out instead of doing this

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When America faltered, others stood up to lead.

submitted 93 days ago • 1223 comments

This.

submitted 92 days ago • 629 comments

Brilliant!

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A Thought on Fridays debacle in the White House. Two powerful people bully a non native English speaker who is on the back foot? Pure catnip for the base, no?

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The "minerals deal" is basically meaningless. There aren't lots of minerals in Ukraine waiting to be dug up by eager American miners. open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

submitted 94 days ago • 10 comments

I wish commentators would stop tiresomely repeating “transactional” when they should be using “venal”.

submitted 95 days ago • 12 comments

Sadly, it’s time to revive this 2017 TIME cover.

submitted 96 days ago • 717 comments

Slava Ukraini.

submitted 97 days ago • 121 comments

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

submitted 96 days ago • 828 comments

I agree with this. Clarity can be terrifying. It can also be immensely helpful. There is no hiding from reality now.

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Does America have any idea what people around the world are thinking of it tonight? Where are the protests? Where is the opposition? Heartbreaking to see a nation's moral collapse like this.

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