@darkdugup.bsky.social
The social media addiction mitigates my eBay junk addiction.
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MICKEY ROURKE — 74 Candles 🎂 today — keeping it totally real whilst also totalling his career in this 1987 Playboy interview.
September 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
MICKEY ROURKE — 74 Candles 🎂 today — keeping it totally real whilst also totalling his career in this 1987 Playboy interview.
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Feels like McSweeney is taking the Cummings route of positioning himself as a guru in rooms where no one really goes "But man, you fucked it all, so bad, right?"
There are, genuinely, a half dozen or more thinktanks which are govt aligned/very close (Fabians, IPPR, ThinkLabour, NEF, Resolution Foundation etc) to govt.
The issue is not that there isnt space for this sort of thinking. Its that McSweeney didnt like the answers on tax/immigation etc
The issue is not that there isnt space for this sort of thinking. Its that McSweeney didnt like the answers on tax/immigation etc
September 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Feels like McSweeney is taking the Cummings route of positioning himself as a guru in rooms where no one really goes "But man, you fucked it all, so bad, right?"
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Gonna start emailing my junior colleagues helpful reminders that they haven't been publishing enough or winning enough prizes lately, hopefully get them back on track.
September 16, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Gonna start emailing my junior colleagues helpful reminders that they haven't been publishing enough or winning enough prizes lately, hopefully get them back on track.
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Just think how powerful a move this could have been if the UK had moved in lockstep with Canada. It's depressing we're lagging so far behind.
BBC News - EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
Canada is seeking closer ties with EU after a breakdown in relations with the US and its president Donald Trump.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Just think how powerful a move this could have been if the UK had moved in lockstep with Canada. It's depressing we're lagging so far behind.
BBC News - EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is infuriating and is a continuation of the Only The Left Have Agency schtick. The Right are always covered like a premodern people's theory of a natural disaster; to be feared, but perhaps appeased if you're sufficiently sympathetic to its characteristic concerns. The Left are scrutinised.
The @nytimes hasn't written a single article asking if "voters will think Tom Tiffany is too radical" because he is an election-denying, pro-ICE, authoritarian extremist. Somehow, his position on the political spectrum has disappeared completely from the National and State Conversations™️
Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.
The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2026 at 6:15 AM
This is infuriating and is a continuation of the Only The Left Have Agency schtick. The Right are always covered like a premodern people's theory of a natural disaster; to be feared, but perhaps appeased if you're sufficiently sympathetic to its characteristic concerns. The Left are scrutinised.
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Losing it at the disambiguation
August 10, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Losing it at the disambiguation
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Norris McWhirter would be so conflicted.
Record 230 people cross English Channel in one small boat
Record 230 people cross English Channel in one small boat
The boat made the journey on Saturday, when a total of 258 migrants made the crossing on four boats.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Norris McWhirter would be so conflicted.
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It's surprising parents still subject their children to boring Ghibli films when there's actually exciting and morally wholesome films like the Paw Patrol movies now available. I get that back in the day nobody could do better but we have streaming now? Totoro doesn't even have a plot!
August 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM
It's surprising parents still subject their children to boring Ghibli films when there's actually exciting and morally wholesome films like the Paw Patrol movies now available. I get that back in the day nobody could do better but we have streaming now? Totoro doesn't even have a plot!
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I'm glad Heath is doing this (and persisting in doing so).
But as with Fraser Nelson I wish he'd take some responsibility for creating a world in which most of his readers in the comments are backing Lowe.
But as with Fraser Nelson I wish he'd take some responsibility for creating a world in which most of his readers in the comments are backing Lowe.
Allister Heath in the Telegraph argues that the foundation of Restore's politics is a "Groyperification" into rabid conspiratorial populism that rejects ethnic & faith minorities being equally British.
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...
August 8, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I'm glad Heath is doing this (and persisting in doing so).
But as with Fraser Nelson I wish he'd take some responsibility for creating a world in which most of his readers in the comments are backing Lowe.
But as with Fraser Nelson I wish he'd take some responsibility for creating a world in which most of his readers in the comments are backing Lowe.
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tfw you realise your wife meant it about circumcision
August 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
tfw you realise your wife meant it about circumcision
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Even if you agree with this guy’s politics, it really feels impossible to imagine being an editor who can commission any nonfiction writer in America and thinking to yourself, “Let’s pay this guy to write his one column again “
August 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Even if you agree with this guy’s politics, it really feels impossible to imagine being an editor who can commission any nonfiction writer in America and thinking to yourself, “Let’s pay this guy to write his one column again “
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They're wearing the cats.....
August 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
They're wearing the cats.....
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At the beginning he says that “Naomi Wolf doesn’t do crazy talking points” and I want to remind you about time traveling Apple vaccinations
August 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
At the beginning he says that “Naomi Wolf doesn’t do crazy talking points” and I want to remind you about time traveling Apple vaccinations
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the four stages:
1. Allister Heath's columns are not real
2. Allister Heath's columns are not serious
3. OK, they are real and serious but it's too late to do anything about them
4. Our only hope is to find a way of adapting to Allister Heath's columns
1. Allister Heath's columns are not real
2. Allister Heath's columns are not serious
3. OK, they are real and serious but it's too late to do anything about them
4. Our only hope is to find a way of adapting to Allister Heath's columns
July 30, 2026 at 9:34 AM
the four stages:
1. Allister Heath's columns are not real
2. Allister Heath's columns are not serious
3. OK, they are real and serious but it's too late to do anything about them
4. Our only hope is to find a way of adapting to Allister Heath's columns
1. Allister Heath's columns are not real
2. Allister Heath's columns are not serious
3. OK, they are real and serious but it's too late to do anything about them
4. Our only hope is to find a way of adapting to Allister Heath's columns
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Also accused him of wanting to go back on the Gold Standard at $4.76 and not building eight dreadnoughts
'[Badenoch] accused the new PM of pining for “endless strikes, rubbish not being collected, bodies not being buried, inflation at 25% and a chancellor going cap-in-hand to the IMF." This is more incantation than argument, a ritual fondling of beads on the Tory rosary.' 👏 @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael Behr
The Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has become, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Also accused him of wanting to go back on the Gold Standard at $4.76 and not building eight dreadnoughts
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*Trojan historian watching as the Achaeans break down the gates* Wow, my civilization is undergoing a complex transformation from a heavily centralized and stratified administrative society to a more socially-fragmented modality of living in which material culture is dispersed amidst smaller sites.
July 28, 2026 at 5:58 PM
*Trojan historian watching as the Achaeans break down the gates* Wow, my civilization is undergoing a complex transformation from a heavily centralized and stratified administrative society to a more socially-fragmented modality of living in which material culture is dispersed amidst smaller sites.
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You don't think she's really called Zoë Bread, do you?
"To Mr and Mrs Bread, a daughter, Zoë"?
"To Mr and Mrs Bread, a daughter, Zoë"?
July 31, 2026 at 8:34 AM
You don't think she's really called Zoë Bread, do you?
"To Mr and Mrs Bread, a daughter, Zoë"?
"To Mr and Mrs Bread, a daughter, Zoë"?
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"F&ck the planet" by the New York Times
May 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"F&ck the planet" by the New York Times
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Money isn’t speech. Money is money. A billionaire's ability to hand his preferred candidate $100 bills is rather more infinite than mine. You’d think these people would be satisfied with things so heavily stacked in their favor.
But they aren’t. They always want more. trib.al/2S0qiM0
But they aren’t. They always want more. trib.al/2S0qiM0
This Is the Issue That Must Unite Democrats—and It Isn’t Donald Trump
It’s a problem that’s far more enduring than Trump. And any Democrat who isn’t serious about reining it in deserves zero 2028 consideration.
trib.al
May 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Money isn’t speech. Money is money. A billionaire's ability to hand his preferred candidate $100 bills is rather more infinite than mine. You’d think these people would be satisfied with things so heavily stacked in their favor.
But they aren’t. They always want more. trib.al/2S0qiM0
But they aren’t. They always want more. trib.al/2S0qiM0
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Over both UFO sightings and Havana syndrome I’ve had people insist to me that because the individuals involved are educated professionals they couldn’t possibly be subject to mistaken identifications or mass hysteria and, whoa, well, oh boy.
May 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Over both UFO sightings and Havana syndrome I’ve had people insist to me that because the individuals involved are educated professionals they couldn’t possibly be subject to mistaken identifications or mass hysteria and, whoa, well, oh boy.
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Sonny was left behind by his old family. He waited but they never came back. He got sick but he never stopped waiting.
After saving him and building him back up we found Sonny a new family. Look at what it means to him now to belong somewhere again!
After saving him and building him back up we found Sonny a new family. Look at what it means to him now to belong somewhere again!
May 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Sonny was left behind by his old family. He waited but they never came back. He got sick but he never stopped waiting.
After saving him and building him back up we found Sonny a new family. Look at what it means to him now to belong somewhere again!
After saving him and building him back up we found Sonny a new family. Look at what it means to him now to belong somewhere again!
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Watched the Christopher Nolan Odyssey trailer and I’m sorry but I just don’t think a Spitfire would have been able to glide all the way from Troy to Ithaca.
May 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Watched the Christopher Nolan Odyssey trailer and I’m sorry but I just don’t think a Spitfire would have been able to glide all the way from Troy to Ithaca.
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Just played a CD..
All the songs were mixed to the same volume and, get this, no adverts at all.
I'm telling you, this is the future.
All the songs were mixed to the same volume and, get this, no adverts at all.
I'm telling you, this is the future.
May 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Just played a CD..
All the songs were mixed to the same volume and, get this, no adverts at all.
I'm telling you, this is the future.
All the songs were mixed to the same volume and, get this, no adverts at all.
I'm telling you, this is the future.