Stuart Houghton

Oh sure, it won't actually do THEM any favours because Reform will always come up with something more petty or cruel. I think that general vibe is a significant force in UK politics though

Sadly I thing you may be wrong. There are a lot of people for whom 'just doing stuff that annoys the left/the elites/the woke' is reason enough. It's how we got Brexit and is the engine powering MAGA.

My mistake, the top one is actually WANUS. Good grief.

The AI version also manages to misspell the game logo TWICE - "DARIIIS" & "WARIUS"

I described it as "Possibly the worst Trek thing since Russell Watson sang the Enterprise theme" bsky.app/profile/stua...

Oh of COURSE Roddy McDowell was in it

Does this feature a bloke with a sort of, I'm going to say weapon but it may have been a sort of multi-tool sonic screwdriver deal, shaped like a U magnet on a stick? I have a vague memory of such

Watching Korean action masterpiece, THE VILLAINESS and in the first 40 minutes I have already seen at least 3 set pieces ripped off by the John Wick series

This just in from our This is fine desk.

You might say that kind of pressure on someone might be the makings...of a murderer

A useless muppet with his hand up a ventriloquist dummy

"I'd like you all to meet a little friend of mine. Look Conference, it's Amit the Asylum Seeker. Say hello, Amit!"

"Salag allygug"

"And why have YOU come to Great Britain, Amit?"

"Genefits!"

"You see, Conference? THIS is what we are up against.

Badenoch reading Vimes' Boots Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness and thinking how much more economic growth comes from making poorer people buy cheap boots over and over

Ah! I was just wondering why I got a smattering of new followers this morning. Ta!

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It's a reasonable Tuesday morning so it's time to push the b3ta starter pack again! A mishmash of amusing, creative and mostly affable people to follow.

"Other countries are already taking note"

Not this country, of course, because the Daily Mail would say it is woke

some drug money. There is a good cast (Liev Schriber & Vincent D'Onofrio are standouts as a pair of Hasidic gangsters) but the plot goes on a bit and there are a couple of moments of extreme violence that seem at odds with the slightly comic tone. Worth watching if not world-changing.
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Doctor Who and Elvis in CAUGHT STEALING

Caught Stealing (Darren Aronofsky,2025)⭐⭐⭐
Likeable comedy-adjacent crime drama with Austin Butler as a washed-up baseball player caught up with rival gangs of criminals when his neighbour (a slightly over-egged Lahndan punk played by Matt Smith) leaves town, seemingly having stolen
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Wow. THIS is how I find out the St George Cross is dead?

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

hahaha

Man jumping off a cliff in a milk tray advert

Mans face from milk tray advert

Milk tray man business card

Kemi badenoch chocolate bar with word britian

Holy fuck

Thank you for the heads-up! Had forgotten about this but looking at it now, it features Sleeping At Last who is one of my eldest's favourite musicians so might have a cheeky download so he can listen at his leisure

This is what I've just tweeted about. I get the impression that it is incredibly important for a small-ish bunch of users who think that everyone is invested because all THEIR mutuals are. The fact that many of those involved are on big block lists means the majority never see the drama

This seems pretty consistent. Almost as though their inbuilt self-moderation system is working! Like, there are a load of people complaining that Person X hasn't been banned, but Person X is the second most blocked user on here, so who gives a fuck?

Can I just do a quick, very unscientific, straw poll? Are you currently aware of some arguments going on here about moderation? Particularly one involving the word 'waffles'?

If so, are you *directly* aware or have you just seen a mutual RTing something and didn't know what it referred to?

Compare something like Arch Linux which has genuinely incredible, super-detailed documentation AND a community that can help you understand the tricky parts.

In all my years of using Microsoft products - particularly on the server side - I am constantly amazed at just how bad their documentation is. Wild inconsistencies, and often really crucial information that can only be learned via a forum post (or presumably spending £££ on a training course)

Weird how none of the people who have spent decades amassing weapons and survival resources in the expectation of Government-imposed tyranny appear to have noticed anything amiss yet

I mean, the reason could just be ditching the 25th Amendment and becoming a one-party state. I wonder if they aren't worried because they assume there would just be no resistance based on... there being very little resistance so far?