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All of that. Luckily, some of us heeded the warnings, so we know when we're being Surkoved.

echo chamber

Absolutely, Andrew. Billionaire owned press collusion, plus I think we're all dismayed at how far the Beeb have sunk to platform Reform and shut out other Parties.

Better an echo chamber of solid investigation than a massive cage of bullshit for the masses, eh?

Sadly, still not working for me. I must be on a few Russian block lists myself by now, eh? But thanks for trying again for me, John.

Aha, yes - something I was made acutely aware of by Peter Jukes and Carole Cadwalladr, especially in Sergei and the Westminster Spyring.

When your car is so happy to see you again ...

What is Byline Times doing right? Aaaa lot.

Has Reform UK shut out or blocked Byline Times in any way yet? And if not, we want to know why not?

Thanks for the link, John - it's not working for me (could be a problem at my end).

Looks like it might be a Londongrad thing?

Thank you for reminding me about this documentary, Caroline.

Jim Al-Khalili is on Bluesky as well.

Byline Times journalists blocked from Tory Party Conference.

Byline Times journalists blocked and put on Kremlin watchlist.

Conclusion: Tories = Kremlin.

Free Press = Jessica J. González = good

THE Free Press = CBS sellout Bari Weiss = bad

Thanks to @jenrubin.bsky.social for reposting this into my field of vision.

bsky.app/profile/susa...

Insightful ME/CFS health thread by George Monbiot:

"Like the Tories, the Labour government is trying to drive down the number of people who qualify for disability benefits by insisting there has been an epidemic of “overdiagnosis”: a favourite theme of the BBC and the junktanks of Tufton Street."

Badenoch can't have studied computer systems engineering very well. If she had, then she would understand the multiple failure consequences of Ai, and be warning British citizens of the harm it has already caused, and the catastrophic threats and dangers the industry is unleashing.

2/2

When people study subjects in the breadth and depth that gains them understanding, they tend to recognise the bullshit Tories shovel. Or JCB digger onto them. Conservatives and their chums really don't want voters knowing useful things like how much they are being lied to and exploited by them.

CV prism? More like human utility. Our bodies and minds must be wrung dry for their perceived gain.

Ironically, one of the degrees with the biggest paybacks in future income is economics, yet for over 45 years the Cons have disguised their understanding of it very well. Oxford PPE wankers.

1/2

Already recognised that this sort of thing would be much better solvable if I could come up with a multiple word film title, but I just couldn't think of one that was workable, and then took me a while to find and select a suitable image. Genuinely searched stuff like "playing card wearing a scarf".

There's often unused space in airports. If they hired 'em out there and I had a delay, I might be up for a bit of racing.

First thing I read said "can handle up to 242lbs", and I thought not far off a ton. But I guess that means the weight of the... erm... driver it can take.

Turns out it's 18 lbs - about 8 Kg? Whether that's too heavy or very not bad, can't decide. I travel light.

Travelocipede?
Airporter?

Ride-baggage - Raggage?
Fuggage - Fun luggage?

Is it a suits-you-case? Checkout check-in. Arrivals in style.
Fun product, funny ad, funniest comedians.

Car-ry-on carry-on. Carry on...

- I'll get back in my overhead locker now 👉

The futility of war.

Well, I could get on with life. I could make it enjoyable for myself. For others. I could do something productive. But, that's my enemy, my adversary, my nemesis right there. This_never_ends...

Love how Earth provides a spectacular cycle of rain to nourish the planet and its inhabitants, and I’m all, “this sky juice is bullshit.”

Ocean potion?

A few yards away from Schiffman, Finn Cervino of Queens was defacing a poster with a Sharpie. He included a web address for a website predicting the future of AI and wrote “This is not science fiction. This is reality.” “We’re living in a world where you got friends that are computers — that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,” Cervino said. “They’re destroying the world for the dumbest invention I’ve ever seen in my life.”

gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

YouTube video by The Onion The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

Folks, it's happening.

We're releasing Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile this Thursday at 7 p.m.

Mark your calendars. Get excited to know even less about Jeffrey Epstein.

After everybody went nuts over it in theaters last week, we decided we wanted Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile out there as soon as possible.

We're releasing it this Thursday, and we've made it free for everybody.

All we ask is that you watch it, hopefully on a TV, next to as many people as you can.

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

"Academic freedom policies came from faculties, not the government. Governments are the enemies of academic freedom, not their protectors." Brilliant piece by @sivav.bsky.social about the Trump administrations' latest effort to censor universities newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Quality quotes:

Maxim: “great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people”

"Brilliant writers like Sylvia Plath become better known for their lives than their work: turning her into the Princess Diana of literature does neither her nor her readers any favours."

Black and white portrait photograph of a heroic world war pilot on a plain white background. Wearing goggles on his head, a light-coloured scarf and a dark bomber jacket. Body facing us, but looking off into the distance to our right with his hands in his pockets trying to remember where he parked his plane. Clue 1: "Proclaim greeting at small companion of mine." Clue 2: Neckwear-topcard, Throat-warmer-top-pilot, or Wound-boat-race, or Lesion-visage.

Clue added in Alt text
"..." to extend Alt text for more clues...

Say when you want clues.

Nope.

Black and white portrait photograph of a heroic world war pilot on a plain white background. Wearing goggles on his head, a light-coloured scarf and a dark bomber jacket. Body facing us, but looking off into the distance to our right with his hands in his pockets trying to remember where he parked his plane.

As threatened:

Movie, one word, two syllables.

Hope you just spot it straight away and don't spend ages trying to work it out. Naff compared to your excellent ones.