to the nature of any final deal, as long as one was done. When you as a trade expert are tired of hearing about it is when the point first becomes salient with the public.

Actually, it's important that what "goes without saying" here is actually said, and not arrogantly dismissed as moral purity or mindless virtue signalling. Giving wind to unsound policy, as you should know, is how much of the post-Brexit discourse played out, and left public eventually apathetic...

It's been such a shit season otherwise, and the news in general and personally has been awful, so even the dangling of hope like this feels cruel. But you've got to dream, right? #COYS

Into the Europa League final! And another great away performance under very difficult circumstances. (But my goodness that penalty-scare at the end would have been very, very in keeping with this season.) COYS!

WE'RE GOING TO BILBAO!!!

What was the name of his improv team?

Kanye?

Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word | Nicky Bandini The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers know, says football writer and broadcaster Nicky...

Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said.

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After his reversal on trans women post-SC ruling, I was reminded of Starmer's pledge to quit if his "Beergate" activities were deemed fine-able by police. I now realise this wasn't a bold gamble but simply how he addresses difficult problems: by accepting whatever the legal system says is true.

I wouldn't characterize Lynch *solely* as a conservative (in the above sense) film maker. There are more ways to view his work. But I think it's wrong to say this aspect of his work doesn't exist. (Though also wrong to claim it validates or advocates for a modern political tendency.) 7/7

Maybe, in fact, Dune is such a story: there are protagonists and antagonists, but no one is truly a force for good, only agents acting in their own interests or some divine plan that will kill billions (even the Fremen, though isolationist, seem somewhat morally grey).

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and more inclusive structure.

The question then is, what is an "anti-conservative" film by this standard? I'm not 100% sure, because to a certain extent many stories anchor themselves to a sense of good/evil, even if the characters aren't openly depicted that way. 5/

The problem is that "conservatism" has become associated (through those who claim its mantle) with a reactionary clinging to the rigid institutions of society that mask the darkness underneath, while its antithesis (let's call it "liberalism") is about tearing up the rotten wood to build a safer 4/

YouTube video by weakilluminations Blue Velvet - Robins of Love

that could be described as conservative. I think of this clip from Blue Velvet as an example of this: the notion of some source of love and goodness fighting the inherent darkness in the world comes up in a number of Lynch's works.

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image of white picket fences etc. is a hypocritical facade that hides a sinister and brutal world of abuse and horror.

But I think that very stark contrast of rapacious evil with the goodness and kindness of his hero-figures (even if they are not "right-wing") is a central part of a world-view 2/

I haven't read the piece which by all accounts is pure bunk, but while the thread here dunks on it, I don't think it's incorrect to say there is a small "c" conservatism within Lynch's works, though not of the strain that seems popular in American discourse today.

Yes, he shows that the idyllic 1/

A two-part object lesson in how performative authoritarianism done by the left is never enough for the right.

IPL 2025: 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes youngest player to score century in men's T20s Rajasthan Royals' 14-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi makes history as the youngest player to score a century in men's T20s.

Well done, he's ... fourteen?!?!?

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So You're Living in a Police State Stephen Colbert YouTube video by Rippley Ripples

The whole bit is quite good but the middle part here scans a little differently today ...

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Congratulations Ali! To dare is to do!

Need to change "they" to "it" and "big" to "major".

You almost could not have phrased/written this in a way that is more discordant to the ear of someone from the UK.

if we just let it happen it will somehow resolve all our political problems by improving our material conditions. The history of the 21 century so far shows otherwise.

The attitude to consumers and workers seems to be "shut up and take it", while regulation of policies like de minimis by govts is irrational and dumb because it's restricting "what consumers want". Trade is a net positive for the world but a lot of its advocates imply directly or indirectly that ...

Screenshot of a post commenting "There's good news, and there's bad news" on a Twitter screenshot of a post reading "Chinese international student in my class was telling me about how his evangelical dad in Beijing believes that Trump was chosen by god to win the election, but that this victory is part of a larger divine plan to destroy the united states" from November 6 2024.

Might include "mandate of heaven" as part of the epithet ...

I can never quite believe Red Dwarf got away with it ...

Taking the biscuit: for 100 years we’ve been eating chocolate digestives wrong McVitie’s reveals chocolate side should be down to fire up taste buds

TIL as well as quantum mechanics, this year is also the centenary celebration of chocolate digestives.

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...

The 18 hours that changed Trump’s mind on trade From Tuesday evening to Wednesday afternoon, Trump and his trade advisers spoke to several Republican lawmakers and top foreign leaders who raised concerns about the faltering global markets.

6/Moreover, partners starting to realize that there is no credible decision-making process in the US. This is not an expert-led, interagency negotiation. Decisions made in hallways and flip flop based on moods. Why agree to restructure your economy on a whim.
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How is he going to get the inside scoop on local political developments if his taxis have no human driver?

Or maybe technology will save us, as the people who play loud music on buses seem to have the same level of judgement as those who would get an implant that could stream music directly to your brain.