I used to think that labelling things as dangerous would make people more aware, not less. Forgetting that it's possible to know something's dangerous without knowing it's dangerous.

As for Pollyanna, vaguely familiar. I seem to remember my mother hates the story, so we never watched it.

05.03.2025 16:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This insipid insanity makes steam come out of my ears.

And also: What kind of evidence does anyone have that "everything is going to be all right in the end"? Why would it? There's no universal law that dictates that.

04.03.2025 18:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

To quote my favourite Have I Got News For You catchphrase, I see he still hasn't got that salute quite right yet.

03.03.2025 17:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's been obvious since January 6 that he was an enemy of the USA, the UK & the whole of the free world. Everybody still in his camp understands this as completely as everybody against it. They just prioritise personal interest over the national & international. And they know it. They all know it.

28.02.2025 19:31 — 👍 4530    🔁 811    💬 133    📌 20

I don't hold out a lot of hope, but on the brighter side, I presume the balloon is still in circulation. Time to bring it out again!

01.03.2025 12:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts Frankenstein was the monster’s name.   There’s no such thing as climate change.   A solero is a type of hat.   The planet is not round but flat.      Six is the legal drinking age.   Women get paid an equal wage.   Elvis once sang in Take That.   The planet is not round but flat.      Achilles had a dodgy knee.   Terror comes from refugees.   Insomnia affects most cats.   The planet is not round but flat.      The president’s above the law. Russia did not start the war. It’s impossible to change a fact.   The planet is not round but flat.   Brian Bilston

Here’s a poem called ‘From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts’.

26.02.2025 10:08 — 👍 717    🔁 234    💬 15    📌 23

And the reddest of all the reddest red flags is that somebody would have that quantity of hoarded wealth and publicly express pride that they're going to great lengths to ruin people with barely anything. When someone tells me in no uncertain terms who they are, I believe them.

15.02.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

For many people there's the hope that somebody else could a) buy this person off ("How much would it cost for you not to be evil?") b) Take charge and somehow sort this out.
I don't think it would be different if these people weren't rich. The obscene wealth just accelerates it.

15.02.2025 11:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Thank you. The default 'just follow the money' position is misleading and dangerous. A terrifying amount of people are ideologically driven to destroy.

15.02.2025 11:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

This is my normal account, where I can comment sensibly on sensible things, get overexcited about sharks and dinosaurs, and separate my sort-of real self from my videogame stuff. I'm definitely not a talking horse.

13.02.2025 20:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0