Paul Carnahan

Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.

Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.

Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

Really good stuff, that - thanks for the heads-up!

Excellent thread dismantling a load of culture war garbage by one of the most loathsome people in British journalism - which is quite the accomplishment

Neighbours along the road have gaint-sized light-up snowmen in front of their house. Sometimes there are three. Sometimes there are two. I really want to know where the big one goes when he's off-duty.

The old gentleman's agreements about how the world works completely fall apart as soon as people like Trump and Putin decide not to play by the old rules. No one seems to know what to do about it.
Definitely where we're headed, if we don't vote very, very cleverly indeed.

That's understandable. The last nine/ten years have been exhausting.

It's no longer a conspiracy theory to say that very wealthy people believe they – and only they – should decide who governs us and, by extension, how we should all live.
It's vital that we show them they're wrong.

Could be. Very heavy on clunky cliches, but with more bad punctuation than you'd expect from AI.

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Saw a video about a man who claims to make a more than healthy living writing a new book every three weeks.
I can't speak for his earnings – but, having read a sample chapter, I'm surprised it takes him three weeks.

I don't know if people should be out there choosing their own genders. Call me old fashioned, but I believe that's something J. K. Rowling decides for you.

And I’ll bet Nigel would be first to watch any Scottish comedy or drama and claim he can’t understand a word.

I'm willing to bet it didn't even cost very much to persuade Wes to ditch whatever principles he might once have had.

'They call you racist when they have no other arguments to use' would be really convincing if only a) there wasn't a mountain of evidence proving the racism and b) there weren't loads of other very detailed arguments about why Farage et al are vile and dangerous even beyond the racism.

"Why is anti-semitism tolerated in the UK?" asks Suella Braverman, shortly before defending man accused of saying "Hitler was right" and telling Jewish people they should be sent to the gas chamber

It's the Famous Author scam! writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...

Sublime.

Could be! I'll have to have a YouTube trawl and see if any of those ads ring a bell.

Could be! I've been thinking in terms of housework-type products, but something labour-saving in the kitchen would make sense...

Can anyone remember a UK TV advert (possibly from the mid-80s) which featured the phrase 'It's all go being a mum!' - spoken by a busy mum, possibly while picking up lots of washing?
It's a phrase that pops into my head - and sometimes out of my mouth - whenever I'm doing housework. What was the ad?

At least when I'm trying to avoid doing any of the jobs I know need done I just watch TikTok videos. I haven't gone as far as drafting deranged racist legislation (so far).

amnestyfeminist 5 PJ Harvey • Who The Fuck? E DAILY EXPRESS * U.S. Trump administration declares UK abortions a 'human rights violation' The US state department has issued a new directive on human rights practices in foreign countries FUCK OFF! PANISTS

Despite what others may think , dehumanising trans people is just the start and before long people will say, “i didn’t know the trans haters wanted my rights too” @amnestyfeminist.bsky.social #translivesmatter #reproductiverights

Solid progress on Book No.3 over the last few days, and tomorrow should take things to the halfway mark of a projected 100,000 words for the first draft.
I’m tempted to stop at that point and revise what I’ve got so far.
Or carry on and try to finish draft one before Christmas?
Decisions…
#AmWriting

This would make a great Christmas pressie. Really enjoyed this book. Loving the new cover.

Thank you - much appreciated!

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I had that 'TV Favourites' album and, besides an absolutely demented version of the Doctor Who theme, it has a bunch of backing singers on 'Remember You're A Womble' showing pure, gleeful contempt for the job at hand. Definitely the most sarcastic Wombles I've ever heard.

Stewart Lee: Had youthful Farage’s youthful alleged racism story concerned a leftist figure, it would not have been disappeared You would think the alleged indiscretions of the youthful Nigel Farage would have drawn outrage from a just and impartial British media. Strangely, it seems they have not

Just catching up with this, and it's SO good on the massive double standard around right wing indiscretions.
Farage's free pass increasingly looks more than just dodgy...

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Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament A New Yorker Profile

🚨Some personal news.

I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.

A profile of Jonathan Gullis.

"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."

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