Trump is the kind of person who would approve of drugging people and them throwing them alive out of planes over the ocean. Narcissistic sociopathic piece of shit that he is, the most frightening thing about him is that he would find lots of helpers among the dregs of humanity. His kind always do.
I watched WILL & HARPER last night on Netflix. Absolutely one of the best movies of the year. Painful to watch at times, but also insightful and heartwarming - two words I never thought I'd use about a Will Ferrell movie, but here we are. NYTimes Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/m...
The superstar comedian and his best friend and collaborator discuss the journey that deepened their friendship.
Austria grimly proving again that only a third of people will ever vote for fascism - but generally you only ever need a third of the people for fascism.
Watching the Full Monty on its first release in Sheffield. The audience interaction was top notch. Absolutely hilarious.
Remco Evenpoel has had the outstanding year, acc to the BB2 commentator. Er, Tadej Pogacar has won both Giro and Tour.
Bluesky is healthy because it has an aggressive immune response to bigots, trolls, spammers, engagement-baiters and edgelords, pretty much like nothing ever seen before on a large social site There are a lot of people who still believe healthy social media = 'flat politeness across the board'
Reported my first bsky post today. I do not want to see the explicit death of a soldier in an explosion, thanks.
We should be asking how one man - Christopher Hehir, clearly an extremist ideologue with an axe to grind - has been empowered to create a generation of political prisoners, in the process taking an axe to any remaining pretensions Britain has to being a civilised, liberal democracy.
The Just Stop Oil activists have been sentenced to 2 years and 20 months in prison for throwing soup on the glass covering of Van Gogh's sunflowers. This ruling is a great example of the repression we're seeing in response to non-violent civil disobedience. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Phoebe Plummer, 23, receives two-year prison term while Anna Holland, 22, given 20-month sentence over incident