danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Also feels very rfk/MAHA coded
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Also feels very rfk/MAHA coded
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
You've made a couple of good points.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
I've seen it. It's very weird, think of the Doctor Who intro
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Did he hypnotise them
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Joe Rogan's Austin "comedy" club?
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump gets a pigs heart and starts making announcements like four legs good, two legs better and directs the CIA to hunt down Snowball
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
That last comment alone would have Napoleon III spinning in the grave so fast he could power the French national grid for a week
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Saw a clip of the Ken Loach documentary McLibel about the long running libel case between McDonalds and a couple activists. Interview with a young idealistic left wing lawyer who took on their case pro bono. Wonder what happened to him
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
It's based on the two colors of white Englishmen: their colour for most of the year and their colour after 2 weeks in Benidorm
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Given how long that last movie took to make, turned out there was Plenty of Time to Die
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
In certain countries you are only allowed to name your child from a set list of names. Protection against narcissistic parents.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
He also has no natural constituency-Mike Pence at least had the evangelicals.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Was he ejected prematurely
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
He's probably dropped his phone down the toilet. Normal service will be resumed when they find a competent plumber who hasn't been arrested by ICE
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
George W Bush was in the middle of teaching a class of elementary kids to read but thankfully was interrupted just in time which is why he is still with us today.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Couldn't believe when Cameron did that. For God's sake man The Muppets is a family show
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social)
Ballet enthusiasts: tune into Fox News, they've got Swan Lake playing 24 hours a day
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
If Farage is your Gorbachev I wonder who will be your Yeltsin
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been reading about Britain after WW1 and there were numerous cases of veteran-led riots, strikes etc that seriously panicked the establishment. Nothing on the scale of what was happening on the continent - or Ireland - but yeah, having lots of unemployed men with battle experience...
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He looks like the Nazi who got his face melted off when they opened the ark of the covenant
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
This kind of thing - and the lack of questions/discussions in the user community - make me think this is aimed at hobbyists, not serious production use.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe this is used in production, but it doesn't give me a lot of confidence if docs on pytest integration are completely absent.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social)
Looking at litestar's advanced_alchemy....astonishing to see absolutely zero documentation on integrating with unit tests (running migrations on test db, rolling back transactions, etc etc). Maybe found an example using sqlite memory, which is a huge red flag if your production db is not sqlite.
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Pro-tip: if you are fishing for sympathies, it's better to choose someone people can sympathize with, not someone whose only claim to fame and fortune comes from their dad.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Tom Clancy's Lolita
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
You should try being a nicer person and send immortality promises instead of death threats
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
The slogans seem hard to justify
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Guy in the pic looks more like the kind of person who enjoys a refreshing glass of aqua vitae
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Which foreign power is going to raze America to the ground, occupy it for decades and force redemption at gunpoint?
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Projects like Litestar are interesting, but as soon as you add SQLAlchemy to the mix, it totally kills the momentum. Such an awkward piece of kit to work with.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social)
Let's try a little project in SQLAlchemy, surely the ecosystem has improved in the last few years... Oh, looks like it's the usual mess of technical debt & poor decisions that make me abandon every SQLAlchemy project and go back to Django
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
The first big celebrity deaths I remember were Liberace and Rock Hudson (my grandmother's generation).
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Counterpoint: Mark Taibbi. Who followed a very gen X professional path.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
This is like the immigration debate in the UK. The actual figures show marked decline in illegal immigration but that doesn't matter because the median voter experiences everything in vibes, not facts, so the government must do "something".
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Honestly were else would they turn up but Argentina
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
They should do political quotes, but in vintage silent movie captions
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Once these are overturned, next stage will be forced remigration/ethnic cleansing and return of the death penalty.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Because he's always good for a quote, and what's left of the British media is a hollowed-out shell hungry for clicks and views
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
People are underestimating the danger a Farage-led UK would be not only to its own inhabitants but to the security of Europe. Breaking up the UK would be not only be the right moral but also geopolitically strategic goal.
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The far right griftocracy won't be satisfied with leaving the ECHR or "remigration" any more than it was satisfied with Brexit. The algorithm and their rabid followers will keep pushing them to further extremes.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly that sounds better than the cardiac arrest on a plate that is the full English.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
You should insist on the full Greek breakfast, instead of that foreign muck. Like that mad English tourist in Greece who complained she didn't get fish and chips.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Interesting how the Labour government caved to Powell with the Commonwealth Immigration act. History repeating indeed.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
If this is the editorial line of the Times, there is something deeply rotten at the heart of the British establishment.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
When you are such a traditionalist you yearn for the Danegeld
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
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The Angel family were all GOP voters. Except Mean Machine until Pa "fixed" him
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Starmer not only lacks moral convictions but also political instincts. Ends up led by the nose by incompetent advisers, focus groups and tabloid headlines.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Why can't he ask his mate RFK for some tapeworm juice or whatever
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember when Margaret Thatcher died the UK media tut-tutted when people kept requesting Ding Dong the Witch is Dead on national radio
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
It might give them pause to consider the role of the monarchy under Mussolini and its eventual fate.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Adding lead to gasoline provided them with a generation of GOP voters, they'll need to do it to replenish their supply
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Once ECHR is gone, they'll be beating the drum for the return to the death penalty.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Old Russian saying: when fish begin to rot, they start at the head.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Armed pro-government militia currently occupying the capital of this troubled former British colony are kidnapping ethnic minorities and regime opponents off the streets
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
A government with a huge majority already behaving like a cowed opposition.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Parties run by people with no moral backbone and no political instincts, so rely on advisers, focus groups, newspaper headlines and poll numbers to choose direction
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Grauniad has a habit of hiring reviewers ignorant of the franchises they are reviewing
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Washington Post is Pravda and NYT is Izvestia. Or is it the other way around. "There is no truth in Pravda and no news in Izvestia".
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Labour behaving like a Putinesque controlled opposition rather than the actual party in power
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure, but someone in power has to call them on it. If/when the regime is toppled, they should face a reckoning.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
At this point, why pay the licence fee? Even if you just watch it for nature documentaries and Doctor Who, you're paying for a right wing broadcast channel.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
As with troops sent to opposition cities: enough military to look good on Fox News, not enough to actually do the job
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
It's the over 60s I worry about, not the 16 year olds
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
I had to return mine after I was charged for assaulting Michael Parkinson
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
RIP Orville
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
The Dearborn Independent
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
You also need a loyal ballet company in case you need impromptu performances of Swan Lake during times of unexpected regime crisis
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
The way to make a small fortune in the restaurant business is to start with a large fortune
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
The nearest thing i guess is going to see Hamilton on Broadway
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
There's no money in bisexual corbynism though
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
I would never want to hand it to Clegg, but this is pretty spot on
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social)
If your country is no longer under the rule of law, your judges are about as relevant as Judge Judy.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
There's certainly a lot of mass in that crowd, particularly that bloke in the middle
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Presumably in a wings basket?
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd apply under the name Franz Kafka
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
They're acting like the controlled "opposition" in Russia. Maybe hoping to keep their privileges in the new regime.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Two options: a) he's gaslighting b) American "elite" education is complete garbage
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social)
Just heard that Finnish post will not be sending mail to US because of the tariff nonsense, and countries around the world will be following suit. I wonder if this applies to, I dunno, mail-in ballots from US citizens overseas?
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Guest spot on Joe Rogan in 3...2...1
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
IIRC you never saw England flags anywhere outside of a museum until the '96 Euros and from that point they were ubiquitous especially with a certain demographic
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm going to save myself a fortune on new glasses with a couple jump leads and a car battery
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
It would be interesting to hear what's going on inside the BBC, rather than just rumors. It's a public organization; surely minutes are on record. Where is the pressure coming from? Who is setting the agenda?
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Labour stans are just getting weird now.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
So what actually is their business model at this point?
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe when they are talking about crowd size they mean the size of the beer bellies
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe but then that's putting all the blame on one man, who can be fired by Starmer at any time.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
He (or his handlers) reckon that if they break Chicago they can break everywhere else. Crack the hardest nuts first.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
What's wrong with the perfectly adequate and traditional "Yank"
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
A good point: no constitution is immune to a nihilistic, willfully ignorant and morally degenerate electorate.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
if it was genuinely useful why does he need to force them
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
What's with the Lex Luthor look?
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Orban at least has the constraints of being in the EU, as weak as they are, because Hungary would fall into an economic black hole if it left. The UK has no written constitution, has left the EU, and would leave the EHCR. Orbanism would be the best case scenario in such a situation.
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
If you want to really control a country you need a Stasi not a Gestapo
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Wouldn't be the first time an empire was overrun by illiterate Arianist barbarians
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Are we going to see a remake of Annie Hall with Steven Seagal going "lah dee dah"
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Probably. Americans love their political dynasties
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
Why does Tucker always stare at the camera like Mr Magoo trying to work out whether the publuc bathroom door reads Ladies or Gentlemen
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
They should really be named the Dubai Gazette these days
danjac.bsky.social (@danjac.bsky.social) reply parent
An ecosystem that relies on burning cops for crops is not sustainable in the long term