That billionaire who funds the climate crisis denial you've been conditioned to repeat has built himself a bunker to retreat to when the climate crisis becomes intolerable to human life.
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That billionaire who funds the climate crisis denial you've been conditioned to repeat has built himself a bunker to retreat to when the climate crisis becomes intolerable to human life.
No you're crying... Sometimes we humans do okay.
Teachers are so often a glue that holds society together.
And no matter how actually-fash-in-action Labour are, in the eyes of the fash-lovers, they're weird-beard lefties who like lesbian knitting circles and Winterval. (Or whatever. Frankly a lesbian knitting circle sounds lovely)
Yet again we are reminded that these guys will take aim at their own feet with the shotgun and let loose with both barrels. The people who like the fash are not going to have their heads turned by "reasonable" people pretending to be fash/doing fash-lite. They like OG fash. You ain't fooling them.
When centrists adopt far-right rhetoric, they don’t make themselves stronger. They make themselves look inauthentic, legitimise the far right, and shift the political debate onto terrain defined by their opponents. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
But which "side" is it? None of these people are giving me the sense that they have even the modicum of insight necessary to appreciate relevance of the "Are we the baddies?" sketch from Mitchell and Webb.
How insecure do you have to be to hang flags all over the place to demonstrate your "patriotism"? (I know the purpose is not to demonstrate patriotism) But seriously, shouldn't the first question be "Why do you need to do this? isn't your pride and pleasure in your country enough?"?
People would probably pay for that. We could tell them it's holistic, artisinal, neo-chiropractic spinal enhancement.
Another day, yet ANOTHER stupid, pointless announcement on immigration from this stupid pointless government. Today: you are a student - we're going to write you a stern letter about how you better not be thinking of staying! Insanity. Racist, cowardly, insanity. #r4today
I'm going to have to explain that hanging people is bad, aren't I? Don't hang people. Okay. No. Bad. No hanging.
Dear UK, If we have to hang things from lampposts let's hang fascists, not flags, eh? Unfortunately, there seems to be a rather large proportion of our countrymen who are a bit fashy or fash adjacent. Luckily, as demonstrated by the flag-shaggers, there's lots of lampposts.
Any nation that reaches the point where they feel the need to deem it "normal" to have to install security locks, metal detectors, bulletproof glass, and panic rooms in schools is a failure.
I don't agree, but I do think the most important lesson in school is learning how to "Get shit done when you don't want to get shit done or even do that specific bit of shit.". A lot of the rest is in books. Okay, there are one or two other things to learn too...
Someone's having a good day.
When the NHS sadly goes private, it'll still be the same mess that it's in now just you're going get into debt over it.
Just checking….Are we absolutely certain that the British patriots are the people who hate British cities, British law, British judges , British democracy, the British civil service, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and large swathes of the British people?
Your wife is a genius and very funny. These are top wifing skills.
100% relatable
Call me an old softy, but maybe, just maybe there's a way to stop the progression of these kinds of politics before we add another "I" to WWII. Maybe even "preventative violence". An even more worrying concept.
I understand, and yes. I think there are a few too many people who clutch their pearls at the word "violence" in this context. As if the very idea of disorder is worse than authoritarian abuse of, well, everyone. I occasionally mention that the last time this "violence" happened we called it WWII.
100% I have exactly this experience (personally and intellectually). And the only out I can see is violence, which is terrifying.
Yep. The moment you recognize their behavior for what it is—the same tactics used by every abusive spouse/family member ever—you can't unsee it. And it quickly becomes clear that *everything they do* is driven by that dynamic. Which means we have a real problem. Because abusers don't just *stop*.
Every single day I am more and more unswervingly convinced of this. I don't mean by political party and I don't mean by the increasingly useless descriptor of "right wing" (although there are correlations). It is the "politics" of the desire to dehumanise and dominate.
Neurotypicals have helpfully decided that everything they dislike must be “on the spectrum,” it has been announced.
Conservative "politics", and I do mean all of it globally, is nothing more than a loose set of post-hoc rationalisations for prejudices and the cowardice and psychological weaknesses of bullies and abusers. Everything flows from that core. It's not an ideology, it's abuse in a suit and tie.
Any day now. Annnnnny day.
Well of course. Even if there is a hotdog in the middle.
Ahh Cambridge man. Good, good. ;-)
@vsaggiomo.bsky.social I think *THIS* is the worst pizza take I have ever seen.
Well, DUH!
I would have done, but the last time I did that kind of joke the readers thought it was so good it rectum.
I mean, come ON! Star Wars Lego? It's the best. Hoes are cheaper, mind you. Lego is proper pricey nowadays.
Relatable.
Far, FAR too much here that I agree with. Especially the glass chopping boards things. Allow me to explain "knives"... ...Wait. Where's everyone going?
Ah no, Tom Lehrer has tangoed his last bit of masochism. No longer will he poison pigeons in the park, nor will he see element 120 named after him (and it should be!).
Tom Lehrer has passed. Gonna go listen to the Elements song. #Chemsky 🧪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk8.JZo-.HIM61gyvtT3V&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShar
Congratulations1 You've just done yourself out of 6 months of sex and/or your marriage. And, despite the fact that my Y Chromosome thinks this is legendary, which it is, we don't listen to the Y Chromosome. It is naughty. It makes you do press ups outside of girls' houses when you're 16. Allegedly.
Or a count of egos (5). I did check I spelled "count" correctly. That vehicle and the manner in which it was driven caused Unworthy Thoughts(TM) which involved an inappropriate word. After all, I doubt the driver had the requisite warmth, depth, or ability to give pleasure...
I'm not saying that there wouldn't be a rescue dog ranch but bear with me. £90m: Private island Lair (supervillain, volcano powered, natch) Lab/Research institute Dive centre "Some" cocaine Dog ranch Donkey sanctuary (I'm Cypriot, it's mandatory) Maybe dial back the gak during the build phase
We didn't fall for Blair's attempts, luckily, but apparently recent history is too much effort to understand. So, you know, fuck it, Spy On Me Corporate Controlled State Daddy! What temperature does freedom burn at again?
I saw a car today with the number plate "EG05MEN". Look, the jokes make themselves. And yes, it was a heavily modified BMW.
The...the wedding? o.O (I know, I know. It's a great story. I aspire to be told to fuck off by Mitch Benn one day. In the nicest way. Big fan. I think the marriage thing might be a stroke too far for though. especially as I'm a Middle aged tetchy scientist bloke)
Oh, and please leave that CEO and the HR director lady alone. Let them shag (or not) in peace. They don't need to be the Main Characters even if they're a pair of total shits/"Bad" People(TM). Although monstering them for going to a Coldplay concert is totally fair.
THIS was number 6? ;-)
It just exposes them as stupid, unimaginative, un-entrepreneurial, anti-business loons. Ironically! I know we can't fully "capitalism" our way out of the climate crisis, but you'd think the greedy, Captain of Industry drivellers would see an opportunity when it smacks them across the chops. 2/2
One of the things that blows my mind about the sheer stupidity of "Bizniz" climate denialists is when they oppose "green" regulations and technologies. These people always tout some capitalist/business line as the reason. My dudes: The green entrepreneurial opportunities are endless! 1/2
From a practical perspective, the "it's a good day to bury bad news" phenomenon is probably already in full force. So hammer him on the noncery, but also don't let the slippery fuck, his odious enablers, and the worst species of evil bastards that are using him to further their agendas hide stuff.
Trumplestiltskin seems awfully bothered by the Epstein stuff. I hope he has the book thrown at him because he's a proven sex offender, a greasy sex pest, and if he isn't a nonce, if only by the Saville Test*, I'll go to the foot of our stairs. *Look at his hair. That is the barnet of a wrong'un.
In the days before the internet, the magic of interlibrary loan allowed me to research obscure subjects and read hard-to-find books at my small public library in small-town South Louisiana. The politicians who destroyed this system should be treated as criminals.
And, if he existed, he would have been BROWN! Blue-eyed white Jesus never existed. Okay, it's quite probable that there is no historical Jesus who fits the bill and who actually existed, but white Jesus didn't exist even more nonexistently than the other Jesuses who didn't exist.
if christians lived their values they would have at least drawn attention to Palestine via their savior being literally from Palestine, and yet
The problem everything is having now is … tech was never tech alone It was always in context And some of the FOUNDING CONTEXTS OF AMERICA ARE - racism - sexism - misogynoir - misogyny - intimate relations power imbalance - techno supremacy
I have a similar story... Little Getoutofthewayyoubastard has just turned 16... ;-)
"May every day be another wonderful secret" (He is, of course, the 2008 World Parenting Champion, I believe the two in your picture shared the 1994 Championship)
Clearly you ran afoul of a successful meowtion to dismiss... ...I'll get ny coat.
🧵We sent an FOI to the EHRC about the “81% satisfaction rate” claim. We got a response back. Which revealed a letter to the Women and Equalities Committee. What we found goes far beyond a misleading “approval rating.” committees.parliament.uk/publications...
I know many people are feeling suicidal tonight because the government has failed to hear us. It is a gut punch—but also not the time to do anything you can’t reverse. Nothing will change for you if you are on disability benefits from this Bill. You matter and we care about you. #BinUCBill
Norman Tebitt described all day by the BBC as as colourful, controversial and a character. All the c words but never the right ones. Architect of section 28, breaker of unions and hater of multi cultural Britain. Cruelty is his legacy
That Ronnie Pickering bloke. Or, if feeling more positive about this fair and blessed land, a charming pastoral scene of south Londoners taking pot shots at David Blaine with air rifles as he hung above the Thames while some genius flew a Happy Meal around him with a remote controlled helicopter.
And to think I used to respect you... Now for unrelated reasons I have to go over to the bleach and try to stop crying.
I've just seen a moron on the internet. I didn't give into temptation and reply, either refuting their nonsense or mocking them. I didn't quote-dunk. I just blocked and moved on. 1) This is personal growth. 2) Brothers! Sisters! Join me in this utopia!
Mate, the Welsh have got dragons! That's epic. We in the rest of the UK should figure out how to incorporate those wild, unruly beasts. And put the dragon on the flag too. WHAT!?
See also: "You know what? I really like going to the garden centre..."
Is it okay to not like That Guy, not want to be like That Guy, and, indeed, not be That Guy, but to leave everything out whilst thinking wistfully about cocaine benders (not inconvenient ones, heaven forefend!) and a van conversion (no divorce, scuba van, not divorce van)? Asking for a Guy...shit!
Liz Truss's social media posts are written by dril, and nobody can convince me otherwise.
Feels like people who use AI are just pretending to be human. Just going through the motions of existence. AI summarising emails written by other AI. Reading your books writing your books drawing your pictures. But you're dead inside, imagination shrivelled to a husk.
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." – Frank Herbert, "Dune"
It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
Windex? Weak Sauce! ;-) My many Cypriot relatives swear by using zivania (essentially Cypriot raki/grappa etc) for all ailments. Tastes good, can bring a donkey back from the dead, also a handy paint thinner. These bleach people need to up their game. (Please don't up your game, bleach people)
It’s the same chemical that is used to bleach lumber on industrial scale, and antivaxx freaks make autistic kids eat/drink it or give them enemas of it. They share pictures of sloughed off intestinal linings as “parasites” or “toxins” that left the body, but those are dead tissue from chemical burns
PSA for any reporting about “the bleach community:” What they are promoting/using is a bleaching agent but is not “bleach” that we know. Laundry bleach is ~5% sodium hypochlorite & can bleach clothes & break down skin. ‘Miracle mineral solution’ is 25-30% or more sodium hypochlorite. It is poison.
the thing about the "don't give them the excuse they're looking for" line is that they're not fucking waiting for one, they're not bound by permission or truth or honor or consistency or any kind of legitimacy or rules, they're not fucking vampires, you can't keep them at bay by not inviting them in
We're in the timeline where Sarah Palin's comments on science (essentially: hurr hurr why study THAT!?) are policy. Not to pick on Ms Palin who I am sure is a lovely person. Nice to animals, gives her mother flowers, paints watercolours, lovely moustache, Austrian... ...wait... No that's Hitler.
You'll know the joke: when a plane crashes the black box survives. Why don't you make the planes out of THAT, smarty pants aerospace engineers?!" We're in the timeline where the pay off for that joke isn't the self-deprecation by the joke teller. People think it's the engineers who are stupid.
Come on pigeons, up your game. Surely there is some quality shitting to do on that building.
Oh actually opened my post from the weekend... got some new stickers
I wouldn’t like to think that Musk will get a knock on the door from people wearing ‘ICE’ jackets.
Ah but you see, as Lone Skum is a white South African all he needs to do is buy a farm, falsely claim to be at risk of genocide and get rescued by Trumplestiltskin as a vulnerable refugee. I'm not sure I can make that snarkier! ;-)
I've just done a roughly one min task that I've been putting off for about two weeks and has been eating away at my sanity, sleep and nerves. I feel completely relieved. If you see this, it's your sign to do that thing you've been putting off.
The Brown Dichotomy is real. There's BAAD, or Brown At A Distance. Sadly, this is the inescapable target of the white supremacists/racists. Then there's BWCFR, or Brown When Convenient For Racists. Unfortunately you are NPWWISTF. Not Proper White When It Suits The Fash. Therefore: Foreign(TM).
I've been a fan for awhile and at the very least can give the lowest tier for all the education,laughs, and ideas this singular website has given me. Sincerely thank you for all that you and every artist has done on that site
I have even been told that I am one of the good ones in recent years. It's nice to have the old days back. In the 2000s a lot of the old racism had gone away (it hadn't), bringing the 80s classics back is very nostalgic. [For those who don't know, not Dr M, that last bit is The Sarcasms]
...said to me that "There won't be many of your lot around soon." I laughed and asked who "my lot" were. I was informed that the dagoes and wops would be kicked out with the...well let's just say he treated me to other racial slurs for other people. Despite getting paler, I've become Browner.
I remember being Dangerously Brown in the 70s and 80s. I then progressed to being European in the early 90s before becoming Broiwn-ish White-ish in the early 90s (and White as far as my in-laws were concerned). I continued in this limbo state until about 2016 when an angry old man in Waitrose...