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So many sites don't seem to have a rss feed – which means I simply won't keep up with their content. (I'm not going to spend ages sorting out a workaround.) I just don't understand why someone would spend ages building a site and providing a rss feed.#rss
A new term I've learned courtesy of the NYT's Kyle Chayka: recslop.Recslop = "when all media devolves to travel tips, skincare routines, fast fashion, and humidifiers (paywalled)"
We watched the Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere & found it horrifying and depressing. What was most shocking was the way the influencers could have utterly contradictory vile & repugnant views and not see the inconsistency (esp. about their own morality). Seemed to be Orwell's doublethink lifted straight from the pages of 1984:“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”#manosphere
I wonder whether the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) realises that the increase in parental complaints is because UK schools are not fit for purpose & parents want better for their children than school leaders are able (or willing?) to provide. The level of blame-shifting onto parents by a broken & dysfunctional education system is disappointing. Nevertheless, school leaders will comtinue to take home massive salaries.https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/mar/13/teachers-mental-heath-parents-behaviour-education#ukeducation #ascl #ukschools
The challenge is to show 20 album covers that heavily influenced you, one a day for 20 days. No review, no explanation, just the covers #20albumcovers (17 of 20)
The challenge is to show 20 album covers that heavily influenced you, one a day for 20 days. No review, no explanation, just the covers #20albumcovers (16 of 20)
"Middle Trilogy"?Pah! I still call the first movie Star Wars regardless how they've tried to rename it. https://insidethemagic.net/2026/03/after-43-years-disney-confirms-retcon-of-original-star-wars-trilogy-ab1/#starwars
The challenge is to show 20 album covers that heavily influenced you, one a day for 20 days. No review, no explanation, just the covers #20albumcovers (15 of 20)
The challenge is to show 20 album covers that heavily influenced you, one a day for 20 days. No review, no explanation, just the covers #20albumcovers (14 of 20)
"It is what it is" has mutated into "all in" as the ubiquitous phrase of the moment.The cynicism of "it is what it is" finally drove me out of teaching. I have yet to find out what "all in" will lead to… #hypernormalphrases
This causes me great conflict: the possibility of a third Schwarzenegger Conan movie. One the one hand, if it's close to the Conan of Aquilonia stories by de Camp & Carter, I'd be all in. If it's some over-hyped cgi fest then I'd prefer not. Look at how the 2011 Momoa one turned out and was quickly forgotten.http://www.thearnoldfans.com/news/2026/3/8/arnold-offered-next-predator-film-king-conan-and-commando-2.html#conanthebarbarian #kingconan
Found a shop where the scalpers haven't grabbed the first issue of Spearhead issue 1. £3 for a magazine and 3 miniatures (and 6 dice) is a good intro. I'm probably going to get the first 3 issues if I can as I can use these minis plus the 3 rat ogres and liberators – but will see after that. (Scalpers already selling this for £10 online!)#warhammer #ageofsigmar #aos
Managed to comepletely paint a Stormcast liberator and half-paint a prosecutor over the weekend. Either I'm getting faster or Stormcast are easier to paint. Looking forward to working out how to paint feathers.#warhammer #ageofsigmar #StormcastEternals #blog
The challenge is to show 20 album covers that heavily influenced you, one a day for 20 days. No review, no explanation, just the covers #20albumcovers (13 of 20)
The challenge is to show 20 album covers that heavily influenced you, one a day for 20 days. No review, no explanation, just the covers #20albumcovers (12 of 20)
The challenge is to show 20 album covers that heavily influenced you, one a day for 20 days. No review, no explanation, just the covers #20albumcovers (11 of 20)
LBC radio's going for it this evening. Tobias Elwood, ex-Tory minister, is warning of a Pearl Harbour-style attack on Portsmouth (though unclear whether Iranian navy, Russian or both). And Tom Swarbrick now declaring that London is open to drone attack (again, unclear from whom). Real fearmongering – and mixed with the usual "we need to cut welfare spending to spend on bombs" argument.#ukpolitics #lbc #warmongering
Return of the amazing Brink by Abnett & Culbard in latest 2000AD (2472). One of the best ever strips in the prog in my humble opinion.#2000ad #brink
Who'd have imagined that ever-lasting austerity would cause decline in healthy life expectancy in the UK?"In their book… the public health experts David Walsh and Gerry McCartney point out how Tory and Lib Dem policies effectively killed ordinary Britons. According to their modelling, those service cuts, benefit caps and welfare freezes put an end to the lives of 345,000 British people. And it left the UK disastrously placed for Covid."https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/06/uk-death-healthy-life-expectancy-decline-state#ukpolitics
The challenge is to show 20 album covers that heavily influenced you, one a day for 20 days. No review, no explanation, just the covers #20albumcovers (10 of 20)
