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saw a poll the other day that said that in America it is as popular as the Vietnam war was at the *end* of that war

just apropos of this latest jeremiad in Thinking Man’s Fascism Weekly

redshirt

please could the conservatives and reactionary centrists make up their mind about whether the threat from Kids Today is post-modern moral relativism where nothing is true and everything is permitted, or crushing Manichaean moral certainty enforced by brutal cancel culture commissars

Instagram, which I use to post pictures of my dinner or to look at pictures of tigers, keeps sending me ‘notifications’ where I go ooh has someone liked my dinner and it turns out it means that ‘someone has said something on Threads’

Under the Official Secrets Act 1989, Chapter 6, subsection 1, a person who is or has been; (a) a member of the security and intelligence services; or (b) notified that he is subject to the provisions of this subsection is guilty of an offence if without lawful authority he discloses any information, document or other article relating to security or intelligence which is or has been in his possession by virtue of his position as a member of any of those services or in the course of his work while the notification is or was in force. I hereby agree to abide by the provisions of the Act. Signature Date

Heh

I edited some middle grade spy books once and instead of a ‘this book belongs to…’ bookplate on the first page I did a little form where you had to sign to say you understood you were bound by the Act

oh no

Timeline clense

Oh for fuck’s sake I forgot this fresh hell was even scheduled

"It reminded me of the quote that is often attribute to George Orwell that states, 'Eyyyyy, rat fans!’l

I am a children’s bookseller!

Herge drawing of an Angelic Haddock, representing the triumph of his inner struggle over the demon drink

To be honest I had a pipe and everything but I chose not to model these vices to children

A coworker told me I looked hot today but to be fair I was dressed as Captain Archibald Haddock

India scored 254??

Sure, I would love marketing emails! Sign me right up

this is a great thing to do

I wonder how many wifi hotspots I’ve signed into now using admin@conservatives.com as an email address. Must be close on a hundred now

you can imagine her facing off against a deceptively dishevelled Sylvester McCoy in this scene

remarkably good Doctor Who villain outfit here

seems bad

Yeah I like Punk IPA a lot

People my age: welcome to your 32nd consecutive year of "events mean your life has to get shitter"

Exciting times on Anchor Island as we check #kakapo nests for hatching. We’re letting eggs hatch in nests to reduce management intensity. Last night I found these two newly-hatched chicks in Konini’s nest, along with a fertile egg I carried back under a lunar eclipse. #kakapo2026 #conservation

I think the sourcing for this seems to be some speculation in another publication

*Edward Woodward voice*

Dr Oetker creator was in SS GERMANY: The founder of frozen pizza giant Dr Oetker was a Nazi who joined Hitler's SS, his son has revealed. Rudolf-August Oetker (pictured), who died in 2007, benefited from his close ties with Hitler, said 59-year-old August, the company's chairman.

What next? Bird's Eye Potato Waffen?

modern day slang is starting to sound like stuff the mutants would say in The Dark Knight Returns. “Leader don’t jestermaxx on Batman. Leader say he mogged Batman”

shut the fuck up