Disappointed Optimist

(Doctors surgery)
“I see you have symptoms of strutting around, has this happened before?”

Sorry, couldn't resist.

For anyone who would like the clip (including George).

Labour's asylum policies will destroy lives and drive away voters Labour's asylum and immigration policies risk violating international law and are politically self-defeating, writes Daniel Sohege.

My latest piece for the @bigissue.com is out today, on how Labour's attacks on those seeking asylum are not only inhumane, potentially illegal, and seriously counterproductive, but also politically incoherent for a party which claims to be "progressive".

www.bigissue.com/opinion/labo...

A rare Labour by-election gain from Reform The Murton ward council by-election in Durham brings a very rare gain for the Labour Party from Nigel Farage's Reform.

A rare Labour by-election gain from Reform

Your apes are Great and fine

Noem having a job literally invented for her so she’s not even really “out” at all.

The base assumption must be America will be forced to compromise because inflation & domestic unpopularity & I really feel nobody has been watching the news of recent if that’s the mindset

On the one hand, a clearly deranged lunatic in the White House starting a dangerous illegal war on Iran with already-serious repercussions for the region and world...

Or having a pop at Keir Starmer.

You just knew which side the Right would come down on.

I am utterly baffled by this.

Both air and shipping space is snarled up. There’s choke points in airspace through Europe.

South Korea has already reported its lacking key materials it gets from UAE for conductors & nobody has a bloody clue what “good” Looks like post conflict

This is how you write a goddamn headline.

I just, you know, want to go back to the point where things were kinda cool and not so anxious - that period where you could have a mobile phone but before it got serious internet access

Imagine the heart break of someone saying the words
“I can’t get enough”

And you say

“Of that wonderful duff”

… but nobody understands anymore

Yeah I can’t remember any big set piece action potential. Plus you have to introduce a considerable amount of new weird stuff & politics

Yeah I can’t remember any big set piece action potential. Plus you have to introduce a considerable amount of new weird stuff & politics

At best, he is a tragic figure that’s an object lesson.

Yeah I agree Paul’s journey in first two films was done well. He because messiah out of necessity but resisted it every step. Now he stands as emperor messiah & must show the cost of his guilt

Tbf now I’m getting the books in order in my brain the ending of messiah is actually… positive?

Paul’s guilt drives him to effectively strip himself of everything in order to stop the fate of humanity

Yes sorry it’s his son a book or so later?

It’s even more tragic for Paul now I think about it

Genuinely don’t know how they make the next movie without either:
1) weirding out the audience when pretty boy turns into a worm

2) render a literal galactic genocide & atomic impact.

Watching the new Dune movies again and my word they are beautifully shot movies. Such amazing use of colour, sound, music, setting. Even the silly bagpipes moment felt right.

I’m sure the AI planned air strikes will make no mistakes over a highly fluid ground front with forces of Kurdish fighters moving rapidly forward

ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Article for reference:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nobody did a column on “moral outrage of meta glasses” or “Get Ray Banned”.

It was just accepted the inevitable would happen and it did.

Now peoples private moments get streamed to some guy in Africa to review & be concerned about.

Reminder:
When everyone said Meta glasses would just end up being for weirdos & pervs nobody really disagreed they just said it would be cool & the collective conversation moved on.

Being a high trust society goes hand in hand with fact we make each other very miserable for no reason

Your regular reminder that the UK is in fact a high trust society and anyone who implies it isn’t is either selling you a pup or has bought one.

ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

See? I’m not alone in my psychosis

We can hope