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"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

AI brainrot, part 9 million: Bayreuth uses AI in its Götterdämmerung, boasting that the changing images make each performance 'unique', while apparently not pausing to reflect that EVERY PERFORMANCE WILL BE UNIQUE is the definition of theatre. Every performance of an opera already IS unique, dummies

Frankie Boyle... youtu.be/yZOLq82m2Ks?...

Frankie Boyle American Foreign PolicyYouTube video by Will iamyoutu.be

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." Happy birthday, James Baldwin!

We’ll be putting it up again today in tribute, but easy enough to find. Also full video on YouTube!

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

The richest person in the world, an avowed white supremacist, today again posted "the next step is getting rid of 'source code' entirely and just making an efficient binary directly with AI" because he has no idea how anything works, not even the basics of industries he is in.

Glastonbury will return in 2027. Rod Liddle, won't

Freeview switch-off is a terrible idea for many reasons, not least that the signal is much, much more reliable than broadband and isn't subject to DNS attacks.

It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough

Your regular reminder that you can't appease a bully. You show them your belly, they'll just bully you even more. Seriously, @amnestyuk.bsky.social, on behalf of all of us, stand up to this spoiled, schoolyard beehutch, will you? Give her the bloody nose she deserves. You're letting everyone down.

My timeline might be pleased to know that there's now a statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner on Dorchester's high street.

I know I have quite a small reach on here but is there anyone on here who is a Doctor Who fan based in the South West? I have a lot of old stuff from my childhood and I’m looking to downsize, would like to pass as much of it onto a loving home if possible