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  • Bob Vylan did not say or do anything remotely antisemitic at Glastonbury.

    The IDF murders Palestinian civilians waiting at aid points for food deliveries. They are genocidal war criminals. Bob Vylan’s lead singer merely chanted “Death death to the IDF”. There is nothing even remotely antisemitic about vocally protesting a genocidal army that commit war crime after war crime. And nobody at Glastonbury is now heading overseas…

  • Reddit’s ‘Am I The Asshole’ subs are almost all AI bullshit now.

    There’s a bunch of subreddits dedicated to ‘am I the asshole?’ type posts, not sure why so many need to exist but there’s at least three off the top of my head: AITA, AITAH, and I think even a couple of ‘am I the butthole’ clones. The idea is that someone who has done a…

  • Why do so many fucking idiots just sit in the middle lane on motorways?

    I learned to drive in 2019, in my early 40s. So in the grand scheme of things I’m not a super experienced driver for someone my age. And I’ve made some mistakes, oh boy. And I have to admit that the first few times I went on a motorway I didn’t actually know what the…

  • Buy It For Life recommendations

    Inspired by the tremendously useful subreddit r/BuyItForLife, here’s my own occasionally-updated list of not-inexpensive purchases I’ve made over the years that continue to be worth every penny:

  • Thoughts on residuals for actors and writers

    The WGA writer’s strike in protest of the AMPTP’s refusal to negotiate in good faith (putting it gently) is into its 100th day today, I think. The SAG-AFTRA actor’s strike is a few weeks in. One of the many issues they’re campaigning to resolve is fair residuals in the streaming age. And there’s a lot…