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In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.

Last-minute gig idea! A knock-off VHS that looks a bit like a classic Disney cartoon:

Do both. And if solar parks are built near villages or towns, then offer the people who are potentially affected free electricity to offset their concerns. Solar panels are not nuclear power stations. They can be removed with little environmental impact and can actually benefit biodiversity.

The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

Have yourself a merry little Christmas... (Photo Simon Withyman)

‘Man of the people’ Farage fumes at trail hunting ban Farage once again voicing the real concerns of the working class! www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/man...

Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things. When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA

I think this is called "a cry for help" 1/3

Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tory MP Matt Vickers' car crash encounter with @lewisgoodall.com on #Brexit. LG: Do you accept you damaged the economy? MV: No. LG: Are you saying Brexit has been good for business? MV: It's created opportunities. LG: What about all the evidence? MV: You need to come up north. Huh? 😵‍💫 ~AA

The government is announcing a raft of animal welfare measures that include a ban on trail hunting, claiming they're just a smokescreen that masks the hunting of real animals. Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏

Family deaths means this year I am facing my first Christmas alone. Assured friends I won't spend it by myself and I've got social plans. But I don't. I'm going to put up a little tree and some tinsel, have a crate of beer and a curry and watch reruns of Blake's 7. Fucking bliss.

Arctic security remains a key priority for the European Union, and one in which we seek to work with allies and partners. Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law.

Happy solstice - tonight is the longest night. The light is creeping back in, too slowly to notice it just yet. And maybe, so could the hope. Another world is possible ❤️

An extra leg to our morning walk when #sophiefromromania decided to head up towards a busy road- then she suddenly stopped as we neared the junction and said “are you mad?We’re not going there!”

🔥 THIS IS HUGE! Horizon is the world’s science programme, hosted by the EU. It just got bigger. Other non-European countries associated to the programme (ie paying in) include Korea, New Zealand, Canada.

You'd have to be really very stupid to believe this one. But maybe that's it. Maybe Farage’s followers are just thick and gullible.

"The gov't is looking after puppies and kittens and everyone is delighted. Quick! Find me a negative angle." My heart breaks for The Times. ~AA

This image did not appear in the Epstein files, and nobody should share misinformation

Many elected officials, including both Democrats and Republicans, spoke out about the limited release on Friday.

English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

The penny has dropped: Wes Streeting hails ‘enormous benefits’ of EU membership www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...

The survivors said the way the release was handled made it “difficult or impossible” to find documents for their cases.

A little selection of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. twowords2.page.link/play

A little stocking filler for the they're-all-the-same crowd.

The Government will today unveil its long-awaited Animal Welfare Strategy which sets out a raft of policies to improve the lives of pets and animals on farms and in the wild 👏 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Here it is, my big #EastEnders catch-up thread for people who only see it when they go home for Christmas with the family. Allow me to get you all caught up on the goings-on in Albert Square in its most explosive week of the year! KEEP THIS BY YOUR SIDE AT ALL TIMES.

The FBI director is already facing an investigation from Democrats over his use of taxpayer funds.

I've got a challenge. If someone can show me any evidence of anyone who has apologised for being white, I'll send them a miniature jar of liberal tears.

"When we ask people whether #Brexit has been a success or a failure, 62% to 11% say failure. And that really rockets up - when you ask people who did vote Labour last year and people who are still intending to vote Labour - that figure goes north of 85%." ~AA @pimlicat.bsky.social

Warner Bros. Discovery requested a guarantee from the world’s third-richest person after Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.

I can't be bothered with Christmas after my mum passed away unexpectedly & I had to empty her house of all those years of consumerism, I have zero interest in continuing to fill our house with stuff I don't need, I'm getting a skip to start clearing crap in the new year.

I really think this borders on disinformation. Someone actively thought: "NAH. Too positive. Let's feed the discord angle."

We've got all your favourite supporting characters. Flimber the Fish, Slicey the Dwarf and Thobber. No need to check what animals look like before drawing them, just have a go.

More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

I see the Express has been at the eggnog. ~AA

Wes Streeting: Britain needs to join customs union with EU 👏 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Compiling a list of good things that happened in 2025 and what's striking is that "bad news sells" while stuff like this can get missed almost altogether wmo.int/media/news/s...

Last year my parents resolved the Abilene paradox in our marriage. After 7 years we all had Xmas together and I roasted a turkey. They asked why. I said my husband and the kids like it. They all said they were enduring it for me. We all hate turkey. This year we're having lamb.

A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

"The RSPCA said the ban could be a 'real game-changer' and it would work with the government on writing the legislation." ~AA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s all about Mani today

Incredible. This morning on the BBC site story was titled "Puppy farm ban promised in plans to improve animal welfare" with puppy pic up top. Later changed to "Hen cages and pig crates face ban" and gives top focus to policy's opponents. The puppy/RSPCA angle is 20 paragraphs in, as "meanwhile". ~AA

Monday night’s curved viewing line nearly stretches to the border of Minnesota and Iowa.

Good demonstration of why Google AI overview should not be trusted. According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit. But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.

Go for a walk with the wife most days. She has no idea we're in a race. For the majority of the way I'm just off her shoulder awaiting the right moment to strike. Then, 5 yards from the driveway, I'll lengthen my stride like Steve Cram and pip her across the line. Loser.

"Given Trump’s erratic behaviour... the time is rapidly approaching when Britain will have to choose. Forget 'Bridge Across The Atlantic' fantasies: on trade, on defence, and in terms of our identity, we are Europeans." ~AA www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Have a listen and then tell me Matt Vickers doesn't crank up the northern accent by degrees the more he gets into trouble. By the end he sounds like an 80s RADA graduate from Hampstead Heath, doing a Yorkshire accent in a BBC costume drama.

Dear AI bros, it's not AI itself we have a problem with, the kind that can detect cancers early or help people walk. May that continue. It's the content generation slop you foam at the mouth defending that we hate. It's theft and will never, EVER replace actual human creativity.

I just asked for a skip for Christmas.🤞 I wanna Stacey Solomon my house.

Always amazed that some Telegraph writers spend their time educating us on damaging antisemitic tropes, while some (occasionally, even the same writers) obsessively accuse anyone who disagrees with them on anything of doing so because a secret global cabal headed by George Soros paid us. Like, WTAF?

As a Brit, I find it disappointing that the Grinch has replaced Ebenezer Scrooge as the "anti-Christmas" character.

Tory-run Slough has “lost track” of 500 people living in temporary accommodation, meaning it underestimated its spending by £10m. It blames staff turnover and incompetence, and a new IT system; but while the blunder was spotted in October 2024, officers have only just fessed up to councillors.

Chris Rea has died at just 74, which really isn’t fair. But I have to say, given his most famous song, it’s impressive timing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt3...

See you in 2026...

While a customs union between UK and EU would be a very positive development, there is a danger in presenting it as some sort of silver bullet that can deliver unrealistic growth. Only deep and dynamic beneficial alignment can achieve that. Listen to @pimlicat.bsky.social explain. ~AA

Please make sure you’re a backer of this community. It’s revolutionising how media works - structurally… putting the news mix and content generation into everyone’s hands. ✊

In my fifties and I don't want to get into a new relationship because the real reason is I don't want to put the heating on.

Is the UK prepared for a plunging birthrate and net emigration? “We are already seeing schools struggling to attract enough children, but the consequences are a lot more serious than that” www.thetimes.com/business/eco...

Just fancy that! Time Person of the Year. From the new Private Eye, out now.

New from Gnomemart: Wrist Bike Bell. Fed up with other pedestrians dawdling along, looking at their phones? Just one ring on the Wrist Bike Bell and hey presto! The pavement is yours as they dive out of the way thinking a Lime bike is about to run them over! From the new Private Eye, out now.

Title: "Streeting: Starmer must go further to undo Brexit" First few sentences: Turns out Streeting "suggested" this, by "hinting" at stuff. The actual quote: Turns out Streeting didn't even do that. In any way. 😂 A perfect summary of 2025 'reporting'. ~AA

Trump's new Greenland envoy intends to make territory 'a part of the US' Denmark describes his comments as “completely unacceptable" and summons the US ambassador in a new eruption of tensions over the future of the vast Danish island news.sky.com/story/trumps...

Girlfriend and I were on a beach on holiday. A gorgeous woman in a bikini walked past and set up behind us. A few minutes later my girlfriend whispers "that girl with the big boobs you were looking at, has just taken her top off if you want to look." I've never loved her more.

FFS I TOLD YOU @pimlicat.bsky.social not to remind him of it!

He claims that charges of genocide against Israel are "antisemitic blood libels" which kill Jews. So a question to Andrew Fox. Does that means millions of Jews, and the world's leading genocide scholars, believe in murderous antisemitic blood libels?

For anyone who's bought a David Walliams book as a Christmas present, may I recommend this as a last-minute replacement.

It’s nearly time to brine: #RecipeOfTheDay is Spiced and Superjuicy Roast Turkey! www.nigella.com/recipes/spic...

I made some missing dog posters using a picture of a lovely tabby cat. I printed them out on A4 and taped them to lamp posts in my area. I got a lot more mails telling me it's a cat than I expected. And not from kids but adults.

My mum used to wash my hair as a child by getting me to kneel on a chair and washing it over the sink. I had my first proper "grown up" hair appointment at 11 years old and guess what I did when the stylist asked me to come to the sink? I could die inside when I remember.

Great news: Colindale station is the latest to have a step-free entrance, making it London’s 94th step-free Tube station. I’m determined to keep growing this number and making London as accessible as possible.

I know I wrote about this and gave a link to the recipe in my Season’s Eatings post on December 1st, but since I so love this new recipe, and it’s the latest you can make it in comfortable time for the festivities, I just had to post my Christmas Loaf Cake again now! www.nigella.com/recipes/chri...

It's not slaw you pretentious wanks, it's coleslaw.

Probably worth noting that the British government allowed so many Irish people to die on hunger strikes at various times that it has its own Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...

One of the wonders of our time that Ted Cruz has found someone less likeable than him to run against www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

While making this video, I came to appreciate the genius of casting Jeremy Irons, the world's campest homophobe, as Scar. A genuine triumph. youtu.be/VZUiqj0Uz4s

#SophiefromRomania went on a good walk with Juno and Nuna but got a bit over excited when we met a group of friendly dogs

From tomorrow night onwards, there’s a series of lighthearted Only Connect festive specials on BBC Two. But there’s a proper episode tonight at 8pm, for anyone who wants a last shot at difficulty before the liqueurs kick in. (When you watch tomorrow night’s, you’ll know how literally I mean that.)

I have to ask a) who is doing all these, and b) why has Paddington become the number one leader of dead people to the pearly gates?

Some paintings from my youth.

Oh my god, the canal water has just disappeared into the earth below www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anon Opin Live is nearly here. Come to the Leicester shows (12–13 Feb 2026). Bring your opinions - and your nerve. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole

Worked on several major infrastructure projects in the 1970s. Watching old Time Teams on C4 on demand at the moment I weep for all the archaeology we smashed through back then, including several burials and what I suspect was a Roman villa on one occasion.

I found 50p on the beach with my dads detector.

Cue the inevitable frothing opinion pieces and reports in other Europhobic papers, which link to the Telegraph piece and treat the title as if it were a direct quote. Isn't it funny to see the sausage made? Sorry, the "emulsified high-fat offal tube". ~AA

Can confirm there is still nothing better than sitting in a darkened room gazing up at gorgeous faces in extreme close up

Moved to an old house with no phone coverage. WiFi didn't reach upstairs. Ordered a booster but wife decreed Device Free rooms would be good for us and the kids. Fitted booster anyway but "Hidden". I need some signal to watch porn for a crafty wank or doom scrolling on the bog.

All the Chris Rea obituaries are inevitably latching on to "Driving Home for Christmas" as his big hit but actually it peaked at number 53 when it originally came out. So it's perhaps the most famous example of the "Christmas compilation album" effect where a song becomes famous thru cd ubiquity

I used to love cooking. Making nice food for me and my spouse was enjoyable and fun. Now that I have bigger family, I've grown to hate it. It's just something I must do in order for us to survive. And no nice foods anymore, making enough for 5 is too expensive.

The Kingdom of Kent is sacred ground, because wherever you go, you walk on Gold

Fesshole Live is coming to Leicester, Luton and Leeds – get your tickets now! We’re also taking the show to Sweden (Malmö, Göteborg, Stockholm) and doing Anon Opin in Leicester. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole

This is such a tragic story. These young people seem committed to a path that will achieve nothing but their early deaths. It's an absolutely futile waste of life.

‘Holy f***ing dumpster fire’: Bari Weiss sparks ‘revolt’ at ‘60 Minutes’ by spiking CECOT segment

It’s not enough that people can dehumanise others, with the excuse of ‘free speech’, now they cannot be allowed to protest at that. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”*

Marxist thinking doesn't mean supporting Stalin's killing of millions in the same way as Internet Nazis don't support that bit of Nazism where Hitler topped himself coz he lost the war like a twat.

I love going to the supermarket in the days before Christmas. Human nature at its finest. Tempers at a knife edge, the stakes arguably low.

12 Covers of Christmas! Day 10: Today’s cover comes from December 2024. 🎵 I saw 300 small ships come sailing in 🎵

Can't wait for the Telegraph piece claiming this as a cast-iron fact. "STARMER TO BAN DOG WALKS, IN FACT, ALL DOGS, AND ALL WALKS" ~AA