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We are all a little lonely in today’s age of social media and phones and screens and streaming. A little human connection could go a long way towards lifting someone’s spirits. That being said, new friends are hard to make. And holding on to friends is tough, too, given how many weirdos are out there. […]
Names are fascinating. They make an impression, sometimes even before the person they’re attached to has had a chance to make one, and if your name stands out, that makes it – and you – a little more memorable. Adam Bradbury on Threads spotted some pretty memorable names, with a healthy sprinkling of nominative determinism. […]
Putting World Kindness Day on a wet Thursday in November is clearly the work of a spiteful twat, according to everyone today.
The BBC has issued a formal apology to fictional hotelier Basil Fawlty for edits to footage that made him appear to be a bigoted, incompetent, rage-filled, nasty snob.
Spare a thought – only kidding! – for perennial Tory leadership wannabe Robert Jenrick who obviously thought he was onto a good thing by agreeing to appear on the right-wing fanzone, GB News. Except it’s fair to say his interview didn’t go entirely as planned. And while it’s can often be quite tiresome when people […]
Welcome to late-stage capitalism. You can now pay more than £200 for a sock with a long strap. This explains it all. Apple has made a $230 iPhone sock the iPhone Pocket is actually a knitted bag, and Apple will start selling it on Friday www.theverge.com/news/818328/… [image or embed] — Tom Warren (@tomwarren.co.uk) November 11, […]
To the White House now, where GB News presenter Beverley Turner was super excited to have the very first question for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. And never let it be said that they wasted it, a urgent and most pressing enquiry every bit as patriotic as you’d expect it to be. Q: Is […]
Do you ever wish you were able to perform the Jedi mind trick and influence someone’s thoughts through subtle manipulation? Well, it turns out you can, Luke Skywalker. Or you can try, at least. Over on the AskReddit page, user Prestigious-Use6804 posed this question: What’s an actual psychological ‘cheat code’ you use in social situations […]
Since crashing out of Downing Street on a wave of ruined mortgages and denial, Liz Truss has been courting the approval of the US hard right with a truly cringe-making determination. In particular, she has hitched her wagon to the soon-to-be trillionaire Elon Musk as though the words ‘reason’, ‘dignity’ and ‘self-respect’ had never darkened […]
Donald Trump’s inner circle have been in a tailspin as they’ve watched House Democrats release email after email sent by Jeffrey Epstein, many of which reference Trump in a potentially incriminating way. BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s […]
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