What's going down in the 'hood?
The latest entries into this pit of despair
- Ursine of the times
- 3 October
Every year, Alaskan brown bears are entered into a fatphobic body shaming competition called Fat Bear Week. Christ only knows, there'd be hell to pay if anyone tried anything like it with body positivity influencers. But I digress.
(more…)- Small earthquake in Ireland, hardly anyone noticed
- 2 October
The headline reminded me of a previous post in this pit of dispair, and specifically Claud Cockburn's supposed entry into the pantheon of newsworthy but dull headlines:
(more…)Small Earthquake in Chile. Not many dead.
- TayLo gonna gogo from WaPo
- 2 October
Taylor Lorenz is leaving The Washington Post, to seek new opportunities as a self-publisher. And nothing of value was lost.
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if schadenfreude didn't exist, it would have to be created- Well I'll be blowed!
- 1 October
Not unlike wiki-whacking, it's funny what you learn you never knew when you simply follow links to related news stories. Especially when the relatedness is tenuous at best.
(more…)- in the news; rumour mill
- Meathead
- 1 October
It seems that allowing yourself to be used as a punching bag for money is not a path to long-term good health. Or much money either, at least not if you're a woman; or just don't draw the crowds, I guess. Whatever. (shrug)
(more…)- brain; Hasmyback Machine; health; sport; the bleedin' obvious
The latest updates to past woes
- So long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, adieu
- 3 October
A delay in the happy wanderers' departure at least gives our happy correspondents opportunity to get it right this time.
(more…)- I, pedant; language
- Meathead
- 2 October
As suspected, someone among the BBC's editorial staff did some editorialing. Still, we'll always have those memories. And the Wayback Machine.
(more…)- brain; Hasmyback Machine; health; sport; the bleedin' obvious
- From shero to zero
- 26 September
When a figure of 180M was being bandied about as the budget for The Acolyte, everyone assumed it was in USD. But it's come to light, from UK tax disclosures, that that figure was actually in GBP. Putting the actual budget closer to $230M. And that might not be the final budget since the tax records don't go up to the point of the show's release.
(more…)- entertainment
- Jerusalem (palestine)
- 20 September
Apple has unveiled iOS 18. And, as suspected, while there are some nice touches added, with the possible exception of a new passwords app nothing is compelling enough to ditch the unofficial
(more…)fuck you
to Benny Netanyahu and his band of land grabbers. (palestine)- politics; technology
- The ol' one-two
- 30 August
It's not worth a post of its own, but in this instance the BBC home page shows the duality at a glance.
(more…)- BBC editorial standards: how many monkeys does it take…?; I, pedant; language