What's going down in the 'hood?
The latest entries into this pit of despair
- Black country
- 12 September
Beyoncé had one of the biggest country hits of the year with Texas Hold 'Em, taken from her album Cowboy Carter. For that she was expected to score big time at the Country Music Awards as the first female black artist to be shortlisted for album of the year.
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celeb; entertainment- Oh fudge
- 12 September
A British fudge maker who had her Instagram account mysteriously suspended, has had it just as mysteriously reinstated.
(more…)Mysteriously
as in after journalists started asking questions.- business; language; wit & wisdom of the comments section
- DEI diehards
- 12 September
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
(more…)- entertainment; pandering
- Childless cat lady meows
- 11 September
As if there could've been any doubt, the implication that Taylor Swift would've endorsed Trump/Vance if only the vice-presidential candidate hadn't made disparaging comments about childless cat ladies was indeed bullshit. Predictably, Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris.
(more…)- celeb; politics
- Breaking news
- 11 September
Despite being trounced at the Olympics, Rachael Gunn is still the bestest b-girl in the world. The World DanceSport Federation says so, and they should know.
(more…)- politics
The latest updates to past woes
- Jerusalem (palestine)
- 3 September
As suspected, the Israeli presence in Palestine is a bloody cynical land grab. If any more proof were needed of Israel's motives, which amount to nothing other than state-sanctioned land theft.
(more…)- 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
- Man at work
- 26 August
In stealthily updating her report, and someone at Beeb Towers curiously rejigging its title to
(more…)Australian court rules in landmark case that asked 'what is a woman?'
, Bettiza includes a couple of photos of the complainant.- pandering
- Liking lakes
- 18 August
Blink and you'll miss it. Fortunately, the Wayback Machine has its finger on the pulse of the BBC's stealthy shenanigans.
(more…)- BBC editorial standards: how many monkeys does it take…?
- Next project
- 12 August
And to the best of my knowledge it never did. Unless it forged an alliance with Ukraine. (ukraine)
(more…)- lil' ol' propeller-head me; technology