What's going down in the 'hood?
The latest entries into this pit of despair
- She's beauty and she's grace, between her ears there lies a space
- 8 August
Another investigation into reporting ambiguity. Another beauty contestant ousted in the light of conduct unbecoming.
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language; pandering; stay in your lane; teh soshull notwerk- Milli Vanilli got an edumakayshun, of sorts
- 4 August
A Cambridge University academic, who became the university's youngest ever black professor in 2023, has defended his plagiarism of others' work as being due to his autism and learning disabilities.
(more…)- edumakayshun; pandering; politics; the hustle
- Migrant ping-pong
- 3 August
Nigel Farage has said that a Reform UK government would instruct the Royal Navy to stop migrant boats and return them to France. France has criticised the proposal, because they don't want the detritus either. Yet they let it in in the first place.
(more…)- politics
- Poor Milly
- 2 August
The theatrical run of not* James Gunn's Supergirl is grinding to an ignominious end with a global haul of just $125M plus change, against an estimated minimum $500M needed to break even. Everyone and their dog seems to have an estimate of the actual loss. The only ones who really know are the studio execs who like money, but it's probably north of $200M.
(more…)- entertainment
- Spider-Man: don't look now
- 30 July
The latest entry into the Spider-Man franchise, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, has hit cinemas and the BBC's culture vultures are on the case.
(more…)- culture vulture; entertainment
The latest updates to past woes
- Mathematical problems are so much easier if you cheat
- 6 August
Just to prove that Presh Talwalkar doesn't either read the comments section or take it that seriously, around six years later he presented another puzzle which requires the use of the number 9 and no other digits, just common operators.
(more…)- wit & wisdom of the comments section
- Milli Vanilli got an edumakayshun, of sorts
- 5 August
Cambridge University finally got around to taking things seriously, and launched an investigation into the DEI professor's academic credentials
(more…)following new information
. For his part, the DEI professor has decided to get the hell out of Dodge before he's run out of town.- edumakayshun; pandering; politics; the hustle
- Appleton Greene: the law may be slow, but it is righteous
- 17 July
I requested the public prosecutor's file, just out of interest.
(more…)- ethics; legal eagle
- Killing Ann
- 13 July
I was pretty sure I read yesterday that the police were saying the attack was not terrorism-related, but now the investigation is being led by counterterrorism police.
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- BBC editorial standards: how many monkeys does it take…?; crime & punishment; fearless and favourless BBC; Hasmyback Machine
- Moana: premortem autopsy
- 13 July
At least Deadline's Anthony D'Alessandro waited until the first weekend take before he declared Moana to be a box office bomb and started picking over the corpse.
(more…)- culture vulture
