Digitised on the cheap
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*Blackrock, linked to Rishi Sunak*
https://www.theguardian.com/Rubbish music, chatbots and online queues:
welcome
by Elle Hunt
*'Last year British ta...
Magic Monetary Theory Goes Primetime
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Modern Monetary Theory was interesting back when it was dismissed as a
fringe curiosity, but more like terrifying now that it's being taken
seriously
Military Operations in Civilian Disguise – Part 3
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Originally published by Propaganda in Focus. Part One of this article is
available here and here, Part Two here and here. Since government must be
involved...
Saturday 7-Up
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This week 225,681 visitors visited 397,413 times viewing 481,164 pages. The
most read and shared stories in order of popularity were:
- Mordaunt’s Lea...
How To Look Tough! (2024/162)
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How to look "tough"??? Assuming that is what you wish! Get yourself in the
gym for a bit and watch everything improve - like today's guys have been
doing...
Politics: Putin the saviour?
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In a pollical review of the week, The Times concludes a rather tedious
piece with a comment from an anonymous cabinet minister on the Conservative
Party’...
Kolonien im 21. Jahrhundert (I)
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(Eigener Bericht) – Heftige Unruhen erschüttern eines der verbliebenen
Kolonialgebiete des 21. Jahrhunderts, das bis heute von Frankreich
kontrollierte Neu...
Weekend 18th May 2024
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The BBC continues to describe Islamic Hamas terrorists as ‘fighters ‘ -even
though in UK Law they are a designated group . The BBC also continues to
act as...
The Adversarial
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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert
analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North
Korea,...
Weekend long read
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1) At Foreign Affairs, Matthew Levitt explains ‘What Hamas Wants in Postwar
Gaza’. “In seeking to force a new governance structure on Gaza and...
The pos...
Friday Photo Fun Match Game
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Pair up mug shots with each suspect's alleged crime
Examine the booking photos of five arrested individuals and align the
defendants with their respectiv...
My Last Five Years of Work
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Advances in AI raise the question of human flourishing after employment.
Can we be happy without work? History and psychology shed light on the
answer.
T...
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Hello all,
It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of our beloved
sister, Mother, and Grandmother, the individual that you all knew ...
Ignore this tale of sound and fury?
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Comedian Alan Davies is a lovable presence on British TV, especially in his
long-running contribution as a panellist on the nerdy quiz show QI, where
he co...
Destruction of Deimos in "The Expanse" TV series
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Deimos is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the
other being Phobos. Deimos, *likely an asteroid captured by Mars' gravity*,
is ...
J’attends – I’m Waiting
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Can spring be in the air finally? Perhaps – but certainly one young
woman’s thoughts turn to romance.
J’attends is a delightful study in that part of t...
10 Historical Chads Who Practiced Celibacy
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For the last decade, discourse has been dominated by the topic of incels
complaining about their lack of sex. However, little was said of the
inadverten...
Supporting Male Victims – Two Years On
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PRESS RELEASE March 31st 2024 Britain’s leading charities supporting male
victims/survivors of sexual and domestic abuse have today expressed their
disappo...
A Trail Gone Cold
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Iceland is known to the rest of the world as the land of Vikings and
volcanos, an island caught between continents at the extremities of the
map. Remote ...
Cortex #142: Scrying Your List
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Grey gets a promotion, and is trying to tame chaos. Myke gets some
important news during the recording. They also cannot resist more
discussion on backpa...
The Most Contentious Story
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Sadly, Honest Reporting has lowered its expectations enough to claim Christiane
Amanpour’s ‘apology’ as a victory.
SUCCESS: Following our campaign for ...
I’ve moved my blog to Substack…
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Hello I now blog HERE. If interested in why I did the referendum, read
THIS. In 2019, just before going to No10, I wrote about the likely failure
of UK cri...
Fortean Times 394 on sale 18 June.
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posted by Secret Chiefs London, Wednesday 17th June 2020. FT394 on sale 18
June. https://www.facebook.com/ForteanTimes/
Yahoo reports big loss, writes down Tumblr value
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lightshadowverisimilitude: hermionxjean: von–gelmini: kedreeva:
odditycollector: I FUCKING KNEW IT. SO. IF YOU KNOW YOUR FANDOM HISTORY,
YOU CAN SEE THE WR...
Toshiba Thrive Going on Pre-Order June 13th
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The Toshiba Thrive 10.1-inch tablet is due to go on pre-order on June 13th.
It will be running the latest version of Android thats
The post Toshiba Thriv...
Boom - A Review
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*Boom* is the first story of the new RTD era to be written by someone else
- and it's by Steven Moffat. He is, of course, his original replacement as
sho...
Who's the Silver Age Flash?
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*Who's This?* The (then) fastest man alive.
*The facts:* Barry Allen, the second Flash, was the brainchild of editor
Julius Schwartz, writer Robert Kanigh...
Doctor Who: Looking Back At THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR
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In the grand tapestry of television that dances across our screens, few
threads are as vibrant, as enduring, and as fondly peculiar as "Doctor
Who." It's...
Doctor Who Review: “Boom” *Contains Spoilers*
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He’s back! The man who used to make us yell in fury and disbelief at our
TVs is back! Steven Moffat returns with “Boom”, this week’s episode of
Doctor Who....
Franz-Olivier Giesbert, Mort d’un berger
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Le journaliste sarcastique, auteur de célèbres biographies de Mitterrand et
Chirac – et plus récemment d’une Histoire intime de la Ve République -,
écrit a...
Men as Livestock
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The managerial bureaucracy and civil service currently sets the agenda for
major politicians, for the UN and the EU and the WEF, and all national and
inter...
The Superb Sci-Fi themed Artworks of Ede László
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The superb sci-fi-themed environments and artworks of Ede László, a
freelance concept artist based in Budapest, Hungary. Ede László is
currently Senior E...
Radio Free Kaldor!
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Following Magic Bullet’s release of the free-to-download Blake’s 7 audio
play, Prelude, Southside Radio presenter Alex Lewczuk speaks to sound
designer C...
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters gets a second season
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The official Godzilla website has announced that Monarch: Legacy of
Monsters will get a second season, on...
The post Monarch: Legacy of Monsters gets a s...
Dracula │ Bela Lugosi
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In this edition of Dark Visitors I am featuring the 1931 classic film
"Dracula" that was directed by Tod Browning, and starred the immortal Bela
Lugo...
Con and On #2 is Out Today!
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Con and On #2 (With Preview Pages!) The second issue of my satire across
decades of the comics industry and its biggest conventions continues today
when Co...
Boxed in the garage
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Noticing and remembering are two prongs of a boring ordeal in real life,
but they have their moments. Thus Jonathan Alter precipitates the One Term
P...
Zygon Outer-Space Diaries!
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*If you haven't already, check out Zygon Outer-Space Diaries, available
HERE, with proceeds going to Cancer Research UK.*
It's a gorgeous hardback book i...
Halloween and a theory of fundamental evil
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Just in the past few days I saw the new 2018 *Halloween* with Jamie Lee
Curtis, and directed by David Gordon Green, and while much has been made
about t...
NOT A BLOG IS MOVING AWAY...
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Greetings all,
Minion Raya here to let you know that we're moving the Not A Blog to a
whole new location! So if you're looking for the latest news from GRR...
The Top 10 Rare Comics
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Comic books have been around since the early 30s, with kids spending a dime
per comic book, it’s amazing what they are worth today in mint condition.
Who w...
Pulp Mutant Ninja Fiction
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I think I may have found my next nerd tee. By Yannick Bouchard.
*Previously on Popped Culture...*
It's The Jack Rabbit Slim's, Charlie Brown
And How About...