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4-credit TV comedy writer (Treason Show) curtailed only by a full time job, 5 kids, free time window between 1030-1145pm and rampant ADHD decision paralysis. He/Him

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THIS IS NOT A JOKE

Be Funny Or Die returns.

How comedy works in our brains and makes us human.

AUDIOBOOK and E-BOOK available again… at last.

OUT NOW! TODAY! NOW!

(Paperback in the works for next year.)

amzn.eu/d/08CHfg9u

12.03.2026 08:34 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Prompting is the new thinking

12.03.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of houses, how about a model were we use rectangular prisms made from clay, layered up and fixed with cement?

12.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Hey ChatGPT, help me revolutionise the housing market!"

"Great Idea......"

12.03.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It kind of feels like an LLM is doing the thinking for this project

12.03.2026 06:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
β€˜Which Way Is Iran?’ Asks Pantsless, Sword-Wielding Trump Wandering On Side Of Freeway

β€˜Which Way Is Iran?’ Asks Pantsless, Sword-Wielding Trump Wandering On Side Of Freeway

β€˜Which Way Is Iran?’ Asks Pantsless, Sword-Wielding Trump Wandering On Side Of Freeway https://theonion.com/which-way-is-iran-asks-pantsless-sword-wielding-trump-wandering-on-side-of-freeway/

11.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 2586 πŸ” 430 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 36

Starmer LOVES kids:

Being sex trafficked

Being slaughtered by Israel & US

Being denied health care leading to potential suicideif they are trans

Being outed by schools to abusive parents

Starving due to poverty

11.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reaching net zero by 2050 β€˜cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK.

Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

11.03.2026 09:13 πŸ‘ 3564 πŸ” 1137 πŸ’¬ 135 πŸ“Œ 62

These files confirm that Mandelson's malign influence runs through this Labour government.

Starmer knew exactly the choice he was making when he appointed him. He has to go.

11.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 1494 πŸ” 392 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 19

Starmer cared about winning elections so he could do stuff....... that was the opposite of the stuff he promised to do to get elected. Then he did some stuff to further the interests of genocidal bastards the expense of British people.

Perhaps you might consider shutting the fuck up.

11.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer LOVES kids:

Being sex trafficked

Being slaughtered by Israel & US

Being denied health care leading to potential suicideif they are trans

Being outed by schools to abusive parents

Starving due to poverty

11.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kneecap - 3

The British establishment - 0

11.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The native wildlife

11.03.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/djba...

11.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Right Said Fred twins called me fat and bald and blocked me for challenging them over Covid

And Lee Hurst blocked me for this

11.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.

The National Theatre will stream The Importance of Being Earnest starring Ncuti Gatwa for free. The performance from the winter 2024/25 run will be on YouTube from 12 March. A watch-along premiere will be at 7pm GMT, during which viewers will have the opportunity to interact through chat/polls. πŸ‘œ

10.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 9
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Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

10.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 16660 πŸ” 4099 πŸ’¬ 282 πŸ“Œ 246

Yep. Starmer/Streeting/Phillipson have created a conversion therapy system for trans children with the prime intention of harming and killing as many trans children as possible.

09.03.2026 08:14 πŸ‘ 360 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Why is "Deform" a good insult?

(Perhaps while typing the answer out it might click with you why it's problematic)

09.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me.

In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.Β 

On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.Β 

Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.Β  On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.Β  Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.Β 

"It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do.

Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTokβ€”the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go.

It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.Β  "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTokβ€”the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

09.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 4793 πŸ” 994 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 92

This International Women's Day, please remember that trans women are women. Full stop. No qualifiers.

08.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 4107 πŸ” 1471 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 18
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Petition: Legislate crimes motivated by misogyny are hate crimes, fund support & training The Government should amend the Sentencing Act 2020 to record crimes motivated by misogyny as hate crimes and introduce tougher laws for online abuse, and fund the training of police and prosecutors, ...

And on International Women’s Day, why not sign the petition to make misogyny a hate crime? Also share it

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

08.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

made a video to explain what's happened to omid djalili

07.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 3
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Starmer and the Israel Lobby Starmer will be remembered as the UK prime minister who went further than any other in defending the interests of the Israeli state

Starmer will be remembered as the UK prime minister who went further than any other in defending the interests of the Israeli state

08.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4
Screenshot of "Large adult son" on twitter telling Omid Djalili "This is your Linehan moment you stupid cunt" and Omid replying "And @Glinner was proved right". He is being ratioed with 64 comments to 51 likes

Screenshot of "Large adult son" on twitter telling Omid Djalili "This is your Linehan moment you stupid cunt" and Omid replying "And @Glinner was proved right". He is being ratioed with 64 comments to 51 likes

Oh he's GONE holy shit

07.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 450 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 24

U.S: We can we justify this war by starting a little war to prompt them to retaliate. Once they retaliate we can say we're the real victims & the stupid British bastards will believe it & support our actual war.

Labour: We will support the US.

Centrists: sTaRmEr Is In An ImPoSsIbLe PoSiTiOn.

08.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Fry: β€œI’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascism”

Laura Kuenssberg: β€œYou would use that word?”

Stephen Fry: β€œOh absolutely. It’s a cult of power; and power only speaks to power”

#bbclaurak

08.03.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 1045 πŸ” 346 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 13

The choice between allowing use of British airbases for the troops acting on the orders of a corrupt rapist and paedophile as he carries out an illegal attack at the request of a genocidal cunt and NOT allowing that isn't being "dealt a rubbish hand".

08.03.2026 10:49 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the reverse version of those β€œevolution of man” drawings

07.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 13453 πŸ” 2628 πŸ’¬ 448 πŸ“Œ 86
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You can't breathe your way through it.
You can't meditate your way through it.
You can't spa weekend your way through it.
You can't retail therapy your way through it.
You can't lean in and "see the other side" your way through it.
Your nervous system is screaming because you're not.
#IWDBelfast

07.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0