Gosford Park (2001)

Gosford World (2015)

Gosford World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

When the Traveling Wilburys formed and recorded their first album in 1988 the lineup consisted of 5 white men in shades: (left to right with their age next to each person in photo) Bob Dylan (Lucky Wilbury): 47 Jeff Lynne (Otis Wilbury): 41 Tom Petty (Charlie T. Wilbury Jr.): 37 Roy Orbison (Lefty Wilbury): 52 George Harrison (Nelson Wilbury): 45

trying not to think about how old the Travelling Wilburys were when they got together

you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of

Residents of Bexhill road bought for £1 now face charges of thousands Residents on the former Percy Bilton estate say they are facing charges of thousands of pounds.

Let’s hear it for landlords, everybody!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO deep breath BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO booing continues BOOOOOOOOO

#BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.

A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois

Brutal.

Hey if you're a young adult in the US pay very close attention to the moment because in shockingly few years the popular account of who did or said or supported what right now will be at times unrecognizable. Don't let that break your brain or just you, as a person.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

A+ headline.

Four toddlers lifting a dust-covered stuffed doll on a stretcher above their heads

Play is the work of children. It’s how they process the world around them and practice adult skills.

In the photo below, children in Gaza are reenacting a funeral procession in play.

(The photo is a screenshot I took from an even more heartbreaking video via AlJazeera.)

The defenders of Western Civilization are strangely uninterested in Western Civilization.

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

lady of sophistication @janky_jane Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario Andrew Beatty V @AndrewBeatty Replying to @janky_jane I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, I'll turn off the metre." | swear I was wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket.

Matthew @MrWeir Replying to @janky jane I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry I'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'. Replying to @janky _jane My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her 15:53 • 8/16/21 • Twitter Web App

was wearing my super-fashionable short trench coat. My friend took one look at me wearing the jacket and said, "Where are we off to now. Columbo?" Eoin O Neill @eoinjoneill Replying to @janky_jane Was wearing a vintage nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes "furk me this is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80's"

Loic Wright @dufflest Replying to @janky jane I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it. Eóin O Coileáin @L20_MTN Replying to @janky_jane I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'.

nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish

Very on-brand for Gingrich to seek out a new, younger canal the moment the current canal starts having health problems

All those blood-soaked US operatives who spent decades weaving this intricate web of global control through precise usage of soft and hard power are punching holes in Hell's drywall watching all their hard work turn to dust because the dumbest rubes in history got control of the levers of power

imagine being this pathetic. you're not getting a commission, dipshits - you're maximizing profit for people way richer than you (off the backs of artists' labor).

TONIGHT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A CLOWN-DISCO.

I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere

Media’s pro-Western bias is often blatant, sometimes subtle but always omnipresent.
Below is an example of the latter.

Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next? How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.

My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it.
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

There's a button they press to flip the "M" over when they need War-a-Lago mode.

Revisions for Your Hopelessly Optimistic Dystopian YA Novel Dear Sir/Madam, While we are always on the lookout for the Next Big Thing, the editors regret to inform you that your manuscript, in its current fo...

"A government agent changes their opinion when presented with evidence. Maybe reintroduce the leopards from earlier and have them threaten to eat the agent’s face?"
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rev...

INDEPENDENT Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

I know god hasn’t been real into interfering lately but we’ve got some people dying to get smote.

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

ethics professor here, can confirm

Fascinating answer about fascism by a Disco Elysium dev 👌

IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION "Slip the switch" by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt.

Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome

Come for the nicely concise summary that more people need to hear, stay for the East Sussex history lesson...