Miskatonic Dropout

Springsteen obsessive. Vegetarian. Aspie. Tweets about political and other disasters. Optimistically pessimistic. Underclass and proud of it. I/Me

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Zack Polanski has celebrated his first year as Green Party leader by highlighting his achievements, saying, 'have you seen how many likes and retweets I've got?'

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

Very relieved to find out that the more questionable aspects of this paper were actually the fault of a random editor who’s been dead for a quarter of a century rather than the guy who still owns it (and many others).

Because, balance.

[Netflix @netflix]

Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, and Claire Foy star in INK, from Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle.

A group of visionaries and misfits had an idea for a new kind of news — one that would give the people what they want and would change the face of the world we live in today. Based on the Tony Award-winning play of the same name.

In select theaters December 11 and on Netflix January 8 in the US and Latin America.

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

I suspect we’re going to see that significant elements of the British right’s apparent commitment to combating anti-Semitism is about as sincere and consistent as their support for “free speech”.

[Faisal Islam @faisalislam]

NEW

Argentine President Milei confirms a national broadcast on Thursday on what he calls “the historic claim” to the Falklands…

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

#Keminaissance

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

“Essex Tory MP effectively concedes he won’t be able to hold his seat at the next election - and why it’s good news for the Tories”

[The Independent @Independent]

Cleverly finally turns battle for London into serious contest again - and why it’s good news for Badenoch

https://t.co/1CwrmhyzE9

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

Resign?

[Times Politics @timespolitics]

How Kemi Badenoch plans to best Andy Burnham https://t.co/nbbk1HUMhF

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

spiked is observing a period of official mourning and requests that their privacy is respected at this difficult time.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s who was convicted in the killing of 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe’s deadliest massacre since World War II, has died. He was 83. https://t.co/a71PgA09sL

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

Genuinely one of the few people in public life who did make the world a better place just by being here.

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

Oh no….

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

😢

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

Even by his subterranean standards, Toby Young’s latest is about as low as you can get by still technically being a member of this species.

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

@JamesEFoster Closing in over a month…https://t.co/WERhrT3HYX

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

@BlokeOnWheels Guessing they might need to bring the closing date on this one forward….

https://t.co/WERhrT3HYX

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

“Directly”.

[Carers UK @CarersUK]

We've seen the response to the announcement of Jeremy Vine as host of this year's Carers UK Awards and want to address it directly.

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

WANT.

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

First (probably last) time linking to one of these but please sign if you can.

Disabled people are under concerted attack and this may well be the only means we have to highlight the issue.

Your details are only used for verification and aren’t published
https://t.co/NhTyMKEsxH

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

Tl;dr

1. I’m really the victim here as well.
2. This is actually the public’s fault.
3. Did I mention I have a book out?

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

Unclear* why exactly an (at very worst) academic disciplinary issue was treated as some kind of criminal conspiracy and national scandal with zero consideration as to the human impact on a very clearly vulnerable person.

*Not really that unclear.

[Miskatonic Dropout @ReplicantTears]

People who routinely copy/paste press releases from government and opposition comms staff then slap their own byline on them probably should be more circumspect before casting aspersions regarding originality.