Personal View: BBC journalism is disgracefully maligned by my old newspaper world, by Trump and commercially-focussed idealogues, yet here at home I just watched @BowenBBC on Iran, followed by @FrankRGardner, followed by the wonderful @VitalyBBC from Kyiv…. I was in US last week… let me tell you NO news organisation is as good as this, no journalists as clear and free, the new DG needs to fill the newsroom with confidence and….defiance…. it is time to wave the BBC flag.
@SharePickers@DeborahMeaden I'm curious to know what the anticipated drop in efficiency might be over time. We've had our '18 Hyundai Kona for 2.5yrs. It was mint when we bought it (1900 miles) but max. range has dropped by 20% in that time. Still brilliant though 👌 at 240 for a full charge.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s #Oscar acceptance speech for Best Actor has 59 million views on Youtube for a reason: it sounded like Leo was waiting 25 years to give this speech. He is beyond eloquent. These are the sort of moments that make the Academy Awards special. What a moment.
This is difficult to watch, it's embarrassing, it's enraging, it's shameful.
Emma Reynolds the Secretary of State for the Environment and David Hill the head of water at Defra appeared before MPs on Tuesday where they repeated the same old lie, that water company shareholders invest their money in the companies and we, the bill payers, pay them back over 10, 15, 20, 30 years.
Even Ofwat have owned up, that's a lie the £104 billion "private sector investment" is coming directly out of your pockets, your bank account. For God sake just tell the truth.
Barry Gardiner, you're a star. 👏👏👏
Robert De Niro: “We all love our country. I choke on that phrase. Can you love a country where our neighbors are shot down in the streets by masked government thugs? Can you love a country that denies healthcare for tens of millions of our fellow citizens? Can you love a country that trashes our economy to give tax breaks to its billionaire cronies? Can you love a country that pardons violent criminals and protects pedophiles? I feel betrayed by my country. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does have to return to the values that gave us our strength and humanity”
Watching the #NorwichvBlackburnRovers match and the commentator really needs to do his homework on pronouncing Morishita's name. Mate, it's not 'Morrish-tah', it's 'Moh-rih-shee-ta'!! 😅🤣😅
We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️
Nothing quite comes across as "fresh and new ideas" quite like a bunch of fucking chancers who the electorate rejected massively, who were involved in wholesale corruption during Covid ( PPI contracts), who've jumped ship because they can sniff another chance to do the same.
Nationalism and Nazism are not separate political species but rather two stages of the same authoritarian process. Fascism does not appear in full uniform on day one. It begins as nationalism, draped in flags and patriotic slogans, calling for unity, pride, and the protection of our people. It presents itself as harmless, even noble, because love for one’s country is easily confused with exclusionary nationalism.
But nationalism, when weaponised, is the gateway. It starts by dividing the world into us and them. At first, them might mean foreign nations or immigrants, but eventually it expands inward to minorities, dissenters, critics, and the vulnerable. This narrowing circle of belonging is the seed of fascism.
Nazism was simply the next stage, the mask removed, the logic of nationalism carried to its most brutal conclusion. Where nationalism demanded loyalty to the nation, Nazism demanded loyalty to blood, race, and a singular ideology. Where nationalism spoke of borders and sovereignty, Nazism spoke of purity, conquest, and extermination.
Fascism thrives on this progression. It seduces populations with nationalism, making exclusion seem like protection. Once normalized, it escalates into harsher forms such as dehumanization, violence, and dictatorship. Nazism was not a sudden aberration. It was nationalism taken to its logical endpoint under a system built on fear, obedience, and hatred.
In this way, nationalism and Nazism are two faces of the same authoritarian coin, one the respectable entry point, the other the deadly culmination. The line between them is not as wide as people wish to believe. It is a path, and history shows how quickly it can be walked.
Nationalism and Nazism are not separate political species but rather two stages of the same authoritarian process. Fascism does not appear in full uniform on day one. It begins as nationalism, draped in flags and patriotic slogans, calling for unity, pride, and the protection of our people. It presents itself as harmless, even noble, because love for one’s country is easily confused with exclusionary nationalism.
But nationalism, when weaponised, is the gateway. It starts by dividing the world into us and them. At first, them might mean foreign nations or immigrants, but eventually it expands inward to minorities, dissenters, critics, and the vulnerable. This narrowing circle of belonging is the seed of fascism.
Nazism was simply the next stage, the mask removed, the logic of nationalism carried to its most brutal conclusion. Where nationalism demanded loyalty to the nation, Nazism demanded loyalty to blood, race, and a singular ideology. Where nationalism spoke of borders and sovereignty, Nazism spoke of purity, conquest, and extermination.
Fascism thrives on this progression. It seduces populations with nationalism, making exclusion seem like protection. Once normalized, it escalates into harsher forms such as dehumanization, violence, and dictatorship. Nazism was not a sudden aberration. It was nationalism taken to its logical endpoint under a system built on fear, obedience, and hatred.
In this way, nationalism and Nazism are two faces of the same authoritarian coin, one the respectable entry point, the other the deadly culmination. The line between them is not as wide as people wish to believe. It is a path, and history shows how quickly it can be walked.
@SkySports watching the #blackburnrovers v #hullcity match on Sky Sports+ audio mix is so poor! Commentators are obviously in a studio booth and the natural sfx are barely audible! The lack of atmosphere is worse than a COVID game!
The scammer on screen is @CryptoSmith0x
Got scammed for $550.
I invested a full week into editing this long-form video for him. He approved it, uploaded it to YouTube, then started ghosting me.
I followed up with him countless times over the last 2 weeks — and he’s still ignoring me.
He used my work, made it public, and vanished without paying. That’s theft, plain and simple.
✅ Complete proof in the first comment.
If he pays, I’ll update and delete this post.
If not, I’m asking every freelancer, editor, and creative to share this and raise awareness.
YouTube link: https://t.co/X6I3RZjkty
#paycreatives #freelance #videoediting #clientscam #scamalert #CryptoScammer #scamguru
@qobuz hi there. I cancelled my subscription this morning (08/05/25) but I have received an email to say I can enjoy Qobuz services until 07/0526! I thought I had cancelled inside the trial period! I don't want to use this service! Please contact me! Thanks!