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Just wrote something new on my substack. Fuck knows if you still have to do that link / separate post thing here but it's about optimisation culture and illness and how it's all getting a bit mad.
We’re at the people queued for a cardboard box level of capitalism
I know of no other place that self mythologises to this extent
Say what you like about Sleaford Mods but every time that video comes up I get that lunatic barking "I DON'T RATE YOU" stuck in my head for at least the next hour
The fact that this existed
Alton Towers closes World of David Walliams bbc.in/4sXvGIF
Look I know this makes me sound like a humourless bore but stuff like this I can’t get my head round. Like you get the joke in the first 30 seconds. I just don’t know that it gets funnier after that.
I think the correct amount of effort to put in to Halloween costumes is a medium amount. Heidi Klum: cringe. You put on a sheet and called yourself a ghost: cringe.
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there are 2 types of people in the upcoming apocalypse:
stockpilers - (dweebs. no mates. fuck all patter. potential sex offenders)
stockpile robbers - (top shaggers. great jokes. fingerless gloves. nimble. a certain je ne sais quoi)
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Local LARPer finds out "restoring Christendom" is more boring than he thought
Replies here are insane
Since a few Kyiv Independent readers have asked, I’d like to explain what happened with Caolan Robertson’s video, out of respect for our supporters.
Our team found that a video on Caolan’s @CaolanReports YouTube channel included a fragment of an earlier Kyiv Independent video, used without permission and without a request for permission. It wasn’t just footage. It was an animated map that takes our team a lot of work to produce.
Importantly, Caolan’s video cropped out our logo from the fragment. Instead of crediting our work, it fully removed the attribution to the Kyiv Independent. That isn’t citation or fair use.
Our team member did what is standard when your content is used this way on YouTube: They filed a copyright report. YouTube reviewed the case and removed the video. We follow the same process whenever our work is used without permission, regardless of who the creator is.
Worth noting that a removal like this doesn’t kill the creator’s work: The video can simply be re-uploaded without the copyrighted material.
So I was surprised that Caolan instead chose to publicly attack the journalists whose work he lifted, and to appeal to journalistic solidarity in a case where he didn’t demonstrate any.
Our team has been reporting on the ground in Ukraine since before the full-scale invasion. We’re independent, funded mostly by our readers, and we earn every dime. We’re very proud of our work, from front-line reporting to war crimes investigations. We respect the work of other journalists and expect the same for ours.
I wish Caolan all the best in telling his audience about Ukraine. If he ever wants to use our work, he’s welcome to ask, like anyone else.
We are all on the same side when it comes to this: We want as many voices as possible telling the world about Ukraine. But being on the same side means respecting and crediting each other’s work. Credit matters because the reporting everyone draws on has to come from somewhere.
Thank you.
Funko pop of film
really wish A24's (very smart) merch marketing strategies didnt work on me but they do.
satanic butter dishes ascendant
shop.a24films.com/products/t…
Let’s remake something by the director who wasted nothing, not a single frame, and let’s stretch it out over say 8-10 episodes
Snowflake country
At least three Chinese firms have cut their ties with the French football star Kylian Mbappe, after he apparently described Chairman Mao as a Chinese dictator.
In a clip from a French online talk show - Mbappe is shown referring to a meme which imposed his face on Mao's body.
China's foreign affairs ministry said "words and actions that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people will naturally be met with opposition".























