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Think I can diagnose why women don't want to hang out with this guy and it's not because of "online"
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Does anyone know how to extrapolate and can tell me if this is good or bad for Labour and the Greens?
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What Dan is saying is, in fact, spin
Will be a lot of spin over Polanski's impeding defeat tonight. Simple fact is there was a reason he waited to run in this seat. He saw it as his best chance. If the leader of the Greens can't win in North London they're not going to be breaking through anywhere.
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Labour in a honeymoon period had their vote share go down. The Greens, in a "crisis", had their vote share go up. The fact that Labour seemingly couldn't take any of the independent voters should be cause for concern - if they can bring themselves to admit it
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The jump the Greens got, in the former Prime Minister's seat, when they have previously not been on the board, is impressive and a sign of change. Anyone saying anything else is just trying to cope.
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People in the comments saying "this is the collective experience of Jews now" should wonder who those guys are with the black hats and the sideburns
This poor woman is sobbing in distress as pro-Pals protest on October 7 in New York. They yell “Zionist” at her as she weeps. Nobody comes to comfort her. This is actually really upsetting.
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.@Currys is refusing to fix their products under the Consumer Rights Act if diagnostic reports are not printed on "letterhead paper." I bought an iPhone 16 Pro from Currys. Less than two years later, the logic board failed. Apple’s Genius Bar ran diagnostic tests, confirmed zero accidental damage, and noted a "likelihood of a manufacturing issue at point of sale". They sent this via email, as they send all their reports. When I forwarded Apple's email to Currys, their Out of Warranty team rejected it, because Apple's official diagnostic record didn't meet their custom checklist: demanding "official letterhead" and proof of VAT registration (for Apple!) If you buy from them, this is the level of service you should expect if something goes wrong.
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If you've played enough Pokémon games you can look at the overall topography and, unsurprisingly, instinctively feel how bad these would be to play
The infinite pokemon region generator
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Seeing a book about Jewish people written by a guy named "Shlomo" (Israeli post-Zionist historian from Tel Aviv University) and jumping to antisemitism instead of doing a Google search is beautiful
Come join me and follow along this thread as I play things that I’ve found at Green Party conference that left me shooketh
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JK Rowling has more subtle naming conventions
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Conservatives are so brainwashed they're getting mad at other conservatives pretending to be "leftists" Dogs chasing their tails are smarter than this
This is 100% true. How dare we use gendered language?? We're living in Britain in 2026, not Germany in 1939! There needs to be a nationwide ban on these types of slurs
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First look at the TED animated series: • Takes place 12 years after Ted 2 • Follows Ted and John as neighbors with their own families • First 8 episodes release on Peacock on December 17 • Additional episodes will release in 2027
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"People could examine their dating preferences" becoming "so you want them to be correctively r*ped?" is "I like pancakes. So you hate waffles?" on an intergalactic scale
So what’s your solution Adam? Corrective rape? Why can’t you accept that people have control over their own bodies?
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I've just got word from the "straight boyfriends of bi women" float, everyone's really confused and kinda upset
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TERF says its fine to find men being attracted to men "repulsive", I'm shocked
Replying to @adamndsmith
Doesn’t have to justify herself, but her reason is fine. Perhaps she doesn’t want to engage with a man who she feels is attracted to things that do not sexually arouse her & leave her repulsed? What if she doesn’t want to sleep with a group where there is a higher risk of STIs?
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You can reject anyone you want for a relationship for any reason But if you constantly reject, for example, bi men, or consistently reject, for example, black men, and so on, people are going to start drawing certain conclusions
In 2026, women are having to explain very very slowly, that choosing to date who we choose, rather than prioritising men's feelings, is equality and our absolute rock solid right. Owen's 'progressive' misogyny is showing yet again. And it taints his every single take on everything.
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You already know what it's going to say
I bought a house at 23 – here’s how I did it trib.al/S8j3Muv
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The article states Lauren lived rent-free with parents while saving and bought the £250k house jointly with her partner, each contributing £10k to the deposit. inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…
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You got what you voted for
This country is in such a bleak place right now
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In the same way that you, the viewer, are always looking at the screen when things happen in the movie
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