Friday Ephemera (688)
On the subject of impatience. || The sound of flanging. || Fashion statement. || Today’s word is influencer. || Cliffhanger. || We will catch you. || How to clean your particle accelerator with a ferret. || Not his first rodeo. || Requires more rubbing. || Just think of it as recycling. || Truck driver of note. || That come-hither look. || An I, Claudius reunion. Related. || But lady, you are not “Augustus” with “he/him pronouns.” || It had spring-loaded hammers and “clicky action.” || “A flawless cubic centimetre of glass can withstand 10 tons of pressure.” || Journalism professor wants children to see lots of adult “trans dick.” || The genteel glamour of air-travel. || She doesn’t trust you. || Seventeen something. || See, gender was affirmed. (NSFW) || There are 10,000 foxes living in London. || And finally, today’s other word is comeuppance.
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The unpublicized cuddly side of Jeremy Clarkson
There was a story just the other day of an anorexic “influencer” who died of malnutrition.
Bad, but not as shocking as how needles are reused over and over.
Note how she resorts to gratuitous racism:
Also how she spins a personal objection to this violation of privacy as a “career”.
She (it?) rails against “anti-trans activism”. There should be more, and it should be strongly intolerant of people like her.
Some journalism professors may be good people, but most are far-left ideologues.
That is indeed now a thing on the left: Insanity must be tolerated and affirmed.
We’re going to need more helicopters and more asylums.
To borrow a leftist slogan, stop the thieves by any means necessary.
“Wisconsin man”
Story here.
There was a story just the other day of an anorexic “influencer” who died of malnutrition.
Vegan influencer, not that there is a lot of functional difference…
Looked horrifyingly anorexic in the photos. But yeah, not much difference.
Satire that is too close to reality: Little Tikes My First Ankle Monitor
A monument to a crack dealer who became famous by making recordings about being a crack dealer will be unveiled in Downtown Brooklyn.
Shhh! Do not talk about how some cultures are markedly inferior.
But lady, you are not “Augustus” with “he/him pronouns.”
I actually feel sorry for this sad 16 year old girl, because it is obvious she really feels hurt that her excuses to her mom “THIS IS WHO I AM! ACCEPT ME!” aren’t working.
I’ve heard some variation on this *but this is who I am, why don’t you love me enough to accept me as I am* theme from drug addicts and even my ex (now passed) husband who became a raging alcoholic. In the midst of their mental illness, they wish to use every tool at their disposal to not just continue in their self-destructive behavior but to get everyone around them to pretend it’s all so wonderful, stunning and brave. This girl is trying to USE her mother’s love against her mother. And, if I hear it right, this girl was going to try and start in on her younger brother with this cult mental illness and mom was not going to have it.
She’s sick, so wrapped up in her sickness she can’t see any differently.
Tragic.
Jeremy Clarkson with Paddington Bear:
DEI kills.
units FFS
tons is a force, not a pressure
pressure is force per unit area (psi might be the most familiar here, i.e pounds per square inch, pounds is the force, square inch is the area that the force is acting on)
I assume this means that perfect glass can withstand a pressure of 10 tons per square centimetre ( but is this in both compression and tension ? ie, squeeze and pull)
The music *still* gives me the chills.
Alas, the gender affirmed link is already dead.
Morning, all.
It is rather evocative. I remember, as a wee seedling, being sent to bed as soon as the title music began.
It’s still there, but NSFW, so I assume you’ll have to login to Twitter / X to see it. I should point out, it’s not pretty.
Said 16 year old claimed that she was “trans” at 12 year of age.
It would appear to be easy to me, but none of my children lived, so I cannot claim knowledge of dealing with pre-pubescent (google doesn’t think “pre-pubescent” is a word) or post-pubescent teenagers.
Did no one ask her “Why do you think you are male?” and follow the logic chain to the point of contradiction?
Jesu. If you say it isn’t pretty (given some of the other images I’ve seen around here), I won’t dig more. (I would have expected twitter/X to provide a “yo, you need to login to see this ‘goodness'” prompt.)
I was unable to determine how many children said professor had. I suspect it to be 0, but you never know.
Maybe it’s just me, but Ms Kiki-Ojo Thompson, our Canadian “diversity trainer,” sounds rather unpleasant, and obviously so. “Your job… as white people, is to believe,” says she. By which, she evidently means, ‘Don’t use facts or even rudimentary logic. Don’t question my laughable assertions. Just sit there, cowering, while I slander you, repeatedly and at length, based solely on your skin colour.’
But as we’ve seen many times, more than I can count now, the grift attracts awful people with terrible, abusive ideas and unsavoury motivations. It’s a license for resentful, racist mediocrities.
When people, especially parents, hear the words “equity,” “whiteness,” and “white supremacy,” alarm bells should ring, quite loudly.
Well, I’m not a big fan of what is effectively gore and body horror. Not really my thing. But given the subject’s current prominence, its near ubiquity, the images seem relevant to any honest discussion – to know what is often involved, and what that might say about those who seek it out, and those who inflict it.
Skillz!
“This incident is being weaponized to discredit and suppress the work of everyone committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
A by all accounts thoroughly decent mans suicide, quite possibly brought about by her abhorrent behaviour, is viewed as an attack with her as the victim.
Evil, evil b1tch.
Still not seen it but people have told me it’s good. Thumbs up?
It’s a BBC production from 1976, so don’t expect vast sets or big-budget spectacle. It’s a little stagey, leisurely paced by modern standards, and at times darkly camp; but it’s well-written, atmospheric, and definitely worth watching. Siân Phillips as Livia is entertainingly wicked and has some memorable lines.
I first saw it properly, in full, in the ‘90s when we watched all 12 episodes over a weekend. We dug it out again a decade later and I’m glad we did.
So, yes.
Thanks.
This is wonderful.
Most of whom seem to live in my street …
In case I need to say it… They are not good people. They do not mean well.
It’s a pleasing combination of high- and low-tech.
You’re not “non-binary,” madam. You’re just fat and unattractive.
And those glasses ain’t helping.
Because it just wasn’t complicated enough.
New friend.
He’s not kidding either.
Watch that video to the end and look at the state of those offices – it’s the most corporate thing you’ll see today.
I doubt this will be the triumph she seems to think it is.
That pathological narcissism. Again.
The Spanish Inquisition cared more about evidence that do our DEI witch-finders. Or so it seems.
https://viz.fandom.com/wiki/Millie_Tant
Greenpeace.
I wonder what the carbon footprint of that extremely lush set of offices is?
I wonder what the footprint of all those self-satisfied grifters getting in to work is? Are they all some of the only non/productive people in this country incapable of working from home?
Also Dan missed an open goal by not asking what their large presence in China has actually achieved?
Climate grift – how is it that clowns show up at the PM’s house and weren’t taken out by Special Branch, the SAS, or whomever is charged with protecting the PM?
You’re not “non-binary,” madam.
Not her.
Meanwhile, and related, sort of, we have again this moron who brings us xenopronouns which are “unsayable, and that’s the point.”
At least the feeling’s mutual.
Substantial, I imagine: but even if the MSM were to interest themselves in it (unthinkable now, I agree), Greenpeace would get the kid-glove treatment.
Seriously how dare they refer to a 400 12-20 year old armed “children” as a mob, only Italians can be mobs, or something.
I’m not sure if Mayor Brandon Johnson is displaying his stupidity or his dishonesty.
Perhaps I should wait and see if he publicly worries about Guam tipping over.
The only one I want is Samantha.
Don’t you mean I, Clavdivs?
Again, the unspanked. But I’m the violent bad guy suggesting a swat on the fanny when young does no harm. The good guys/gals suggest carving out the child’s sexual organs and poisoning them with chemicals. See? Non-violence. What bloody idiocy.