Is the Guardian worse than it used to be?

w/o naim attalah the wire would absolutely not have made out it of the 80s, or hired (or indeed fired) me lol

my new ethical consumption thing is im no longer clicking on guardian etc hate reads and from now on will only post cached via archive.org as i refuse to give them their hate clicks. actual journalism stuff is fine, but not their 'why transphobia is not only the best strategy for labour, but morally correct' think pieces. i invite you all to join me in this high-minded and self-satisfied activity.

I've been doing that for a while now, which, along with the fact that I'm not British and don't live in the UK, explains why I hate The Guardian less than some of you. Ignorance is bliss.

Isn’t this what dumptheguardian is for?

Of course this counts as BREAKING NEWS:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/14/harry-meghan-duke-duchess-sussex-second-child

as lex once posted: guillotine it!

: )

one one hand yes of course, on the other hand still reeling from this breaking news from yesterday

William and Kate Are Reportedly Trying for Baby #4 and Queen Elizabeth Has Been Informed https://t.co/YqTKsTNSrR

— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) February 12, 2021

Is the spunk blue too?

red white and green.

I only want it if it's green

green not in a good way.

Thanks to everyone itt who’s now forced me to picture spunk and the Queen in the same thoughtframe, cos now I’m picturing Prince Phillip’s demon seed and need to repay the favour.
https://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/11826304-3x2-large.jpg
“It’s crunchy”

Ah, there is the black magic card.

You brought it on yourself

Tbf liches are cool. I approve of necromancy.

I mean you wouldn’t volunteer to suck one off, would you

Well…

https://66.media.tumblr.com/c7cee5825468c56feba7d3f01f5a4e7d/tumblr_p04cgtdgv21ww7r0zo1_250.gif

christ imagine Phillip shooting his dusty fossilised pellets of amber in your general direction, poor Lilibet has to wear a bullet proof basque these days!

Excellent Valentine’s Day content from everyone

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it was 30 years ago today I took my partner on our first date in what proved to be the biggest mistake in her life and I'm just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

they've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/15/everyone-in-my-household-is-permanently-tired-and-i-cant-stand-the-moaning

This ZW article is advertised at the top of the front page today.

cheer up zoe not many people could get paid for this shite

I only want it if it's green

― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 February 2021 20:14 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

'sell me a paper' indeed

cheer up zoe not many people could get paid for this shite

Too right. These people live on a different planet.

it was recently pointed out to me that the scotland editor libby brooks is casually slipping hate speech into her articles now:

https://www.dumptheguardian.com/law/2021/feb/22/ill-set-no-limits-on-which-women-to-protect-from-hate-says-helena-kennedy

"The Scottish government’s own hate crime bill has attracted a huge amount of controversy and, while it was always the intention to examine this standalone option, the timing is far from ideal. As it stands, a bill is passing through Holyrood that criminalises the stirring up of hatred against men who dress as women but not the stirring up of hatred against women, while the decision of protections for women won’t be made until Kennedy’s working group reports back in 12 months’ time."

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/feb/22/jess-phillips-mp-motherhood-made-me-feel-like-i-mattered-i-wish-that-wasnt-the-case

Worse than it used to be.

I feel pleased. pic.twitter.com/GUy3vHPUw0

— Lucie Toblerone (@msloobylou) February 24, 2021

is that a fucking question?

I didn't realise they had it in for people with disabilities too!

we established this during the corbyn era- all austerity deaths are just water under the bridge now. much like the invasion of Iraq. these are not lives that serious grown ups can afford to care about

thank u based boris

How it started / How it's going pic.twitter.com/nrGwhhBYxh

— Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) February 24, 2021

fuck wrong thread

is it though

makes u think

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/06/convenience-has-a-human-cost-so-i-am-quitting-amazon-prime?

"For years, I’ve read stories about conditions at Amazon and thought: “That’s terrible.” But I’ve never felt terrible enough to change my behaviour and cancel my account. I’ve always found ways to justify using the service. It’s so damn convenient, after all. And I’m clearly not the only one who bypasses my principles in the name of convenience. Jeff Bezos could boast about how he likes drowning kittens in his spare time and, I’m pretty sure, people would continue to use Amazon."

lol that columnist and that blank look in her profile pic

it's just the monkey columnist face tbh

she’s quitting Prime. presumably she’s keeping her non-Prime account.

Marina Hyde, actually, writes:

People are far more performative online in accordance with their consciousness of being watched. My colleague Jonathan Freedland made me laugh recently when he noted how Twitter had turned everyone into the archbishop of Canterbury, somehow feeling that every major news story requires them to issue an official statement.

know your place, proles.

know your place, proles.

maybe there’s a new category in our world: “information proles”.

terrible that people that don't come from landed gentry backgrounds or have the connections to get a job at the Graun .. that these filthy nobodies can publish their own thoughts online without their approval!

I like how Marina's *hilarious* weekly writings in the Graun are like a stream of unrestrained consciousness and are not playing to the gallery at all.

If I had shagged Piers Morgan I’d probably wind my aristocratic neck in from time to time on the subject of others’ foibles tbh