🏴 | Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, @murrowcollege | Journalism ethics, media sociology etc. | Committed trend laggard
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Ryan Thomas retweeted
I hate this condescending whataboutism. Yes Bret, if the interior minister of Japan was a right-wing religious zealot using US taxpayer money for ethnic cleansing, they would probably be better known.
Ryan Thomas retweeted
Everyone at this rally is so bored & cognitively switched off they all just stare blankly as she delivers the single most universally unappealing line in American political history
This is such an insane thing to say out loud. No wonder Ashley Moody has been campaigning from the basement.
“When you stand up for representing the BOSSES and putting THEM first…we will thrive.”
Florida, vote @AngieNixon to stand up for working people.
Ryan Thomas retweeted
the way absolutely none of them are in sync with any other member of the group at any time is so inspiring
Ryan Thomas retweeted
Honestly impressive that it was so clear she was insane, and the Tories still put her in power
🚨 NEW: Liz Truss claims Brits would be on Mars by 2040 if she hadn't been ousted as Prime Minister.
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Ryan Thomas retweeted
They put Obama in this chair for three days and wouldn't let him get up until they finished filming ads for 200 different Democrats
Ryan Thomas retweeted
The government could be systematically harvesting the blood of working people to give to pensioners and I still don't think they'd recognise that government policy tends to favour them.
Ryan Thomas retweeted
Part of the genius with this stuff is the negative polarisation, when people start attacking perfectly sensible and helpful - albeit small - changes.
Actually I want longer post office queues please!
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced five "everyday fixes" ahead of the Budget
1. Carer's Allowance will be changed so carers no longer lose their entire benefit when they earn over the limit - instead, their support will reduce by £1 for every extra £1 they earn
2. Import tariffs will be removed on more than 100 products, including baked beans, chocolate and gherkins, to save households up to £21 on their food shop a year
3. Tax-free mileage rates for workers using their own cars will be made permanent at 55p per mile for the first 10,000 miles, with the rate for additional miles rising from 25p to 35p
4. Parental pay will be extended to over 150,000 more parents a year, including self-employed fathers and partners
5. Hundreds more Post Office drop boxes will be rolled out to save people queueing at branches
Ryan Thomas retweeted
It can’t be real. It can’t it can’t it can’t it can’t it can’t it can’t
Ryan Thomas retweeted
This sneering attitude to Googlebox, a perfect example of modern working class popular culture, is what epitomises the Greens and the understanding of class dynamics. I love Googlebox and I don’t think it’s beneath the PM to understand that engaging with the things that ordinary people enjoy is a good thing
'Is that a really good use of his time?'
'Raising money for a cancer charity?'
The Green Party's @floschechter brands Andy Burnham going on Gogglebox as 'ridiculous'.
Ryan Thomas retweeted
Found it straight away I think. It has something to delight and annoy everyone. I love their commitment to the genuinely odd, the stuff that probably looks like nothing - or a disaster - on paper.
Has 'SNL UK' finally found its groove? hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…
Ryan Thomas retweeted
It was messed up when Scooby Doo introduced a second talking dog who could speak fluently and you realised oh Scooby can’t talk right
Ryan Thomas retweeted
I think the fact that Marissa Mayer would voluntarily disclose this to a reporter is a pretty good demonstration of how deeply the culture of Silicon Valley has diverged from the rest of humanity
Ryan Thomas retweeted
Simon Heffer’s final pars in his review of Liz Truss’ new book.
Of all the best examples of the Westminster unreality machine, where parts of the illiberal metropolitan elite and press build someone up clearly beyond their abilities, she was by far the worst. Zero accountability, of course.
Ryan Thomas retweeted
A really useful one-minute explainer on how to destroy your political reputation in exchange for a lot of money.
