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Alex von Tunzelmann
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Historian & screenwriter. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. Be excellent to each other and party on.
Londonlinktr.ee/alexvtJoined February 2010

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Anti-woke or whatever they’re calling it seems to be eating shit at elections almost everywhere except maybe Eastern Europe, and that is a sliver of good news in the daily landslide of idiotic horseshit that is British politics.
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It is kind of interesting that the Tories went all in on culture war blather this past month or so and it just doesn't seem to have made a significant difference. The UK electorate continue to be relatively indifferent to that tactic, I am happy to see. twitter.com/Beyond_Topline…
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i know this site amplifies the worst people but god damn the gleeful reaction on here from right wing freaks to a guy killing a homeless person is sick. i don't want to live in your world man. i don't want to debate you on this. you are beyond fucked up
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They’ve limited the replies on this now – but, my goodness, they deserved the absolute roasting they got before they did that.
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To help celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III this weekend, we'll be giving out a limited number of scones onboard our services to London to First Class passengers tomorrow and Friday 🇬🇧 The question is - do you put jam or cream on first?
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I can't stop thinking about this. There are a lot of arguments against AI, but this is one of the best and clearest I've seen: By its very nature, AI is regressive. It can only extract and remix old thoughts. Only human beings grow and create consciousness.
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Ilana Glazer, going right for the fucking jugular! Comrade Ilana!!! #writersstrike #wgastrong
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Hardly anyone knows about this. If you’ve lost your ID you can still vote by applying for an emergency proxy until 5pm on polling day. Don’t lose your chance to vote the Tories out.
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Lost your photo ID? You can apply for an emergency proxy vote until 5pm on polling day. Your proxy will need to show their own ID to cast your vote. Apply now ⬇️ electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/a
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this is the law working as intended
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"A Florida woman, unable to get an abortion in her state, carried to term a baby who had no kidneys. Deborah Dorbert’s son Milo died in her arms on March 3, shortly after he was born, just as her doctors had predicted he would." cnn.com/2023/05/02/hea
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Finally, Suella Braverman did something with an arguable benefit to British society. By accident and in the course of trying to do the opposite.
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of course had Suella Braverman not opened her stupid mouth over this for her own personal benefit, they'd probably have got away with it twitter.com/sundersays/sta…
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measure of balance here is that one of these guys is Liz Truss's biographer, and so is the other, they wrote it together
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The Sun's Political Editor Harry Cole speculates the coronation will cost the UK "into the hundreds of billions", but suggests that the exposure it will get is "worth it's weight in gold." The Spectator's Political Correspondent @JAHeale echoes this view trib.al/i3MdJgX
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So far, I've seen two separate tweets suggesting film and TV writers will inevitably be replaced by ChatGPT within the next few years, and if you really think that and are okay with it... I don't WANT you to have content. You don't deserve it. No more YELLOWJACKETS for you.
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What a lovely review! Thank you! For anyone who feels like kicking against the pricks, Fallen Idols is available in paperback & audiobook now too.
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And I finished reading @alexvtunzelmann's magnificent Fallen Idols: how and why twelve statues that went up eventually came down, that memorialised (let's face it) pricks. Funny, fascinating and definitely worth getting a copy.
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This is true. Here's Conan spinning his wedding ring during the 2007 writers' strike just to fill airtime. It was like this for months. NBC was lucky that Conan is the GOAT, but it's impossible to explain to Gen Z how bad the content will get if there's another one.
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I mainly remember Conan honoring the strike and doing shit like seeing how long he could spin his wedding ring on his desk, the man was a real one for that twitter.com/theashleyray/s…
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What if I told you… if ur a fan of TV shows and movies. U could come to any studio in Hollywood or NYC and picket in solidarity? And hang with the ppl that make the TV shows you love What if we shut this shit DOWN I’ll be at Netflix tomorrow 5808 sunset blvd C u there
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The Board of Directors of the @WGAwest and the Council of the @WGAeast, acting upon the authority granted to them by their memberships, have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01 AM, Tuesday, May 2.
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