if these people have 20-30+ years experience in the TV industry, they surely would know this has been a problem for 3 decades, the rot set in during the 90s when the regional TV companies cannibalised each other and thousands of jobs were lost - first to go were the younger and minority staff (this was even before #streaming #media ) and they didn't get a #Grauniad column back then (it seemed folk in the #CreativeIndustries were in denial about what was happening)
Welp, Gràinne will be treating Alexander to dinner.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/22/blind-date-grainne-alexander
#WTAF, #grauniad ? Is this some sort of terrible auto-translate fail?
"Vehicles transport wind-powered electric fan blades [...] "
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/china-coal-power-energy-production-quotas
#Grauniad columnist is asking who started the culture war between cyclists and drivers. I don't know but I certainly know who is string shit as long as they can make a living out of it.
Please don't click
@vingtroiseize Thanks for the date reminder!
I’ve corrected the #Commodore @wikipedia page (diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1221398674&oldid=1221046099&title=Commodore_International), as the previous version used the #Grauniad story's publication date rather than the date of the liquidation announcement.
Surprisingly sympathetic from the #Grauniad on the plight of #trans teenagers post-Cass.
Things feel as though they're getting pretty bad here. I can remember trying to persuade a trans friend to move from Lithuania to Scotland because I felt they would be safer here. It doesn't feel that way any more.
Today in Focus: Where does the Cass report leave trans teenagers?
Episode webpage: https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus
Media file: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2024/04/19-64306-20240422TIFcass.mp3
@laukei I've gotten to grips with cryptics a couple of times over the years (rarely completing one - happy to do half the clues), but each time I try again, there are new conventions and it's hard work. Nice to see a puzzle that provides an easier way in. I miss Araucaria whose clues were often witty and always "worked".
Listening to the #Grauniad's Politics Weekly this morning, and what I'm hearing is John Harris and Kiran Stacey repeatedly talking over their colleague Gaby Hinsliff with no apparent self awareness. It's the most cringe-worthy display of blatant, privileged sexism.
Politics Weekly UK: Frank Hester, the Tory party and racism – Politics Weekly UK
Episode webpage: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/series/politicsweekly
Media file: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2024/03/13-67443-Frank_Hester_the_Tory_party_and_racism.mp3
Guess which politician's name the dear old #Grauniad finds it too difficult to spell?
Theresa May becomes latest Tory MP to step down before election, saying ‘it has been an honour to serve’ – UK politics live
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/mar/08/theresa-may-rishi-sunak-hunt-starmer-reeves-budget-uk-politics-live-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-65eacbd68f087d93d3c5fa3b#block-65eacbd68f087d93d3c5fa3b
Did you know that if you ask one of those AI content generators to write an article in the style of the Grauniad, and feed it keywords "Mastodon", and "cringe", with a side-serve of smug-sounding but self-owning technological ignorance, it presents you with an article like this one?
(If, by some chance, Michael Sun reads my companion of him with an AI, yes, you need to lift your game. And yes, mate, your writing is so bad that you're failing the Turing Test.)
