Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[butchersapron]

Headline:
Life has got worse since Arab Spring, say people across middle East.

Sort of suggests that this is because they stood up to the rulers rather than the issues that drove them to rebel not yet being fixed. Sort of backed up in the content of the thing they're reporting on. When bill gates is on your extreme left, ask yourself why and how.

 

[mauvais]

Good news everyone, we're one big step closer to locating MH370 and/or Shergar.

 

[equationgirl]

Yes, or just the architecture or other features; visited a disused one tucked away not far past Usk a couple of times because it has a rood screen that survived the Reformation and Cromwell.

My gran's church (she lives across the road from it) has s cannonball from the civil war sitting on a ledge. Supposedly there were stained glass windows that were removed for safe keeping so Cromwell didn't smash them or burn the church down, but nobody could find them afterwards so the windows are plain to this day. I've never completely believed the tale.

There is a secret passage around the manor house next door though

 

[ViolentPanda]

Good old Grauniad (or at least I hope this is a typo):

Tales of the riverbank: a small flat on the Thames that sparkles

Unusual colours, watery patterns and jewel-like details bring ebb and flow to this Docklands property

www.theguardian.com

Now corrected to 60 sqm (which is actually not bad for a 1-bed flat).

 

[belboid]

Ever reliable

 

[Sue]

‘I'm getting clarity, a time that will feel lighter’: psychics share their 2021 predictions

From astrology to tarot, interest in the mystical arts has flourished during the pandemic. So what is in store for the year ahead?

www.theguardian.com

 

[albionism]

Lost the plot.

This was the year Australia restored trust in its politics – and that really is a miracle | Katharine Murphy

A large measure of collaboration and competence in dealing with the pandemic gave Australians reason to believe in their democracy again

www.theguardian.com

 

[DaveCinzano]

Nine years ago, but somehow that makes it worse, that it has lasted nearly a decade without correction.



I mean, the very first commenter spotted it (within an hour of publication!)...

 

[redsquirrel]

Laughably bad piece from the dreadful Simon Tisdale, based more of liberals own political wishes than any real analysis

The appointments Biden makes to his cabinet presage a return to multilateralism and a re-set of the rules-based international order. His flagship initiative is a new “alliance of democracies”.

This appears intended to counter China while avoiding head-on confrontation with Beijing. Ties with other authoritarian regimes, such as Saudi Arabia, will be frostier. New trade deals, such as that sought by the UK, are on hold pending a US recovery, he says.

And what the hell has Nicola Surgeon done to offend the cartoonist?

 

[Orang Utan]

I thought this was an Onion headline at first:

Men play with gender norms in lockdown with return of man bun | Men's hair | The Guardian

From Jude Law to Paul McCartney, divisive hipster hairstyle makes a comeback

amp.theguardian.com

 

[billy_bob]

I thought this was an Onion headline at first:

Men play with gender norms in lockdown with return of man bun | Men's hair | The Guardian

From Jude Law to Paul McCartney, divisive hipster hairstyle makes a comeback

amp.theguardian.com

The main question here is why a supposed 'quality' paper has an entire subsection entitled 'Men's hair'.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/08/readers-hangover-cures-10-ways-to-beat-the-post-booze-blues-from-radiohead-to-rollmop-vinegar

Listening to Amnesiac quietly while pinching a pressure point on one's hand is surely the most Guardian hangover cure imaginable. Presumably only works if one loosens one's man bun first.

 

[brogdale]

Just so fucking sloppy...

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[belboid]

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It’s always Christmas at that school

 

[Orang Utan]

Fawning puff piece on a member of the royal famlly - yuck:

'Technophobe' Camilla clicks with Zoom and finds favour under Covid

From reading poetry to Strictly to Woman’s Hour, the Duchess of Cornwall is tapping into wider audiences online

www.theguardian.com

 

[killer b]

Interesting thread here from a former Graun writer detailing how the Graun went in to bat against him on behalf of notorious plagiarist and fabricator Johann Hari when he wrote an article criticising Hari's book about mental health

 

[butchersapron]

Interesting thread here from a former Graun writer detailing how the Graun went in to bat against him on behalf of notorious plagiarist and fabricator Johann Hari when he wrote an article criticising Hari's book about mental health

Great spot. Needs on the hari thread too.

 

[Cerv]

never stops being funny when someone will post 39 tweets and not stop to think maybe twitter's just the wrong format for that

 

[killer b]

It's not ideal, but they do get shared and read on twitter - or he could have written a blog post with the same info that no-one read or shared I guess.

 

[DaveCinzano]

It's not activity he needs, it's a time machine.

(here)

 

[DaveCinzano]

never stops being funny when someone will post 39 tweets and not stop to think maybe twitter's just the wrong format for that

Big fan vibes for Seth Abramson then

 

[emanymton]

Someone got paid to write this!!

Jigsaw puzzles make you smarter – and I’m living proof | Arwa Mahdawi

Should I worry about my addiction to 1,000-piece brainteasers? Not according to the scientists, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

www.theguardian.com

 

[NoXion]

Do they still employee people at the Guardian to do the headlines? Because that one is god-awfully smug. Checked it out and Jesus is it short. Three paragraphs? Are they paid by the word or by the article?

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Lockdown cabin fever? 56 tried, tested and terrific ways to beat the boredom

Shaun Ryder keeps chickens, while Mel Giedroyc organises chutney tastings. These small, affordable suggestions won’t end lockdown misery – but they might help

www.theguardian.com

Mostly pricey and/or pretentious bollocks

 

[Pickman's model]

Lockdown cabin fever? 56 tried, tested and terrific ways to beat the boredom

Shaun Ryder keeps chickens, while Mel Giedroyc organises chutney tastings. These small, affordable suggestions won’t end lockdown misery – but they might help

www.theguardian.com

Mostly pricey and/or pretentious bollocks

Tbh they seem from a quick glance to be mostly cheap or free and rarely pretentious. But few of them appeal to me.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

This one seems manageable and realistic.

I recommend dedicating yourself, as I have done, to unsubscribing from all the email lists that you have signed up to that no longer fulfil your needs or that signed you up without a by-your-leave. Next, I plan to find, flatten and fold every carrier bag in the house and relocate them to one easy-to-access spot, that they may one day fulfil their porting destiny. I have no plans after that. Lucy Mangan, Guardian TV critic

 

[billy_bob]

Hurry now, folks - tickets are sure to be selling out fast

 

[steveo87]

I've nothing to add to the thread specifically, but Barry Glendenning's faux-curmudgeon schtick really gets on my wick.

 

[planetgeli]

Hurry now, folks - tickets are sure to be selling out fast

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I 'liked' that post but only because there isn't a vomit emoji within my limited technical skills.

 

[billy_bob]

I 'liked' that post but only because there isn't a vomit emoji within my limited technical skills.

If anyone ever wants to burn a representative of everything the Guardian is and stands for in a giant wicker effigy, I reckon Dowling would be the perfect choice.