News excerpts on two stories from today's Curtis review - The Dr X blackmail plot and the horrendous Gravesend Marshes murders of two 16 year-olds. The killer - tattooed, pierced sexual psychopath David Sims was sent to Broadmoor. He died in custody in Liverpool in 1990 at 57.

Adam Curtis famously went to school with members of The Mekons, whose track 'Lost Highway' (2002) features in today's Reviewing Adam Curtis Deepest Lore, back episodes of which can be found via the link in my pinned tweet. Lost Highway youtu.be/AMzszayth1k?si… via YouTube

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Of relevance to yesterday's Curtis review stream (link below) where Cecil King's ambition for elevation to an earldom stoked his bitterness to Harold Wilson when it was refused. Thanks to TimeStealer ⬇️ x.com/AcademicAgent_…

We are proud to announce “Power & Intimacy” an exhibition of art by Alexander Adams, Ryan Daffurn, Ferro and Sam Wild, plus special guest artists. New paintings, drawings and sculptures will be exhibited in central London 7-12 October. Our statement: The definition of the

Simon Roberts "Broadsword of Oliver Cromwell, who led the armies of Parliament against King Charles I during the English Civil War. Blade etched 'For The Common Wealth of England.' Circa 1650. The Philadelphia Museum of Art."

"Truth is.." "Mate mate mate, truth is, listen mate, honest, I know people are upset, yeah, but we gotta get behind Nigel, yeah, can't just go blaming one group for a few bad apples, I mean, it's all about getting on at the end of the day, so long as they embrace our culture..."

"Yeah"

Grok Robertvs.Glevensis "Pinocchio dreamed of being a real boy"

We've reached the stage of machines with insufferable 'Genuine People Personalities' that Douglas Adams wrote about. The problem is the people whose personalities they pick to project.

Simon Roberts Even if you think you're epically pwning it, you're still arguing with a machine 🤷🏼‍♂️ I think the LLM Fart replies are functioning as intended here, its being a surrogate sponge for political energy. Even if you're mad at it, all that's being measured is "engagement."

Everyone I like online is condemned by someone else I like. 🤷🏻‍♂️ "You can't retweet that account! They're a crypto-Zionist/outright Zionist/grifter/racist/literal Nazi..." I know. Yet I learned something from them or thought they had a nice turn of phrase or they made me laugh.

"Hand massaged kale" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again