Now that trans ideology is past its peak, the gutless author changes his tune.
On a recent episode of a podcast called “The Real Science of Sport,” the writer Malcolm Gladwell admitted that on a 2022 panel at MIT, he’d expressed support for the practice of allowing “trans women” to compete in women’s sports when in fact he didn’t really support it at all. In fact he believed the exact opposite. Why, then, had he dissembled? Because, he said, he was “cowed.”
I was reminded of my favourite Banksy story this morning.
King Robbo – the late pioneer of the UK graffiti scene, hailing from the council estates of north London – would often tell it. Apparently, Robbo was once introduced to some young, aspiring graffiti artists in a pub in Old Street. Most were keen to pay their respects.
As I reported yesterday, DEI Mayor Vi of Charlotte, N.C., praised the city’s “media partners” for not showing the video of the brutal murder of a 23-year-old young woman at the hands of a career criminal on public transit, on the grounds that depicting reality would potentially create awareness of said reality, which the governing authorities find inconvenient. “I want to thank our media partners and community members who have chosen not to repost or share the footage out of respect for Iryna’s family,” stated Vi.
At least nine pigs’ heads were found outside several mosques in the Paris region on Tuesday, the city’s police chief said, prompting alarm over rising anti-Muslim hatred.
“Pigs’ heads have been left in front of certain mosques … Four in Paris and five in the inner suburbs,” Laurent Nuñez told a press conference, adding that officers were not “ruling out the possibility of finding more”.
Police have opened an investigation into incitement to hatred aggravated by racial or religious discrimination, Nuñez said, calling the acts “despicable”.
Britain’s campaign against slavery was expensive in both lives and money
There was a time when the better off flaunted their status by buying mansions, driving fancy cars, and wearing top hats. Today privilege is commonly assumed to be shameful. Western elites now prefer to sport superior moral status by championing fashionable “progressive” causes. These are “luxury beliefs” because they cost the elites nothing, while costing others a lot. One such cause is that of “decolonisation”, which defames Britain’s four-hundred years of colonial endeavour as a simple litany of racism, exploitation, and oppression – of which slavery is the epitome.
The Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District has barred a mother from entering school property after officials said she posted material on Facebook that put a staff member at risk and violated district policies.
Byrony Dixon, whose son attends a local middle school, shared a photo on Facebook on Sept. 2 of a teacher wearing a transgender pride flag shirt.
When we last left the decision by BC Ferries to award a contract to build four new vessels in its fleet to a Chinese shipbuilder, politicians of all persuasions couldn’t denounce the move vigorously enough.
It was a scandal, we were assured. The federal Conservatives decried the fact we were off-shoring jobs to an adversary. (Who is going to tell them that China is our second-largest trading partner and our exports help feed their people?)
Woe to the British, particularly the British who are actually British and are today being forced by their ruling class to be unwilling cattle subject to the unrestrained exploitation, looting, and raping of the Third World barbarians their betters imported. There’s a lot of raping going on, and the real problem seems to be that normal British people don’t want their daughters raped. But their rulers do; it’s reasonable to assume that you want the foreseeable consequences of your actions. Recently, when one girl pulled a knife on some scumbag who was trying to molest her, someone got arrested. You’re not going to be surprised to find that it was the girl who was defending herself and her sister. Britain is now a classic anarchy-tyranny, where the catspaws of the ruling class are free to pillage and abuse while the full weight of the once legitimate government comes down on those who would protest or resist. Raise the flag of your own country? That’s a hate crime but fly high the pride and Palestinian banners.
h/t DS
As the Carney government seeks to curb the sky-high immigration levels hit in the aftermath of COVID-19, any reduction in permanent residents is mostly happening thanks to Ottawa slashing the number of refugees being offered upgraded immigration status.
Also, the immigration cuts are mostly happening in regions outside of Ontario and Quebec, with both those provinces still mostly on track to dodge the reduced immigration targets pledged last year by the Liberals.
The link between climate justice and Greta Thunberg’s fight for Palestine is just so obvious.
The ecocide and emissions and stuff. pic.twitter.com/P9KpHHf3h7
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) September 9, 2025
Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall says enough is enough.
On Tuesday morning, the mayor declared a state of emergency aimed at addressing encampments across the city, pointing to growing safety concerns, damage to municipal property, and the ongoing toll of the opioid crisis.
“Barrie residents have had enough,” Nuttall stated, adding the city would support those seeking help but would not allow encampments to continue on public property. The mayor said the City would “reclaim” its streets, park and public spaces.
The rot is so deep, so widespread that no corner of our world is left untouched.
h/t Mauser
The White House looks like a pimp mansion and she is not a fan. It’s gone too far, somebody… do something! pic.twitter.com/v3YQ8DkaeT
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) September 9, 2025
The Energy Department’s recent report is drawing predictable criticism from politicized scientists.
A recent Energy Department report challenged the widespread belief that greenhouse-gas emissions pose a serious threat to the nation. It likely soothed Americans irked by forced energy transitions, but you would be wrong to assume it reassured many alarmed by hypothetical climate catastrophes.
There is a disconnect between public perceptions of climate change and climate science—and between past government reports and the science itself. Energy Secretary Chris Wright understands this. It’s why he commissioned an independent assessment by a team of five senior scientists, including me, to provide clearer insights into what’s known and not about the changing climate.
h/t DS
BCF Blogger Xavier Cugat aka Sarcasticat aka XC totaled his car today.
A 16 year old girl recklessly pulled in front of him and the initial collision sent him into oncoming traffic where he met head on with another vehicle.
Quote: “Totaled my car. A 15-16 girl pulled out in front of me, hit her and went into oncoming traffic and head on another. Broken ribs, need stitches, it’s a mess.”
The biggest story in the world over the weekend — on social media, that is; legacy corporate state media ignored it entirely because it’s inconvenient to their narrative — was the unprovoked plunging of a blade into the carotid artery of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee by a hulking thug with 14 prior arrests for violent crime to his name.
