Utterly insane scenes. This time of year I’m using to seeing crazy fires here the summer but in the LA Winter? Climate change is going to make these apocalyptic scenes more of a regular event and like that analogy of a boiled frog we’ll just keep seeing these and kicking the can down the road.
A litany of well known Hollywood stars have lost their homes (including Mahoney 😢) and while it’s hard to feel a huge amount of sympathy for multi millionaires, they’re still humans and they have lost their homes, their memories and their entire communities. Last thing I heard the Hollywood Bowl was under thread - it’s one of my favourite live venues on the planet.
Let’s hope somehow the firefighters get on top of the fires - it’s going to take military help.
The Hollywood fires
posted on 9/1/25
The BBC website is devoting most of its space to it - To the brink of obsession.
Personally I'm more interested in what's happening in the country that actually funds the BBC
posted on 9/1/25
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 minutes ago
The BBC website is devoting most of its space to it - To the brink of obsession.
Personally I'm more interested in what's happening in the country that actually funds the BBC
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Russia?
posted on 9/1/25
Emma Vardy was reporting from the film awards the other day looking like an absolute babe in a low cut dress....then next she's in the middle of a fire with a hazmat suit & a face mask
I know which I preferred
posted on 9/1/25
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
The BBC website is devoting most of its space to it - To the brink of obsession.
Personally I'm more interested in what's happening in the country that actually funds the BBC
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Sky are actually far worse. Saturation coverage.
posted on 9/1/25
If the fires were in the UK, we'd have Trump and Musk criticising our firefighters and would probably blame Diane Abbot
posted on 9/1/25
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 32 minutes ago
If the fires were in the UK, we'd have Trump and Musk criticising our firefighters and would probably blame Diane Abbot
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There is even a special programme on BBC TV tonight about these Hollywood fires.
Completely obsessed.
posted on 9/1/25
comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 32 minutes ago
If the fires were in the UK, we'd have Trump and Musk criticising our firefighters and would probably blame Diane Abbot
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There is even a special programme on BBC TV tonight about these Hollywood fires.
Completely obsessed.
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...and one on C4 at the same time.
posted on 9/1/25
Jamie Lee Curtis has donated £1m to the relief fund apparently
posted on 9/1/25
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 7 hours, 3 minutes ago
The coverage is well over the top. Yes five people have sadly died. But rich people losing one of their houses is not comparable to poor people being slaughtered on a daily basis in Gaza, which is getting next to no coverage now. Over 30,000 women and children murdered, and the West hasn't batted an eyelid. The coverage of news is unbelievably bad in the world in the 21st century.
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Oh just fack off. This is news, the war in Gaza has been going on for over a year and got all the coverage it deserved since then. Just because the fires are front page, doesnt mean the gaza war is not reported on. It is literally on the BBC news page with all the other news. Moron.
posted on 9/1/25
Comparing a wildfire to Gaza?