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> "At one point during the press conference, Mr Finch acknowledged the risks attached to talking about a live legal case, saying: “I was told if I released this, I’d be in contempt of court.”
Contempt of court is being cynically used for self-promotion by right-wing activists.
Take action against them, and they become martyrs against "cover-ups". If a case collapses as a result of their actions, it's just proof of a corrupt system protecting criminals.

Reform’s 19-year-old council leader risks contempt of court over rape case comments
George Finch - the 19-year-old Warwickshire county council leader - risks having broken the law with a comment he made about the case

far from being idealists reaching for the rebirth of a better world, they were the usual human mixture of self-promotion, self-delusion, and fakery

Orbitmesy and promotion on self-dual posets
Esther Banaian, Emily Barnard, Sunita Chepuri, Jessica Striker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19440 https://arxiv.o…

Orbitmesy and promotion on self-dual posets
We introduce the notion of orbitmesy, which is related to homomesy, a central phenomenon in dynamical algebraic combinatorics. An orbit $O$ is said to be orbitmesic with respect to a statistic if the orbit's average statistic value is equal to the global average. We particularly focus on the action of promotion on increasing labelings of certain fence posets called zig-zag posets, and two statistics, the antipodal sum statistic and the total sum statistic. We classify all of the orbitmesic prom…

How an editor uncovered the "largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia's history" that promoted obscure composer David Woodard with entries in 335 languages (Nate Anderson/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025…

Dedicated volunteer exposes “single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history”
Ten years of work to boost one man’s reputation.

From Bill McKibben
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/shameless-self-promotion/
"I’m proud of my new book and I think it will be helpful. It will be on sale in a few weeks, but it’s available for pre-order now."

Just made a back to school collection on my Threadless store to suggest stuff I think people should get for the students in their lives, or themselves. So basically some shameless self promotion.
Enjoy: https://davidaugust.threadless.com/collections/back-to-school…

Shop the Back to School Collection on David August's Artist Shop | Featuring custom t-shirts, prints, and more
Whether you're heading to class, or just want to learn stuff this year, here's some inspiration by me.

"The cult of goal-setting thrives in this illusion. It converts uncertainty into an illusion of progress. It demands specificity in exchange for comfort. And it replaces self-trust with the performance of future-planning."
(Original title: Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits)

Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits
A few years ago, I sat across from a friend at a late dinner. He was telling me about his new promotion, the big title, the bonus, the corner office. I remember watching his face as he described it. He looked like someone describing a story he’d once believed

Mein Lieblings-Schweighofer hat gerade das absolute Tabu gebrochen und auf Linkedin etwas negatives zu einer self promotion gesagt. so funny