• James Bond in Print: More Woke Than the Next Movie Could Hope to Be

    From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed May 27 17:42:07 2026
    An excerpt from the James Bond novel: "On His Majesty's Secret Service" by Charlie Higson. The book was published in 2023:

    https://tinyurl.com/r7dhbfth

    Birkett was an ex-Tory MP, famous for promoting COVID/vaccines/
    mask-wearing/5G conspiracy theories which had spilled over into the
    usual anti-immigrant, anti-EU, anti-MSM, anti-cultural Marxist, climate
    change denial pronouncements. It was an anti-trans diatribe that had
    eventually got him kicked out of the party and he'd soon after set up
    the New Freedom Party.

    Bond was struck by something. It had been a long while since he'd
    been at any kind of function that was exclusively full of men. It felt
    strange.
    There was not even a pretense at diversity here. ’thelstan hadn't been
    the least bit concerned about ensuring that half of the people he'd
    hired to carry out his coup should be women or non-white or disabled.
    This was an unapologetically old-school gathering. In ’thelstan's world
    he was king and he could do whatever he wanted.

    The first time I read that, I thought surely this must be some kind of fake, a Babylon Bee-style satire. But no, this is an officially licensed book in the continuing James Bond series.

    I mean, it's one thing to debate whether Bond can be portrayed on screen as black or as a woman, but dear lord in heaven above, the idea that James Bond, the UK's most steely-eyed MI6 assassin, is going to fret about the fact that the super-villain threatening to overthrow the UK government has hired a non-diverse set of henchmen is so stupendously ridiculous I can't believe even the wokesters thought this was a good idea. And then of course there's the first paragraph, describing someone who, for example, opposes cultural Marxism in a pejorative sense. As if anyone who isn't a Marxist is a bad person.

    I mean, what's the next book going to be?

    Tomorrow Never DEIs

    You Only Transition Twice

    The World is Not Diverse Enough

    Dr. They/Them

    The Spy Who Reported Me to HR

    I can just see it now. Bond arrives at the villain's lair and is greeted by a guy in dress with a beard and a prominent Adam's apple:

    BOND: "And who are you?"

    "I'm Penis Galore."

    BOND: "But of course you are."



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Wed May 27 18:48:20 2026
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    . . .

    I mean, what's the next book going to be?

    Tomorrow Never DEIs

    You Only Transition Twice

    The World is Not Diverse Enough

    Dr. They/Them

    The Spy Who Reported Me to HR

    I can just see it now. Bond arrives at the villain's lair and is greeted by a >guy in dress with a beard and a prominent Adam's apple:

    BOND: "And who are you?"

    "I'm Penis Galore."

    BOND: "But of course you are."

    That was excellent.

    btw, Bond IS diverse, ever since Fleming retconned him as Scottish in
    later novels. Guess why.

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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Wed May 27 17:53:19 2026
    On 5/27/2026 1:42 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    An excerpt from the James Bond novel: "On His Majesty's Secret Service" by Charlie Higson. The book was published in 2023:

    https://tinyurl.com/r7dhbfth

    Birkett was an ex-Tory MP, famous for promoting COVID/vaccines/
    mask-wearing/5G conspiracy theories which had spilled over into the
    usual anti-immigrant, anti-EU, anti-MSM, anti-cultural Marxist, climate
    change denial pronouncements. It was an anti-trans diatribe that had
    eventually got him kicked out of the party and he'd soon after set up
    the New Freedom Party.

    Bond was struck by something. It had been a long while since he'd
    been at any kind of function that was exclusively full of men. It felt strange.
    There was not even a pretense at diversity here. ’thelstan hadn't been
    the least bit concerned about ensuring that half of the people he'd
    hired to carry out his coup should be women or non-white or disabled.
    This was an unapologetically old-school gathering. In ’thelstan's world
    he was king and he could do whatever he wanted.

    The first time I read that, I thought surely this must be some kind of fake, a
    Babylon Bee-style satire. But no, this is an officially licensed book in the continuing James Bond series.

    I mean, it's one thing to debate whether Bond can be portrayed on screen as black or as a woman, but dear lord in heaven above, the idea that James Bond, the UK's most steely-eyed MI6 assassin, is going to fret about the fact that the super-villain threatening to overthrow the UK government has hired a non-diverse set of henchmen is so stupendously ridiculous I can't believe even
    the wokesters thought this was a good idea. And then of course there's the first paragraph, describing someone who, for example, opposes cultural Marxism
    in a pejorative sense. As if anyone who isn't a Marxist is a bad person.

    I mean, what's the next book going to be?

    Tomorrow Never DEIs

    You Only Transition Twice

    The World is Not Diverse Enough

    Dr. They/Them

    The Spy Who Reported Me to HR

    I can just see it now. Bond arrives at the villain's lair and is greeted by a guy in dress with a beard and a prominent Adam's apple:

    BOND: "And who are you?"

    "I'm Penis Galore."

    BOND: "But of course you are."

    "...anti-immigrant, anti-EU, anti-MSM, anti-cultural Marxist,
    climate-change denial..."

    Wow, you'd wonder where that guy finds the time to be villainous...



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed May 27 22:32:55 2026
    On May 27, 2026 at 2:53:19 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 5/27/2026 1:42 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    An excerpt from the James Bond novel: "On His Majesty's Secret Service" by >> Charlie Higson. The book was published in 2023:

    https://tinyurl.com/r7dhbfth

    Birkett was an ex-Tory MP, famous for promoting COVID/vaccines/
    mask-wearing/5G conspiracy theories which had spilled over into the >> usual anti-immigrant, anti-EU, anti-MSM, anti-cultural Marxist,
    climate
    change denial pronouncements. It was an anti-trans diatribe that had >> eventually got him kicked out of the party and he'd soon after set up >> the New Freedom Party.

    Bond was struck by something. It had been a long while since he'd
    been at any kind of function that was exclusively full of men. It felt
    strange.
    There was not even a pretense at diversity here. ’thelstan hadn't been
    the least bit concerned about ensuring that half of the people he'd >> hired to carry out his coup should be women or non-white or disabled. >> This was an unapologetically old-school gathering. In ’thelstan's
    world
    he was king and he could do whatever he wanted.

    The first time I read that, I thought surely this must be some kind of
    fake, a
    Babylon Bee-style satire. But no, this is an officially licensed book in the
    continuing James Bond series.

    I mean, it's one thing to debate whether Bond can be portrayed on screen as >> black or as a woman, but dear lord in heaven above, the idea that James
    Bond,
    the UK's most steely-eyed MI6 assassin, is going to fret about the fact that
    the super-villain threatening to overthrow the UK government has hired a
    non-diverse set of henchmen is so stupendously ridiculous I can't believe >> even
    the wokesters thought this was a good idea. And then of course there's the >> first paragraph, describing someone who, for example, opposes cultural
    Marxism
    in a pejorative sense. As if anyone who isn't a Marxist is a bad person.

    I mean, what's the next book going to be?

    Tomorrow Never DEIs

    You Only Transition Twice

    The World is Not Diverse Enough

    Dr. They/Them

    The Spy Who Reported Me to HR

    I can just see it now. Bond arrives at the villain's lair and is greeted by >> a
    guy in dress with a beard and a prominent Adam's apple:

    BOND: "And who are you?"

    "I'm Penis Galore."

    BOND: "But of course you are."

    "...anti-immigrant, anti-EU, anti-MSM, anti-cultural Marxist,
    climate-change denial..."

    Wow, you'd wonder where that guy finds the time to be villainous...

    That's not the villain of the story. It's a pretender to the English throne named ’thelstan.

    Well, I take that back. Given the way the Birkett character is described, it's clear the author intends for him to be a villain in his own right merely because he's not a 'progressive' leftist.



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