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A diatribe, also known less formally as rant, is a lengthy oration, though often reduced to writing, made in criticism of someone or something, often employing humor, sarcasm, and appeals to emotion.

Blog Posts

Let's ban social media for adults
censorship rant social media technology  
16 Feb 2026, 11:30 p.m.
Tom and Jerry
link news rant tom and jerry  
9 Oct 2014, 1:04 p.m.
Achievement and Appreciation
insight rant  
28 Jul 2014, midnight
Fighting Fire with Water
geek law rant  
15 Jul 2014, 12:02 a.m.
Charity Gigs
insight life music rant  
8 Jul 2013, 3:02 p.m.
The Echo Does It Again
insight news rant  
15 Feb 2013, 8:01 a.m.
Previously on Madhouse Beyond
rant television  
7 Feb 2013, 1:03 p.m.
Southampton Fucking Train Station
life rant  
22 Jan 2013, 11:01 p.m.
Dependencies
geek insight rant  
2 Jan 2013, 2 p.m.
On being the bad guy
life rant  
2 Dec 2012, 4:05 p.m.
In which I defend the BBC
bbc news rant  
12 Nov 2012, 5:01 p.m.
Sexually implicit
life rant  
4 Oct 2012, 5:01 p.m.
A geeky rant that non-geeks really should read
geek insight link news rant  
21 Aug 2012, 3:05 p.m.
The Unknown Known
facebook geek insight rant  
15 Aug 2012, 4:05 p.m.
CD Stickers
music rant  
2 Aug 2012, 4:03 p.m.
What I meant by Proper Coffee
coffee insight rant  
23 Jul 2012, 7:04 p.m.
In which I do give a damn about inaccurate metadata
geek rant  
9 Jul 2012, 12:01 a.m.
Trolls
geek news rant  
13 Jun 2012, 2:04 p.m.
The Madhouse Beyond Sports Day
life rant  
8 Jun 2012, 4:05 p.m.
On photography
life rant  
14 Apr 2012, 4:01 p.m.
The Flag
life rant  
15 Mar 2012, 5:02 p.m.
Aaaaaaaghecho!
link news rant  
20 Feb 2012, 10:03 p.m.
Google are evil, but everyone else is OK
apple geek insight news rant  
17 Feb 2012, 11:03 a.m.
Heir Hunters
link news rant television  
8 Feb 2012, 11:05 a.m.
Lies, damn lies
insight link news rant  
4 Jan 2012, 10:01 a.m.
Shakespeare and Language
movies rant television  
23 Dec 2011, 1 p.m.
Shops
life rant  
15 Dec 2011, 4:05 p.m.
Faking it on TV
link news rant television  
13 Dec 2011, 12:05 p.m.
Proof (if any were needed) that greetings cards aren't worth the paper on which they're printed
life rant  
7 Dec 2011, 11:01 a.m.
The Echo - reporting the news before it happens
link news rant  
25 Nov 2011, 10:01 a.m.
I'm never happy
life picture rant transformers  
3 Nov 2011, 3:05 p.m.
As it's ranting season on Facebook
geek rant  
24 Sep 2011, 3:01 p.m.
Why I don't shop in Boots
insight link rant  
22 Sep 2011, 2 p.m.
Science
insight life rant  
1 Sep 2011, 12:04 p.m.
On Jordan
rant  
29 Jun 2011, midnight
Supermarket Bigotry
life rant  
8 Jun 2011, 12:05 p.m.
We Won't Rock You
life music rant  
14 May 2011, 10:01 a.m.
Life Imitating Art
link news rant  
11 May 2011, 8:05 a.m.
Open Letter to the NoToAV Campaign
rant  
4 May 2011, 6:01 p.m.
Blaming the Victim
geek insight rant sony  
27 Apr 2011, 3:05 p.m.
Hotels and technology
life rant  
15 Apr 2011, 12:01 a.m.
Declining standards
news rant  
30 Mar 2011, 3 p.m.
It's all about the pixels
geek rant  
24 Mar 2011, 12:04 p.m.
That word again
link news rant  
10 Mar 2011, 3:05 p.m.
Gibberish
insight link rant  
21 Feb 2011, 1:01 p.m.
Open letter to landlords who book bands
insight life music rant  
6 Feb 2011, 1:01 a.m.
Getting political for a sec
opinion rant  
31 Jan 2011, 1:01 p.m.
ITV's short on talent
rant wtf  
27 Jan 2011, 12:03 p.m.
What's for breakfast
life rant  
14 Jan 2011, 8:02 a.m.
Salesmen
insight life rant  
15 Dec 2010, 3 p.m.
That band that has the same name as a band I quite like
idiot link music news rant  
25 Nov 2010, 9:05 a.m.
I've always been ahead of the trends
rant  
23 Nov 2010, 12:01 a.m.