Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

'Fey'!

Nigel Farage’s Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

One for you, @patriciastoughton.bsky.social.

NB, @polisloizou.bsky.social (But don't let it spoil a good holiday.)

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

Not a new term, but newly trending...'cognitive offloading'. evidencebased.education/resource/cog...

This link will take you to the post that has the link to the free course. Once you click the link to start the course, you have 24 hours to watch the video (which is about 40 minutes long). So you can save this post and watch the course later if you don't have time today.

Happy National Grammar Day! In case you missed it, I made my LinkedIn Learning writing course free for 24 hours. 1/2 www.linkedin.com/posts/gramma...

Notes from today's lovely walk alongside #WaterofLeith now up on my blog craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2026/03/in-d...

What. The. Fuck.

More pics. I'll have to do an India retrospective after this holiday.

Happy Women's Prize Longlist Reveal Day! 📚

@imogenforster.bsky.social this is a smart looking moth isn't it?

Fracking is not just a question of dirty energy vs clean energy. It is well established that fracking harms human health just as much as it wrecks havoc on our planet. A sustainable planet equals better human health outcomes 💪💪.

If I was @zackpolanski.bsky.social, I would be pointing out to the BBC that whatever model they use to justify giving Farage & his boot-lickers season tickets for every BBC show under the sun must surely now treat Green Party politicians in exactly the same way. Might even be one for the lawyers...

This is a beautiful wild map of the world,

Tomorrow is World Book Day. To celebrate that, my latest Substack post is all about books! craftygreenpoet.substack.com/p/books-abou...

Israeli-British Historian Avi Shlaim exposes the endless hypocrisy of Israel and the US over Iran’s ‘nuclear threat’ in 45 seconds 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why? If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment. Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

Precisely! More than that, most Brits despise Trump, and will want Starmer to resist his bullying. By contrast, Farage and co will lose support tying themselves so sycophantically to Trump. I’d call this a win-win situation!

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower Every fucking word 😢 😢

Labours attitudes towards water companies is one of the starkest examples of how they'll do anything to protect the status quo. The case for water nationalisation is so bloody obvious to everyone - yet they'll do anything they can to keep the failed privatisation experiment.

"F*ck the BBC" via Occupy London

I am pleased he mentioned this. On occasion I have mentioned Israel being an undeclared nuclear power, not allowing UN weapons inspectors in, to view facilities. It doesn’t follow IAEA guidelines nor the Non proliferation guidelines. Iran complies with each and every one.

Kinda think just as you can despise the fascist theocracy of Iran, while condemning an illegal and insanely reckless attack, you can also hope the aggressors get a bloody nose doing it.

Ban the fucking polymarkets. Betting on death. Betting on war while Incentivizing death and war. Shaping foreign/domestic policy by rewarding the rich people already in the know and encouraging them to make decisions that destroy the world while padding their pockets. Burn it down.

I know what war does to families. It doesn’t stay “over there”; it will be felt here too, for years to come. I don’t know how anyone who claims to love this country can support this northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

If it’s true Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick told a business audience last night that renewable companies are "screwed" if Reform get in, it tells you everything about their readiness to inflict national self-harm in pursuit of ideological war on climate action.

The U.S. and Israel launched coordinated military operations on Saturday

If every person who has attempted or plans to attend a No Kings March votes Blue in the midterm election Congress can be retaken. Think about what this simple act can accomplish. Be sure you double check that you are registered to vote well in advance. This is a very patriotic act .

Robert De Niro will appear this week at Carnegie Hall, where he will recite excerpts from a Philip Glass symphony about Abraham Lincoln that the composer once intended to stage at the Kennedy Center.

"USA/Israeli attack "an unlawful criminal act. The Iranian response is justified+lawful , in international law. Western media audiences are fed a false narrative by the perpetrators of the aggression: war profiteers+Zionist proxies. USA/Israel presented as victims." mondoweiss.net/2026/03/unde...

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Interested in a career in communications? We are looking a Communications Intern to join us on a full-time, fixed-term contract starting in September 2026. Applications close on Monday 9 March - find out more www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...

Moon, cloud, tower and crow...

Riverside lamps and girl on Vauxhall Bridge.

@imogenforster.bsky.social and here's another for you! Surely deserves a prettier name than Green Blotched moth!

@imogenforster.bsky.social here are some lovely moths for you. I particularly love the colourful one in the lower left photo

Don't let up!!! #Iran #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTH CARE. Thank you to the NY Attorney General’s Office for affirming our community.

Super stoked to be at Fiction Fest, a brand new literary festival coming to Manchester on April 11. I'm hosting the panel "Monsters in the Margins" featuring @garethlpowell.bsky.social, @manylittlewords.bsky.social, @melliver.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social! Tickets at www.fictionfest.co.uk!

Comment le mot "tennis" a-t-il rebondi dans notre langue? C'est un emprunt aller-retour : du français à l'anglais, puis de l'anglais au français... 👇

So worried about Cyprus. Either the British bases stop embroiling us in their illegal wars or get out.

Happy publication day to Barbara and her terrific-sounding book! 🥳

Nope!!! #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinFiles

youtu.be/E20u5y7CJZQ Midterms are coming. Rick Steves sounds the alarm.

Not just Israel, but also Saudi Arabia who put a lot of pressure on Trump to attack Iran. Yes, Saudi Arabia who committed 911 and chopped up an American citizen. The billions Saudis personally gave the Trump family had a big payoff. 14 billion so far and three service members dead. sell out of USA