Hm.

[Hm. Many aspects of neoliberal Britain post-1979 would need to be 'adjusted'...]

“Brexit betrayal” - oh for god’s sake.. Every day, we’re paying to be poorer. We’re paying to be second class citizens on our own continent. We’re paying to queue. We’re paying for more red tape. We’re paying to be less secure and less trusted. Brexit IS the betrayal. And so is defending it.

Does he [Trump] think we're stupid? is not a rhetorical question. Trump really thinks his voters and apologists are as thick as pig shit. Sadly, he's not wrong.

Someday, someone is going to make a movie about the tech-bros who recklessly dismantled the professional US administrative state and it’s going to be devastating. Gripping excerpt from “Into the Wood Chipper,” Nicholas Enrich. h/t @marisakabas.bsky.social www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

Frog hurried home. He found a pencil and a piece of paper. He wrote on the paper.

[Hm. Wondering about a Paddington/Terminator crossover, 'Steel Beneath The Fur'. Browns last five minutes...]

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

[Added to the British Twat Hall of Infamy]

The greatest lie I ever believed was that local newspapers died because the internet made them irrelevant. Newspapers were wounded by the internet, they DIED because of private equity vulture owners, full stop. One of the first industries targeted. (Read “Bad Company.”)

It's so funny to me that right-wingers love to pretend to love the Middle Ages and the Crusades and all that and then complain that the Pope shouldn't get involved in politics.

it is not inevitable or even likely that social media, as we know it, will exist for the rest of our lives. future generations will look much more harshly on this stuff than we do smoking.

this really is a significant blow to the global far right. Hungary under Orban was more than a financier and place to host events: it was a proof of concept

yummy! this looks effin delicious! ☠️ — #repostyourart #booka #aughost #kleineKunstklasse

[Hm. He's going to be stuffed, in a crystal casket, in a mausoleum by his 'Trumphal' arch isn't he?]

I’m no convert, but I don’t think telling the pontiff what to do is how catholicism works???

[Accurate]

[More of this sort of thing]

[Hm. For ICE, presumably?]

Hm.

[cf. Peter Theil ad nauseam]

Pope Leo is no angel.

This is a major statement & stark warning: •China expects others “not to interfere in our affairs”. The implication is clear: The US is interfering in Chinese affairs •The agreements China has with Iran include Iranian ships and Iranian ports en route to China •”Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz”

When you pay your taxes this year, remember: Thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, many huge corporations will pay little to nothing in federal taxes. [@itep.org]

"By his shit art and tasteless ballrooms shall ye know the Beast" -- The Book of Revelation

"The image clearly depicts me as a simple vendor of seafood sandwiches"

1. Your goal is to retrieve your treasure from a monstrous entity. 2. All you need is a pen and paper, but expensive software makes it much easier. 3. The rules are constantly being updated, but they’re still shackled to a system from the 1970s.

He has lost Peter Baker. I repeat, he has lost Peter Baker. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

“Each detail adds another crease to the cringe. It’s a billionaire bride’s desperate attempt to make the most abnormal lifestyle seem relatable.” Profile of a very modern Marie Antoinette - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

Okay folks, midterm elections aren’t that far off, let’s Budapest this motherfucker.

[Masters of disguise]

I’ve written a bit more about this: PROFILE OF A VERY MODERN MARIE ANTOINETTE brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/profile-of...

[borb]

The almost sacred perfection of a bunch of asparagus, 1697, by Adriaen Coorte. It’s his day today.

[Hm. More tribute, I think, than payment...]

Hm.

Whether it's Donald Trump attacking the Pope or Barack Obama asking for Dijon mustard on a hot dog, both men shattered Washington norms.

Cartoon featuring Roger Scruton from the June 2019 issue of Viz. Scruton died about 7 months after it was published, but not as a result of it, as far as I know.

It's worth noting here that these aren't bombings. This is demolition The IDF are able to freely walk around here and rig these obviously residential properties with demolition explosives, so it's not like there's any threat at all to them This is, VERY clearly, the war crime of wanton destruction

GB News repeatedly presented Reform UK and Conservative politicians and activists as being ordinary members of the public, without declaring their political affiliations. Byline Times investigation reveals pattern of behaviour by the Channel, but Ofcom still refuses to act

A great moment to remember why Scruton's FT column came to an abrupt end.

A little something I wrote that's in today's @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

But why has China become a global leader in renewable energy production? Because the fossil fuel industry has used its enormous influence (and funding) to attack any moves towards a transition to renewable energy in the West, using both the libertarian & far right political movements & the media.

Layers of irony: “Diana Sosoaca, a far-right member of the European Parliament from Romania called Vance’s Hungarian visit “a big mistake” given widespread revulsion at the Iran war on the continent. She spoke in an interview posted by the Kremlin-controlled network RT.” apnews.com/article/orba...

[Hm. Do hope this 'politicians dancing' doesn't become a thing.]

“It’s deeply shocking that Reform has developed such close ties with Orbán’s regime, an authoritarian govt with an appalling record of rolling back democracy and civic rights” Where ‘deeply shocking’ = entirely on brand. Hungary shows us we must never give them power. www.desmog.com/2026/04/08/m...

Populism is a fundamentally dishonest form of politics, that attracts fundamentally dishonest people. It is a tissue of lies that validates the darkest prejudices, and covers up the most blatant greed and corruption. It generates wealth for the few, and suffering for the many.