Left: Christian faith leaders praying with President Trump Right: Pope Leo on Palm Sunday, "Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, he rejects then, saying: Even though you make many prayers I will not listen, your hands are full of blood"

Loving all the scenes of #NoKings in the US. Just saw someone walking behind a CNN reporter from Minneapolis with a sign that said “no faux-king pedo.” Brill.

Trying to find out if there’s a #NoKings protest tomorrow in London. Hey America— we’re ALL affected by the mess Trump’s made. We want to protest too! It’s called #NoTryants here (fair). It says it is TBD. Someone should prob update the page. Is this happening? @50501movement.bsky.social

Last week Trump said he didn't need Britain's help because he'd already won this war. So we mustn't let him push the UK around now. Any decision on the deployment of our Armed Forces should be made in the UK's national interest and subject to a vote in Parliament.

I’ve lost count of the ways I disagree with Kemi Badenoch on Radio 4 Today. Any excuse to just disagree with government. We are defending our interests and our bases and sharing intelligence. To actively bomb Iran would be a massive escalation and a green light to more enemies.

This expert on the BBC was amazing and fascinating. Worth a listen. What a life of learning he’s had.

I’ll admit we’re feeling pretty despondent about the future blah blah. Will Trump press the button? So we’ve made a Spotify playlist that reflects “Cosmic Americana” with a more whimsical Presidential character. And we’re finishing our best whisky. Might as well. open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

More thoughts: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-mounting-costs

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My massive support of PM Pedro Sanchez continues…

This is just lovely. Neil Sedaka with his grandson.

The good people at @goodlawproject.org make it so easy to send an email. Getting Palantir out of our MOD and NHS will be harder. But it would be remiss not to try. notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

It was one of those days when you can see the ghosts of all the other lovely days. You drink a bit and watch the ghosts.

An email today from the @borowitzreport.bsky.social shared this: open.substack.com/pub/borowitz... And if you want to watch the BBC documentary - aired before a visit to the UK in 2018 - link is below. (And the origin of "Quiet Piggy"? Def The Apprentice show.) www.reddit.com/r/Political_...

This was v grueling to watch. Russian “meat storms” send men to die. An est 1.2m killed or wounded since the war began. Commanders killing their own men. Soliders killing comrades to steal bank cards. Civilians imprisoned for reciting poetry. A #BBC current affairs doc. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

What first attracted a man accused of using a highly offensive racial slur aimed at black people & making a derogatory remark about Jewish women to a party led by Nigel Farage? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Someone just described this cartoon to me in a meeting today. I felt it was worth sharing...

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

“Palantir was awarded a three-year contract by the MOD worth £75.2mn. The tender was not advertised and there was no competition.” @labouruk.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk whatever it takes — BOOT PALANTIR OUT OF MOD AND NHS. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

I wish there were a serious concerted effort by govt here to invite these scientists to the UK. I don’t hear that. What a lost opportunity. @libdems.org.uk @labouruk.bsky.social

I’m willing to bet Elon’s robots will be for soldiering and sex. Not emptying the dishwasher and changing bedpans. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Join Guy the Guide (Guy Hayward) for a 4-mile pilgrimage through beautiful landscapes around Frome in Somerset, enriched by our unique mix of songs and stories. Discuss pilgrimage literature with Luke Sherlock of Sherlock & Pages before heading out. Book: www.britishpilgrimage.org/events/frome...

For anyone thinking about how the future of work is impacted by AI please read this and tell me what you think: shumer.dev/something-bi...

May Day, celebrated on May 1st, is an ancient European festival marking midpoint between spring and summer, focusing on fertility and nature. So this event should be fun. And there’s a spot of May pole dancing too!!

Please please support.

This is so depressing and disheartening. And @savetoreuse.bsky.social and @thevicsoc.bsky.social worked so hard and underwrote a brilliant alternative plan. The people were NOT heard. Boo.

I’ve signed up. My BlueSky seems largely US accounts. Which is ok because. Well fascinating. But looking forward to this. I so hope it works.

“The traitor who wears the mask of the patriot” - Marat in the French Revolution - the more patriotic you appear to be, the more loudly you shout, the more likely it is that you are a traitor and should be denounced. History always shines a mirror for us. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Last week, I learned about this — something SUPER helpful for entrepreneurs and startups. A new European company structure - announced at Davos - that allows entrepreneurs to register a single legal entity operating seamlessly across all 27 EU member states. Another thing we’ve lost out of eu.inc

Bad Bunny has now joined Taylor Swift as an artist that doesn't make music I am interested in listening to, but has my full support anyway.

These events are led by truly wonderful guides, who I have got to know well over the past three years. I can't recommend them more highly. There are one-day events, or multi-day events with a chance to sleep overnight in an ancient church, which, if you've never done before, is utterly memorable.

This Spanish President has got it all going on.. first he welcomes the UK back into the EU saying “we miss you.” Then this.

Mandleson replaced a really competent diplomat as US Ambassador. So I looked her up. This woman devoted her entire life to the cause of diplomacy — something we’re supposed to be good at. I hope she got an apology. Oh. And she was then sent to the Balkans. 👇👇 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_P...

Uhm. No shit, Sherlock. It also means we will lose critical thinking and mastery skills… “when people use AI assistance, they become less engaged with their work and reduce the effort they put into doing it—in other words, they offload their thinking to AI.” www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

One of the wonderful things about volunteering so much of my time to this terrific charity, is that it allows me to pause amidst all the toxic news cycles and remember that history has long arcs. That stories are told over and again. And the Spring, eventually, returns. Here's to being hopeful.

While Badenoch fights Farage to be Britain’s version of Trump, we’re focused on fixing the NHS, protecting our country, and getting things done.

@newsagents.bsky.social try to expose as much as possible too.

Why is the WH continually calling brave Minneapolis protestors “paid agitators.” Isn’t that what the masked ICE thugs are? All I see in the protestors is a bunch of regular, normal people trying to stay on the right side of history.

Got a bit of a crush on Spain altogether at the moment. This is just one more reason. We thank you. Problem is, OUR LEADERS DON’T LISTEN! Except Sir Ed of course. But it still isn’t happening.

While it may seem like it's been raining every day of January, and that Spring will never come, today it begins! Today we celebrate Imbolc or Óimelc, the Celtic festival marking the return of spring and the beginning of new life. Perhaps light candles tonight to symbolise the growing sunlight.

Just finished Season 4 of #BabylonBerlin. Damn it’s good. Grueling. Intelligent. Gritty. Beautiful. Sexy. All around very compelling. So looking forward to season 5 - the final one. Much to recommend.

I wish there were a news beaded curtain behind which all the disgusting Epstein news could go, so I don’t have to see it. But anyone couldn’t they wanted. This is the front page of the BBC News today. You just know the Firm knew this was going coming, so pre-emptively dealt with Andrew’s baubles.

How on earth did this uncouth buffoon ever make it to the White House? More baffling, how on earth is he still allowed to continue wrecking the country; economically, socially and politically? The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!

Been reading the transcript of the Nuremberg trials. As you do on Holocaust Memorial Day. A chilling account of the absolute terror Hitler planned to unleash on the people of Poland. Here are some of his words to his generals before invading Poland : 1/ nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/documents/22...

Imagine being the kind of person who wants to share thoughts like this out loud. With the world. About a perfectly excellent artist who has devoted his life to singing the song of the people. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sinister.

The protest songs are here. Thank heaven and thank you @brucespringsteen.net

Idea: a license to show you’re fit to use email. Like a drivers license. Covers basic grammar, the ability to be precise, the number of emails you are permitted to send on a single topic, & whether the email contains anything untoward. Eg plans to layoff 16,000 people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bleak House is glorious. ❤️Every bit of it. But Ms Goldsbrough is right. It’s not for the faint hearted. If you can’t face the 752 pages, do try Simon Vance’s reading on Audible. Fantastic. 33 hrs. Fab. That’ll keep your mind off things. www.thetimes.com/article/bf8d...