Fixed it

Leader (👇): I want you to be precise and composed. Player: Sounds great… How would you like me to do that?

Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons. Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.

Not even close

A metaphor for the times in which we live

This a really solid pummeling, and Farage has earned every ounce of it.

Farage going abroad (when he should be in Westminster) to slag off his own country to ingratiate himself with a foreign regime...such a statesman, such a patriot.

I’m led to be believe that people are most overconfident of things they’ve never done before… Tice also confirmed that Reform UK will be looking to launch its own Reform UK branded pool manager, because "bluntly, we think we can do this better". www.pensionsage.com/pa/Reform-br...

I have the honour of speaking at my son’s wedding today. So I’ve picked out the cufflinks a client kindly gifted to me when I was at my peak.

I see he’s at it again

A theoretical underpinning as to why, for example, political messaging such as ‘too many immigrants’ morphs into something all together more sinister. Which, of course, the originators will welcome. santafe.edu/news-center/...

Less can be more: We have identified the cause of the problem and are working around the clock to fix it. Vs👇

This morning I have managed to pair up 18 stray socks. And I’m not sure life is gonna get any better than it feels right now.

My (now) habitual response to an unspeakable L.A.R.S. event. Because, all told, I is still one lucky hombre.

Sadly from the other place - but more stories like this please.

Lest I forget: “Experiences of connection and status are universally pursued and treasured by humans. They’re critical signals that we’re living safe and successful lives. Without these signals, the brain senses we’re in danger and we became mentally unwell.” willstorr.substack.com/p/a-crisis-o...

Brilliant

Low Anterior Resection Syndrome can be no more controllable than my emotional brain. Yet, much like any unwanted feeling, and even after scrabbling my plans like a pigeon on a chessboard, it’s still my call on how to live the rest of the day without any further enshittification.

Motivated reasoning shaping perception.

Stories beat data every time.

Sacked my step counter this morning. And Strava could be next if things don’t pick up.

[Paraphrasing] When you are convinced someone else’s gain is your loss conspiracy theories become a natural explanatory mechanism. We don’t quite know how ‘they’ do it, but we are sure they are taking advantage and exploiting us. koenfucius.substack.com/p/the-evolut...

I absolutely get this. And used it this morning to enhance my day. I also occasionally wish I was an Amazonian tribesmen that’s yet to be contacted by the modern world.

A case in point I suspect. At least if the comments are anything to go by.

Constantly commentating on the incremental progress you may or may not be making is not especially useful. All it does is further stoke the salience of an issue that, while unresolved in the eyes of voters, benefits the party most trusted on the issue.

I’m looking for a two word phrase. For the meaning that seeps from the pages of a book - that the author never intended. The way an angel’s share of whiskey evaporates from an oak barrel, which the distiller is powerless to plug.

We vastly over estimate how successfully others can interpret what we have said and how accurately we interpret what others have said. observer.co.uk/news/science...

To put a +ve spin on having low anterior resection syndrome, when I have to get up in the night for what I’m going to call a ‘motion’ I do a minimum of 20 press ups before getting back into bed.

This was me yesterday getting just about as riled as I allow myself to get after spending most of the day on the toilet.

“It makes no difference whether they laugh at us or revile us, whether they represent us as clowns or criminals; the main thing is that they mention us”. Guess who…

Children are innately open, curious, happy, and full of wonder and laughter. This is also the natural state of adults until we think ourselves out of it.

If you’re going to apologise to your customers best to make sure it’s a selfless apology on their behalf. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For all those people on the other place that like to diss the performance of e.g. one particular BBC tennis commentator, can we have a rule that says: yes, you can absolutely do this - but only if you open up your own job performance to mass public appraisal?

Read it on the train back from London and the results are in. Might the contents of this book been so easy to apply in his daily life that the guy opposite me was able to sleep contentedly for the whole two and half hour outward journey? I’m gonna say no.

The barista that aligned the sleeve with the cup like this👇 is my kind of person.

Recent small sample experience would appear to questionably support what the research tentatively suggests. Everyone in London walks faster than me.

Chap opposite me on the train to London had this volume👇on the table in front of him. And he slept like a well fed kitten for the entire two and half hour journey. I’m not sure whether this is a testimony to the book or not. But I guess there’s one way to find out. Will keep you posted…

So pleased to be able to identify the bird song around me. Finally. Thanks to this little app for making my dog walks even more enjoyable. Gonna research nesting boxes next.

This is extraordinary.

Perhaps the most disorienting aspect of being alive together is that none of us will ever know what another perceives. www.themarginalian.org/2025/06/02/o...

This morning he entered the dining room and said good morning to everyone. For breakfast he said ‘I thought… I might… have mushrooms on toast?’ In a way that suggested he may be thought of as a creature from another planet for entertaining such a notion. He continues to grow on me.

Seeing the world through tunnel vision, shaped by its egocentric desires, there is always something which the monster cannot see and is likely to overlook… It is, in some crucial respect which turns the day, blind.

Standards. An older gentleman eating breakfast with his wife at the table next to mine has just apologised for sitting with his back to me. I like that man.

Not wishing to advertise ‘the other place’ but I think George has a point👇 In my experience, speaking about yourself in the 3rd person can put psychological distance between you and any thoughts and feelings that aren’t helping and with which you might otherwise fuse.

I’m gonna guess AI

Yes, finally. apnews.com/article/braz...

Will Trump's proposed movie tariffs will help or hurt the American entertainment industry? Markets responded pretty clearly.

The score card after Buffett announces he's stepping down this year: 5,502,284% for Berkshire vs 39,054% in the S&P 500. I forget who pointed this out but Berkshire could fall 99% and he'd still have outperformed over his career.

Wishing Mr. B a long and healthy retirement.