“and a school therapist told Ruby's mum she must have "made" Ruby trans by hoping for a girl during pregnancy. Her advice was to start forcing Ruby into "boys' clothing" to restore authority.” Let’s go back to a 16th century way of thinking. And while we’re at it, let’s violently oppress the child.

Bluesky's Correct English Usage tasr urges Daily Mail to stop using "less" when they mean "fewer".

“Why are there still so many radi­olo­gists? In 2016, Geof­frey Hin­ton, often described as the “god­father of AI”, said they were already on bor­rowed time.

So how has that pre­dic­tion turned out, and what can we learn from it?”

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Painting created by Anthony Dare, December 1964, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital in Surrey, where he was compelled to live. This is one of four surviving works by him & no biographical information is currently known to us

A Dark Eyed Junco from this morning. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin

We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...

When I was a child I entered a colouring contest and my mum got my nan to post me a toothbrush, pretending I'd won it as a prize. I hadn't thought about this for years but I see that Trump has been awarded the FIFA Peace Prize and for some reason it came into my mind.

“Day Trip­per” is a head­long, driv­ing rocker that angli­cises the urgent whoop of 1960s Stax and Motown. Ringo lifts the chorus with a four-onthe-snare groove sim­ilar to the Four Tops’ “I Can’t Help Myself”, the Beatles’ track has a momentum that never flags. ft.pressreader.com/article/2822...

Disclaimer (cheat sheet): I worked concerts. Still, ever, my favourite is was and will always be artists who treated min wage staff, me, decent. Prodigy. Michael Jackson. Cliff Richard (no shit). AC/DC. Sven Vath. Sven Vath, part doop youtu.be/uInltd4OkTQ?...

Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good

Inez & Charlie Foxx Jimi Hendrix Zoot Money Incredible String Band The Roches

"Looks set to begin to turn the tide on child poverty".

Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...

From the CWS ARCHIVE. 16th May and 13th June 2020.

Cartoon by Nick Anderson

What a clever idea!

"My son's ghosting skills are impressive." 📸 omochi_nam01

ft.pressreader.com/article/2818... Will the next blockbuster drug come from China?

"Do you know the muffin man?" "The muffin man?" "The muffin man. Oh do you know the muffin man? He's damaging his brain."

A mega-thread by @torstenbell.bsky.social, author of "Great Britain? How We Get Our Future Back" (& Government Minister who hopefully will rise further), on how the government's economic policies are, methodically, focusing on improving productivity & economic growth. Worth reading the whole thing.

Joe Orton and his murderous lover, Kenneth Halliwell, were imprisoned for defacing the covers of library books. Borrowers were pissed off because the contents did not live up to the promise of the “ defaced” covers. friendsofim.com/wp-content/u...

For St Andrew’s Day we present а long-distance musical collaboration. BBC Scotland Weather presenter Calum MacColl and I perform ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns. #StAndrewsDay

A bit of Joy for you!

ft.pressreader.com/article/2823... Hav­ing bought a 1935 Pack­ard hearse for £30, aim­ing to turn it into a hot rod, Pete Town­shend was shocked when it was towed away at the order of the Queen Mother, who drove past it daily from her home at Clar­ence House and felt it to be an eye­sore.

“The otherworld rewards skilled navigators and destroys the careless: Treasures turn to leaves; fairy wives eventually disappear back home; hubris causes travelers to be lost forever, or worse, to wither and die.” @defaultfriend.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...

I was talking only the other day about how funny I found Lukas Moodyson's Together (2000). At the time of release it was criticised as being anti-American. Anyroad, I picked it up at a local charity shop which has a 3 dvd for a quid(3) offer. Funny to find it so soon after recalling it!

OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8

the price of populism

I love this so much. Macaulay Culkin carried that movie on his back. Remarkable for a child actor. Plus it still holds up!

Day laborer organizers in California are lining up at Home Depot to buy a single 17-cent ice scraper, return it, and repeat the process in an effort to slow sales and protest the store’s cooperation with ICE operations.

Every time

crookedtimber.org/2025/11/22/m... "Having failed with the Cybertruck and robotaxis, Tesla’s value depends almost entirely on the Optimus humanoid robot. There’s a strong case that Optimus will be outperformed by rivals like Unitree But the bigger question is: why build a humanoid robot at all?"

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...

Well worth reading by Nick Barr: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

On National Populism. This post by @jydenham.bsky.social made me think. Particularly striking section bellow: open.substack.com/pub/nationst...

Some wisdom from Leonard Cohen #poetry #poem #quoteoftheday

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...

A chart mega-thread to start your week:

Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the West Coast of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmake

Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors profadamroberts.substack.com/p/middlemarc...

It's sad that 65 years after the publication of this image, the ideas of George Lincoln Rockwell are having a moment, while the ethos of Norman Rockwell is being openly derided by millions.