It’s a scandal that the independent cafes on Parliament Hill are being turned over to a bougie Aussie chain, against the wishes of thousands of Hampstead Heath regulars. Tell the City of London again - these beloved institutions must stay!

Happy anniversary, Widget! Five years with this beggar and raw sprout consumer ❤️

transphobes using money and power to bully little kids is absolutely no different from mobs turning up to intimidate refugee families, and you should treat anyone who so much as excuses either of these things with complete contempt

Somali Minnesotans are our neighbors - and in Minnesota, we give a damn about each other. Donald Trump's goons have caused fear and division everywhere he's sent them. We don’t need this chaos - and Minnesotans will reject it. I’m with you.

People are probably calling Labour racist because Labour keep being racist. If they want to stop being called racist they should stop doing racist things.

My whippet has a case of the Chattertons this morning:

NYC friends and also @hoosteen.bsky.social - could this be for you?

FIVE! Many happy returns, delightful Widget!

01.08.2010/22.10.2025 WILF Thank you for the days…

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

Further to this observation, I have just been presented with a dead mouse Widget found behind the bathroom door. 😶🤢🤮

Everybody pour one out for poor Widget, who got jumped by a staffy/bull cross at lunchtime. He’s fine now, but is off games for two weeks 😥

Let’s talk about ‘whoa.’ First of all, ‘woah’ is not yet considered an established spelling variant of ‘whoa.’ While ‘woah’ has grown in prevalence since the late 20th century, ‘whoa’ is still about 5 times as common as ‘woah.’

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I can see how a Replacements biopic is a tempting idea but man you you gotta nail it or you're just begging a bunch of the most opinionated fifty-something guys on the planet to never give you a moment's peace lol

Shana Tova to all my mensches 🍎🍯

Friends, I really don’t like this barracking of settled migrants (like me) by political xenophobics. They must be stopped by everyone else because we (the public, rather than politicians or media creating FUD to gain eyeballs) are better than that.

May the road rise to meet you, Stirmonster. RIP ❤️

RIP to this moral hottie, who paid his privilege forward by founding the Sundance Festival and Institute. If you know me IRL, I might’ve mentioned the relative who assisted him in setting it all up. Robert Redford, 1936-2025.

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

Widget’s eyes: part Winehouse, part Doonesbury…

Art by Rylee Fitch, a 14 year old eighth grader, in the 4-H Building at the Minnesota State Fair. #gunreform #mnstatefair

Autumn signs: it’s 15°C and we’re serving WHIPPET WON-TON.

Hey @jonathandnunn.bsky.social there’s a stunning writer who might have some opinions about what’s wrong in pub world rn, see below :)

Which nation is celebrating National Dog Day?

When it’s so hot, even the whippets are going for a swim…

It’s nice to unfollow melts.

Went to scrump the mulberry trees in a nearby Inn of Court. Haul 800g plus I now have the probable origin of the term ‘red-handed’…

Remembering my friend Liz Daplyn, who has a memorial bench in Queen Square that I pass most days. If you’re nearby today, it’s a good day to drop by and pay your respects.

I called my Republican representative's office back this morning (I called yesterday to ask that he vote no) and said that since he voted for it, I will forward all my medical bills to his office if/when I lose my insurance. And I suggest that others do the same. Make them see what they've done.

If you haven't read the graphic novel "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi, I highly recommend it. penguinrandomhousesecondaryeducation.com/book/?isbn=9...

Bring back Book Bloc! www.brh.org.uk/site/2020/10...

UK/US LITERARY AGENTS: Are you willing to look at submissions from former Unbound authors on the, uh, rebound? If so, please drop a line in my DMs with your contact and #MSWL or area of expertise. Especially looking for people who rep nonfiction. Some TRULY excellent books looking for homes.

Anyone saying ‘DEI’ here in the UK is telling you very directly where their hate is imported from.

May Day with Widget and some bluebells…

Blueberry muffins the size of a toddler’s head from Palm’s Bakery in St. Louis Park MN. Since it was next to the high school, they kept truants happy for 55 years.

Attention @danhancox.bsky.social

Today, Parliament Square. Fantastic to see so many people turning up to show solidarity with trans people!

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

republicans are disappearing people under the guise of fighting antisemitism and can’t even pretend to give a fuck when a jewish governor’s house gets firebombed on passover

Makes sense. Mind blown.

We want to hear from female artists / girl bands - lots of fellas applying (which is not necessarily a bad thing) It’s going to be amazing - girls, shout up. Nudge / tag any female artists helpushelpbands.com

An Oscar-winning director is attacked and then disappeared. Time for the international film community to step up. apnews.com/article/no-o...

No cheating. Post the last photo of your pet.