Landseer sells for stag-gering sum: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

TR's review of Trump's speech... "A bunch of bull shit."

On June 23, 2026, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) outlined the “unprecedented corruption of [the] Trump White House” in the first 500 days of the president’s second term. “This is a national crisis,” Murphy said, “and we should start acting like it.” “The pay-to-play schemes. The pardons for donors.

Surely 1776 was a national humiliation? Why should we celebrate it? On the other hand, when I look at the US now, especially #Trumpipumpipiddlipoo, I wash my hands of them: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kemi the despatch box terrier: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Only a wee chap: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Kievan nights:

Harry Truman left the White House without any income other than his Army pension of $113 (£85) per month. The 33rd US president later wrote that it was wrong to "commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I thought he was always 'unconscious'?

Cave Kanem:

Is Kane able?

Death of Humphrey Smith, who wouldn't have telephones or curses in his pubs: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Taking my mind off things: open.substack.com/pub/gilesmac...

The Fourteenth Amendment that established birthright citizenship came out of a very specific moment and addressed a specific problem. After the Civil War ended in 1865, former Confederates in the American South denied their Black neighbors basic rights. To remedy the problem, the Republican

The surviving chunk of mediaeval Spitalfields: open.substack.com/pub/lookuplo...

Durians from heaven: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In a 927-page disclosure, [Trump] reported $635m in royalties from a Trump meme coin that has plunged in value since he launched it days before taking office. He also reported over $500m in income from World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm founded by his own sons and the children

The Campanile is close to but completely detached from the church. And in the interstitial space architecture emerges. Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio San Biagio

Hunky Bunker: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

He he! www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Trump "You can just grab women by the pussy." Deposition in rape trial, E. Jean Carroll, 10/19/22. Found guilty www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

tRUMPS GREEN SWAMP PARTY ORIGINAL POST VIDEO WITH COMMENTS HERE... www.facebook.com/share/v/1D5V... www.facebook.com/watch?v=1008...

First, the White House doesn't date back to July 4, 1776, idiot. It opened on November 1, 1800. Second, the tackiest man in the United States and its president should *not* be the same person. Third, nice inspiration, fascist.

Pay up deadbeat or she’ll put liens on your properties.

The Boulter's back! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...

The US President is highly principled. His principle is “If you back me, I’ll reward you, but if you show any opposition I’ll make your life hell.”

The swastika beneath the eagle has been removed.

Greg Sargent of The New Republic countered that “Trump constantly and explicitly holds up his naked corruption *as a badge of honor* that his supporters are supposed to thrill to (and see benefit for themselves in). He thinks corruption is the highest form of winning.”

Inspirational farm preserved: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Putain coming clean? He admitted Ukraine's attacks were "obviously creating problems": "We are currently seeing a certain shortage," he said, "but it's not critical." He promised to increase production of air defences to protect Russian energy infrastructure,

record-breaking heat threatens return:

substack.com/@beinglibera.... Let’s see how this pans out. 🤨

Why are y'all shocked

AndyPandy sounds a bit provincial. What's he going to do about Trumpipumpipiddlipoo, Putain and the Yahoo? Because if he doesn't do something about them, there won't be a Manchester, or a London.

Germany's declining population: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Twilight of Patum Peperium: open.substack.com/pub/clubland...

On this day in 1863, a Czech Jewish man, a widower, was born. On the 7 May 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt where he perished on the 14 Jul 1942. His one surviving son perished in the Shoah. His name was Jakub Derblich

WTF is wrong with UK media? Farage claims he wasn’t in politics prior to receipt of the £5m. He was majority shareholder (53%) of Reform. May 2023–April 2024. Farage served as the party's Honorary President. How can you be an Honorary President of a political party and not be involved?

Raducanu Won't make it through It's a question of stress I might say at a guess. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...

I shall have to transfer my support to Austria: 'Iran’s exit: The team’s elimination ended one of the most politically charged sports odysseys in recent history. The captain complained of logistical challenges, blaming FIFA for “a disaster World Cup.”'

Sri Lanka is using military drones to fight mosquitoes, as the country faces one of its worst dengue fever outbreaks in years (New York Times).

James Talarico of Texas open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Digging in a drawer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wonder how the footie's going? The price of the tickets, the risk of strip searches and other outrages must have put some fans off? Are the stadiums full? Is the World Cup filling the coffers of the fake president Trumpipumpipiddlipoo?

There must be tens of people there.