The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

There's a point at which "impartiality" becomes gaslighting. The BBC has crossed this point.

Our initial analysis is up. The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot. He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.

The guy should get a medal. He’s trashed Labour’s natural support base, sunk them to a distant second or third in the polls and made Starmer the most unpopular PM in history all for the grand reward of 0% of Reform voters switching to Labour. Quite an achievement.

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

Trump is weak, Bondi is weak, Miller is weak. The administration is filled with cartoon bullies who crumple when they face real opposition. Minnesotans get it. Denmark gets it. Lower court judges get it, and the best have moved into DGAF mode. When will SCOTUS get it? slate.com/news-and-pol...

What ICE is discovering is that sheer terror is not enough, and any policing of a large population needs the consent or at least the forbearance/cooperation of the community. Even the Gestapo and Stasi knew this. Turning the local population actively against you is Keystone capers.

Seventeen years have passed since this corker was released. Howling in disbelief. #NowPlaying www.last.fm/user/Guerril...

Occurs to me that my subconscious was at work here...

Welcome to the New Power Generation / The reason my voice is so clear / Is there's no smack in my brain #NowPlaying It's going to be one of those Friday nights

This is very cool - I'd never heard about the National Poetry Library in London until today, but apparently anyone with a UK address can get a library card, and they have a large online library for virtual borrowing, too. Join here (as I just did!): www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...?

I've said it before, but that time I was covering a select committee on cybersecurity and one of the MPs asked if cloud computing was actually in the sky still haunts me. (This was about 2014, but it feels like not much has changed...)

It is extremely exciting to be goverened by people who literally do not understand how computer make beep.

“It is too early to judge the assortment of war criminals, dictators and autocrats who have paid a demented racist warmonger a billion pounds to be a member of his exclusive club.”

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NATO & Denmark: We will give you the exact same security arrangements you have had for the past 40 years in Greenland. Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!

Mark Rutte has handed Donald Trump a piece of paper with ‘turn over to read our Greenland offer’ on both sides & that will occupy him for weeks

Every day we all have to think about one of the most irredeemable cunts in the history of the world. What’s he doing? What’s he said now? How will it affect your life? What will be left once he’s finished smashing it all up? It’s unconscionable

The Greenlandic government to Greenlanders: prepare for an invasion, and don't be put off by his statement at Davos that he doesn't intend to invade

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

how far is Davos from Dignitas

Can I just gently ask the good people of America not to elect a raving madman next time? It's a bit rum, frankly, and very trying for everyone else.

@stuhennigan.bsky.social Looking forward to reading Keshed. You got between Richard Burton and Richard Brautigan in my notebook...

Share a bird pic you took.

I hear a lot of people say: Trump is escalating. I don't know if that's quite le mot juste. Trump is *spiralling*. There's quite a big difference. The lack of any discussion around the 25th Amendment is astounding.

I am having wine about it because fucking hell.

Trump, who is not mad, has made 30 Truth Social posts in the last 30 minutes, topics including Muslims in the UK, Biden stealing the election, how right he is on Greenland, and other topics.

Vomit-inducing. Both of them.

evergreen

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

How to get into nature.

Yesterday I bought some trousers & last night I went to the Atlantic (the local disco). There was some nice blokes there, about 3 or 4 Punk blokes & lots of punk girls. My zip broke while I was pogoing & no one seemed to have any safety pins, even the punks.

imagine if it happens on tv

Robert Potts, former editor of Poetry Review and a critic who inspired me when I was starting out, has started a Substack about John Berryman’s 77 Dream Songs, after learning them all by heart. I just bought an old copy on eBay to keep to hand as I read along every week substack.com/home/post/p-...

This is a huge problem: humans are not wired to cope with this daily torrent of disgust & dismay. It's exhausting & unbalancing. It's tempting just to switch off the news. But that surrenders the political arena - & the lives of all those it affects - to the hooligans & vandals who are trashing it.

This is where we are at. For what? For nothing. For stupidity. For ego. For an old, demented malignant narcissist who expects the world to jump at his every whim. Well, when you follow international news you can see that the world has pretty much had enough of his bullshit.

Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah. It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.

Good to know they've flown Lewis out to report on what we already know from local reporters and residents. Essential journalism.

I suspect the vast majority of those Americans assume that one day they can simply say 'reset' to us, and all will be well. It won't be. America has never ever threatened a European democracy with invasion. Until now. We are in a new era.

So much sport has happened since I checked the score in the NFL play-offs... and they're still playing and have a whole quarter to go. Mad country.

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.

Oh dear god. All football should be like this. #Afcon

Britain is one of the best places in recorded history to be born, live, work and grow old. Lots of room for improvement obviously but combat the pessimism, it’s the forerunner of fascism.

I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵

I wouldn't make a good manager of a modern football team despite being very good with a notepad and pen - I thought Garnacho was the only real threat before he was substituted. #Chelsea

Also, what if this can’t be fixed or improved

I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.

I don't have any rum and sodomy's not for me but I have been on the lash. #NowPlaying