Me and my dogs, just relaxing

This is a clear sign that the Overton window has shifted when it comes to race and national identity. It’s a disturbing and dangerous change which goes to show liberal values aren’t universal or inevitable, but something you have to fight for.

Preach it Pope Leo!

I've been appalled by the hijacking of Christianity by those protesting outside asylum seekers accommodation recently, so I made this biblical counterpoint. It also applies to American Christian Nationalists and their weaponisation of ICE. youtu.be/IIA1inJ97-A?...

I've been appalled by the hijacking of Christianity by those protesting outside asylum seekers accommodation recently, so I made this biblical counterpoint. It also applies to American Christian Nationalists and their weaponisation of ICE. youtu.be/IIA1inJ97-A?...

As with foreign aid, the idea that modern militaries adopted rules of engagement because they were taken over by sissy altruists - and not out of hard experience and strategic calculation - is (or should be) laughable. If only our leaders premised their strategic decisions on moral consideration.

We have Google smart speakers, which work fine for everything, except when my wife asks it to play music. Whatever music she asks for, no matter how she asks, it always plays the same song: "Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?" by Arctic Monkeys. She doesn't even like Arctic Monkeys

This kind of idea crops up on a semi-regular basis. I wrote about it in 2014 when the much missed Simon Ricketts posted about a similar project being floated at the time navelcutbacks.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/i...

Media: REFORM ON TRACK TO WIN NEXT ELECTION ALSO Media: NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG

Via The Independent: Donald Trump’s false claim that London ‘wants to go to Sharia law’ has been described as ‘appalling and bigoted’ by Mayor Sadiq Khan. The Muslim Council of Britain responded: “We pray for Mr Trump's health and wellbeing as his hallucinations seem to be getting worse by the day”

Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."

Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.

Trump going on about London being a terrible, unsafe place to live. London’s homicide rate is c1.5 per 100,000, a tiny fraction of most American cities (e.g. St Louis 88, Atlanta 32). Maybe he should stop listening to Herr Farage and get his own house in order. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Maybe he should stop seeing autism as a problem to be solved, take heed of actual scientific advice, fire secretary brain worm, and not use frustration to cause fear and disinformation throughout the world. Just a thought.

My wife took this photo as she left for work this morning. This is the kind of emotional manipulation we have to deal with on a daily basis.

Trump's "feelings" are based on the original hoax by Andrew Wakefield who, coincidentally, had just filed a patent on a solo measles vaccine whilst being funded by a group wanting evidence for a class action lawsuit against MMR manufacturers, evidence Wakefield (provably) fabricated.

I mean, it's a political rally with a memorial service tagged on really, isn't it?

For some reasons Jesus' words to the Pharisees in Matthew 12 come to mind when reading this thread

Technologically advance a band: The Rolling Iron

Technologically advance a band: The Rolling Bronze

Here is the Labour government's response

Farage made a pledge to remove 600,000 people without legal status [having said a year ago he wouldn't pledge that because he knows it is impossible] Elon Musk and Rupert Lowe said that was too weak & they wanted "proper deportations" and Farage has shifted further now

Technologically advance a band: Midnight Solid-State Battery

Just over on @cnn.com leaning into #newspeak But enlighten us. What exactly is a “chief loyalty enforcer?”

I watched about 20 seconds of Frank Turek, and gave up in anger when he said Kirk "sacrificed himself for his saviour". It's just appalling.

It's time we stopped fighting amongst ourselves and blaming one another for the problems of the world, and look to those with power, wealth and influence

The Jewish scriptures limit 'retributive justice' to an eye for an eye - proportional, measured. This cannot be justified as such. It is, unbridled revenge. The Christian scriptures go further, and urge forgiveness & love for our enemies - seeking the best for those who don't appear to deserve it.

It is worth remembering that the lives lost in the current campaign of terror against the people of Gaza far outnumber those claimed by many years of officially designated 'terrorist' action from Hamas and other groups aimed at ending the apartheid system effectively imposed on the people Palestine.

Badenoch and Netanyahu both said that UK recognition of Palestine "rewards terror". No, failing to recognise them would reward genocide and war crimes. I'm no fan of Starmer, but I applaud what he's doing here.

My grandson had his first day at playgroup without his mum today. I just felt this place needed an unbearably cute 2 year old to lighten things up a bit.

He is absolutely correct. This is worth a watch.

If this had been Biden, or Diane Abbott, he'd have been mercilessly mocked and ridiculed by those who support him and the increasingly compliant news media.

Utterly hideous

I can't help but feel there's been a little bit of the Streisand Effect over the Kimmel cancellation. With news channels running it all over the world, countless more people have seen that bit of the monologue than would ever have done so otherwise. They just played a chunk of it on BBC News.

This really isn't how I'd have phrased the news of LeBron's retirement

Defund Paw Patrol!!

Watching Paw Patrol with my grandson brings up all sorts of questions: Who keeps voting that silent film villain in as mayor? Who funds the Paw Patrol? Do they get their wealth from having several talking dogs? What jurisdiction do they have? Why is a child in charge of all that expensive tech?

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Feels like prime Fergie-era United

Make a band singular Dave Dee

Same vibes

‘Hello Goodbye’ gets dismissed as a stupid McCartney song, but it’s great and a deserved number one. Ringo’s drumming is incredible, the video has McCartney taking the piss out of Lennon, Lennon doing Elvis, Harrison looking bored throughout, the Mop Top throwback, hula girls at the end. Wonderful.

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

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Erling Haaland's 5 goals against Moldova this week was the first time a Norwegian player has scored 5 goals in one international match since 1948 when Odd Wang Sørensen vs USA Odd Wang Sørensen

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Gary’s tirelessly spoken up for the people of Gaza, asylum seekers, migrants & against racism.Many in the media and beyond have tried to turn him into a hate figure. They assumed they were on the right side of those issues.Tonight the public voted him Best Presenter ending Ant & Dec’s 23 yr record.

My first concern tonight is for a human being who has been shot, and for his family. My second concern is a deep worry about how Trump and his acolytes respond to this shooting, who they'll go after, and how hard they'll go after them. It's a time for level heads at a time when they aren't there.

🚨 BREAKING: Charlie Kirk has been shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University. This heinous and vile attack is a stain on our democracy. Violence must NEVER be the answer to political disagreements—our strength is in ideas, not bloodshed.

Also worth noticing that some people going to America to escape warfare or violence are worthy of human dignity and care in Trump's eyes, whereas others are not. I wonder where the distinction lies...