* of Trump Turnberry Golf Course ** number of times he cheated at each hole *** confirmed everything we suspected

His lawyer will say he’s too stupid to know the meaning of what says. I used to hear people proudly share a “neat trick” that involved “get hold of some company headed notepaper”. They were offended when I told them the creation of a fake document for gain was literal fraud and imprisonable.

"That was a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Democrats"

I love Cinema Paradiso, but I didn’t know this history. Time to dig it out again.

Heartened by the return of one of the classic Trump bits, which is when he sways faintly and says "I'd like to see low IQ [person of color he saw on TV] try to pass the test that's regularly administered to me by medical professionals, the famous unbeatable Test To Determine Extent Of Brain Trauma,"

“I saw it on the news, these … gangsters… barely kids … tommy guns … that fired custard pies … pies like nobody ever saw before “

Meloni missed an opportunity to do a very funny thing.

Less than a year ago….

There should be an section of Serious Trouble on this @kenwhite.bsky.social Seems like it meets Malicious Falsehood, but also Owens is a notorious wingnut.

Sat two seats over from John Malkovich on a flight to the US after scoring a business class upgrade. He flashed me a “don’t recognise me glare” as I sat down. Same trip I sat behind Alan Greenspan and his bodyguard at Jurassic Park 2.

Clear memories of being traumatised!

Facebook’s user knowledge really is amazing. Lines up with the ad they served me for renouncing US citizenship or paying off my New Zealand Student Loan.

The reason a lot of very poor countries have higher tariffs is in part because they lack the state capacity to collect other taxes, or the affluent citizens to pay them. It's easier logistically to collect revenue at a few border crossings than from every business or employee in the country.

The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country. The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US. He had a golf tournament to get to.

At last, Scotland will make the finals!!

Turns out I was wrong. Turns out the very worst take on yesterday’s Oval Office presser was LinkedIn, not Elon’s Twitter

🎶 when you go, will you send back a lettuce from America? 🎶

They should totally make a Bioshock TV show and film it right here in Singapore. Atlas Bar was built for it.

My one constructive criticism on BlueSky, as a community: we need to “like” less and “retweet” more. In the absence of an algorithm, that’s the way we find each other and reward good content.

“Oh no, my new jacket! How was I to know that the ‘Wet Paint’ sign was there for a reason!”

Taking my then 30 month old daughter to see Paddington 2, her first ever cinema movie. Any doubts that she knew what was going on were dispelled when she she jumped up on her seat and shouted “No! Paddington! Baddies come!” during the final chase scene. I wish I could relive that moment daily.

Iain Banks!

Adjusting for “fame”: Tim Cook or Alex Ferguson