The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.

I present the UK’s one and only TV show about books. We feature readers & writers from across Scotland, around the UK and all over the world. It’s commissioned by BBC Scotland & made by IWC. Public broadcasting is a shared space for sharing stories & building bridges. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Brilliant idea - when you're a tiny community group it can be so hard to cover those boring but essential costs like insurance!

Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply. Link below. Please share :)

Thank you Artcena, Institut Francais London, & @sacdparis.bsky.social - for making over 20 years of theatre translations of contemporary Francophone plays into English possible. So proud to see extracts of 2 of my recent translations, LUNE and LEVIATHAN, in there. 🎉 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."

So you can do a bicycle kick goal, huh? That’s nice. Can you do one in a snowstorm? #CPL #Canada

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

📢 Exciting news! Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social, has been awarded a British Art Network Connect Bursary 🎉 This August she’ll visit the International Anthony Burgess Foundation to explore the creative ties between Alasdair Gray & Anthony Burgess. #alasdairgray #thealasdairgrayarchive

earnest wealthy ppl on stage while ppl go hungry in the real world

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Autumn postbox topper #Glasgow

Berry palette, November. As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly. Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

We all know the difficulty the HE sector is in. But let’s work together to come up with solutions. The nuclear option damages our students & the reputation of our institutions. @ucflangs.bsky.social & @artsandhums.bsky.social are supporting colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Highly Qualified Director of the Kennedy Center everyone. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

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The Old Vic in London has officially opened its new Backstage space, a creative hub that features a free-to-use script library, a writers’ room and a studio theatre. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/old...

Gosh, Pauline Collins gone.

Know why all the multimillionaires and billionaires will not flee New York after the election of a socialist mayor? It's subtle, but do note they have millions of fucking dollars. And it's the greatest city if you have the cash for it. Or even if not. Get the fuck gone with these empty threats.

Pelosi: "Trump is a vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the earth. Because he's the president of the United States and he doesn't honor the Constitution of the United States."

Is this the promised Musk v Zuckerberg wanker-fight?

A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"

‘The poppy has been hijacked by the far-right. I can no longer wear it’ I’ve always worn a poppy to commemorate my family who fought and died defending democracy against Nazism. Not anymore now Nazis claim the symbol My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... From the people that brought you Brexit, told you Liz Truss was a genius.The white working class shippers of this nasty Trump tribute act need to wake up quick. He isn't on your side.

Every child deserves the chance to discover the magic of reading. A local initiative is raising funds to support literacy in Scotland through a sponsored read event. Please consider donating or sharing this cause to help children access the joy of books. www.gofundme.com/f/hyndland-s...

Zohran Mamdani has made history in his election as New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor, and its youngest in over a century. His progressive win is being hailed as a landmark moment for the city and a challenge to Donald Trump. jrnl.ie/6865041

The 34-year-old Democrat became the first Muslim and South Asian to be elected as the city’s mayor, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo. scroll.in/latest/10883...

New Yorkers elected young leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor and Democrats won two key state governor races as US voters delivered an early warning to President Donald Trump ahead of 2026's midterms. Here's what he said in his first public address after his win: www.ndtv.com/world-news/r...

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

RAISING HARE, Chloe Dalton's magical true story of caring for an injured hare has won the @booksaremybag.bsky.social Readers Award for Non-Fiction! Congratulations @chloedalton.bsky.social, and thank you to the readers and booksellers who've connected with Hare. #ReadersAwards #ChooseBookshops

It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

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oh no, I'm so sorry Teen Vogue, of all things, was the last refuge of speaking truth to power, braver than all the other "mainstream" outlets put together. This is really tragic.

YEEEEESSSSSS FUCK YES!

dear theatre, truth, not propaganda

Tim doesn't twig that the penny might drop that if people as far apart as Corbyn and Heseltine are calling Reform 'fascist' then they might have a point.

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