Listened to the @countbinface.bsky.social program on Radio 4Extra. I hope the Party Cadre at the failing BBC is going to hand 30 minutes of unedited airtime to the other candidate in the Clacton by-election

That's me in the corner. That's me in the spotlight, responding to a notification for an email I just sent to myself

You can also use the familiar address henninghamfamilypress.com and Tim Berners-Lee will personally usher you to the right place

Not again. Years ago, on the bad site, I quoted Nietzsche and got followed by nine Nietzsches

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese, 1867–1950) "Sailing Boats in the Morning, Inland Sea", 1926. Woodblock, 40 × 55 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

I stopped watching Julian Schnabel's Dante movie partway through. Possibly first time I've resigned from a film in 20 years. Plodding. Superficial. Uses shocks to keep you awake. If Daddy Warbucks imagined an "Arthouse Film", this is what he'd see. Like a Fellini film made by an American tourist

People say John Malkovich "had no formal training?!" But I think it really shows and avoid his work

I think the music artist that leaves me 100% cold is Frank Turner. Too much like a Christian youth pastor

There is a famous Zen story of a Zen master crying when his wife died. His students ask, "Master, why are you crying about your wife?" He answers, "Because I miss her."

Accidentally drove into a depot where they store decommissioned Police cars today Essentially a Sausage Rolls dealership

Careful in the hot weather, guys. The England flags they put on the lamposts in Dagenham for the World Cup have been bleached by the sun already. They look like they've been up there for months

Everyone remembers where they were when they heard Kennedy had been shot. I was in a GCSE history class in Romford

#Starmer made daily life for myself (a carer) and people I know (over their identity, skills, heritage, needs, age...) with a series of cruel decisions. He blighted lives lest an elderly couple in York tutted at a newspaper at the next election. He listened to think tanks, fanatics, but not us

I see the Pride discounts and think we should make things *more* expensive for a bit. Support the community (I already increase prices on Black Friday by up to 40%)

Why are NYT crosswords so bad? They rely heavily on plural 's' to end and join words, don't signify when multiple words are together, and these are often sentences, not known phrases. And they have gimmicks relating you have to solve backwards because they don't include a clue to most of the words

I believe Joe from Protomartyr makes their flyers with very basic equipment. Bands won't stick out with AI flyers protomartyrband.com/flyer-collec...

Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.

DS Rex King is back! Phantom at the Feast is in the shops today, published by the mighty No Exit Press ⛔️ @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social I hope you enjoy it! It’s #indiebookshopweek (13-20 June) @booksaremybag.bsky.social — support your local bookshop!🫡🙏✊

I'm genuinely uncertain whether this husband also exists

And just like that, The Coast of Everything is launched. Three wise writers: @junec.bsky.social @guillermostitch.bsky.social and @davidcollard.bsky.social

A pleasure to pay tribute to this novel, this writer, on this day of all days. Off to Dublin today for the Irish launch tomorrow: www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-for...

Terrible banning teenagers from social media the day before Bloomsday.

I was disappointed by Pretend It's A City ep1. We like to think an intellectual who refuses to have a phone would have a richer, more observant mind. Instead you just get an intellectual saying, repeatedly: "everyone is looking at their phone"

I took advantage of a world Cup pizza deal and didn't watch the match

Tonight! Join me and four special guests: composer David Bremner, polymath Gerry Fialka, author Rónán Hession and soprano Suzanne Savage. Free liquor, Dada cavorting and the shoutmost shoviality.

Last night I was interviewed by the wonderful Gerry Fialka. He asks set, strategic, deep questions... a kind of micro observation project Enjoy! youtube.com/live/ydqW3bg...

You should go. It will literally halve the amount of trouble

This Q is for a thing...

Watching USA prepare for its 250th feels like watching an influencer prepare for their wedding. Not so much "I give it six months" as "i hope the venue took a deposit"

Bit of doomscrolling relief for you here. Genuinely sweet story. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

You have the aura of someone who can find the eroticism in terms of service

You know you're a child of the '90s if you're playing a headless guitar

Things are bad, but imagine how much worse things would be right now if we hadn't had Have I Got News For You

This will be great fun and educational #ShortStory

Design legend Margaret Calvert is 90 today. Look at that cake! If you've ever admired a road, rail or metro sign in Britain it's likely she had something to do with it. One of Britain's design heroes - happy birthday to her. Photo by: @oshgallerylondon (IG) Cake by: mybaker.co

Slightly increase a band Symphonic Movements with Night-vision

I am once again using the Libby app to avoid doomscrolling. Seriously, if you get stuck in a loop, just open it and pick a random magazine to skim through. 100 times better.

I began as an artist who loved reading. An art project (writing short imaginary portraits of of people who died in Iraq war) got me hooked on writing and the project became my first novel, Twice the Speed of Dark, pub 2017. I was amazed to discover that I did have the patience to write a book.

Just found out you can genuinely perform a citizen's arrest

Influencers Old people making 🤝 getting out posts on Insta of chairs Doing it for the clicks

My cat is eating grass outside. The lion lays down with the lamb. Christ be praised

Someone is trying to force Reform on us, top down. Most people are decent, but not as much as they used to be. I'm tired of the corrosive effect of the rich

Starmer had a very successful career inside politics and is surely unique in floating to the top in two different potatoes. Love him or loathe him that takes Mario and Wario. What a shame our media seem to hate him for it or is it because he won't play their wordle?

Weird how family get cross when a scapegoat goes away and gets on with their life. Y'know, escapes. The clue is in the name. People didn't stand in the wilderness having filled their goat with guilt scratching their heads saying: Where's our goat? Where did it go?

Does Sherlock Holmes accept Klarna?

Black Forest, so far so German, Gateau! More fine work from the English

Wondering in a random sort of way whether school kids still sing this just before the end of term: One more day of school One more day of sorrow One more day in this old dump We'll be free tomorrow!

Clavicular sounds like a Roman skeleton

He didn't know how dangerous it is to leave the cannabis extraction process unattended

@jonronson.bsky.social I hadn't realised you worked with Frank Sidebottom I have a strong memory from 1989 of Frank providing a side show as part of a Billy Graham crusade in East London, it was called Bubble Trouble. He played music and we all had to blow bubbles at some point Is this likely?