This is true. It is the best email I got this year.

95 is an undercover General Sir Anthony Hogmenay Melchett, surely. www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-int...

@brianwoolfinder.bsky.social Go get 'em Bri

Excellent thread from Stephen Bush

How have councils NOT got power to stop this… www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Naomi Klein: ‘WHAT THEY WANT IS ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING’ Klein breaks down the dark logic of Trump and Musk’s path of destruction — and what the world’s richest people really want www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

‘Pizabella dominated the conclave’

Impressive tankage here

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This is the content I come here for

Bertrand Russell could really, really write.

So glad Palantir is so heavily involved in the NHS. I am sure they will be really responsible with all the data

STOP what you are doing, find some headphones or a secluded location, and watch this. I am crying with laughter and admiration at an idea seen through to its (nearly) bitter end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3Q... Sound--as they say--on.

This is what’s happening with 1.3C of global heating above preindustrial levels. We’re on track for 3C by 2100. Failure to leave fossil fuels in the ground is a devastating crime against humanity & against all other life on this, our one fragile earth

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Just gonna leave this here…

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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

Great thread this

More true every day

I don't really know what's going on in rugby but Andrew Cotter gives great commentary

Goodison Park quality @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social

This is excellent: open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...

@maxrushden.bsky.social is it now possible Everton could challenge for the Everton cup?!?

In view of the recent Dominic Cummings revelations I would like to point out what is I think the definitive take on him from Viz

Your weekly reminder that modern betting firms are Escobars in suits. Ruthless predators nurturing addiction and destroying lives. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

From Kate Conger’s book “Character Limit” on how Musk ruined Twitter.

Mitch McConnell Vows To Continue Falling Down Stairs In Face Of Fascist Takeover theonion.com/mitch-mcconn...

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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏

‘We Must Protect The Pure Aryan Bloodline,’ Says Child After 9 Minutes Of Unsupervised Facebook Access

Been great to watch this talented young player play the game. He is a special talent. Was ready to dislike Barney's article, but its actually pretty accurate. No resentment from me or lots of other LFC fans towards Trent. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

This is an excellent piece

Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again." She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.

Will the ultra-rich dealing with the horrors of extreme weather do anything to change minds on climate change? Or are we living in a real-life version of ‘Don’t Look Up’…

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... Great to hear Richard Ford again- love this interview. And thanks @dionfanning.bsky.social for trying to get Brolly to appreciate test cricket

The best books podcast by miles

'so-so good' www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

One of my favorite parts of Ministry for the Future was the abolition of the billionaires. Just to be that rich makes you an enemy of democracy. Wrote early this year:

This is so good.. www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

Now that's seventies entertainment - Bob Blackman, a tin tray and 'Mule Train'.

‘You’re The Bonnie To My Clyde,’ Says Biden Running Off With Pardoned Turkey theonion.com/youre-the-bo...

"You nourish books with strange things, and many of them are deeply personal..." I interviewed Colm Tóibín and Damon Galgut a few years ago when The Magician and The Promise came out, but the best bits were when they just talked to each other, like here:

🚨 Hugh Grant’s discusses the human cost of press abuse are a powerful reminder of why the Leveson Inquiry is needed to hold those responsible to account. Abigail Witchalls, who was left a quadriplegic after a brutal stabbing. Her medical records were stolen and splashed across tabloids.