One of the best things about London. Walking into a world class university like the LSE after work, for free, and listening to a lecture about how a new economy - bringing power to the people - could emerge.

I'll be doing a live Zeteo Zoom town hall with the one and only Greta Thunberg at 3pm Eastern today (2 and a half hours from now), talking climate change, LA wildfires, Gaza, and more. Join us and ask your questions in the chat! To subscribe and then register:

How can EU tackle big tech? 1. Speed up DSA probe. 2. Pressure Ireland. 3. Use the existing EU rules "to switch big tech’s algorithms off at a stroke.....People, rather than big tech’s algorithms, would again decide what they say/see". By tech expert/litigator www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m putting together a Substack on Tommy Robinson’s ties to Russia. Sign up to read it 👇🏻 writesbright.substack.com

Just reading the headline is shocking enough. When will this get any better?

It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄 🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.

Vincent Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery in London is quite something. Bringing together VVG's paintings spread over the world under one roof. Including two "sunflower" paintings - one of them leaving the USA for the first time since the 1930s.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

Hello new followers! I'm a journalist covering minorities in Europe. Just returned to the UK after a year and a half in Estonia. A former life investigating human rights abuses in garment factories. Mostly I love joining the dots between people and movements

In the spirit of sharing, we’ve put together a little list of the best historical things to stream this festive season (according to historians). What would you add to the list? 🎄🎁🍿 open.substack.com/pub/histfest...

Well. This feels like 2010 Twitter all over again. Hello... World.