Not necessarily the wisest decision ever, but the best decisions seldom are. Carrying a flu-type virus, I spent our last few daylight hours in 38 C heat walking round stunning Henry Moore Exhibit at Kew. Go if you can

The stutter penalty is an abhorrence

And yet a record number of young women want to leave the United States. It’s almost like they don’t like being run by sexist assholes who want to take their rights away. news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...

Crowdsourced Swe vs Jap score predictions?

World Cup Bluesky remains an open goal

Ecuador! Magic. Love that the manager is so animated, and wearing something I am fairly sure my mum knitted in 1974 - 3/4 sleeve and blouson waist 👍

If you want to know how to sleep through a big storm … fly from NYC -> London -> Tbilisi -> London in under 5 days, ensuring as little sleep as possible at each stage. Then take 2 extra strength melatonin. However - pro tip - make sure you bring in washing /close windows before the melatonin ⛈️

A badge of honor.

We are on the SEVENTEENTH FLOOR

Flying to Tbilisi for the excellent #Zeg festival . If you are there - come and say hello! Myself and my audio bff Heather Chaplin (who is not on socials because she is THAT smart) are bringing our @towcenter.bsky.social / @columjournreview.bsky.social #Journalism2050 podcast to the heart of Europe

Thanks to Trump's helpful infographic we know that the algae is taller than the Sears Tower.

To quote my youngest son ‘I fucken’ loove New York City’ ….

Spare a thought for the former Knicks fans who thought in 2012, ‘supporting these new Brooklyn Nets seems like a cool move’

So happy for you New York City, leaders of the free world in democratic socialism and basketball!!

Very similar vibes

My winger Saka, My goalie Raya, My midfield is Rice - Knicks in Five! Son is featured in this lovely piece from @theathletic.com for being a dual fan citizen of N5 and the 212… www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...

Detailed investigation by @wired.com into the coordination of rioting in Belfast by far right groups in the US, boosted by the world’s first newly minted trillionaire. What will the authorities reaction be to prosecution of this type of action? www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

While you were sleeping (metaphorically or literally) the deal for Paramount to take over WBD was okayed . CNN looks set to go the way of CBS…. Meanwhile Oracle, which bankrolled Skydance, remains overly exposed to a high-risk gamble on AI….

David Hockney (July 9 1937 - June 11, 2026)

it actually brings me great pleasure to know that billionaires are so afraid of journalists that they’re trying to build whole new systems for justice to diminish our power. despite corporate consolidation, we continue to do something they can’t fully buy and it drives them mad. stay mad, assholes.

Just want to register my strong disapproval of the profane language used in my home country.

Flo Balogun …well well well

I am sorry that the World Cup is ruined for fans, players and officials. HOWEVER if you don’t live here it’s important to know that the outrages - idiotic decisions, cruel racism, cultural vandalism, grift and rampant corruption - are *daily* realities in the US now. It’s not tournament specific

And a disaster for democracy.

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If only someone from the Texas GOP had googled ‘Elephant, Blue Peter studios, ‘ first

This is great - Spain particularly good

My parents went to art school in the early 50s, from working class backgrounds in the East Midlands . Hockney was a hero to them, and a symbol of post-war British creativity and possibility, in a way which is hard to imagine now. He could paint too. Wonderful obit 👇

It is statistically very surprising I was not at Terminal 8 for this

They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...

I would also very much like a Stevie Knicks tee shirt…

The Athletic’s live blog had good insights from reporters.

👏👏👏

Do not mess with the Wu Tang Klan…

My Mayor is Muslim, My bagel is Jewish, My Mariska is Hargitay…Knicks in five!!

Ridiculous game

“For the past year, FIFA, has leased an office on the 17th floor of New York’s Trump Tower that has sat all but empty. The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but the space sits largely idle. Paying rent to the Trumps was the choice of Gianni Infantino.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes. We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898–1972) "Three Worlds", 1955. Lithograph on Wove Paper with the Holland Watermark, 36.2 × 24.5 cm. (14.3 × 9.6 inches) Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

NYC …

….at MSG …orange and boo skies

I was reading through articles the other day from the early days of Google , where the founders state their aim as having people ‘spend as little time as possible’ on the site because the key purpose was to HELP people do OTHER things …

"The most trusted and esteemed program in American journalism, the legacy of our loved ones’ hard work and its accompanying sacrifices on the home front, has, in [Scott] Pelley’s words, been murdered," writes Sarah Safer, daughter of Morley Safer, who was a 60 Minutes correspondent for 46 years.

"Something Weiss apparently doesn’t understand is that a newsroom...is a living organism with a culture all its own. That culture doesn’t function based only on commands from above," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

Just in: NPR reported on new federal investigations examining the former Congressman's bets on the prediction market site Kalshi. Then he threatened the NPR reporter who broke the story.

🤔…I too have written about technology companies in the past, and also have no experience producing current affairs TV shows….

When you hard code that ‘how many rs in strawberry?’ answer ….

We’re not paying for this, right?

NPR's Diaa Hadid reports the US embassy on India is sponsoring ads on rickshaws in Delhi featuring Donald Trump’s face and "Happy Birthday America" messages.

It was not the result we wanted but the end of a great season, and such a blast to be back on home territory…..London is, and will remain, red