Seems also to be a very rare, charismatic and likeable guy. Enjoys what he is doing, is witty, believes what he says and sounds authentic as a result.

The lessons of Mamdani’s victory for progressives: 1. Tell compelling stories 2. Identify clear enemies 3. Create policies that address voters’ problems 4. Mix modern online campaigning with face to face conversations 5. Mobilise

Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city. Tomorrow, we win it together.

Great, sobering, piece. And HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is an absolute must-see. A reminder that nuclear weapons are very much with us, and they are utterly existential.

BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.

She has now ordered Bovino to appear personally at the court every day to report back what has happened and to list everyone arrested who is not being arrested for immigration enforcement reasons. This is the most insane court session I've ever been in. Feels like a headteacher bollocking

Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes

Check @wesstreeting.bsky.social ice clear persuasive passion denouncing Farage Cult lady’s overt racism on BBC1 just now. Labour may just have realised they have a very big politician available @peterkellner.bsky.social @pollytoynbee.bsky.social @johnmct.bsky.social

Via @kqednews.kqed.org In an interview with KQED, Newsom said Trump wants to cast doubt on the Nov. 4 vote. The Department of Justice says it's sending monitors to protect the votes of "eligible American citizens."

new level of Not Writing Book unlocked: that's my tax return sorted

New York Times reports that it is unclear whether having a federal agency accept money in excess of congressional appropriations "violates a law prohibiting federal agencies from accepting money in excess of congressional appropriations." I guess we'll never know!

Kemi Badenoch’s ability to plant political time bombs that blow up in the face of the party she leads is truly unparalleled. What’s particularly impressive here is she could have found this out herself before raising the profile of this issue at PMQs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today is many federal workers first full paycheck they’ve missed for this shutdown. They have bills. Rent, mortgages, kids tuition, food, credit card payments, car payments, grocery bills… All because the Republicans don’t want people to have affordable healthcare.

Any new follower with "no DMs" and following over 10K gets an automatic block, this is getting ridiculous

The Speaker should grant an automatic PMQ to Reform UK and the @greenparty.org.uk - sure it would set a precedent, but that’s the job of the Speaker.

The 84-year-old US senator Bernie Sanders is selling out stadiums and attracting new fans. How did the veteran socialist get so popular in Trump’s America?

I wrote for @theipaper.com about the Caerphilly by election and why Reform is no longer Starmer's only problem inews.co.uk/opinion/refo...

⚡️ Zelensky arrives in London ahead of 'Coalition of the Willing' summit. The meeting is expected to focus on how allied nations "can further strengthen Ukraine's hand and cripple Russia's ability to continue to wage war," the British government said.

Evisceration of a cruel and racist policy.

Sad news. Bob was a great comrade. To paraphrase Joe Hill: Do mourn! Do organise! krcrtv.com/news/local/c...

"Today, I quit allowing my complacency to destroy America, and I urge you to quit, too." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.   During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

Listening to director Larry Cohen talk about how his films depend on turning things people have positive feelings towards; babies, ice cream, God, ambulances... into things that become scary in the context of his movies & wondering whether there's anything in 2025 we would all feel positive towards.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

2 weeks to go until A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social, just before the full supermoon! With me, @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social & @mjrsangster.bsky.social, celebrating @silver-press.bsky.social's The Word for World. Book now!

So much has already been said about how a Mayor Zohran should orient himself towards the NYPD and yet here I am in @thedriftmag.com saying more

This is the asymmetry in our politics and media. If this was the other way around, Biden had pardoned someone then charged with trying to kill Trump, it would be the biggest story in America and every Republican commentator, congressman, news outlet, would be screaming about it in unison.

I mean, what makes Lam grim is that she’s basically saying “what I mean is non-white migrants”, which kind of makes the “your ancestors” point a tiny bit redundant anyway (unless, ofc, we get into redrawing the boundaries of whiteness)

Terrific new @davidharvey.org essay on Sraffa, including this lovely coda about the course he co-taught at Hopkins in the 1990s with a young Mark Blyth... newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...

The anecdote at the beginning of this is so insane, I am losing my mind. This is some truly impeccable lore about David Harvey. newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...

I've made 7 free online courses to help you read Karl Marx: Reading Marx's Capital v1 (2019 & 2007 eds) Reading Marx's Capital v2 Reading Marx's Grundrisse (2023 & 2020 eds) Marx, Capital, & the Madness of Economic Reason The ABC of Contemporary Capital davidharvey.org/reading-capi...

Really fun piece to read. A long essay by @davidharvey.org on Sraffa newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...

My next book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, will be published on 24 February 2026 by @versobooks.bsky.social www.versobooks.com/products/337...

How does this timid quote tally with what Keir Starmer said in his speech - and in his interviews - just a fortnight ago?

A "British ISA" was a terrible idea when the Conservatives were thinking about it, and it remains a terrible idea today.

A measles outbreak along the border of Utah and Arizona has sickened more than 100 people. A majority of the cases are in unvaccinated people.

Joke’s on you, fleshbag! Channel 4’s first AI presenter is dizzyingly grim on so many levels

Want to better understand the current political conjuncture in Britain (& beyond) & what "fascism" might have to do it & w/anti-migrant wave? @trillingual.bsky.social is BRILLIANT at pulling the pieces together while making the most of @leninology.bsky.social's writing. www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

Trump is sure talking about death and the afterlife a whole lot these days.

It sure is! I would love to do an extended Conall Cochran universe starting in Ireland but have been told that the rights holders are not amenable to shenanigans.

SMILE 2 EXORCIST 2: THE HERETIC DAWN OF THE DEAD RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 EVIL DEAD II HALLOWEEN III TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN PSYCHO 2 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

I once contemplated writing a TV drama series about Crowley's battle with WB Yeats over the ownership of the O.T.O. and despite my dislike of Crowley my research made me find him more likeable (up to a point) than Yeats, which is saying something.

Aleister Crowley's 150th birthday today and I haven't even started putting up the inverted goat skulls yet

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

What is it with these guys (I am also thinking of Toby Young and Giles Coren) and publicly owning themselves over and over again

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

The Sweet Science - Rashid Johnson, 2011

Hard agree - there are very vivid examples of why the disappearance of a functioning centre right option in a system which props up the two largest parties every single day, when the news reports on the Trump administration.

"No one in history has voted Labour to shrink the welfare state. It's a direct problem with your brand identity." @johnmct.bsky.social asks the Labour Party his football question 'who are you?' and argues that Keir Starmer was right to focus on equality in his speech at Labour Party Conference 2024

Government plans to halt the outsourcing of NHS workers to subsidiary companies are 'a positive step', says UNISON New guidance says ministers have listened to UNISON concerns about impact of outsourcing on staff. www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/09...