We can't afford police because we're spending all our money on replacing stolen goods www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Am I describing the current economy right?

The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

"How long can I stay in the UK?" "I haven't decided yet. It depends on Mahmood." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

I'm looking forward to this being mis-used by future governments www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Something I often say is: if cars were invented today, they would never be allowed

Is there.a German word for when you try to reduce.a stew but it ends up with even more liquid than it started with?

How not to illustrate the similarity of bone structures between humans & horses.

a Reichstag fire, but one of them every week

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

Just over on @cnn.com leaning into #newspeak But enlighten us. What exactly is a “chief loyalty enforcer?”

His real name is apparently Nguyen Duc Phuc www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Make up your mind BBC

Why is it I never realise there's world athletics to watch until the penultimate day of an event

I, for one, am very grateful to President Trump for ending the war between Aber-Baysian and Albania. Too many people had died. Both Aber-Baysianese and Albanianianians.

Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

This is crazy. It's like two different worlds, although unfortunately there are Tories in both of them.

Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Spooky moon behind the clouds

This is 100% going to be used to put ICE agents outside polling stations in areas where they want to suppress the vote.

Talking to a guy yesterday who’d booked a holiday cottage on the south coast. The owner phoned him up: “I see you’re from Woodford.” “Yes…” “You’re not going to be putting any flags up, are you?”

In important local bowls news: Walthamstow and District Pairs and Triples winners

New Safety Features Coming To ChatGPT https://theonion.com/new-safety-features-coming-to-chatgpt/

Ooh, I think I know this one. Is it... go outside at night and look up?

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Trump promised Mexico would pay for the wall. It would be in their interests to finish it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They just keep picking up top talent, don’t they?

Last competitive game at Central Park now that Newham Council can’t afford to cut the grass

A new painting. Badlands (oil and acrylic on canvas)

The Aussie press not holding back when it comes to its coverage of neo-Nazis.

London wildlife

Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.

Progressively ban the tanks, don't just tax them, and not just in London either www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It shouldn't be yet another luxury for the rich. Road safety regulation really fell asleep on these - you're 44% more likely to be killed if you're hit by one

Likely zero outcome, but also close to zero effort to add your name to

UK news: awful man says awful things International news: awful man does awful things And now the weather

It's getting to that time of the year where I feel I need to sit outside in the evening sun whenever I can. The chances to do so are going to dwindle

Lots of England flags up in Epping. I assume they're purely a welcoming and friendly gesture as the further you get from the asylum hotel the less of them you see.

I really hate that when I want to uninstall something from Windows I have to search for "Add or remove programs". Apart from not containing the word "uninstall" in the title, and the dialog being called "Apps & Features", the screen that comes up doesn't even have any way to add programs

Sam Altman Places Gun To Head After New GPT Claims Dogs Are Crustaceans For 60th Time https://theonion.com/sam-altman-places-gun-to-head-after-new-gpt-claims-dogs-are-crustaceans-for-60th-time/

Good luck trying to have fair elections next year, America www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sequel to The Salt Path

God’s Own Junkyard as insane as ever

Big sense of trying to give us something to take our minds off the world's madness from the BBC today. The London Zoo weigh-in www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz..., or an entire Swedish church being moved 3 miles, at 500m an hour max speed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Contrarian restaurant idea: smashed fries and loaded burgers

Calling this a landing is like saying the Titanic decided to make a stop-off at an iceberg www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

None of this AI shit would be happening if you all had posted this on Facebook like we told you to

Robot v robot football is at about 19 minutes. It's not what you'd call a free-flowing game www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yLc...

Dominic Grieve. 👏👏👏