This stuff in Southampton is just the most depressing thing ever.

Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼

“There’s a big event coming” - super-El Nino driven by the climate crisis.

The priests tell us, “Hate the sin, not the sinner.” But that’s extremely difficult. Perhaps we can hate the one committing the deadly sin, but not generalize the hate to nationality or ethnicity or gender? I’m being called a “Jew hater” for criticizing Netanyahu. And people hate the US for Trump.

As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, we’ll have some of the letters I read — and responded to — every night. I still get emotional reading them, and it’s one of my favorite exhibits.

"A handful of African nations are rejecting American health aid, outraged by the Trump administration’s demands for access to private health records and even minerals in exchange for lifesaving medicine..." www.wsj.com/world/africa...

After Gabriel missed the decisive penalty, Marquinhos went straight to console his Brazil teammate.

Red Carpet Dinner Service https://www.wikiart.org/en/banksy/red-carpet-dinner-service

Pro-tip: don’t name your Bluetooth speaker ‘Bomb’.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... “How could you possibly not have known that your husband had been on the take? Your house was basically a multimillionaire’s remake of the Generation Game. A non-stop conveyor belt of high-value goodies.”

#TB - Sudan: Over three years of war and new reports of meddling by Ethiopia rfi.my/Cc41.BS

If we cannot point to anything we have done which has been genuinely constructive for ourselves and others, then from the point of view of the Buddha’s teachings we have wasted our time.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Arsenal wins a trophy and London has an all night party. PSG wins a trophy and Paris has a riot and loots some shops.

Zack Polanski - every day a new example of his dangerous, juvenile delusions. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

Farage is just a toxic grifter! #Farage

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n... Much of the spending must have been easy to ignore. Not thinking the £80k Jaguar car was a bit strange isn’t that believable.

The morning sky for the next three months.

Arsenal fan and Governor Wisley Rotich says that Manchester United fans celebrated PSG's Champions League victory over Arsenal more than PSG fans themselves

Arsenal’s only mistake was not to go for a second goal. In 2006, they had to hang on after Campbell scored because they were already a man down. They should have been braver. But they are getting closer. Gabriel was immense.

Arsenal’s big mistake was not to go for a second goal. In 2006, they had to hang on after Campbell scored because they were already a man down. They should have been braver.

As good a place as any to watch the football.

Scotland are currently drawing a World Cup warm up with Curacao who I didn’t even know is a country, let alone that they are in the World Cup - a bit like Scotland.

youtu.be/EEJacbEVGK4?... Mind-boggling from Kenya

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Amazing that she didn’t notice that her husband had bought a new motor home, 3 Fortnum & Mason advent calendars, a pair of Lalique crystal salt and pepper grinders; several hundreds of pounds’ worth of Le Creuset; and six Nintendos.

Bukayo Saka playing for Arsenal Under 15s in 2016.

When was the last time that both clubs in a European Cup/Champions League final came from capital cities? #Arsenal #PSG

Broken Britain faces its most terrifying crisis yet, as things under Keir Starmer’s Stalinist Government are beginning to go slightly right. From the new Private Eye, out now.

"The figures suggest that if Xinjiang were a country, it would have the highest incarceration rate in the world, at 1,944 per 100,000 people. China’s nationwide rate is 119 per 100,000 people". www.ft.com/content/119d...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... Lots of good stuff to explore in this from @justinwolfers.bsky.social

Long-bored (sorry, long-time) followers will be aware that I have been saying for some months that the UK will not be getting special deals from the EU, and that was exactly why some people were starting to talk again about rejoin. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

For 8 years I wrote a weekly column in football in Kenya: “Premiership Chat”. It was all Man United and Arsenal. They were big at the right time, as satellite tv beamed live matches all over Africa . Arsenal used that skilfully to build an African fan base. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Early evening, Kalyves, Crete.

Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But… institute.global/insights/pol...

A proper analysis and debunking of the Blair essay.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... I don’t think it’s ever gone away.

Glorious.

Renewable energy is overtaking traditional power projects across Africa, industry leaders say Africa’s energy sector is rapidly shifting toward solar and wind power and battery storage as governments and investors shift away from coal and large hydropower dams

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m... The most important sport story today

Our democracy can only work if every vote counts. Five-party politics is firmly established in the UK (6 in Scotland & Wales). Labour & Conservatives must face reality: people demand proportional voting. I challenged the government on electoral reform so voices are heard equally & seats match votes.

Beach time.

He was the Chief Executive Officer. The no1 non political officer. He was married to the Party Leader. Its a huge scandal.