Bukayo Saka is Arteta's no 1 goal scorer and has the most assists. He's just a class act all round.

Why might minorities might want to live together, why might they want to cluster for safety to avoid, say, a view that thinks they are inherently other from & a threat to you & everyone like you, such that you commend their deportation & exclusion I wonder why they might take your words to heart

Shout out to the Frog and Toad bot, the content we need right now.

you must not look at me until I get into the water

The ruling class wins when workers are divided. I’m running for leader of the NDP to build a movement that unites us and puts power back in the hands of working people. ✊ #cdnpoli #canlab #rob4leader #NDP

I was thinking today, as I often do, about Daniel Kitson. I've seen two Daniel Kitson shows where British people openly sobbed. And one was at 9 in the morning before anyone was drunk.

It's party conference season. We thought it was time to see where each party stands on public ownership. 🔎 Some of the results might surprise you! Check out our full Public Ownership Party Scorecard via link in comments below👇

Every day we fall further and further...

Strong union crowd at the CNE for Labour Day. #LabourDay25

I haven't seen any discussion of the decision to get Ben Kingsley to play Ibrahim in the Thursday Murder Club film, but on the face of it it seems... Bad? Why are we still letting Ben Kingsley do this? It's not fair to him or us.

Happy Skank holiday Monday to anyone going to carnival today.

Timber with the corner again! #Arsenal

Perri looked mesmerized by that. Like @arseblog.com said "When Saka tells you he's the danger, you believe him"

Leeds just inviting Timber to score that. #Arsenal

Trump’s trade war is hurting hard-working folks across our country. Here’s how we push back: Buy union-made goods and services! If you care about good jobs, fair pay, and a strong Canada, support our workers ✊ share.canadianlabour.ca/s/klNemKh7

This means that the concentration of undocumented immigrants (and legal immigrants likely to get deported anyway) magnifies the overall economic cost. Deport half a percent of the work force? Not good. Deport 50% of agricultural workers, which is the same number? Very, very bad 3/

The government of Canada is denying CUPE members their democratic rights by shutting down the Air Canada strike: usw.ca/feds-attack-...

The most egregious stories of "government" waste and incompetence you will ever read will almost always be stories of the government contracting out a service to a private company. Which will happen more and more when the public civil service is cut to the bone.

GEN is looking for a National Convenor, if you want to work with labour unions, environmental and social justice organizations to help build a green economy, take a look: broadbentinstitute.ca/work-with-us/

The concept of the Wegovy advert is one friend invites another out just to tell them they need weight-loss drugs. And the other friend doesn't just... tell them to do one?

@mattdykes.bsky.social of early 90's acid Jazz outfit (and Jazzie B favorites) Hustlers of Culture, is public affairs manager for the TUC.

Time to wheel out the fact that Niall O'Flaherty, lead singer with Sultans of Ping ('Where's Me Jumper', etc), is a senior lecturer in the history of European political thought at King's College London. "My brother met Karl Marx", indeed.

That is actually pretty fly for a guy of any ethnicity.

it's very clear that the Mountain Goats deserve the credit here: they play those good, rocking tunes; their hair is immaculate; their drummer can name 10 pre-87 Philadelphia hardcore bands on command. Any time, day or night. We are the commerce miracle of North Carolina and we accept this award

Canada must Build to Rebuild - the BC Ferries scandal is about more than just one contract, we need a deeper look at Canada's structural, industrial decline. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

The fun thing about listening to @bbc6music.bsky.social in Canada is you can get Roni Size before 8 in the morning.

Division of NYC Mayoral Candidates:

If you like Blackadder the Third over Blackadder Goes Forth that's called Regency bias.

Watching Mary Poppins with the boy, and there's some awkward sexual politics going on in 'Jolly Holiday'.

Last week's blog did surprisingly low numbers. So this week: Kittens! kittens! Kittens! Plus some views on "a nation of strangers". open.substack.com/pub/adoubled...

I've started watching Inherit The Wind. I think I'm going to start modeling myself on Gene Kelly's character. Hat at a rakish angle, cigarette out the corner of my mouth and constantly monologuing scurrilous doggerel and wisecracks about small town life.

Way back in the before-times (2010) I did qualitative research at @runnymedetrust.bsky.social on attitudes to race & racism in the West Mids. Was striking how older generations (50 +) referred to history of colonialism & figures like Powell. Younger gens just assumed racism was a constant.

Some findings from new TUC-commissioned poll of 1,000 disabled workers: - Only 36% of reasonable adjustment requests accepted in full (44% part accepted, 11% not at all, 5% have never heard back) - 55% of disabled workers whose employers accepted a request are waiting for them to be put in place

8 weeks in Coventry to build a tram line. If it works, can we have some of what they’re having?

Reform are strong in the Danelaw, Blue Labour's brashness "rather outweighs their electoral achievements" and Labour's current strategy with Farage is to tell voters, "Well he has a point but please vote for us anyway" : benansell.substack.com/p/labour-is-...

It's a year since we moved to Toronto. I've written about it: open.substack.com/pub/adoubled...

Happy you discover that Messi is still on a madness at Miami, and Suarez is still hungry.

@ttcriders.bsky.social giving King station an early morning Glow-Up.

How much does it cost @theguardian.com for Simon Jenkins bad takes? I have equally bad opinions and am willing to undercut him by 30-40%.

A useful corrective to the "all the young dudes are fash now" line 1) Millennials and Gen X were quite likely to endorse authoritarianism in their day (edge lords gonna edge lord) 2) More young men voted Green than Tory and Reform Together: Vote early, vote often open.substack.com/pub/slowfutu...

Just seen he's in here so here's another push to check out bsky.app/profile/lahp... for all the reasons below

If you're not listening to the Literature and History podcast, you're really missing out. Its the most ambitious podcast I've ever heard of. The history of Western Literature starting with Sumerian cuneiform. 9 years in, we're about to start on the Qur'an: literatureandhistory.com

Snow days, truly the biggest comedown of parenthood.

🧵This week I led a debate on a dispute in my constituency between @unitetheunion.bsky.social and @unisontheunion.bsky.social workers and Livv Housing. Instead of meaningfully engaging with unions, Livv is attacking collective bargaining, offering pay rise only those NOT in a trade union.

New Post: part two of the 2009 Glastonbury Odyssey. Plus, I FAFO when it comes to cold-weather commuting. adoublediaspora.substack.com/p/glastonbur...

First post of the year, featuring me at 25 and, technically, Bruce Springsteen: adoublediaspora.substack.com/p/glastonbur...

The last post of the year. I review what I've mainly been fretting over this year and preview what I'll be getting stressed about next year: adoublediaspora.substack.com/p/probably-t...