We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

It's that time of year again. Happy Michaelmas to all who celebrate. youtu.be/WDXLxpQdIUQ

Listen to Evan here. It’s with a degree of insight that I say this.

Newcastle says no to fascism. The far right brought a hundred or so with them, bussed from far and wide. This city turned out 1000s, from local communities, estates and streets. Geordies of all backgrounds coming together and outnumbering the purveyors of hate by some distance. Newcastle united.

We’re just back from a lovely trip across northern Italy. I’m now carrying a pasta baby. We’ll call him Gnocchi if it’s a boy and Tagliatta if it’s a girl.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

EXCLUSIVE: The Papua New Guinea Courier's UK correspondent on Nigel Farage bringing the UK media to heil open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

I mean, it’s not axolotls but… @jaunty.art

With great reflexes comes great response ability.

What do you call an escalator that stops working? No one cares. Release the Epstein Files!

This is now genuinely scary. We can't let this happen to our country. There are still four years to kill off the nightmare. The Prime Minister *must* stop lending credibility to the Reform agenda by pandering to it. If not... What are your plans, Mr Burnham? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

“We apologise for any insensitivity or offence caused to the white supremacist community at this time”

I am Terry. I am George. These Uber rich, weirdo shites can do one.

If you’re canceling subscription services with giant companies with ties to terrible people, you should think about replacing them with a library card. Many library systems give you access to physical media (some of which you can’t find on streaming!) as well as other great stuff.

If you don’t already donate to @wikipedia.org then maybe consider sending a small amount. An annual gift of a tenner goes a really long way

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

We’re off to Italy tomorrow and I’ll be back in a week or so. Or about a stone and a half in the old money.

Auschwitz KZ could bring jobs controversy to Reich General Government town.

Bloody hell, he’s quick. He’s got a tour coming imminently as well.

Haha! That’s the most tacky crap ever. That’s more tacky than Saddam’s gold toilet. Surely that’s been photoshopped in?

The thing is mate, it's actually really hard to make out the fact that you don't like Tommy and think many of the fellow marchers are arseholes from the satellite photos of you among them at the rally, or the newspaper headlines about how 110,000 of you marched with them.

False friends are often wrongly called false cognates. These are very different things. For example, 'to molest' is a false friend of Spanish 'molestar' (to annoy) but they are true cognates, both coming from Latin 'molestāre' (to bother). Four graphics, all about false friends and false cognates:

Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law. These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.

Let’s do a quick batch of chutney with the split toms. #Allotments

BREAKING: The police have confirmed they won't be charging any of the violent far-right rioters with terrorism because they only do that for grandmas in wheelchairs who hold up signs they don't like ♥️

Our granddaughter offered to lend the Mitchwife a nice crocheted cardigan as they’re both about the same size. Our granddaughter is 11.

This is a message that I feel is true and is worth spreading.

Groypers is a stewed fish and leek dish introduced to England by Huguenots in the 16th century.

Dog footprints in Byzantine brick from the walls of Nicaea/modern İznik Photo from yesterday's visit

Charlie Kirk is an anagram of Horst Wessel apparently.

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

If that bloke had a Just Stop Oil t-shirt or a Palestine Action sign he’d be face down under a dogpile of Met officers.

Yvette Cooper is Secretary of State in the UK.

Meta whistleblower Jason Sattizahn: "When our research uncovered that underage children using Meta VR in Germany were subject to demands for sex acts, nude photos and other acts no child should ever be exposed to, Meta demanded we erase any evidence of the dangers we saw..."

Argh! Leopards!

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

When Mamdani won the NYC mayoral primary there was loads of talk of how "social media won this for him!" and they fail to understand it wasn't just the slick videos, it was the CONTENT of them. Zack Polanski also understands this.

Adrian Botts said something once. I think it was about leopards?

Them: should I make a cup of tea before you turn the water off? Me: Nah, I’m fine thanks.

@internationalintrigue.io Me and the lovely Mitchwife, like you, use the word zhuzh a fair bit. However, we argue over how to spell it. I now cite your newsletter as evidence that my spelling (and yours) is the only true correct spelling. #BigWins #DomesticVictory

Let’s be fair Mark, he had crippling bone spurs as an adult excuse. He’s got better since and it’s not his fault that he’s a recuperative miracle man. That healing power has only increased with age. He recently regrew an ear.

Reform - Nadine Dorries Defects. I didn’t know they had an alternative name.

'Legitimate concerns' - Part 94

Minister LOVES flags!