Jesus godamned tapdancing Christ. Do not fucking reskeet the still shot of Alex Pretti being shot. I don’t care if it’s being used to show parallels to the Nazis Fucking put a godamned warning on that image. Jesus. What is wrong with you people.

People also like to talk about how X historical figure known for nonviolence got assassinated, as if that person was unaware of the risk or did not expect that outcome.

it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*

This massive Gunnera is totally failing in its attempts to be inconspicuous while trying to sneakily move this old Cornish bridge to a new location.

Good to see the GW mainline reopen so swiftly, and does suggest that some of yesterday’s catastrophising headlines about Dawlish defences being breached were just that (pictures were clear waves had just taken out the wall that separates path and railway). Not to detract from the wider point though.

Right. The reason China gained so much internationally over the past year is not because countries suddenly like their system, or the strings attached to deals with China. It's because they look at the US and think "this is a terrible situation, but at least the Chinese are stable and consistent."

My favourite thing about BlueSky is that when you see someone say Keir Starmer is acting like a ‘Stalinist’ over Andy Burnham, when you check their timelines it is often quite hard to tell if this is meant to be a criticism or not.

Rare RT of myself, because there is a delightful thread of cats (plus the odd canine interloper) in response to this and I'm sure your timeline could do with some wholesome pet pics.

Right now, the US is drifting south and becoming a Latin American polity, and the strategic options for other states need to be set accordingly.

Some of you really need to step away from the news and go out and get some fresh air or something. It's not healthy to be constantly immersed in and drowning in horrors. Go and fuss a cat or pet a dog, for the sake of your sanity.

Great thread giving some context for those "far-right politician goes for a walk with a penguin" memes... ⬇️

What I love about this is either you've seen the Trump post and a London mayoral candidate is tying themselves to a figure who is almost universally reviled in London OR you haven't and it reads as threatening to put London into an ice age

The baffling penguin taking Trump to the North Pole meme has truly disappeared up its own north west passage.

I once heard of a Tory constituency grumbling about deselecting a PPC because his wife wasn't suitably enthusiastic about the tombola at a church fête.

Quite fun whenever you dig into Labour neuroses, it’s never about some colossal ideological difference but some absolute nonsense in 2009

Ok, this is bad if you know what it’s referring to but what on *earth* would you make of that graphic if you didn’t?

Pretty minor in the grand scheme of factional things, but can’t help feeling Burnham might have managed a slightly less embarrassing margin if his letter yesterday had in any way acknowledged and justified the costs to the party and the demands on activists of a Greater Manchester-wide by-election.

Reform taking their fetishisation of misplaced nostalgia to its logical conclusion with "Wasn't the Ice Age great? I remember when this was all mammoths."

OTD in 1935 Hitler assured Poland he would not invade them. A few years later he said Germans were being oppressed & killed so he attacked, carried out genocide and spent the last years of his life in bunker detached from reality. Imagine all that happening today.

So - I think this was a really good DID selection, where the guest correctly understood that the interview is about memory, not music. It's just the choices then seem odd because she has an odd way of parsing information. (I.e. that's not what Dear Theodosia is *about*)

It used to be said that the left was far too 'online', but it seems that this is increasingly (more) so for the right nowadays.

13/ If an American opposes what ICE is doing but not enough to vote in the primaries or general against a candidate who cheerleads for it then whether it's fair to say "this is not who we are" it's definitely fair to point out that "this is who we are willing to be".

1/ I've been thinking a lot about the US "This is not who we are" discourse. Trying to think through it. Note: This is all so far out of my lane my car may as well be in a nearby lake, so just skip this thread if you're looking for actual expertise or wisdom.

okay hear me out

Just did one of Ivor’s jigsaws with my father in law and it mildly reduced my feelings of despair, I recommend it

I just learned that this exists and now I have to share it with you all because I don't even listen to podcasts, but just knowing that this is a thing has unironically increased my overall happiness and wellbeing:

Creating opposition to the actions of the state or a political cause is rarely about changing the mind of 'the other side'. It's about making time- or information-poor people aware of the horrible shit. The 'undecided centre' is rarely neutral. It's underinformed, consciously or subconsciously.

on the issue of “who scored more goals, bournemouth or liverpool”, differing perspectives are emerging; on the one hand, video evidence suggests that bournemouth did. however, sources inside anfield say these images “lack context”, and it seems to be becoming a footballing litmus test

The BBC's cultural and sports broadcasting is still excellent. BBC News is a failed organisation which is simply no longer worth listening to.

Boycott the World Cup. Boycott the Olympics.

If you go to Settings, then "Content and media", find "Autoplay videos and GIFs" and toggle it off. You may have to do this separately for each device. This will save you from those who think you need to see the murder. Murder is wrong and Trump is evil. I don't need to watch a murder to know that.

gently tapping the sign

Birthday Cake has been presented. My eldest is getting too old, the candles are becoming a nuisance.

Some great suggestions among the replies to this. If you're into politics and need cheering up, this may help.

I did not have "Starmer forces Trump to grovel" on my bingo card for this week.

🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking. I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/

A man told me yesterday that it was important to "take emotion out of the equation“ when analysing the situation in the US, at which point I told him very calmly that "a woman who disagrees with you is not necessarily emotional". Ladies, it was a breakthrough. I should have done this years ago.

All the coverage of Andy Burnham is about what it would mean for Labour at Westminster. Can one outlet at least mention that Burnham is less than halfway into his term as mayor & would be legally obliged to resign that role if he became an MP? There's a serious case for a party saying "no" to that

He's finally done it. He's posted something that will make my three year old daughter more angry than me.

Muppet greatness. I need everyone to watch this so Disney sees the numbers and accidentally approves more Muppets.

Tom and I (and many others) got totally fucked by the same publisher. I have 88k followers here, and if every one of you bought a book, those royalties would pretty much add up to what they owe me. Related great news: my books & cards will be back in UK & EU stores next month. eatf.art

lads lads im hearing that troops and flags might be purely cynical symbolism exploited by people who don't care about anything except their own right wing politics

Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.

Slept very well. Now it’s Scottish cooked breakfast time on the Inverness-London Caledonian Sleeper. Now at our Birmingham International stop…

James II gets cancelled, Chichester cathedral

@bjennings90.bsky.social is on fire - again. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)

And now something positive: solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time. ☀️ 💨 #TippingPoint Source: dr.dk

Some breaking art historical news for you - a lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn was unveiled today at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s been missing for more than 200 years. 1/3

Emmanuel Macron’s softly-softly approach to Donald Trump is over, it appears. As you'll see below, the Elysée Palace has published a gif of Trump  labelled with one of the US president’s own favourite slurs: “Fake news”.  1/

If you overturn a 20 mph speed limit you own directly and inarguably all the deaths that this causes.