My first academic article was on the dictatorship of Uzbekistan inventing a group called "Akromiya" that did not really exist but which they used to arrest anyone with whom they disagreed under the pretext of "terrorism". Just bringing this up for no reason whatsoever!

UK - most of my October micro-tour dates are SOLD OUT. A few remain at Keymer and Gateshead: tickets available from my website. Next UK orbit is September 2026: don’t miss it!

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

Don't just read the headline. Take a moment to watch the video. It's short.

Us Dawson Bros are gradually putting sketches we’ve written on TikTok. If any of you Blueskyers wanted to follow, link below… www.tiktok.com/@dawson_bros...

took my first Waymo today. highly recommend. accelerated through a couple of turning amber lights, took a dodgy left, very authentic taxi. it even smelt like an uber. genuinely impressed.

Who did this?

I don't think there's ever been a footballer i've liked more than Eberechi Eze. Ever. Watching him at QPR was such a joy, and i met him briefly once and he was so incredibly nice. So now Arsenal have to win the Champions League and Premier League at least this year.

i think the Indians should be congratulated for creating an even less likeable cricket team than the Australians of the early 2000s.

"Unlike January 2021 — when the Big Lie scheme failed — by 2029 Trump and his cohorts will have new tools to carry out a coup, including a massive federal police force with a proven willingness to engage in systemic illegality at Trump's behest."

When i see those pictures of fucking congress at prayer I always think of Matthew 6:5 "when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others".

Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Book now for our next autism-friendly opening, a relaxed morning opening with the opportunity to explore Pitt Rivers and @morethanadodo.bsky.social in a quiet environment for families with members on the Autism spectrum. Saturday 19 July, 9-10pm. Free but booking required. bit.ly/4kaWz5C

So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?

so...no more rule of law in the US? seems like a pretty big step.

very proud of this photo i took on my crappy iphone se with broken screen. also i LOVE basketball and have loved the Thunder for many years. i am very happy today.

Re-upping. No reason.

Today I stood in solidarity with my California Congressional colleagues

saw this trailer at the cinema this weekend. honestly looks amazing. i'm in. they got me.

This.

I'm an immigrant living in Los Angeles and i spent the morning on pedalos at Echo Park Lake with my kids before heading to Chinatown for lunch. Yesterday went to the Broad museum, Grand Central Market and MOCA. sense of the city being destroyed by illegal immigration - very low. fuck ice.

more of this please. you don't get to be a fascist and hang out in places where people don't like fascists.

being a thunder fan is a season of delight and hope followed by a play-off season of screaming at the TV. every. time.

He's also the president who killed things like this. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

i've been volunteering to help children read via Reading Partners / Americorps for around 5 years. Last night we got an email saying that 'DOGE' and the Trump admin had cancelled the programme effective immediately. that'll show the libs. if you own a tesla, sell it.

RFK's surname really has done a lot of heavy lifting for him. even by nepo-boomer standards.

it's Russia, right? @oliverbullough.bsky.social

pretty good time to be a white-collar criminal

Robert Popper - many many brilliant things but also the first person to read the first ever inbetweeners script, the man who told us to make punching a fish an episode and the man who came up with the "Phil?" joke.

that earthquake made me nearly shit my pants. huge bang and honestly thought a truck had driven into my house. still not used to the idea that the earth might occasionally try and shrug off its outer layer.

Did Putin write this?

the fucking word 'deal' is now impossible to ignore. every news article, every quote, everything is a 'deal'.

I only seem to get Tottenham news / opinions on my feed here so might as well add to it: i saw Tottenham play QPR pre-season at Loftus Road and Djed Spence was the best player on the pitch by a mile.

Undeniably great style, but what has Jesus actually done personally for the fashion world?

say what you like about Russian troll farms, but in ten years they have managed to totally destabilise and fracture the west.

Last summer, @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and I produced a short podcast series, Autocracy in America. We talked about the changed that preceded an assault on democracy in other countries, and we found them here. Perhaps useful background for the current moment. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/aut...

I have loved the Prince Charles for many years, and my love has only grown with each passing 'Sing-Along-a-Bugsy-Malone'. can't imagine London without it.

People never ask me "iain, you have a degree in theology, who are your favourite modern theological thinkers?" and so i never get to say "one is Don Cupitt, who just passed away". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Don't give up - do something. A great list for civic minded Americans, from @protectdemocracy.org open.substack.com/pub/protectd...

15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.

oh well look who's here. the party is now officially started @jemaineclement.bsky.social

is there an accidental Partridge account here yet? only i thought i might start posting a lot of my daily thoughts which would keep it busy.

A cracker from Koki 💥