Farage has offered to pay for the election, because of course he has…

Oh look. The Trump DOJ can pay out even more money to a Trump lackey, but they can’t comply with a court order and produce unredacted Epstein Files. Remarkable.

He cheats. He cheats at golf. He cheats his contractors. He cheats on his wives. He cheats on his taxes. He cheats in elections. He cheats the American people. Of course he cheats at fútbol.

On my way, Clacton.

Clacton. Clactoff.

The world's longest and loudest belch began in April 1964 and has been continuing ever since. It reached a crescendo around 2016 but experts believe the supply of hot air is now running out and will soon be exhausted. #HotAir #WorldRecord

The fact that Putin has taken to wearing military style clothing instead of his usual suit confirms his weakness. He is being led by Zelensky.

Farage is done. He simply cannot become PM. He’s a ragingly greedy, corrupt, national security risk. We aren’t America. Anyone shouting “witchhunt” on this just looks like an idiot. Off you go, you most loathsome man.

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🔥 Europe is starting to push Palantir out. Things are looking rough for Palantir in Europe… …as they are increasingly seen as a danger to sovereignty with a high risk of structural lock-in and major ethical concerns. Please share.

This Sunday times story about Farage is properly extraordinary Confirms so much of what I - and many others - have been hearing for a long time and begs *massive* questions about Farage’s finances, rule breeches and more www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

If you find a frog out in the open - especially in this hot weather - please return it to water as soon as possible. Do not dress it in a suit and elect it as MP for Clacton.

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits TwitterX. This should be the first of many.

Senile Satan belongs in an assisted living facility. He really believes he’s talking with Teddy Roosevelt, who’s been dead for over one hundred years.

Trump: "I even had a conversation with Theodore Roosevelt. I said, 'What do you think about the Panama Canal? Do you consider that your greatest achievement and how do you feel about the fact that the Democrats gave the Panama Canal away to Panama for $1?'"

In an ancient forest, shallow pools reflect not the trees above, but a luminous city of elsewhere. My shortlisted entry for the Cheltenham Illustration awards. Inspired by the changing landscape, childhood (and adulthood) fantasy, reflections, exploration of strange places... #art #illustration

I need y'all to understand that I teach high school and there are teenagers already planning to leave the U.S. to because they will be studying science or medicine. They are SO serious about it - saving money, learning extra languages, and looking to see if there are familial connections abroad.

Sure the 250th fair in DC looks like shit but wait until you see how much money it laundered.

This laughable attempt by Doocy to gaslight us aside, it's poignantly sad that the attendance is so poor. America's 250th birthday should be a time for all of us to celebrate our nation's birthday-together-just like the bicentennial Instead, it's just one more thing Trump has taken from us

THIS. (It’s also a huge issue with streamed music. As a kid I used to read album covers and liner notes, and I knew who the producers, contributing musicians etc were. Now, you know nothing.)

The last time there was an actual deal was just before Trump came along and deliberately trashed it.

A great film, worth seeking out.

For as long as I live, I will never understand the hordes of people who insist that 'Disney ruined Star Wars' when it was Disney that made Rogue One and Andor, and George Lucas who made The Phantom Fucking Menace.

Russia now getting close to losing 1300 men every day. The scale of the horror Putin has unleashed is staggering.

“Trump thinks we will spend the money he is giving us on buying American goods. That will never happen in our lifetime.” 3/3

“Our goal right now is to keep the Americans on a short leash. Any violation, no matter how small, will allow us to threaten the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump and his people will agree to anything.” 2/

IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi to Senior Regime Officials (via Dror Balazada): “We brought President Trump to his knees. We got what we wanted. As usual, the foolish West believes it is getting something in return from us, which of course will never happen.” 1/

The first US president in history to be outsmarted by a single-celled organism.

‘[D]ocuments obtained by [NYT] show that while [NPS] workers found two cuts in sections of foam between the pool’s expansion joints, those were not directly related to the “American flag blue” coating that is now peeling, or to the algae that has turned the pool a bright shade of green.’

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

If you use AI as a tool in a way that works for you, fine. If that use costs the earth, and several of your freedoms, that's not so fine. If you allow it to replace your creativity entirely, you're not only making yourself irrelevant, you are the tool, and you don't even know who is using you.

About a decade ago, I wrote a trilogy of novels in which Robin Hood was a charismatic psychopath in love with his own legend, and Guy of Gisburne was the hero. You may like to read them. amzn.eu/d/0gtnpGrh

More GOP incompetence: adding hydrogen peroxide to the reflecting pool has caused the $20M blue paint to loosen in sheets and drift about.

Trump starting to realise nobody is buying his fake victory claim.

That *is* fake news. It’s $300 BILLION dollars. bsky.app/profile/pare...

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Everyone should read this. Cold Rage amzn.eu/d/05mY2o3N

Tomorrow’s Independent front page:

Everyone should read this. Cold Rage amzn.eu/d/05mY2o3N

would be nice if my concerns about racists, fascists, and a white supremacist, who’s called for the government to be overthrown, using his far-right skewed social media platform to spread hatred were seen as legitimate as racists’ concerns

Good, clear coverage: "Those playing a pivotal role in the spread of the footage on Elon Musk’s X included the far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson, fresh from a meeting this week at a sumptuous Moscow hotel with the billionaire’s father" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

About a decade ago I suggested that the Usual Suspects of Brexit would one day be remembered in similar terms to Philby, Burgess, Maclean and Blunt. That seems to be progressing as expected.

Russian male life expectancy is 68. Median income is £8,200. Freedom of speech and association is virtually non-existent. You've got to be a prize idiot to believe they're getting *anything* right. Who's shocked to find Yaxley-Lennon fits that bill?

An important part of Trump’s legacy: the destruction of the transatlantic alliance and faith in NATO www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Morning.

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Interesting use of language in this BBC report…