Before my show at the Royal Festival Hall tomorrow I’ll be performing at the EFG London Jazz Festival opening gala tonight! I’m excited to join a stellar cast - broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30pm!

Prehistoric crocodiles leaping out of trees onto the heads of innocent passers-by? In this economy? oh my! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"I really loved the Ants & we did something special. We had a ball & we pulled it off. But it went wrong thru overwork & too much pressure. We allowed ourselves to dive in & do a 2nd album too quickly after Kings." - Stuart Leslie Goddard aka #AdamAnt

Texans,keep your ACs handy: You 'll still need it Heat is already rebuilding in Central USA (Moved from the West): Let's expect exceptional mildness and even strong heat >95F in Rio Grande TX area (up to 98F) and insanely warm nights: up to 80F overnight in Brownsville mid week!

#OtD 14 Nov 1927 central bodies of the Soviet Communist Party recommended the expulsion of Leon Trotsky, thus consolidating Stalin's power. This was helped by Trotsky's previous actions undermining workers' democracy in favour of the bureaucracy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8611...

I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi

#OtD 14 Nov 1903 striking Chinese furniture makers battled armed strikebreakers on Little Bourke Street in Australia. Despite violence, and arrests of many strikers, the workers achieved most of their demands of better pay and union rights by December stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8609...

Canada facing the same gas export disaster that Australia now has. Hopefully they will do better! Cracking stuff from @thejuicemedia.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6H...

PLATFORMS TOO SHORT FOR THE #TRAINS: “Daniel Kelly broke his leg after stepping off a V/Line train at Pyramid Hill, north-west of #Echuca. The train was longer than the platform. Mr Kelly fell onto the tracks, breaking his tibia.” #PublicTransport

Today is Michael Rosen Day! If you want to celebrate @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, then listen to our sister-podcast Working Class Literature's double-episode with him about socialist fairy and folk tales! Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-...

#OtD 13 Nov 1933 workers at the Hormel meat packing plant in Austin, Minnesota, won their sit-down strike for better pay and union recognition after three days. They took control of the factory to keep out scabs stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8514...

Oh no! Off to Human Rights Commission "26 journalists and commentators, including Andrew Bolt, Caleb Bond, Chris Kenny, Erin Molan, Rita Panahi, Steve Price" #whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/racism-human...

Great move. Just a pity that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch won't be called to personal account. The fish rots from the head. #NewsCorpse #auspol

Alex Karp needs to be in the Hague right next to Netanyahu, whose Genocide he supplies the AI for.

Please file under 'C' for Cat.

Watch: Bear runs onto airport tarmac, halting flights

In the UK, McDonald’s is trying to pass off this monstrosity as an Australian delicacy

“mainstream middle” newspaper 😆😆😆 They're having a lend. It's so very 1984! www.afr.com/companies/me...

In June, Ireland 🇮🇪 became the 15th coal-free country in Europe, made possible by its remarkable progress on renewable power! But, it’s leaning heavily on fossil gas to supply for Irish data centres’ insatiable electricity demand, which accounts for 88% of electricity demand growth since 2015.

🚨BREAKING | 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists given access to #COP30 in Brazil EU governments alone brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists, including representatives from TotalEnergies and Engie Climate policies can't be effective if they are shaped by the industry that is most responsible for climate change

From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...

Were Ron “Chopper” Harris and Norman “Bites Yer Legs” Hunter involved?

Border wars: a football match in 1599 between men of Bewcastle, England, and Armstrongs of Whithaugh, Scotland, was followed by ‘drynkyng hard’. Final score was two dead, 30 taken prisoner ‘and many sore hurt, especially John Whytfeild, whose bowells came out, but are sowed up againe’.

Proper journalism and facts (remember them?) about the far-right infiltration of the BBC. Byline Times is the only news source I "trust".

The new version of John Bulmer’s book The North looks fantastic but will only happen if it hits its target on Kickstarter. This is a book which needs to be published, please support it if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...

👋 Hey #auspol! What's up?! Quick 🧵 It's not time for us to fully reanimate yet, but looks like we'll clearly be needed for the next election, 'cause there's no way Liberals will try to get this "No #NetZero" thing over the line without A PACK OF LIES. (Probably recycled?) #factcheck #AusVotes2028

Today is #WorldDiabetesDay. #Diabetes can affect anyone, at any stage of life. Support at home, school, work and during pregnancy makes a real difference. Listen, learn and show up for those living with diabetes. More info 🔗 bit.ly/4hUOjY0

Obviously just going to be some awful spreadsheet from a too-clever wonk that plugs in change in GHGs from a few large economies, converts it into a percentage and then slaps it onto Australia and sets a target that way. I hate these people so much. None of this makes any sense

Incredible how much climate obstructionism Australian politicians can pack into a few short sentences - All of the above-ism - Nuclear delay - AI and data centres - The Abundance Agenda - Energy poverty

And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

It's 1983. How are you preparing for 1984?

Drop crocs! Everyone loves drop crocs! Or do they? | First Dog on the Moon

Epstein-Trump Saga Gets 20K Pages Longer & Megyn Kelly Splits Hairs on Pedophilia youtu.be/hx-qKVVxGLw

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

2356 years ago, on the 14th of November 332 BCE, Alexander the Great was crowned pharaoh of Egypt. He had previously been pronounced the son of Amun on a visit tot the oracle at the Siwa Oasis. Due to this supposed lineage, Alexander was sometimes depicted with the Horns of Ammon. #otd #history 🗃️

"Something is deeply wrong with this system, when people who are wealthy are getting far wealthier...and people who don't have a lot are falling further and further behind." - Dr Cassandra Goldie AO, CEO, Australian Council of Social Service at our Revenue Summit 2025 #auspol

crazy IG em_clarkson

Wag the dog

Race car driver Dean Alessi of Alessi Motorsports has been named as a member of the National Socialist Network who attended the neo-Nazi rally at NSW Parliament last weekend. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members? @propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?) All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

No words. www.musicradar.com/music-tech/t...

That hurts. 😢

From 1963 to 1982, France forcibly took over 2,150 African children from the island of Réunion, off the coast of eastern Africa, and gave them to French families in sparsely populated areas of France. Not long ago. (Also, the Police Chief just learned devastating reality from adoptive parents.🎬 )

Hopefully by showering regularly and wearing deodorant. #soapdodgers

"Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change" #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251114-...

1st Test of 1998 International Rules - Australia v Ireland now up online. youtu.be/jEsYrcV7H6A