Great day! #Tennis #wta500 #QueensClub

might just hate women. who knows.

Utterly in my head over the Starmer drama. Am I disappointed in him as a leader. Yes. Do I think the floated alternatives will be better? No. Do I want change? Yes. Do I think it unwise to change leadership now? Also, yes. Round and round in my head it goes.

So when he bragged about grabbing women by the pussy, you were cool with that? When he made fun of a handicapped reporter, you were cool with that? When he had a mob attack the capital to steal the election, you were cool with that? But now gas is expensive so you regret your vote? Yeah?

And here it is, the thing I was teasing: Automated mirrors for these twitter accounts are here on Bluesky. Like, repost to spread the word!! 💙 @wta.stadio.top - WTA @atptour.stadio.top - ATP @federtennis.stadio.top - Italian federation @supertennistv.stadio.top - Italian channel #Tennis

Rob Walker quoting Norwegian WW2 poetry whilst commentating on the 15km Biathlon at the Winter #Olympics is just perfect. Well done, Norway, well done #BBC and well done #RobWalker

One more reminder the beautiful EU culture we turned our back on

Another chilling shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis, this time of a nurse. My heart goes out to Alex Pretti's family. We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.

www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/1572...: I'm sure @marietidball.bsky.social is aware of this former Penistone lad who gave his life in service of his country in Afghanistan. Maybe they were even school friends. I hope Sir Keir Starmer and the US Commander-in-Chief know his name too.

@curtiseller.bsky.social must be so thrilled with this cover of his song. I love that they're wearing Bert and Ernie shirts too. youtu.be/3FIgewCKW5s?...

Merry Christmas!

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.

Anyone else a little concerned about a foreign government interfering with, and influencing, the leadership of our state-run media? Just me? #BBC

Great night out last night at York Theatre Royal to see Louise Brooks in the gem Beggars of Life with live - and delightfully improvised - score by @dodgebrothers.bsky.social including @kermodemovie.bsky.social and special guest, the incomparable @neilkbrand.bsky.social. Loved everything about it!

Lewis is absolutely right here

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

@zoecrowther.bsky.social story: The BBC has apologised after airing a fast-spreading fake claim that Tony Blair's son's company is producing the digital ID scheme The Have I Got News For You episode which repeated the claim has been removed from iPlayer to be edited, the BBC told PolHome

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

Listen carefully to what Jimmy Kimmel said...

I paid a lot for 4 of us to watch this final. I can’t believe I have hours ahead of me to get in to Ashe

Genuinely embarrassing look for the US Open.

Posh, white bloke thought everything was fine, actually.

Forza!

Well this worked out pretty well.

1. Swiatek 2. Sinner 3. Sabalenka 4. Anisimova 5. Alcaraz 6. Fritz 7. Bencic 8. Djokovic But 7/8 I'm ok with.

Was that *two* champagne corks in one game? #Wimbledon #Tennis #Alcaraz #Fritz #CentreCourt

Exactly!!!

Those 5 little words to fill you with dread... in the hands of the gods now...

I hope Del Potro calls Grigor.❤️‍🩹

Hugh Muir recalls the response of London Mayor Ken Livingstone to 7/7 from Singapore. I agree that, despite his flaws & failings at other times, that this was an important message www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My position on the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill

It's 23 June and, in my heart and for the rest of my life, I'm still European #EU #BridgesNotWalls

Everyone should self-censor at work. In any workplace there are things it would obviously be inappropriate to say, and also it's just part of getting on with people and existing in a society. I feel like this research actually tells us 43% of white men self-censor and are whiny about it.

Also, Loïs Boisson has been given e spot in the qualifications of Wimbledon so she still has a shot to land in that main draw. Was given a special ranking of 153 (don’t ask me how/why lol).

No, sorry. If you're a historian, don't outsource the reading of the sources to an LLM. Who knows what amazong ideas your would have had, insights you might have gained, which you might bring to bear later in the project, if you'd actually read them?

Drop your favorite protest sign

bbc tennis correspondent challenge: say 'Tatijana Maria' without adding the words '37 year old mother of two'

I actually *paid* to be insulted by my friends like this. You should pay them to insult you too...

Loving listening to the #RolandGarros women's final commentary on #BBCSounds. World no 1 against 2 and then me, an impartial listener. Momentum shifts making it compelling so far! #tennis #Coco #Sabalenka

Thrilled for #Carlitos. Gutted for #Musetti. No-one wants a retirement. #RolandGarros #Tennis

Mega historical bust ups. A thread. 1. King John and Philip of France The powerful foreigner cynically helped put the incompetent, odious sex offender on the throne only to launch an all out war against him. John bankrupted his kingdom, fell out with everyone and shat himself to death

Take a bow #Boisson - what a legend! #Legend #RolandGarros #Tennis #FrenchOpen

This!

Blimey, this is compelling! #tennis #RolandGarros #Boisson #Andreeva

Blimey, this is compelling! #tennis #RolandGarros #Boisson #Andreeva

Louder for those in the back!