Greta Thunberg: "The President of the United States just said that a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again & no one is reacting. This speaks for itself: what the fuck is anyone even doing at this point? We have normalized genocide, total annihilation of entire people."

tbh since I bought an EV car, I tend to pootle along at 55-60. It’s a lot less stressful.

It's people saying the Nazis should have fought back against the Nazis

I’ve retired. I miss hard, purposeful work. I volunteer in school on Mondays and am gently feeling around for other commitments.

Repeal the Hague Invasion Act

‘Gorecki’ by Lamb in late 1996. I was on a train and overheard it on someone’s not-very-insulated headphones. I asked what it was, bought the album asap, bought everything else Andy and Lou released and saw them more times than I can remember. They love their audiences, btw. youtu.be/tSRYvYN1ayw?...

Love this!

Have a surreptitious wee.

So long as he is stuffed and placed in a hermetically sealed glass case.

You see the darnedest things on the tube.

Writing about transphobia over and over makes one angry.

When the US admits that they killed any “military-aged men” who walked within 3km of a downed pilot they mean any boy lanky enough to be a teenager and any middle-aged man able to walk unaided with a cane got shot in the head for the crime of walking.

Just going to leave this here.

The winner.

Stop it. If you’re doing it, don’t; if you read it or hear it, call it out.

It’s important - and chilling - to read the primary source: an opinion piece by David M. Weinberg, Senior Fellow at Misgav and Habithonistim. He also is Israel office director of Canada’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. www.israelhayom.com/opinions/sac...

He is Risen!

he has risen he has risen hallelujah he has risen

From a utilitarian perspective, and taking into account the marginal utility of money for people at different social locations, the present inequitable distribution of wealth is actually "really fucking evil" (that's a Harsanyi quote).

I never learn. ITV’s ‘Grace’ lacks soul, energy, decent acting, a half adequate script and decent incidental music. It’s crime drama by numbers but someone’s got the pots mixed up. And John Simm just stares out of the screen, looking for an escape from this shit.

TV anti-war ad from 1971

Not my own work. W/alt text.

“One death is a tragedy; 750,000 deaths are messy.”

I shook my Tory MP’s hand in the school where I was chair of governors before I remembered how much I disliked him and how I’d campaigned against him. I swapped yoga tips with Labour MP Sarah Champion when she hosted our TDoR meeting at Westminster. I liked her. I’d not vote for either party.

We’re going to family for lunch tomorrow and I’ve been tasked with the petits fours. These came from a recipe I found yesterday on the side of a packet of semolina. Orange semolina cakes, soaked in orange syrup and topped with plain chocolate and Cointreau-soused candied peel.

Happy Jesus-Harrowing-Hell Day to all those who observe it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowi...

My favourite transgender activity at Arsenal women’s matches is having my tits handled by an awkward security person.

happy wheekend

look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly (@ wildheartrescue on TT)

if you see this, i implore you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using, with no explanation.

Don’t judge. Who hasn’t done something similar to this at some point?

My History degree was mostly me not attending lectures, reading a lot and writing essays, then smashing a few final exams.* * plus fucking fantastic tutorials with the late Charles Duggan. www.theguardian.com/news/1999/ju...

she does amazing bird calls

Another possibility (my insight from the inside, as teacher, chair of governors and a reviewer of government projects). chorleywoodsix.com/2015/11/22/i...

Wigmore Hall: my favourite venue.

Because no one does anything in government unless they can see how it’ll enhance their career or they’re embarrassed into doing it. From my experience: NHS 2003 DfE 2004 HMT 2005-7 DfT 2007-8

I buy my mate Marwan decent dates from Palestine* for the beginning of Ramadan, and I know he’d like chocolate for Eid. (he mostly loves Maryland cookies, Oreos and his mum’s cooking) Next year maybe.

A firefighter in Istanbul performed CPR on a cat affected by a fire, bringing it back to life.😍👍💙

Also: the reason why we have so many potholes is the inexorable financial starvation of local government since 2010. Simple: defund, disparage, dismantle. The Tory way to enshittify the state.

I absolutely loved it.

oh my god they finally did it. they finally invented a good printer.

I was given this very nice teaspoon with my coffee today and I thought you might like to see it.

Socialism is awesome and taxes are great.

This. THIS. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 This is why I want to study philosophy for my third and probably final degree: making sense of things.

Okay, time to turn the lights out. Will won’t walk himself down to here tomorrow morning…

Netherlands, Austria and Türkiye Organisation? Never Assume Trump’s Offline? Nazis Are Taking Over? Noodles Are Tastiest Orally? NYT Are Terrible Opinion-writers? Yes, I can be as shit at ChatGPT.

I greeted my daughter this morning with “Happy Jesus Dies Today Day,” which I think is nearer the truth.

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

* other religions are available