SHAME on everyone who has pushed and paid for this. You are not feminists. You are not allies. You KNOWINGLY work with ultra-conservative and far right organisations. SHAME on you. Also, your daughters think you’re shitheads.

Brilliant choice of Misha Glenny for In Our Time! He interviewed me at the Vienna Humanities festival a few weeks ago and he had the perfect wide-ranging interests and intelligence. As a fan of IOT I am cheering. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

“UK Government racks up £100m bill responding to Covid inquiry” - by contrast, Australian “Robo-debt” Royal Commission took under a year to produce devastating findings, refer 7 top officials to police and auditors, & force federal govt to reply $1.4 bn. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

did that word harvest thing could have sworn I swear more must try harder fuck

firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now (copy paste-able in the alt text)

oh my god this is beautiful www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d...

@maltjerry.bsky.social this might appeal www.nigella.com/recipes/ham-...

Delightful winter hibernation scene in local restaurant window

Today is World AIDS Day, remembering all those we have lost, thinking of all those living with HIV.

Have seen a few people passing around this story by Tom Stoppard from just last year, talking about how he learned he was Jewish and also much about his family history, and it's quite a read. He really knew how to write. www.huntingtontheatre.org/2024/09/11/t...

There’s an old saying, “Anything a computer can’t do yet is Artificial Intelligence. Everything the computer can already do is Machine Learning.” One annoying part of the AI hype bubble is now they just call everything — the stuff computers do well and the stuff that doesn’t work at all — AI.

probably doesn't matter what political parties are called anymore - none of them stand for what they were originally named for - might as well just go for straight up: hard left, centre, centre right, hard right

First Sunday of Advent this carol opens that door for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8z2...

a beautiful mind yes, and oh my word...

the whole thing - so so great www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f6g...

Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an it’s November. Christmas is close… —William Letford, “This is it” Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016 #poem #poetry www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...

Marking 1700th Anniversary of Nicaea Council, Pope Leo denounces “scandal of the divisions that unfortunately still exist” among Christians; decries “use of religion for justifying war, violence, or any form of fundamentalism or fanaticism.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

One of three Tawny Frogmouths I encountered on a short walk down the Darwin esplanade last night. They were rather chill, allowing me to get this photo with my phone. #WildOz #UrbanBirds

Spotted today in lidl - couldn't resist

this is a 100% must listen - it will make your brain hurt, your ears bleed and fire your temper into the stratosphere

SE Cupp, on the implosion of the pedophile president and the Republican Party. 😳👇

Scrapping the two-child limit will be transformational for children. This is a much-needed fresh start in our country’s efforts to eradicate child poverty and while there is more to do it gives us strong foundations to build on. 1/2

text of the first 2025 Reith lecture by @rutgerbregman.com It's heartening, at least, in the current BBC maelstrom, that they are broadcasting and publishing this powerful stuff, dont you think downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...

@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️‍⚧️ www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

chef's kiss thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...

Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever

Cat used to *live* on her furry window shelf bitd - now she'd rather squash up next to it

Vale Jimmy Cliff www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi7V...

in the deepest night the radio told me: *You must change your life* it was a wake-up call from Rilke poets.org/poem/archaic...

oh I say this is pretty special

morning everyone 🏏😬

Holy shit! This is what I'm talkin' about. David Clayton is running for congress in North Carolina's District 5 against MAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

I just was asked by you tube/google to verify my age to open a link in bluesky where I am already age-verified to read a link which had a swear in the title @bsky.app I kid you not

Once again, we have put up our banner and updated the number of covid dead. More than a quarter of a million people in the UK have died with covid as a cause of death on their death certificate. A devastating milestone. ❤️

duvet day

main worry now of course - is Stokesy going to hurt himself? #theashes

oh look Guerilla Cricket are on here! (welcome relief from the other lot)

simile of the century 👏👏

Here's footage of what turned out to be Todd Snider's final show ever at the Gothic on 10/30/25. Here's him telling a story abt John Prine then singing his tribute to him Handsome John. youtu.be/Dc175BogFT4?...

here's a worthwhile listen - early 20th century mill conditions; rise of fascism noted and recalled in song www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

can't remember who rec'd this but thank you - it's truly wonderful, I could smell it www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

put away all summer clothes. felt sad.

SNOW (1963) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI

After the flood #monmouth

You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way

always irrepressibly himself vale Todd Snider 🖤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayWn...

ah no savingcountrymusic.com/songwriting-...

my town is flooded was unaware of this when I went into england earlier to shop at aldi feel sorry for all those affected down the high st