Spike may as well as retire. It's not getting any better for him than seeing 2 of his teams win championships in successive months.

’On 20 June, two thousand activists from across Europe and beyond will gather at Westminster Central Hall for a conference to oppose the growing atmosphere of militarism. But don’t expect to see anything about it in the papers or on TV.` @desfreedman.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

May be worth having a look at @tonyevans92a.bsky.social Substack as some of the “But I never thought Irish ppl would behave like this” ignorance I’m seeing can be explained looking at his novel on there.

The prioritisation of noise over information.

The World Cup! It's happening! I wrote about it! www.graceonfootball.com/p/2026-world...

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The 2026 version of Microsoft Clippy. As with many things that return, they always come back so much worse and seemingly harder to shift.

An Ibis hotel by Wembley Stadium is coated in flammable Grenfell cladding. 100,000s of guests stayed without realising. No one knew because of a mysteriously bodged fire test and and a rewritten safety report. The freeholder? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s firm. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

Today, Green Party co-leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social cited our figures in a major speech to the @bfawu.bsky.social Our new analysis shows that UK fruit and vegetable prices could rise by 170% by 2050 👇

In County Waterford, sheep farmers face eviction as the Duke of Devonshire’s estate imposes rent hikes of up to 900% — a stark reminder that British imperialism still exploits rural Ireland.

It's almost as though hosting a World Cup in a(nother) fascist kleptocracy might be a bad idea. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-true-h...

Reason 1 million why we can’t be checking for awards too much. Rachel McAdams didn’t so much a come near a nomination for her work in this.

A new timely exhibition remembers the anti-fascist Artists’ International Association, exploring the role of culture in counteracting oppression.

If you're looking for a Tony Head tribute that feels more enamored of coffee commercials and REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA than BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, this one's for you (c/o me and @ebertvoices.bsky.social):

We just had a show exploring this: "If I'm playing Bond, then he won't be white." "No, but *you* will be."

Right, I'm going to say this here. Sam has been an incredible friend to me this last few years, at times when I've *really* needed it. It's an unbelievable privilege to be able to call her my friend. OBVIOUSLY her existence is worthwhile. The only person who needs persuading of this is herself.

Remember when writers didn’t use AI and instead just stole their wife’s work and claimed it as their own?

The university has told The Mill it is treating the allegations with 'the utmost seriousness', adding that it has undertaken a formal investigation and cultural review. Read the full story below:

‘There is no credible mediation in sight: the Catholic Church, Bolivian human rights organisations, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Ombudsman’s Office are all are notable for their absence.’ Forrest Hylton on the insurrection in Bolivia. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

wrote about the KNICKS www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...

Not planning on watching today’s match, obviously. I continue to confidently stand by my reporting and the work of my great editors and fact-checkers on those stories. Thinking of everyone who remains affected by the issue of domestic violence and who also can’t watch today.

The sport long associated with empire and elite privilege has a surprising, often neglected history of radicalism — which its fans must recuperate today.

Which is why, as much as I enjoy watching Andreeva play, I was rooting for Chwalinska. Will be in keeping w/the current state of the world if this RG ends with this and tomorrow going with the form book.

One of the best coaches in all of sport rn.

National Abortion Hotline workers fight against implementing AI, @nicolefroio.bsky.social & Jade Jasmine Hurley report. Unionized workers held a 24-hour strike on May 26 to oppose the National Abortion Federation’s plans to use AI for the hotline, which workers say could threaten jobs & patients.

Fairs.

Maureen Duffy, a prolific British author and activist, who died last week aged 92, blazed a new path between fiction and the front line of radical politics.

"Playing in the street during Carnival has allowed me to detach my own self-worth from my intellectual, desk-bound work." A new essay by @nicolefroio.bsky.social, "Music at the End of the World," is live today on the Adi site! READ: adimagazine.com/articles/mus...

"George was never considered a “people person.” But his wife was. She was famed for adding warmth to material that might otherwise seem mechanical or theoretical, as well as for figuring out which pieces of the story were guaranteed to make the audience happy." www.rogerebert.com/tributes/the...

✍️For the longest time, England kept him out of the team, but that was because Ollie Robinson put himself in the wrong place. www.goodareas.co/p/ollie-robi...

Here in Germany, many people comfort themselves amid fascism by saying "there are more of them than there are of us"; but that doesn't matter, and has never, ever mattered, when the minority is highly motivated and the majority is disaffected, apathetic, or both.

😊 Rooting for her to get the underdog win on Saturday.

Had really hoped Kostyuk would go through. V good chance of an all-Russian final now.

Have realised reading Cannes dispatches is basically my personal hype trailer for LFF in October (which can’t get here soon enough).

Southampton have had an outburst. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/southampto...

Social media.

CLR James, Claudia Jones, Paul Robeson.

For someone who'll surely end her career with a good Slam total, I do wonder if the lede on Sabalenka's career will be all the potential Slams she coughed up.

“Definitely think we’ll see a Polish semi-finalists this week.” “Hmm, hardly a bold take.” “I’m not talking about Iga Swiatek.”

Because it was time to address the dark clouds overhead at #RolandGarros: I wrote about how Alexander Zverev is almost certainly going to win the French Open, and how people around the sport are feeling about that likelihood. Read here: www.benrothenberg.com/p/alexander-...

*If* he can serve this well in the SF, he has a chance. But he *has* to serve to a similar level.