All of this. As a sidebar, nice to see HoR is a forever Gooner.

How are you supposed to talk down your racist uncle if the only person he’ll listen to it’s the AI on his Android? Or the attention economy which cocoons our enemy – sending their cadres picures of crowds singing Allah is a Pedo? davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/anti-fasci...

Great way to start the day is going deeper into the #WSL with The Cutback's 'Beyond The Top Four' feature. Two of my fave writers, Reshma Rao and Chiara Bozzarello delivering insight, storytelling, updates and tactical analysis. www.thecutback.com/p/beyond-the...

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AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”

"The worst was four weeks when it spread to my mouth. It was as if some torturer-antagonist was burning my jawbone with an oxyacetaline torch. The hospital recommended I drink salt water. “Just a placebo,” the consultant told me at our next appointment davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

When Americans watch the news and say things like "this isn't like us, we're not some third world country", I want you know that the US funded the dictatorship that took Eunice Paiva's husband. You *are* very much like this.

This week's post: Farage and the BBC mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/fara... On Monday 22nd September I watched a party political broadcast on behalf of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party. It was on the BBC, and it was entitled ‘News at Ten’.

A day out with the kids, and some FA Cup football that was curtailed. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...

Thing is, I don't think anything is that influential after 6 games. But bc (not just our fault) Arsenal have become such a noisy club, a win like this just quietens the noise for a bit.

The rise of shoplifting is a consequence of the cost-of-living crisis, not a breakdown in the social order — the Left must think about how to represent those who are forced to engage with it.

Special tournament. Special player. And she will be for years.

Today in Proximities: - At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month - Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo - Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...

Often overlooked how important misogyny is in upholding white supremacy. Not just they’re after *our* women, but also, only *I* should get to do that.

With the first season of ALIEN: EARTH having wrapped, @zacharylee.bsky.social speaks w/ stars Babou Ceesay & Sydney Chandler about the arc of their cyborg and hybrid characters. They discuss the importance of practical effects and their characters inverted journeys.

Current clubhouse leader for best film I’ve seen this year.

Today in Proximities: - Mutharika, 85, sweeps back to power in Malawi - Four killed during protests in India's Ladakh - Eleven fresh Ebola cases in DR Congo As usual, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/malawi-ind...

For everyone who celebrates, Happy Rosh Hashanah. May we all have a sweet, peaceful New Year. Shana Tovah!

In 3 games she's gone from, "Renee, what?" to "Is Leah getting her place back?"

One of those “this could be about anything” paragraphs.

Today in Proximities: - Finally! Alaa Abd el-Fattah pardoned in Egypt - Syria's Sharaa in New York, urges U.S. to lift sanctions - Three trans women murdered by gunmen in Pakistan As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/egypt-syri...

‘On 12 September, members of an online group named “Youths Against Corruption” chose a new government using Discord, an app popular with gamers.’ New: Shubhanga Pandey on how Nepali youth overthrew the government. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

Was in West London for a derby match in the FA Trophy and a long walk through a part of the city which demonstrates that, for all the hollering, multiculturalism is working just fine in Southall. Hayes & Yeading United vs Southall. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...

Today in Proximities: - Saudi-Pakistan defence pact rattles India - 78 killed in drone attack on Sudanese mosque - Nepal interim PM pledges to tackle corruption As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/saudi-arab...

I was on CNN Newsnight on Monday night and you can watch clips over on Instagram. www.instagram.com/reel/DOrXFSG...

Yep, confirmed. The new woman to beat.

Whenever this phrase is invoked, it makes us sound like someone who has a celebrity follow them on Twitter, and thinks that makes them best friends.

Today in Proximities: - Israel is still bombing Lebanon - Maldives journalists challenge crackdown - Togo president's critical sister-in-law arrested As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/lebanon-ma...

That is potentially huge for Arsenal if she can't play Sunday (although an injury to any player is never good).

A Substack from me, addressing the consequences of the Tommy Robinson movement last weekend. We probably won't see more marches on that scale this year. What will happen, though, is a huge boost of energy for Farage and Reform davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/tommy-robi...

How financialisation is corroding education in the UK

I spoke with Maya Moore ahead of her HOF induction. So many believe she would have been the unquestioned GOAT had she kept playing. I asked something that should matter to the WNBA as they work on a new CBA. Would Maya have played longer if the WNBA paid better? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Men’s 1500 might be the most fun and volatile event in the sport rn.

This, by @petermitchellnhsn.bsky.social, is very good if very upsetting tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/tyne...

On the loss of an absolute titan. Words can't capture his impact, but I did my best. www.rogerebert.com/tributes/the...

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the "thrilla in Manila", Vann Newkirk has written a superb article about Ali and Frazier, their relationship, and the fight. It is as good a piece of sports writing as I've seen in recent years. I highly recommend. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

What are West Ham? I don't get the long term plan over there. I'm not sure I get the short term plan either. What's going on? trackrecordmedia.org/2025/09/16/w...

Not often I’m totally aligned with Tottenham fans, but you keep singing that all night 🫡

Immediately thinks of the 7-1 away to Standard Liege (even though don't think that one was an early kickoff).

‘Rais has built and rebuilt his collection several times. “My children tell me to stop doing this work, but why should I? I am still alive. I will keep going.”’ Taran N. Khan on the Afghan bookseller Shah Muhammad Rais (now of Southall), from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

As with last summer, he makes this statement after the narrative has set and the damage has been done. He’s like a football manager who’s 4-0 down and only decides to make attacking subs in the 85th minute.

Me, with some worries about the signs of the re-emergence of the US street right davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

A write-up on Enfield vs Enfield Two in the FA Cup, played in Hertford, on a day of big Divorced Dad Energy. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...