I’ve never been invested in the Ryder cup but hearing the crowds chant U-S-A has snapped something inside me.

Adored the Andy Goldsworthy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social - if you need an excuse to come to Edinburgh before November, this is it.

Brilliant, thorough and full of expertise. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

It's time

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

In a statement released today, the autistic population explained: “Lol have you ever got a single fact wrong around one of us?” We will keep fighting - and so should you: www.patreon.com/posts/116939...

This. ALSO as someone with a tonne of autism in my family can I remind you that autistic people are some of the most innovative thinkers & brilliant humans around. I appreciate the condition can be severe but without autism the world wouldn’t have lots of the coolest things we do

Universal childcare wouldn't just relieve working families of a massive cost burden. It improves the whole economy. "There are a lot of reasons building a child care system that works for everyone is important to our children, to parents, to employers and to economic growth."

Delivered a first draft. Off to the gym now to face the consequences of my actions (eating chocolate non stop all week).

If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.

Watching The Sting tonight. RIP to a true pillar of American cinema.

She has a point

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Come and work for us. You can do from home it in your pyjamas, there are no work socials ever and we will never, ever, refer to our workplace as a family.

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

According to anecdotal reports, the new in-fashion insult heard around schools and playgrounds is: "Your dad shouts at hotels!" 😮😆 ~AA

If you have published anything, please consider doing this. The window is closing and you should get your details registered now for a chance at a settlement. The form works wherever in the world you are based.

Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.

Happy birthday to one of the best directors ever. I hope he's enjoying his retirement.

Tonight I saw the most beautiful film about love, loss, and a marriage grappling with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Walk With Me is playing again tomorrow morning - if you’re in Edinburgh PLEASE go along and see it. www.edfilmfest.org/film/walk-wi...

A lovely evening topped with a brilliant review from @npr.org #TheDiaryofLies www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...

Edinburgh pals - tonight is the launch of @philipmiller.bsky.social new book #TheDiaryofLies at @goldenharebooks.bsky.social at 6.30pm - tickets here or just rock up goldenharebooks.com/collections/...

List of resources in the thread ❤️🖤🤍💚

Paul Verhoeven is 78. Too subtle for his own good.

Things my teenager has refused to do today because he's too tired: sign a birthday card I put in front of him, get his bus pass from his jacket, tell me what he'd like for lunch.

I love this film

A couple of spaces are opening up in my tutoring schedule - if you are looking for some one-on-one screenwriting support, please do take a look & see if I might be the person who could help. I offer a free 30 minute chat to kick things off & discuss goals and approach. hopedicksonleach.com/tutoring

Playwrights! Screenwriters! Friends of playwrights and screenwriters! If you're in London on the 24th July PLEASE join us for a #SupportPlaywrightsSummerSocial at Soho Theatre Walthamstow. Pls share.

Most emotional friendly I’ve ever watched. #ynwa

My beloved's new book is coming out on 7th August - you can pre-order it here: guardianbookshop.com/the-diary-of...

New research by the University of York has found that UK screenwriters are increasingly being offered buyouts of their original content at the expense of long-term royalties, amid the rise of streaming services like Netflix. d16dqzv7ay57st.cloudfront.net/uploads/2025...

Friends - here's a quick, easy action item to help make sure you can face yourself in the mirror tomorrow.

interesting to see how much more coverage here we're getting of a chant at a music festival than the IDF being ordered to shoot and murder people in Gaza who are seeking aid!

Movie you've watched more than six times using GIFs (hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)

Great to be back in @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social last night to see the magic they’ve wrought, and to indulge in the ultimate magic experience of watching a film. Local Hero on 35mm - one of the very best.

Thrilled The Hollow Tree is shortlisted for a #shamusaward @sohopress.bsky.social @birlinn.bsky.social

HAPPENING NOW! Online launch of new crime books from @philipmiller.bsky.social and #CamillaTrinchieri hosted by @sohopress.bsky.social www.crowdcast.io/c/internatio...

What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

Happy Daniel Hannon Day to all who celebrate it. I hope you all enjoy the fireworks as we mark perhaps the worst piece of political forecasting going. www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...

Training to run a 5k and writing a first draft at the same time was a terrible idea. Every step/word is a mountain.

The responses to this make for very sobering reading. We are being failed by the Scottish health service. engage.parliament.scot/post/93284

If you're in Scotland and have experience of ADHD or Autism diagnosis, treatment or like 42,530 children are waiting for a neurodevelopmental assessment, please please will you contribute to this inquiry? We need things to change. www.parliament.scot/about/news/n...

Nottingham! The @broadwaycinema.bsky.social is celebrating 25 years of @wellingtonfilms.bsky.social by screening their films. I’m thrilled that The Levelling will be playing on Sunday 20 July - get yourself along for some sad cow action. www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/lev...

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Happy #Juneteenth! Did you know white women enslaved Black people too cc @trevondlogan.bsky.social? White women participated in 30% of transactions in the largest market for enslaved people AND were listed as owners in 40% of transactions of enslaved women. 🙃 #blacksky www.nber.org/papers/w32529

I read this yesterday and haven't been able to stop thinking about it. Horrific stories we mustn't turn away from...part a million... 19thnews.org/2025/06/hagu...

I imagine all these jobs will go with AI

I’m looking for representations of queerness in Scottish lit/culture from around the 18thc and having a tough time finding anything beyond a few characters in Smollett. Do folks have suggestions?

This made me cry. Happy Father’s Day to all those who identify as such, and to all those who have complicated relationships with their fathers….give this a read. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/o...