Sadened to learn of Iranian freedom fighter Marjane Satrapi’s passing. She was the Persian author of ‘Persepolis’ amongst others. That the French government announced her passing raises an eyebrow or two.

Taiwan Travelogue winning the International Booker Prize this year is perfect restoration.

I pitched a project to @grantamag.bsky.social it was a collection of real works by real survivors who are real published authors. They turned it down. Now I know why. They’d rather go all in their minority posturing, doesn’t matter if it’s AI.

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This is depressing mostly because it shows how powerful pop culture is compared to education. The Flintstones helped normalize the image of humans living alongside dinosaurs, and if someone grows up with that as a “default mental picture,” it can stick even if they later learn otherwise.

One of the best

What a clever weapon social media is: invites you to shout into the void rather than getting up and doing something about it.

Apparently tech bro fight club is a real thing

A colleague has AI detection software. For a laugh, we ran a chapter from one of my unpublished books from 20 years ago. Now I'm thinking the literary agent who rejected my book went onto become an AI developer and used it to train them. #WritersCommunity guys, I think all this might be my fault 😬

You can be sure the Baffoon is chuffed he’s made it the front page.

Neil making my coffee morning a laughing start to the week.

After watching West Wing I used to believe speech writers are the most talented writers out there. Then came the Trump administration.

This image is a political illustration from the German newspaper Die Zeit depicting a confrontation between a Pope and a US President. The artwork is titled "Pope Leo XIV" and portrays a tension-filled scene between the two figures.

This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇

A convicted felon as President of the United States talking about removing criminals is the very definition of hypocrisy.

Well done Hungary. 🇭🇺

'You know what will help boost the electoral chances of an unpopular, past his sell-by date, disruptive, despised by neighbours, Moscow acolyte? A visit from the even less popular second in command of an unpopular past his sell-by date, disruptive, despised by neighbours, Moscow acolyte.' ... 'Oh.'

Upon this logic, if she married the man whom she hates then what would she do for someone whom she merely doesn’t like.

I’ve given Bert the day off! I’m here until 4pm - Sally

Rooting for you Hungary 🇭🇺 on your election day. ✊🏽

Oh, lady! There’s a special place in hell for women who do what you do. Women like you are the greatest betrayers of all.

The Hungarian people deserve the right to conduct elections free of far-right capitalist pressure and greed. The arrogance of such nations

I love this photo of astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Artemis II. She's the first woman to see the full sphere of our beautiful planet. Welcome home to the crew, and thank you for reminding us of all we can discover together.

Melania, Melania. It’s time to pick a side.

Hypocrisy at its finest

We truly are living Hell on Earth created by the United States of Epstein Israel.

All cults and religious hysteria is a consequence of untreated mental illness. If we go on letting any mentally ill person run riot and incite war and hatred then who are we as humanity. Hiding behind doublespeak doesn’t make you a thought leader Farage

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) is introducing articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth over his role as “a chief enabler of this illegal war” in Iran. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

This is what happens when a bully get a nuke

This Wireless saga will go down in history as the first time a government has intervened

‘Look what you made me do’ are literally the words of every abuser, everywhere.

Curious to see how many ppl will go on funding the ChatGBT physical invader of his sister’s infantile form. We know he disrespects boundaries—he stole writer’s work & profits from it. But this degree of boundary violation doesn’t come from nowhere. Now we know just how far back it goes.

For the last time: Such abuse causes said ‘mental health challenges’.

✋ #PresidentPedoPutinPuppet

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Articulating feelings is not the same as feeling them. And, until they are felt fully and completely, unblocked, undamped by intellectualisation, you will not be healed.

This is an extraordinary case both legally and ethically. Boundaries are something I hold dear and clients have broke up with me when I’ve locked them tight. But there are quiet way boundaries are interpreted that lead to devastating consequences, as this case has.

There are things in the making of a human we can never fully explain away

“The ordinary person believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.” — George Orwell

Like Caroline Darian, the Epstein investigations continue to prove how children are the "forgotten victim". Is with the cognitive capacity of the child to collect evidence? That is why they depend on the parents to protect an provide.

I love the court of public opinion is fighting for accountability and #justice jmail.world

France leading the way again in its fight against broligarchs - the raid of X’s Paris offices is welcome

Here’s my scaring insight moment:

This article has forced the question: did Emily Brontë intend for Wuthering Heights to be read as a romance? Or was she warning women of the lovebombing stage in abusive men’s seduction?