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This sort of stuff from the fash is the other reason I find American discourse about British food and appropriation tiresome. Yes, I know we’re not good at Mexican food and any Mexicans who want to mock certain U.K. chains are obviously entitled to, but let’s maybe not endorse fascist narratives?

I find this one particularly tiresome given Taco Bell - Conglomerate founded by a white guy. Chipotle - White guy. Del Taco - Two white guys. We're allowed to enjoy other cultures food!

Reveal its unity, guard its faith, and preserve it in peace.

If any journalists are interested in working on a feature on the racists so excited by Rupert Lowe's Restore UK political party that they cite it in committing racist hate crimes, do let me know. Some of the racists might talk but this mobilisation raises political, policy and policing questions

One thing ppl often get mad at me for saying is: the wealth disparity AND the giving disparity between the average (and the poor) and the wealthiest is like 300 times larger than it ever was in feudal England

Several students at Quakertown High School were taken into custody on Friday after a student walkout protesting federal immigration enforcement escalated into a confrontation that left at least one teenager bloodied and in handcuffs, according to witnesses and video footage from the scene.

The in-laws gave us a 1000 piece jigsaw for Christmas (quite a hard one), but I must say it’s a very good antidote to spending your evening looking at The Horrors on your phone, in a way that watching TV often isn’t.

"More than 3,000 people attended the Mass and walked in the procession. "Families affected by immigration enforcement were among the first to receive ashes from Cupich, in a highly symbolic reversal of the marking and tracking many say defines their daily lives." www.ncronline.org/news/god-doe...

The only dry land were at Blackpool And that were on top of the Tower.

That Atlantic measles story was so poorly/deceptively edited that even the site's own flack thought it portrayed the actual account of a suffering, soon-to-die little boy. Via @laurahazardowen.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...

Pearl River County residents who find a lost pet have a way to check for a microchip immediately—without waiting for animal control or making a trip to the shelter.

Went to Wakefield, upgraded my copy of The Silmarillion. (This one, but obvs I didn’t buy it from the BL shop). It’s so pretty! shop.bl.uk/products/the...

This is in fact the second time he’s abandoned his girlfriend on a mountain, though luckily the first time the poor woman survived. Definitely a man to avoid climbing with….

yeah i don't feel like the punishment for this is wrong, it could have been far more severe, but the fact that *he's done this before* is WILD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform has said they will ban the equality act on ‘day one’. Not a single family I know, would be unaffected by this. This includes age discrimination and women’s rights (pregnancy & maternity leave) and sexual orientation and so much more…

Column: why the government should rethink its major settlement reforms, which if rushed through, would harm integration and undermine progress on child poverty, gender equality + workplace protections against exploitation. (Even the politics doesn't work either) www.easterneye.biz/keir-starmer...

I complain about the Graun a fair bit, but every single one of these holidays by train (and ferry) sounds like one I’d love to do. Although one or two of them I have, or have done something similar. www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

Die Epstein-Causa findet kein Ende. Während Täter in den USA scheinbar keine Strafen fürchten müssen, funktioniert Europas Justiz noch einigermaßen.

I know I am approximately the 4343th person to say this but why are these people so whiny about flatly factual descriptions of their politics? Going on about how ancestry is what matters then having an attack of the vapours about people saying 'sounds like racism'.

Connor Tomlinson - who wants to ban all Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, blacks and Asians from parliament and the civil service - is among those talking about Restore Britain as "we" Restore says it won't vet for members/activists overt racism. Lowe says it will vet for "stomach" on mass deportations

🚨 Changes to UK entry regulations (Electronic Travel Authorisation/ETA) ℹ️ gov.uk/eta

Such a good piece today from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com which shows that the declining graduate premium is very much a UK problem rather than a general (or inevevitable) consequence of more people going to uni www.ft.com/content/649d...

that we, surely trusting in thy defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries;

Spectacular

Great match between Switzerland and our lads in the curling.

"What do I think of the Board of Peace? I think it is a colonialist operation: others deciding for the Palestinians,” said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa: www.ncronline.org/news/us-led-...

On July 4th Leo will visit Lampedusa in Italy, one of the major migrant landing points in Europe.

That someone like GRRM raises the question of "Aragorn's tax policy" betrays the shallowness of his understanding of the *limits* and *constraints* of state power in early and high medieval polities. Kings require income, primarily for warfare, secondarily to demonstrate their legitimacy.

This was a 2023 experiment. It shows the radicalised racialised owner is getting an ideological impact for his $$$$ In principle, those opposed to racism & Trumpism would think strategically about any options to reduce its reach over time. The UK Labour govt doesn't see that as its goal/role

For #AdoorableThursday this week, here's the beautiful doorway, with its welcoming inscription above, of the Robin Chapel, in Craigmillar in Edinburgh, our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek

137. Aragorn’s tax policy and other weird shibboleths Yesterday I found myself diverted by people on Bluesky revisiting the issue of Aragorn's tax policy that George R.R. Martin so memorably quibbled over back in 2014. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if…

Charles I had some very bad ideas about constitutional government. Nonetheless, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor isn’t fit to black his boots.

The procession has returned to the church; Fr. Fossá concludes the event alongside Archbishop Cupich by telling attendees, "may this be the mark of our Lenten journey."

The Ash Wednesday procession through the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - honoring immigrants, immigration detainees and those killed by ICE & Border Patrol - has begun. Chicago Archbishop and Cardinal Blase Cupich is near the head of the march.

What?

The possibility that pre-Elon Twitter was limiting the reach of conservative tweets was the greatest story in the history of journalism, while a vast network of sex trafficking pedophiles that included billionaires, celebrities and two presidents is just a big yawn.

*throws a copy of City of God at the screen*

Okay so this is true *but* not in the way most people think. Antibiotic overuse is not “I had five ear infections in a year so I took antibiotics five times this year” It’s “Farmers feeding antibiotics to chicken to make them fatter and more profitable” and “labs dumping chemicals into the river”

“‘The counsel of Gandalf was not founded on foreknowledge of safety, for himself or for others,’ said Aragorn. ‘There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.” The Lord of the Rings, III.2z

Andy Beshear specifically cites his faith when discussing his vetoes of anti-trans bills and that's something that a lot of people can get behind because believe it or not this country isn't by and large made up of Extremely Online Atheists

every immigration wave follows the same basic economic pattern and every immigration wave thinks the success of the second generation is due to the unique attributes of their parental culture and I’m starting to doubt that they’re all correct

There have been many violent murders at the hands of Border Patrol agents. This is not an aberration but part of a broader federal apparatus built and refined over decades.

once again: much like Reform UK thinking that its base is 30 year old young workers, the city-dwelling working young mother is almost assuredly a strong democrat, even the religious one

It depends on what you mean by “religion in politics.” Was it a problem when hundreds of faith leaders descended on Minneapolis? We need morality in the public arena. If that comes from religion, so be it

Excellent advice from the Pennsy here (though I like mine soft rather than firm)

Fr Hugo Adán has initiated a Holy Communion course for Spanish speaking autistic children at St Matthews, Southwark. This is the first of its kind in London and Fr Hugo kindly spoke to us about how the initiative came about. 👉READ MORE HERE🖇️ https://ow.ly/o9uG50YhCzG

Incidentally, terrific Evensong for Ash Wednesday from Merton Oxford on Radio 3. Well worth seeking out on the iPlayer.

Economically, yes. But they seem quite keen to go much further and harder right on immigration, race, and culture than the Tories would (or would have til recently, anyway).

Setting this reminder was perhaps my most brilliant move ever