'I tell you this with all my heart: this is a relief that we’ve been waiting 25 years for. I can talk for 80% of the population. The sound of the explosions? It made me glad. I wasn’t afraid' observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Honestly I’m not sure Avon and Somerset police have jurisdiction over Venezuela

'They execute, and arrest us anyway. So people now think, if they continue to kill us when we are not even on the streets in protest, why the fuck are we waiting for the right moment?' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

A year ago, I was concerned that we would be in a much worse place by now. We all face more challenges to come. But be hopeful. I am.

Morning.

Iran, day five: nationwide anti-regime protests met with an intensified crackdown. May 2026 bring an end to the oppressive Islamic Republic regime.

Evening.

Happy Hogswatchnight, everyone! (IYKYK)

If we’re doing Love Actually discourse, Mikhail Zygar in ‘War and Punishment’ had the best take

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." -- James Baldwin

I really do think the top team and their advisors spend too much time online. X is a talking shop for the metropolitan hard ride. Kemi writes long essay posts and gets raves

it’s a wicked world in all meridians; I’ll die a pagan.

Wise words that cut through the rage this issue has caused I would add that if we can nice heaven and earth for El-Fattah why can’t we get Jimmy Lai out of Hong Kong prison?

Honestly also the brass neck of this paper, which cheered this asymmetric trade deal at the time and advocated that Liz Truss, the Cabinet minister who signed it should become *prime minister*.

Bringing this energy into 2026

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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit

A portrait of artists fighting on in the face of Britain’s cultural authoritarianism and constant threat of violence: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Happy Soviet Union collapse day!

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My father in law has done his traditional Christmas Day Facebook post to remind us of the true meaning of the day: Reminding us of the greatest Christmas of all, December 25th, 1989, when they shot that bastard Ceaușescu

Laura Barnett’s ‘The Versions of Us’ is a fantastic twist on the multiverse novel, a wealth of detail and a great story of the twentieth century. Recommended

❗️Explosions are shaking Kharkiv on Christmas Eve.

ROBO CRIME futurism.com/artificial-i...

Merry Christmas Eve all.

Eve:

Writing “Merry Christmas” feels heavy when my family is listening to explosions in Kharkiv. Still, I believe in good — and in the small ways we choose it and share it with others. So… Merry Christmas.

This is an enormous shame. (The article misses out his performance in season 2 of BOSCH, which was stellar) people.com/james-ranson...

Just read two books by @herring1967.bsky.social - How Not to Grow Up - Can I Have My Ball Back which I totally recommend

Stained glass and driftwood sculpture by UK artist Louise V Durham #WomensArt #Solstice

Today:

"One of the big reasons why a lot of us grew up as conservatives is we were afraid that if you give too much power to the government, someone bad could come in and use it for their own personal gratification and empowerment," George Conway says. "And here we are. This is exactly it."

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Seems like he is giving Trump an ironic smile - which to my mind is more fitting

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In hope and in defiance, Parliamentarians gather to celebrate Hanukah with the British Jewish community tonight

Morning.

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

'In a press conference Sunday morning at the local fire station, one reporter mentioned the two Brown students who were already survivors of a mass shooting from their time in high school' - @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...

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Yes. It is also why so many destructive monstrous conspiracy theories that don’t “start” out anti-Semitic quickly end up that way It’s just a bigotry that is so fundamental and pure in its evil that you will eventually or quickly get there if you choose to live that kind of life

Today:

It's the golden rule, It's the golden rule, it has always been the golden rule, and it will always be the golden rule.

Today:

This is a great idea. Maybe they will get the message when the opportunity for photoshoots pulling pints is gone www.cityam.com/landlords-ho...

Russia destroyed the central warehouse of a pharmacy network in Dnipro — a facility built just last year and storing medicines for over 500 pharmacies across Ukraine.