It finally happened

This is an outstanding read Two fantastic albums which have aged extremely well (if I could nitpick, I would say outside has aged much better than Ned’s opinion suggests) A lot was happening at that point in my life and that colours my impression of both albums - but both are in my top tier

Anyone who tries to make a point by reference to some form of coffee being “posh” is a nailed-on twat.

Cannot stress enough how it is already possible to report potholes www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I don’t think that this is just labour people, but, researching attitudes towards minorities for the book I am currently writing, I was surprised how deeply engrained the conviction is among experts & politicians that things could never take a very ugly turn in the UK. A perilous form of certainty.

What are advertisers really saying when they casually bash south London?

Going to have to repost this every day and twice on Sundays. It’s not a Bluesky problem, it’s a reality problem

We don't *know* for sure this is fake, but if we assume it's real, 1) he missed all his targets, 2) he hit only people he was supposedly trying to help, 3) his slogan game is incredibly weak, and 4) he was too lazy to do it for more than one bullet, making him the worst political assassin in history

Boris Johnson tells The Sun that Reform are a threat to national security because "they are on record as saying that NATO provoked Putin's aggression" against Ukraine. Very true. In other news, here's how Boris Johnson responded when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2016

Just heard that Danny Thompson had passed. Sad news. youtu.be/1oYG7cpPok8?...

This seems in line with how I view any election period panning out. The more reform come up with polices that people will have to actually vote on, the less they will be liked

“When we spoke to executives, they would often say the internal tool was very successful,” said Challapally. “But when we spoke to employees, we found zero usage.” This must be the Rapture because I am dyingggg

It shouldn't have taken a UNGA speech for a lot of people to face the reality that Trump's brain is mush, and the United States under his rule is useless to allies abroad and facing mounting instability at home.

the thing is, Biden was entirely coherent quite a lot of the time.

The faster everyone gets off fossil fuels and buries even the memory of this petro-state puppet, the better.

We can all joke about the insanity that is blaming Tylenol but this is right on the money — it isn’t about that — it is about blaming WOMEN. Religious fanatics see God’s plan as infallible and if something bad happens, it is human failure. And when it comes to children, they always blame women.

Shaun King backing up Tucker Carlson that Jews killed Jesus. It is important to state this bluntly (I should actually write a piece about it): Antisemitism is close to getting mainstream. One thing preventing it on the right is Trump's support of Israel, but Carlson and others are pushing it.

it would be political suicide to do it but like 60% of the developed world very badly needs a poltician willing to talk to them like adults and say “listen, you can let in Rahul to work and pay taxes, you can pay more taxes, or your pension can be cut. those are the options. you need to pick one.”

"We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy." Translation: "We have spent the last days watching millions of customers cancel their subscription and our stock price plummet." BOOM. ~AA

Trump and co are losers They have no power They are like Jareth the Goblin King And we are all Sarah Just say “you have no power” and they just flutter away Tell me I’m right @manmademoon.bsky.social

I’ve been as depressed by last 10 years of uk politics as anyone else Not always shocked, but depressed But I will die on this hill. Reform will get nowhere near power come next election Ppl on the right: stop pretending Ppl on the left: stop being afraid and fight Other ppl: stop paving

Also notable in Ireland this week Strong support for Palestine absolutely everywhere. Without the class-ridden, historically entitled English punditry class proclaiming jt to be a disgrace Ireland has a lot of ppl with Israel connections/kibbutz exp. No anti-Semitic vibe at all Just recognition

A real joy to be on campus of University College Cork today as freshers buzzed around with friends and family and a beautiful sky overhead. Made me feel hope for the world (And a million miles from Farageland)

Miller’s Crossing is 35. Albert Finney had such a good time making Miller’s Crossing that he turned up on his day off to appear in drag when Gabriel Byrne bursts into the ladies room.

I've said this before, but the next election will be the most consequential of my lifetime. Fascism v political norms will be on the ballot. If you don't vote for whichever party is most likely to stop Reform in your constituency, you share responsibility for what happens next.

It is genuinely absolutely bonkers that one year into a massive new government majority, all the discourse is about what will happen under the allegedly inevitable majority by another party. Much of it is the govt’s fault but not all - this very much has not happened under past unpopular govts!

I hope @ottoenglish.bsky.social will forgive me for screenshotting his short thread. It is just perfect, so much so that I thought it should hit it one single blow, with no scrolling involved.

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What's effectively happening here (in the British media at large, too) is the construction of "anti-racism" as somehow a "political alternative" to racism, rather than as a minimal civilisational standard, which in turn (further) vindicates racism as *also* an acceptable political position.

Where Reform is headed is very much in line with the new right, that in order to save western democracy it must be destroyed. Patriotism as nihilism. Culture wars to become real ones. Very dangerous stuff.

Strong chance of a boss encounter I’d say

think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all

"They've said they'd do that" is crucial. The most important lesson of the last ten years is: when these people tell you who they are, believe them. Anyone saying "surely even Reform wouldn't go that far" just hasn't been paying attention.

always loved this photo because man she was not done justice lol

some experts say that reform uk’s plan to provide everyone in britain with one of those hoverboards from out of off of back to the future 2 “within weeks” of winning an election is “unworkabl, but it’s the sort of eye-catching policy that makes voters sit up and pay attention.

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

As an aside, the buried lede that they also plan to ban dual nationality will, I'm sure, go down GREAT in Northern Ireland.

erm hello pardon excuse me, what

I have never felt more alien living in the uk as I read article and article and commentator after commentator talk about the recognition of Palestine being some kind of disgrace or betrayal Completely oblivious to other countries recognition Completely oblivious to what is actually happening

If I could amplify any message in any meaningful way…

“my job can’t be replaced with AI, because [examples of things AI will never do/is bad at]” “oh, my sweet summer child. no one said the AI would do the jobs COMPETENTLY”

Roland knows very much of what he speaks. People would do well to listen

Hey, @theguardian.com, why are you presenting a far-right rally which left 26 police officers injured as something Guardian readers can disagree about in good faith? I’m so angry with you right now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

There's a group of literally about a dozen people at the top of this. A dozen people who couldn't agree a programme of basic, practical actions & stick to them, for even a few weeks. A dozen people who think they are the future of the nation. Time to ignore them.

In which Liz Truss finally declares for the Far Right.

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

Then and now.

I have rarely seen such unadulterated bollocks. I loved Twitter, it was so important for my job. Then a mad megalomaniac took it over and made it so no one would see my posts unless I paid him money - and even if I did that I would be submerged in nazi hate. But yeah this is our fault.

Nah. It says something about Your Party, and unfortunately lots of the rest of the "left" that they're there on X.