yes. it is like the Holocaust in this way. you have never seen a truthful depiction of either of those things on screen because it is impossible to accurately depict them. you could not do it to actors, to children, you could not make it as bad as it was.

This is rather tragic and pathetic but good piece by @hughmuir.bsky.social I feel really sad about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yes, riveting

Bit of a long shot here, but: a friend is looking for a wrist support that you can attach to a computer mouse so it moves around with you -- apparently this used to be a thing (possibly made by Fellowes?) but neither of us can find any evidence of it still existing. Ring any bells? Any ideas?

Last night's Perseid Meteor shower at peak captured over Stoenhenge. The best metoer shower of the year and this photograph proves it. 📸 @Sebastian.Davies9966

omg omg omg it's happening right now:

Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.

Today, apparently, is National Potato Day in America, so if you’d like an absurdly long thread of root-vegetable-native-to-the-Americas content, you’ve come to the right place. We begin with the potato monument in Biesiekierz, Poland, because, well: look at it. Of course we do

We live in an age of wonders

Parental Advisory stickers, brought to you by the people who put a sexual criminal into the oval office

The BBC has footage of masked Israeli settlers attacking a Palestinian farm and burning vehicles and cars. "Locals say this is happening almost every day now, and these are the tactics settlers are using to take the land, field by field." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm going to be chatting later to James Glancy, who's on the Ukrainian front line about the rapidly changing nature of that war - do join us open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Do you ever wonder how deep the ocean would be if sponges weren't in there?

Mosley for the 2020s. A posh bloke using knuckle dragging thugs for political advancement.

Has anyone on here ever managed to use the search function to find one of their own posts?

Trump had this halfwit with him in Alaska whereas Putin had Lavrov in his corner. Little wonder Trump achieved the square root of sod all.

I want to watch this series but only in German. It adds a special Ich weiss nicht.

Nothing beats the studied nonchalance of a cat who just failed completely at some maneuver and is now pretending it absolutely never happened. 😆🐈‍⬛

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Terrific piece this. Culture has got to a weird point where pictures by Matisse have a nudity filter yet the language of porn is everywhere.

About 15 years ago, I wrote a story for Viz about exam results day and the Telegraph and Mail’s barely disguised boner for teen blondes jumping and smiling. And it got published, because I don’t think it had been skewered before. And now that appears to be a standard joke. And that feels quite nice.

I strongly recommend a listen to this episode - turned me around 180 degrees from my previous stance on the album. That’s a hell of a feat!

Bit of a reach, but can anyone recommend an employment solicitor, please?

In charts: Private schools lose ground to state rivals in A-level results race on.ft.com/45Rn0cw

Look at this beautiful display at Backstory in Balham

commission art about Palestine. commission art about Ukraine. don't wave flags or do statements, make the art that speaks in the highest and best ways to the horrors of the world and of human life. then make it available to as many people as you possibly can. that is your job.

fwiw my view on this is: arts organisations, please stop trying to do "here is a statement about an issue". you ALREADY MAKE ART. the art you commission and create is your statement; it is nuanced and subtle and most importantly you *know how to do it well* unlike this absolute shambles.

Anyone else tried to use the Eventbrite support website and it just stops working after you type anything in? Also, anyone know someone who works for them?

Happiest of birthdays to the one and only, Mr Steve Martin. My favorite comedian and one of my favorite actors. Happy 80th, Steve! ❤️

It is a pity that we can't deport the far-right thugs. The country would be far better off without them, and they would find out what it's like being an asylum seeker. It might even teach them a basic bit of humanity.

It's honestly remarkable to get to a point where your opera house's official position is that literally everyone in Tel Aviv is not a fit a proper person to even be able to *listen* to your opera, but a chorus member waving a Palestine flag is also bad for some reason.

"Political parties need to stop setting their political strategy by the most intractable of the Reform curious voters." @LiamByrneMP shares his key takeaways from Decoding Populism, our newest study. Full research: https://www.bestforbritain.org/decoding-populism-who-are-reform-uk-voters

The UK mostly has really good airports by the standards of their peers. I have never been to a British airport that was by any reasonable international standard 'bad'.

Very fine stuff from Wayne Tucker and co at Pizza Express tonight. Live music played by experts – you can’t beat it.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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I think the word “broken” is politically toxic, breeding despair, feeding populism, and disparaging people who work in those sectors

Genuine people just being kind to nice people is the best thing about the internet

Screen Slate have been doing the work for years now – as well as being the go-to for NYC cinema listings, you'll find whip-smart criticism on their hallowed webpages www.screenslate.com

so, in the course of a month, the New York Times reassigned four veteran critics, the Washington Post’s film critic took a buyout, Vanity Fair decided it doesn’t need a film critic at all, and the Associated Press got rid of book criticism altogether? Cool.

For those in SE London on Friday evening and so inclined, my son has a gig.

The Brits are experts in satire! A van is currently following JD Vance during his English vacations. So is JD now sure that there is no free speech in the UK?

NB has just occurred to me that no longer having to sun cream a highly resistant small person is the best thing about having teenagers

"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."

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This couldn’t have dropped on a better day! Its too hot to do anything so I shall sit in the shade enjoying this

Does anyone know anything about car parking facilities in or around Reading...?

This has to be the best job in the world.

This reminded me of probably my all-time favourite social media post