Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.

I was reminded this morning of something IBM noted in 1978: "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a management decision."

I outsource it to Palantir.

Doctor I trust more than RFK Jnr.

I used to do Wordle every day, now I only go back to check how much more enshittified it's become.

Brexit and Reform is what you get with a nation that has never had the chance to grow up as a democracy. The monarchy and the class system means that the majority will always be bitter and resentful, fail to see themselves as accountable, and look for others to blame.

This goes along with the BBC piece about Trading Standards officers being terrorised as an example of how 15 years of Tory austerity has destroyed our ability to effectively regulate or police anything in this country.

It's not prejudice, it's Putin. Everything that Farage has ever done and stood for furthers Putin's agenda to damage and undermine the West.

Who goes fascist? Guessing who in a showdown would go fascist is an interesting and macabre parlour game to play with the neighbourhood WhatsApp group... mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/who-goes-f...

There's a massive elephant in the room here, and it's the behaviour of Netanyahu's government. That doesn't excuse attacking innocent Jewish people, but it's undoubtedly a factor in the rise of antisemitism worldwide. Netanyahu is making Jewish people more unsafe. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Ah, the book everyone who doesn't really like reading chooses as their favourite book because they had to read it at school. . .

Cunt. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

"Then these two religious maniacs go into a bar. . ."

'But you see, as every series of the 90s ITV version of Cluedo went on, you realised that every actor took a turn as the murderer so it actually got easier to solve...'

Morning. . .

Sisters aren't doing it for themselves. Has she forgotten Truss?

Yet another example of the damage that the internet does to society, and why it needs to be regulated. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Trump is an object lesson in childish vindictiveness. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Postponing the inevitable. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

THEN: the people’s house. NOW: casino penthouse.

A ballroom for a ballsack.

Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

Cairo!

The art of Bluesky is depressingly figurative.

What, no 'carbuncle' gag?

Whoops! But true. In fact, the US has had a special relationship with Israel for some time. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Who'd have thought that you couldn't trust people whose sole aim was to destroy socialism? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I'm supposed to be impressed? People used to carve things.

This never happened.

There were 42 credible assassination attempts against Hitler. Assassination attempts aren't a badge of honour, they don't prove that you're right. Sometimes it just means that you're an evil fucker who needs to go.

The Americans are so obviously not in control of the Iran war. Sending his amateur negotiators and then having to bring them back immediately because no one had actually agreed to any talks was massively embarrassing. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Thank you, Donald Trump, for introducing me to a new experience - feeling sorry for a monarch. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Trump is single-handedly isolating the USA from its long-established allies, and most of the rest of the world. The Iran clusterfuck is one byproduct. There will be more. He is rapidly diminishing America's power and influence in the world.

If you were wondering about Trump's claim to having had the most assassination attempts, it's almost certainly not true as usual. . . share.google/ZKacyYGVXoIX...

It puzzles me why they don't do the same for the final of #GreatBritishMenu as they do for #TheApprentice, ie let some of the runners-up back to help.

It strikes me that they were lucky he used guns. If he'd had a bomb, they would have been fucked. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

He does seem remarkably chipper, considering.

It doesn't have to develop one, it can buy one from North Korea, Russia or China. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If this is a metaphor then I'm for that also.

One day a real wolf will turn up.

So, he staged an assassination attempt in order to get his ballroom built?

I hate it when the Second Amendment ruins the First Amendment’s dinner!

Was it Tucker Carlson?

Faked Assassination Day is now as baked into the American calendar as Groundhog Day. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

🚨 BREAKING: Gas station attendant charged with murdering gas station attendant. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

“Our priority is the safety of the people under our protection, and we hold our close protection officers to the highest standards. If those standards are not upheld, we take appropriate action as soon as practicable.” - except all of those things. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Do you think Trump and Hegseth are using Grok to make decisions around the Iran war?

The House of Lords getting in the way of the assisted dying bill is just one example of how we need to grow the fuck up as a country. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How about proscribing Trump and his regime? They're a greater threat to world peace than Iran. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...