If he had the real courage of his convictions he'd deport them.

The Open Veins of Latin America is full of American Ambassadors helping to bring down governments that do things to make America's life more difficult. And then gloating about it.

He's obviously just bored with the whole thing. So, he's throwing away his toy and leaving it to rust in the rain. Jeff Bezos: billionaire baby.

The first book I ever bought on Amazon for me was Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings (Oxford World's Classics). I bought it on December 4th 2001. Jan/Feb 2026 I might finally get around to reading it.

How batshit insane do you have to be to think 15 minute cities are a bad thing? The Telegraph insane.

A quote from The Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano. "...ex-President Theodore Roosevelt loudly recalled his successful amputation of land from Colombia: “I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate,” said the proud Nobel Peace Prize winner as he related how he had invented Panama."

Turns out the 2nd Amendment wasn't that big a deal after all.

This I think about all the time. America and the UK are not the same. They face different issues and need different solutions. The dribbling love of the Yanks that people like the Mail, the Telegraph etc have is embarrassing. I refer to Humbert Wolfe's words on British journalists at this point.

The BBC's view on 'balance' has made it an increasingly bad news organisation. Climate change discussions cemented it by making one crank look equal to nine qualified climate scientists. Bullying by politicians/right-wing cranks/it's own Tory leadership has almost finished it off.

Well played, London Underground.

My Wishlist situation on Amazon is totally out of control. I have one that is just non-fiction and that's just far too long to find anything. So, what am I spending my Sunday doing? Creating more focused lists, e.g. Punic War. This is a history of my rabbit hole diving.

New classroom poster? #edchat #HigherEd #AcademicSky

You don't need to watch the video of someone being killed to know that someone was killed. On an emotional level, your amygdala can't really tell the difference between the video and being there. Depending on your personal history, this could be mildly shocking or enduring trauma. Why bother?

I assume the NRA will be all over this...(Silence)

But keeping the population terrorized is the whole point of ICE in Minneapolis. It is a siege. It isn't quite what was inflicted on Iraqi cities, but it is on the periphery. And you know they're just looking for an excuse to bring in tanks.

I bet half those blokes have criminal records for violence - most certainly against women. They're just losers who fancy a chance of getting back at people they don't like.

So, Labour are going to lose a Parliamentary Seat and a Mayoral election in one fell swoop. Nice one.

Yes, this blast from the past arrived today. One of two pure nostalgia reads I ordered on my birthday. My original copy of this I bought from a box of cheap paperbacks outside a shop in the Canary Islands.

I think I'll have to go see this again on the big screen. I saw it when it came out. I think on an afternoon off.

Evidence @oxfamgb.bsky.social - why are these labels so damaging?

Dear @oxfamgb.bsky.social can you please stop your bookshops from sticking price stickers on the front cover of books that can only be removed by damaging the book. Thanks.

Another month, another set of temporary traffic lights on Acton High Street. Already a magnificently terrible bit of highway design.

It should be noted that the United States was founded on the principle that you have the right to overthrow a tyrannical government.

Jesus, Galloway is still out there trying to convince people he gives a shit about anything but his own ego.

Raiklin will end up in a cell at some point. He's got that right-wing sex-pest vibe all over him.

BEHOLD, the preorder campaign for the US edition of Dominion of the Fallen is live!!!! www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...

Farage going to Davos to pretend he isn't part of the establishment is fucking hilarious. That man couldn't be more part of the establishment if he tried. He's the establishment's man. Coming with Liz Truss's economic policies and Donald Trump's approach to law and order.

Last part of my birthday book haul has arrived.

My Top 5: 5. The Doctor's dismissal of Professor Tryst. 4. "You can't mend people" from Kinda. 3. Bell Boy's death in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 2. The Second Doctor talks about his family with Victoria in Tomb of the Cyberman 1. The Part 3 cliffhanger in The Caves of Androzani.

Also the same applies to Britain and Empire. You can spin all the myths you like but both the US and British's Empire were built on crimes against humanity. On mass murder. Pretending otherwise is shameful.

It doesn't make the history disappear. It doesn't make America a country free of racism or free of the consequences of slavery. You were still a slave owning society whose entire political life is still affected by that. The sins of your fathers.

I always knew David Frost was mad. Now he's proved it. He's also a total c**t. But that needed no additional proof.

The problem with rebooting Blake’s 7 is that I think it has been ‘rebooted’ into other SF franchises. It is going to be hard to carve out a unique identity. Doctor Who is still pretty much its own weird vibe that’s hard to copy.

I was surprised to discover Delrpy Lindo was born in London and lived there into his teens. Wikipedia still has him as British actor.

This is Elon's billionaire wank fantasy because if you can foist a robot on people to look after their kids etc you can force more people into shitty jobs on shitty salaries.

What I’m astonished about is the amount of crimes that Trump is committing that we’re cited by the Founding Fathers against George III. If you want a Monarchy America you can just give up you President and return to the British fold.

It must be obvious to everyone at this point that Nvidia is a bubble of enormous proportion. And that when it explodes it is going to take a chunk of the American stock market with it.

Nice to see Badenoch is conspiring with Trump's gang to undermine the Chagos deal. Why are all the right-wing politicians gung how about sovereignty etc when it comes to Europe but happy to bend over for the Yanks. They'd all be happy to be a pathetic 51st State than an independent country.

Sounds like Farage wants to make Britain the 51st State.

Listening to that demented orange prick lecturing Europe on going in the wrong direction whilst he sits on his arse as the most corrupt President in US history whilst tearing up the Constitution the year of its 250th Anniversary supported by the GOP and the Supreme Court is fucking sickening.

I’m continually impressed by British patriots who would suck Donald Trump’s cock if he attacks Starmer. “O, Donald we love you more than our own country. Invade us not Greenland. Please!”

Jenrick’s ego might actually be classifiable as a form of pollution. Damaging the air and soil within fifty miles of wherever he is standing. A thick ichor of self-regard poisoning every place he is.

Man, this guy would have had that Jesus rounded up in a moment for disrupting the Temple.

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

The number of these chancers and grifters who were so wrong about Brexit (and everything else) but who still get taken seriously - Farage being the most obvious one - is an indictment of the stupidity of us all. And the complicity of the British media.

I’ve believed this for years. It should apply at Council level to.

You really don't want to anger both the Poles and Canadians at the same time. Things get ugly.

How have I never heard of Toby Wing?

This is part of my Birthday Book Haul. Thanks to various friends and family who still want to buy me birthday presents. Yes, it had a very specific focus. I also used a book token to buy North and Field Work by Seamus Heaney from @foylesforbooks.bsky.social. Me and my silly reading projects.

Actually in the further interest of old man remembers stuff accuracy I did watch a number of Tom Baker stories for the first time of VHS recorded from Australian TV.