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Reverend Jackson, you deserve your rest. You did well. May the ancestors welcome you. 🌻

‘She dared to be difficult’: How Toni Morrison shaped the way we think

Remember when we used to think people were silly to believe the world was run by a secret cabal of evil baby-eating monsters? I'm guessing there wasn’t a plan to deal with this when it turned out to be true?

Palantir. Agents for the IDF and for ICE. Now we know how they got huge NHS contracts. Time they were removed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them

Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest man ever to complete a career Grand Slam after securing the Australian Open title against Novak Djokovic, who had never lost in his 10 previous finals at Melbourne Park.

When I resigned as co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists convention after their decision to platform Trump, I took a lot of heat for it. I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America” Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.

I don't want 3 million files released into the world like confetti. Am I meant to read them? I want accountability. Not fucking tittle tattle

Quilt art inspired by vintage photographs of African American lives, by contemporary US artist Bisa Butler #WomensArt

JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

Home Alone, Best In Show, Schitt’s Creek, For Your Consideration, Beetlejuice, A Mighty Wind, The Studio, After Hours — she was so funny, and yet authentic in even her wildest, silliest roles. FUCK!

The head of a government is suing that government for $10bn and one really doesn’t know where to start. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fancy that hbr.org/2026/01/when...

Generate podcast??? Why the fuck is Adobe even giving me this option?? The document I have open is a receipt from the printers

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

Claudette Colvin’s life should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops | Gary Younge

The u-turn on mandatory digital ID was incredibly predictable. I v much doubt scrapping jury trials will survive either. Less positively prob not votes at 16 either. If the far right oppose something, Starmer wont do it. Farage is already the Prime Minister rly #r4today

This should read: ‘Turns off image generator for non-paying customers, but still offers it as a premium service’

Of course they bloody are.

Delroy Lindo is on a long list of actors long overdue for an Oscar nomination. He might finally break that ceiling with his role in Sinners. We caught up to talk about Ryan Coogler's "brilliant" epic, and, as always, he has some keen observations to share

Yes, even Bardot eventually became "racist nan".

I encourage people posting to stay mindful of the fact that countless real little girls and young women were horribly victimized by the Epstein network—and there are also MANY other survivors reading what is written here.

I can never quite get over the fact that the British government embed spies in peaceful social justice movements. It’s so monumentally fucking sketchy, especially given how they carry on when in post. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Priceless

Intro not too promising: "This action concerns a false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump" As a general rule, the more bombastic the language the weaker the case. A strong case does not need such language, a poor case is not saved by it.

*cracks knuckles* time to pen a little message for F*rage after son receives an unsolicted shit post from Reform HQ. Thanks for the freepost envelope😇

RIP to the legend Jimmy Cliff, who has sadly left us age 81. youtu.be/-y9Q7ud7Or0?...

And 29 weeks before they even assign a case officer. Plan ahead kids, lol.

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

Police and Crime Commissioner abolished: what did they actually do other than draw a salary? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Dr Daniels’ report, an essential read/listen - a masterclass in presenting the harm without case study, data and recommendations. Its contents can’t be reduced to slide or sound bite; make the unpalatable digestible for the institution without accountability. www.linkedin.com/pulse/sort-p...

What a wow. If you need to report a data breach with the ICO (information commissioners office) you will need to *checks notes* 29 earth weeks 🙃

Went trick or treating as myself last night. Because nothing seems to terrify some of the locals as much as an immigrant.

Is this an uno reverse card: Perpetrator Protection Scheme Asking for a friend.

“What were the consequences of your life-destroying crimes?” “I had to change my name and move to a free house” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

tbh the fetishisation of 'othered' people is what drives our presence in the advertising; e.g. mixed families are associated with progress, modernity and 'cool', and are strategically placed to look on subconsciously, or even consciously, as aspirational. all this claptrap to sell frozen chips lol

Loads of cool people and me contributed to this piece, please read and share 👊🏾 Notice the breadth of occupations of the contributors and the range of things selected. I think we're trying to tell you something... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

this is only newsworthy if a journalist *has* ever done this. Throwing around hypotheticals only demeans BLM and derails the conversation about how problematic impartiality is, because it encourages you to 'both sides' issues to which there is no debate. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

Damn. Not D’Angelo 🥺

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola. Fuck Columbus.

So let me check my notes. So this is the same police station put the final bail in Cressida Dick’s career. And then these bad apples weren’t removed but moved to another barrel. Right… nothing to see here 👀

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.

Because *checks notes* a birth certificate, passport, driving licence, national insurance number or NHS number just won’t do 🙄🤔

Over 620k signatures already. Gotta hand it to Labour - just when you think they’ve peaked, they always find a bigger rake.

Yes

IMPORTANT 🧵 We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US. But it could happen in UK too. It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim. Read on! 1/11

I… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...