“Show me the man and I’ll find the crime” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

This is it, Hollywood; the moment of truth. After years of showing up at award shows wearing pins and ribbons, you can finally make a real difference. No new work for Disney. No new work for CBS/Paramount. Reporters, ask everyone who works for Disney/Paramount why they support Trump.

On the alarming aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder.

I’ve condemned Kirk’s murder too often to count—and am told I’m on this list. So it isn’t a list of those who celebrated Kirk’s death, it’s a list of progressives who publicly engaged in some kind of wrongthink and now—for... reasons—need to be on a list only far-right political radicals can access.

hahahahaha every day I feel like I'm losing my mind

Help Mohammed's family survive the Gaza genocide chuffed.org/project/1422...

The parliamentary register of interests shows that Farage has made nearly £400,000 from GB News since August 2024, for c190 hours’ work. This suggests he is being paid more than £2,000 an hour by the news channel. All paid to Thorn In The Side Ltd owned solely by Farage 25% tax rather than HR

On Angela Rayner and tax law open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision

Nope, fuck this, sorry. People who don’t work hard also shouldn’t live in fear of being dragged to a concentration camp. Human rights are not about “the economy.”

Rohingya children at risk of forced child marriage as aid declines www.freedomunited.org/news/rohingy...

Goodbye Angelina - You Were One In A Billion open.substack.com/pub/niallhar...

Refreshingly brisk on farming & inheritance tax from Guy Singh-Watson, hitherto owner of Riverford Farm. Riverford, now owned by its employees, had a turnover of £113m in 2023-24 and made a profit of £5.7m. He’s been awarded farmer of the year by the BBC twice. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Help Mohammed's family survive the Gaza genocide chuffed.org/project/1422...

"...everything is going to be alright" open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

That’s a univervousity

Help for basic living costs for family trying to survive in Gaza chuffed.org/project/1422...

It’s a golden age for Cassandras.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Constitutional law during a carnival of cruelty open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

Welcoming Nubian CoheARTs as Clean Break’s first ever Associate Company. “We’re living proof that Clean Break changes lives, and will always be fierce ambassadors and contributors to the work.” Read more: www.thestage.co.uk/news/clean-b...

“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it,” Sotomayor wrote. https://trib.al/Mtv0JDm

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Life Or Death Decisions open.substack.com/pub/niallhar...

It feels like it ought to be possible for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to avoid giving a running commentary on a music festival.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

This cause is important - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/op...

61 years ago today, the Klan murdered three civil rights workers in Mississippi. One of them was a childhood friend. I'd like to share what he meant to me. https://youtu.be/u-kv3wdqqNo?si=Zc3Uh-CJOcODt-RW

Five things to remember about war:

Joan Smith was writing years ago about police moral judgements about women and how this failed the victims of Peter Sutcliffe.

We asked MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell if he was risking a judge’s wrath by defying court orders. He told us we didn’t understand the orders and said we had a smug face. Today, a judge had something to say about that. (not our smug face. his conduct.)

Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.

Then die t.co/2tcDvU4yDr

“Those who mourn Sarah should reflect on her ideals, learn from her life’s work and aim as she did on creating the fragile groundwork for Middle East peace.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...

A single Special Forces officer personally blocked 1,585 Afghans from settling in the UK, fearing they may have witnessed alleged British war crimes. Absolutely awful read t.co/CignzrwoyY

Watch out for this crazy new scam. Apparently, there are academic journals that are keeping all the profits while paying their editors, reviewers, and even authors nothing! Stay alert

Happy to confirm that, as somebody whose job involves public speaking on a daily basis, I routinely throw in a few Nazi salutes to keep juries on their toes.

The law used in this case was passed in 1986. But if Johnson wants to look at more recent laws that have been used to arrest people for their social media use, he’ll be shocked when he discovered who was in government – or even Number 10 – when they were introduced, over liberal objections.

Reupping this, as we prepare for another wave of dangerous storms: Too many people only pay attention to the way Trump is “transforming” government when they are personally impacted. Too many people don’t miss much-maligned government services until they are absent. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

UK govt defeated 287: 118 in the Lords over lack of copyright protections for the creative industries against AI pirates. Lords want to ensure that copyright holders are able to see when their work is used and by whom. I voted against the govt. hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...

This was a hugely entertaining and informative discussion that whizzed by. Lucy Worsley and Helen Lewis on history and her book THE GENIUS MYTH open.substack.com/pub/helenlew...

Who could have predicted that “Nigel Farage is right, don’t vote for him” would anger voters who oppose Farage without impressing a single one attracted by him?

That this was found at Harvard is a little bit on the nose even for the screenwriters of this season of US politics.

I’ve done this. The text boxes give you several opportunities to use words like ‘shameful’, ‘inaccurate’, ‘immoral’, ‘irresponsible’, ‘misinformed’ and ‘planet-burning’.

Big news today for a very special girl. She lived up to her name. A 2nd Chance for Chance.

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Absolutely this

I always visualized her big happy face looking out in the number one spot and today is that day. 🇬🇧 Number 1 🇮🇪 Number 1 Of course those are silly little numbers as real stuff is the 80,000 dogs sterilized and the hospital. This moment is for you Tina. I love you ❤️