Jim Parkin

I mean, some of us do teach this, but I suppose we can't guarantee that it sinks in...

Ghislaine Maxwell Has Custom Meals and Pet A Puppy Behind Bars: Lawmakers Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee say a whistleblower revealed that Maxwell has received special treatment in prison.

Unique among inmates, Ghislaine Maxwell gets room service in her cell, after-hours access to recreation, a private visitor suite with refreshments and even a service-dog puppy to play with.

Is this a federal prison sentence or a comped stay at a Trump Hotel?

1/ Eleven Dutch parties across the political spectrum from socialist to conservative have issued a joint appeal to a provincial government to build a memorial to Black American soldiers who died in World War II, to replace one removed from the Netherlands American Cemetery. ⬇️

1/ Russian soldiers are once again finding themselves being targeted by the hated military police for petty offences, including "driving with dirty tires" in the middle of the muddy season in Ukraine. "Are we fighting or just wanking?" asks one aggrieved soldier-blogger. ⬇️

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

This hits hard

He can't avoid being a vandal

I remember trying to explain to my foreign-born husband why this silly movie moment made me gasp.

Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.

Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.

1/ Russian political officers – responsible for maintaining the morale of the Russian army's troops – are handing out instructions to their men advising them on the best ways of committing suicide. ⬇️

1/ Russian 'grey imports' to support the war effort are facing a crisis, following simultaneous crackdowns by Chinese, Kazakh and Russian customs officials. Thousands of truckloads of drone parts and medical supplies are said to be stuck at the border. ⬇️

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From my house, it's 546 miles to the other side of the district, 7 hours 17 minutes with Sunday afternoon traffic, and it's san antonio to el paso

"Texas isn't gerrymandered, there's way worse"

Let me tell you about Texas district 23, the south Texas hell district, it's approximately 550 miles wide, touches another time zone, the source of everyone's political whining AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I'M IN IT
And *this district makes sense*

From elsewhere,

"To be fair, millions of people refer to him as ***king Trump."

All he had to do was take off his diaper

Wearing the sort of AI generated crown that you get with a kids' meal and a burger

With a crown that looks like it's come from a Burger King kids meal

Donald Trump just posted an AI video of himself dumping shit on protesters from a “King Trump” jet.

Turan cartridge showing their TRN manufacturer’s abbreviation.

Turan .308 rifle cartridges.

Please tell me that the alleged transgender markings on the alleged cartridges in the rifle alleged to be used by the alleged Utah shooter were not the *manufacturers code*. And yes Turan makes .308 ammo.

Russia officially moves to legalize the Taliban Moscow once listed the Afghan hard-line movement as a terror group, but President Vladimir Putin now describes it as a “trusted ally.”

The Taliban are doing fine and well with plenty of arms and Humvees left behind. And now good friends with Russia….. oh the irony of that one 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

www.politico.eu/article/russ...

DeKalb to review use of tear gas on protesters; arrested reporter may be turned over to ICE DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran Johnson announced June 16 that the DeKalb County Police Department will review its decision to use tear gas on protesters during an event in Embry Hills.

your "tether to humanity" is broken when

- Spanish-language reporter is detained and faces deportation
- police tear-gas protestors who complied with demands
- Dekalb CEO/police apparently lie about all of it

decaturish.com/2025/06/deka...

Danke

Who is Mr Falcon, please?

The Mark Felton references were a nice addition

On brand

It's just available via Flourish at the moment:
public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

I'm waiting for Farage to tick over £1m before publishing it in an article.

The amount the Telegraph pay Nick Timothy for his column will make a lot of news journalists wince. Can only dream of that kind of money

New MPs earnings data has just dropped.
Nigel Farage still comfortably the top earner. His 10 additional jobs have earned him an estimated £977k since the election.