Casey

One of the ironies of Musk's Twitter crushing - as well as the death of new media like BuzzFeed - is that there is basically no ecosystem any more for nonsense woke overreaction to stuff. Which means the right now has to invent it to react against

I once heard Eric Adams described as "trying to win every interaction on a moment to moment level, leaving the overall experience incoherent and him coming off worse" and I sometimes wonder if that's not a good description of Starmer's government.

These problems require considered, intelligent solutions.

Any “tough on crime” policy which does not have this as its centrepiece is a distraction.

A con.

Don’t let con artists and hatemongers distract from the real issues.

There are significant problems with the way that sexual violence is dealt with in the criminal justice system.

There is chronic underreporting.

Investigations take years.

The court backlog means several more years before a trial.

Complainants give up.

Prosecutions collapse.

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

“You don’t owe anyone anything”

I love that this Monday morning, after the mighty Lionesses win yesterday, there are little girls all over the North East and this country who woke up today knowing they can achieve their dreams.

If you can see it, you can be it. ❤️🦁

Sting surveys his rolling acres wrapped in shawl nursing a cheeky glass of red

"well it's been a canny day down the allotment, I've banked up me leeks they needed doin' as before ya know it'll be the show & that, we've been at our Jean's caravan at Seahouses so I've neglected 'em, anyway pets have a grand evenin' & that, just ganna watch the sun go down w'me glass of vimto..."

Becky Barnicoat on Keir Starmer as a Hinge date – cartoon The Labour leader isn’t going to lie to you about what to expect from him

Becky Barnicoat on Keir Starmer as a Hinge date – cartoon

It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it?

Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up

Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.

I don't know Jess personally, but for pretty much the entire time I've been working professionally she has been widely regarded as a valued and respected figure in the British theatre sector. That it has taken a Labour government to force her out of work is an indelible mark of shame.

Two bbc news articles next to one another: Police launch investigation into Bob Vylan and Kneecap Glastonbury sets Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say

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I mean this is my fault for asking for ground cover plants and not being extremely specific but I did assume there was an understanding they would not send me CAT METH in the same way they wouldn't send me poison ivy or deadly nightshade

have been confused for days about insane cats invading our yard and destroying the plants for no reason only to find out I have accidentally planted fucking catnip all over the place, I am this neighborhoods feline drug lord, ive devasted their society

Woman on the radio complaining because someone getting PIP was able to go on holiday. Ffs, begrudging that.

Maybe they had a biscuit too. Maybe they went to the cinema. Maybe they had a tiny bit of joy.

just going to take a stab in the dark and suggest that these risk factors are enhanced by the complete inability to get a diagnosis / suitable treatment for said autoimmune disorders 🙄

Okay maybe this is too hot a take for 5:30pm on a Saturday but I think meme accounts that don’t give any attribution paved the way for people to accept AI words and imagery because it separated culture and entertainment from the idea that someone had to have those thoughts and compose them.

Local, middle-aged woman outside the Europa Hotel in Belfast just now: "It's called 28 Years Later but I don't know what it's about - is it the Good Friday Agreement?

Imagine being alive in this country for the last two decades while every public service is cut to shreds along with any semblance of a social contract and concluding that the accompanying sense of decay is because of halal chicken shops. Imagine admitting to thinking this in public. Embarrassing tbh

Photograph of a working class Street in the north of England down past the industry we can see what I think are docks industrial area with a high crane in between plain brick buildings there are two children on the sidewalk in the foreground a girl in a blue jacket with a big red ball and a very uncertain smile on her face behind her another child caught in mid dance or something and their face looking honestly they look like they could be some sort of cybernetic alien villain from Doctor Who an uncanny child

Newcastle, England — Elliott Erwitt, 1969

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all AI has taught me is that a large swath of people actually don't like doing anything

object permanence must be so rad, tell me what it's like to not have 4 jars of horseradish in your fridge

A lot of people are cringe and the most "edgy" political thing they've encountered is Hamilton and you're just going to have to live with that and be glad they're not at home OD'ing on white nationalist propaganda. They will be cringe and you can be like, jesus christ that's cringe. It's all fine.

it is really weird that publishing decided that instead of having a marketing budget, writers should just become cult leaders

Sooty pulling the ear of Sweep

Some of y’all cant handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows. This is direct communication (phallocentric) vs indirect communication (gynocentric). I understand you aren't used to it