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Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

Undeniable that Zack is well on the way to becoming one of the most effective political voices we've heard in years.

He's taking the fight to Reform, with passion and energy. And they're rattled. Time for Labour to follow his lead.

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

‘“Faragism” is neoliberalism at its most inhumane, more destructive even than [Thatcher’s] monetarism, and vindictive far beyond austerity.’

Good analysis by Gordon Brown - and why progressives should attack Farage on economics above all:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

Massive news for Leeds.

Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, David Beckham, Barack Obama, Kylie Jenner, and Justin Bieber may all not be coming to your city on Monday... but I am .. and I promise not to sing.

So come along if you're free.

trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...

Is this the event that inspired his hit single "Fist Shut Your Mouth" ? 🤔

A photo from yesterday’s Trunp Cabinet meeting. Taken from a low position the decorations on the wall behind the orange felon make him look like he has devil’s horns.

Nice work Jim Watson, nice work.

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News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

Hopefully the Nobel Committee will have recognized that someone who arrests their political opponents, imprisons citizens illegally for not looking sufficiently white, and puts troops on the streets of entirely peaceful cities, is perhaps not the right person to get the Peace Prize.

If this isn’t evidence of an AI bubble I don’t know what is 🫧

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Cover artwork for Steely Dan's 1974 album "Pretzel Logic" - a photograph of a food vendor who has parked his food cart on a snowy sidewalk. The food cart has a sign on it saying "Hot Pretzles 15c".

#NowPlaying Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

This is nuts.

#WarRavagedPortland

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A screenshot of the Waterstones Event Graphic.

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Omar Yaghi, the new Nobel Laureate, was born to a Palestinian refugee family.

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This would have a massive economic impact, locally and nationally, which once would have mattered to the Tories. But the current iteration of the party has become too stupid and too bigoted to care. Faragism is the cancer eating away at what’s left of their brains.

You’ve got to feel for Jenrick*

He so clearly wants to be with like-minded bigots in Reform, and yet that would be the kiss of death for his leadership ambitions. His ego won’t let him make the leap.


*Actually, no: you haven’t got to feel for him. Unless that feeling is loathing.

Liquid Stone, by Whispers of Granite 8 track album

If you want something lighter to offset the heaviness, this has been one of my favourites of the year so far: frequencydrift.bandcamp.com/album/liquid...

Really interesting, nuanced, entertaining take on 'AI art' from Matthew Inman here. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

Legacy, by Ihlo 10 track album

Ihlo - Legacy ihlo.bandcamp.com/album/legacy

The Big Short 2

Literally EVERY subject you could mention is beyond his expertise...

a reminder that my book is currently almost OFFENSIVELY cheap on the ebook reader of your choice

Astonishing. Someone who genuinely wanted to remain leader would surely push back at this point. She’s not giving her party any reason to prefer her over Jenrick.