Kurt Hoyte

It’s even better when you listen to Ian narrate it as a work in progress. Furiously tapping on the keyboard. Visceral.

Media must stop normalizing the far right Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.

Excellent critique of the media’s normalization of the far right.

My eldest son on his way to 3rd place at the local half marathon in Brighton.

Eldest lad, Reuben defying the weather to grab 3rd place @ the Brighton Half Marathon today. 66:41 gets him out of washing up duties for the day.

Thank you James and Sam and the @lrb.co.uk for a stimulating conversation!

From "Have To" to "Want To": How Alysa Liu Won Olympic Gold Alysa Liu, Autonomy, and the Real Secret to Elite Performance

Alysa Liu just won Olympic gold.

She retired at 16. Was traumatized by the sport. Wouldn't go near an ice rink.

Alysa Liu retired at 16 because skating wasn't hers anymore.

She won Olympic gold at 20 because it finally was.

Be yourself. Go all the way. stevemagness.substack.com/p/from-have-...

Full Ballan!

A 39/25 just seems like a guarantee of a brutal VO2 Max workout with the benefit of hindsight!
Praise the Lord for modern rear mech capacity and low gearing.
Top marks for panache though!

If they only were to use that triangular segment with the red star as their flag, it’d be God tier graphic design. *Niche and highly subjective opinion obviously.

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics over banned helmet honoring war dead Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Milan Cortina Games after he refused to stop wearing a banned tribute helmet.

Immense respect for Vladyslav Heraskevych 🙌

He also achieved even more for his cause than without IOC's authoritarian hypocrisy.

This is a truly timeless piece... harpers.org/archive/1941...

I suspect that this is what they say they do as opposed to what they actually do.
Which is to talk bollocks and spend other peoples money until it runs out.

Another morning, another article mentioning the "hard right"...

This may seem trivial but the use of terms that euphemise far-right politics and deflect from the threat they pose matters a lot

See @gsamaras.bsky.social 's brilliant article on the "hard right"

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It’s the tale of the daughters of the Danaus and those Leaky Jars in a sporting format.
The Ancient Greeks saw this coming.

From Viz, three years ago: The Brexit Opportunity Detector.
Still looking.

Vox-pop Hall of Fame.
“We’re here performing CPR on the constitution”.
“I’ll stay here until my balls freeze”
A seamless riff of high/low brow that a room full of writers would sweat over for days.

Remind me, what was the 25th amendment for?

I just don’t see a reset coming David.
Whether it’s decision inertia or deliberate strategy is unclear.
Disappointment is my default since at least 1979.

Has there ever been a more stupid diplomatic crisis?

Yep, as bridges go it was bleak.

Bridge of Sighs.

Always been surprised at the uselessness of US TV political interviews. They're just too deferential, even before Trump. The interviewers are too polite, too unwilling to challenge and keep challenging.

Perfectly “on brand” for sure.

why the fuck are Americans not just ignoring the batshit crazy orders. like not being funny but Soviet people frequently just went ok we're not doing that despite the potential enormous cost and then everyone in the west is like lol ok well I am an automaton

I’m minded to re-read Francis Wheen’s Strange Days Indeed.

Wu-Tang Clannad.

Today’s Sign of the Apocalypse.
Stalked by a weirdly aggressive urban fox while running.
Felt weird to be quite so frightened by this.
On the plus side, Strava thinks it was a killer workout.

Inside the mind of Madam War Criminal | The Observer Biljana Plavšić was the first woman to be convicted of war crimes, for her role in the bloody conflict in Bosnia. Olivera Simić tracked her down in Belgr...

A few words on an important new book by Olivera Simic observer.co.uk/culture/book...

A short lexicon of politics A brief guide to understanding political terms.

New substack: a portion of a dictionary of politics: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/a-short-le...

100 years since the Locarno Treaties and territorial integrity today On 1 December 1925, the Locarno Treaties were signed by Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium and Italy, with some of the additional treaties also including Poland and Czechoslovakia as signatori…

A short piece commemorating 100 years since the signing of the Locarno Treaties and some discussion of territorial integrity today
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