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Uhhh. Fire In Every Direction by Tareq Baconi, a gay (displaced) Palestinian memoir. So far beautifully written and brutally poignant.

I'm going to win.

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

Lucy Darling or Gianmarco Soresi doing crowdwork with Statler and Waldorf!

And if you can't imagine Papa and the Muppets, go watch the Vincent Price and Alice Cooper episodes.

Brennan Lee Mulligan. Tobias Forge (as Papa). Ncuti Gatwa. All very different options and very different shows but that's sort of the point.

Feel like the impact of the Guardian’s “EXCLUSIVE: Substack Profits From Nazis” headline is spoiled a little by the entire row of Related Stories at the bottom being ”Substack ❤️s Nazis” stories from the last several years

A police procedural in an alternative history Britain split between Celts, Saxons and the Norse? I'm looking forward to this event in Glasgow, come along if you fancy finding out more.

There's so many who have, for years! To report this as if it's new is. Hmm.

New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare

What do you call someone whose instinct, confronted by evidence that their policies are contributing to a massive increase in deaths, is to cover it up? And should that person be a Labour Minister? Or in prison?

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023

This isn't news to anyone who has followed people like @annaleen.bsky.social or @sarahgailey.bsky.social or many others for a while, but I'm glad it's getting wider coverage

YouTube video by Disney Plus The Muppet Show | Sabrina Carpenter & Miss Piggy | Disney+

Watched the new Muppet Show special last night, and it was just the closest thing to perfect. Sabrina Carpenter is amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrFs...

this is the question.

YouTube video by Sellsword Arts Talking Swords are ANNOYING! #Sword #fantasy #funny

I think, @tkingfisher.com, you should see if @orbitbooks.bsky.social can swing a collab with these folks for Daggerbound...
youtube.com/shorts/QxpxV...

I don't think I had *all* of it and this was an easy way to make sure!

I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...

This is a great time to get off Substack. Beehive and Ghost are good alternatives.

As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.

You can be as high church as you like! Heck, you can be higher than the Vatican if you want, as some Anglicans are perpetually determined to prove!

Now that Israel has admitted the Gaza death toll is accurate, don’t let apologists move the goalposts | Ben Reiff Having rubbished the health ministry’s figures, they are now saying what matters is the civilian-to-militant ratio. See that for what it is, says Ben Reiff, deputy editor at +972

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site Residents of Sebastia say heritage project is pretext for massive land grab and expansion of Jewish settlements

Archaeology not only as justification for, but in this case actively a weapon of, ethnic cleansing and land grabbing
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Gaza - Pluto Press A doctor’s personal and unfiltered diary of the war in Gaza

I've just read this and, look. It's far from an original thought at this point but I don't see how the world recovers from watching, allowing, encouraging this genocide, this barbarity, perpetrated by Israel.
www.plutobooks.com/product/gaza...

Israeli strikes kill at least 21 in Gaza as Rafah patient crossings halted Six children among dead as Israeli agency restricts evacuations two days after crossing to Egypt reopened

"Ceasefire". The genocide is ongoing, only now under the pretence of peace.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

@cnlester.bsky.social this might be good reading for you right now too! As would Malka's own novella series, actually.

I've only actually read the first so far, but my colleague the book buyer in my shop loves the first four, and they are a "true" series, I'm told.

To be honest I have a mixed relationship with Haynes, but this is great news. I might have been ruined for gay drama by Harry Lighton, though: Pillion is *high* bar to clear

Have you read Stephen Spotswood's delightful queer noirs?

I will just continue to say, opsec does matter, now more than ever.

Please do not look to Johnny-come-lately "all the anarchists I don't like are feds, actually" adventurists for opsec advice.

Especially when they've spent the past 48 hours saying it's good and virtuous to snitch-record protesters

I'm still processing the news. I loved this gig so much. Getting to shout about great books by especially newer authors has been one of the most uncomplicated sources of joy in my life, and I'm gonna be sad about this for a long time.

Jury nullification for the win.

And if you needed to understand why the government want to get rid of jury trials, look no further than this.