"It’s just crazy to me to see this engine for intellectual property theft that is totally indefensible taking place with the full cooperation of Amazon.”

Best wishes to Sir Simon for a speedy recovery.

He is something special. You watch a group of very good dancers then he walks on stage and everyone else..disappears. Mesmeric.

It's a start. I'm not rushing back anytime soon.

senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽

She'd probably have done a better job.

Definitely not the sharpest tool in the box. But cute.

If this is true then Iran is probably the safest place to be

Drama Queen! 😂

Diddums. Now shush Donny, the grownups are talking.

Lets call it Donald

Send in the squeaky tank!

Zoe Birkett! Yay!!!

Why hasn't Jesus inherited your nose? If He got that nose from Mary then we're going to have to do one hell of a revision of Western representations of the Mother of God

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What amazes me is that he still thinks Trump is a businessman. In the teeth of all the evidence.

Happy birthday Tim Curry, here he is saying space like nobody else could for a Command and Conquer advert #TimCurry

Not my bit of hell please, I've not been that bad. Maybe we could build a wall 🤔

‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package Trump’s new 10% universal tariffs will not apply to many fossil fuel products in sign of his fealty, advocates say

Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package.

The exemption came after the fossil fuel industry poured $96m into Trump’s re-election campaign and affiliated political action committees, as he pledged to deregulate the sector and roll back environmental regulations.

Like putting lipstick on a pig

Authors await overdue payments as publisher Unbound goes into administration The company, launched in 2011, has been acquired by new company Boundless, after writers have been left unpaid for months

Another article on the collapse (and subsequent reincarnation as Boundless Publishing Group) of crowdfunding publisher Unbound, which owes substantial royalties; it's unclear how (or if) these will be paid www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

GNU Terry Pratchett who left the world a better place. There's currently a wealth of material that needs your unique perspective but at least we still have your books for consolation

Whoo! Batten down the hatches.

Horrified at the suggestion that all that was staged because Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. In his mind it's as simple as bullying the smaller state into submission.

Happy Birthday Disco! 🎉🎉🎉

Wow! The Lady Bracknell of cats.

A little bit of hope after a terrible week A survival guide to the next four years.

It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...

Chester, a big orange tabby cat, stares at the camera with his eyes narrowed and mouth slightly agape. His face conveys a look of shock, disbelief, and disdain for what he is seeing. An image of a cell phone with an orange paw holding it is photoshopped into the image, giving the appearance that Chester is reacting to something that he saw displayed on the phone. Chester and all of Club Meatbird denounce fascism and those who bow to it.

Everyone on Meta looking at Zuckerberg's big post this morning: