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I wrote to every minister in media, culture and sport about this (and the dying TV industry). I did get a very long reply but it didn't really make me feel they properly grasped what is going on and what will happen. Lots of talk about "growing the industry" "best in world" "promote diversity" etc

Polling holds too much sway over our democracy and governance. But the G&D by-election does show that Reform’s dominance is inflated by foreign/rightwing interests, irresponsible media support and Farage’s ego.
If progressives can win despite all that, then hatred really is overpriced. Hope can win.

Fuck them, fuck them, fuck them, fuck them, FUCK THEM.

well at least she can read very slowly and turn a page

perfect homage to a great man

Fun fact: If you stay in the hotel at the tip of Mussandam, Oman, you hear all the smuggler boats heading off to Iran as soon as the sun goes down. All laden with things like fridges/electronic goods (according to my Omani friend). All these UAE expats "suddenly" finding out Iran is close. Lol.

This is like a new Hitchcock film called "The Bins"

He's nailed the "Jared Kushner's lobotomy" look perfectly

That's the best thing I've seen all year. And I have a very cute dog.

Chonk's gonna chonk Lucy.

I absolutely fucking hate this and there's no way to stop it. I do not like the interesting times we are living in.

Oh man. What a proper legend. I filmed him a few years ago in Cannes and he was a joy. When he walked into the room the first thing I thought was "wow, I finally meet Harrison Ford." The second thought was "and he walks just like my dad!" I love that he wasn't an overnight success, that he kept on.

There appears to be a very concerted global anti muslim rhetoric building across the far right groups

I haven't read the article because it is Sunday and I try to have a nice calm Sunday. But I'm thinking they are all cunts yeah?

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fucking HELL

and Americans are still going "guys we are on a slippery slope" "we may be headed towards a dictatorship."

Dudes, you have been there for some time. This. Is. Not. Normal.

this is so repulsive, so grim, so low.

Tabloid hacks are such scum

This shows my score on Dialed - the online colour recreating game that I'm obsessed with. You need to remember then recreate five different colours. Today I did better than 95% of people. The colors I needed to recreate were a very very dark blue black, a dark purple, a cool toned pale pink, a slightly dirty teal and a sludgy grey green

RIDICULOUSLY good score on Dialed today. I'm adding "amazing at remembering and recreating colors" to my CV.

I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.

I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.

Sahar Delijani said it best:

so much this. When I lived abroad I rejoiced in every supermarket or shop visit. SO much to investigate. So exciting. People like this are freaks, I swear.

How is every ounce of her being tested by... herbs and spices?

SO many American recipes have onion and garlic powder yet no actual onions or garlic...

Cut the glee - the majority of people who live in Dubai aren't tax dodgers or influencers. I have good friends there, from all over the world, including Iran (I worked for an Iranian TV company at one point). Plus so many poorly paid workers from South Asia and the far east can't just up and leave.

yeah I feel very uncomfortable about the glee people are showing. My half Indian husband has family there. I have friends there who work, not tax dodge. So many people cannot flee because their bosses hold onto their passports. Even if they had them, they're unlikely to be able to just leave.

this is completely false. That's the Fairmont Hotel on the Palm. I know because my friend lived in one of the apartment blocks on that complex and it's across the road from where we lived on the Shoreline. It doesn't belong to Trump. Why are you spreading lies?

I lived there. You don't pay tax but they take 40% of your soul.*

*actually there are some hidden taxes and it's very expensive to live, especially if you have a family and need to pay school fees and medical expenses.

As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.

Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.

yet again I think about this poem. I think about it so often but today I read it and cried. I have sent it to all my friends.

What are they doing? What are we doing? The hurt is everywhere, but especially in the Middle East.

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