David Allison

Right? Urgh.

They Killed Normal and Called It Progress Julia Roberts, Applebee's, Bandcamp, your manager, and the death of everything in between. (Also, Sweetgreen is the A24 of dining and I will die on this hill.)

Can't remember who posted this (sorry), but this is an absolutely phenomenal piece about the death of the middle ground. Like all the best essays, it articulates something you know you've been feeling but couldn't put a name on it:
readfoundobject.substack.com/p/they-kille...

I am old enough to remember the vitriol directed at random humanities scholars' work complaining about the totalizing tendencies of capitalism to corrupt, colonize, or co-opt everything. I also lived long enough to read long term coverage of the literal attempt to privatize thinking in the newspaper

ITV have generally refused to indulge in anti trans nonsense and have platformed trans people more than the others.

Excellent to see that continue.

The 3 genders

Let's go Leeds folk, so nearly over the line!

350 pledges. 150 to go.

If we reach it, we launch 🚀

Rufus Harley Bagpipe Blues YouTube video by The Eyewizard

Don’t even have to ask who it is. Just absolutely magnificent! (or in the words of my partner,“The worst thing I have ever heard in my life”) youtu.be/1zvRV9DSNzM?...

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The Monkees Goin' Down YouTube video by Rock n Roll

Happy birthday Micky Dolenz.

81 today

@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social

youtu.be/v7gvhqKP1pg?...

You’re not having much luck with it, sorry Dee! It’s working fine for me. Not sure what to suggest!

Woah. Beast!

Glory be!

The crocuses in Roundhay Park this morning were irresistibly cheerful.

Petition to have these two cancelled ASAP

Further belated bday wishes coming atcha

Governments sure are into betraying their natural constituencies these days, huh?

Launching a new newsroom is simple in theory:

If 500 people back it, we build it ⚒️

We’re working towards bringing independent journalism to West Yorkshire - and support like this from Robyn Vinter really means a lot.

Hi Hadas, new follower here. I absolutely loved this essay. God, the things I'm watching friends do in mid-life. It's crazy making for so many people. It's a fascinatingly unhinged era of life!

Hell of a @letterboxd.social #LastFourWatched.
An uneven, slightly nasty 70s Robert Redford thriller, a stylish coming-of-age Joachim Trier debut, a delightful 60s technicolor Finney and Hepburn marital battle, and Powell & Pressburger's Scottish masterpiece took my breath away. #letterboxdfriday

Goodness Ben, this is a day of too much good news.

Can't believe the Labour strategy of going door to door since the election, punching their voters in the face and yelling 'What are you going to do, vote for someone else?' didn't work out.

You're such a gent for doing this every year, Ian.
Linda Carole Harvey 1945 - 2018. #Mums26

I know the big story is those top two, but good lord 1.9% is funny. Basically just votes from relatives and pets.

Magnificently awful

I know good news is thin on the ground but god, it’s always nice to see racists get smacked down.

Sad trombone

Insulting his constituents, Matt Goodwin does the most Matt Goodwin thing. Blaming others for failing to see his brilliance. Academics first, now voters. This sentiment is driving his radicalisation. Maybe even people at Reform will realise that it‘s a very bad quality for a politician to have.

Has anyone said more like Matt Goodlose yet