Emily Griffiths

Trump administration disbands taskforce targeting Russian oligarchs US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to Kremlin

huh, i wonder what this is about www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I think the finale episode was a bit awkward and poor (audience dead), but the other episodes with guests have been fun!

TRUMP: we are going to take all the oceans water and drink it ourselves
PRESS: [nodding and taking notes]

Repurpose Christmas cards to save money

this is probably my favourite photograph of 2024, taken on a long May evening at the shipwreck on Rhossili beach in the Gower, Wales

every new restaurant in every major city is either called Thistle+Thorn and thinks adding turmeric to brussel sprouts makes them worth $30 or is called Burger Bitch and has a neon sign in the window that says “im gonna fuck a hamburger”

just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’

YouTube video by mralistairgreen man on a first date

man on a first date

This needs to be taken very seriously. All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations

I'm not "holding space" so much as I'm "haunting space"

In 1984, "party like it's 1999" was an double edged call to seek joy in the face of looming argmageddon

in 2024, "party like it's 1999" is an escapist dream of slipping the JNCOs back on and staying up all night playing Goldeneye while drinking hard ice tea and smoking a pack of Marlboro Lights

A somewhat astonishing tweet from Boris Johnson given, according to the BMJ the Tories “wrote off almost £10bn worth of unused PPE during pandemic, accounts show.”

Pleased for Chappell. It’s a great song that captured the zeitgeist.

JONI MITCHELL: They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum / And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em

TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription

Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland project ‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’

"Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland rewilding project."

Read that again: **116** times.

Why are we STILL having to argue the case for rewilding??
www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bum...

James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.

What’s your sign

Silly I know but I’ve penned an ode- or poem if you will- to my new favourite app, bluesky. Be kind in your judgement I beseech you my liege!. lol 🪶

It’s a romp!

[commercial for stones] are you tired of killing 2 birds with your bare fuckin hands

Starter pack I hardly know er pack

[the most depressed I’ve ever been]

I’m going to make a pie

Woohoo

wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs

Sunday, November 13th Today, helped no doubt by the hard, bright freshness of a cool, sunny November morning. I have a feeling of completeness. The world makes sense this Sunday morning. Even the weather seems to be resting, peaceful and mellowed after the angry squalls of the last two days. There's a smell of beef and Yorkshire pudding and from where I write I can see the chimney letting out wisps of smoke from the fire in the sitting room. Yesterday I read through the novel so far and was greatly heartened. I saw much that worked and I also saw clearly what didn't work. I can see the way ahead and I can't wait to get going again tomorrow. I just feel very happy and very content at this moment. Nothing is expected of me today except to be here at home. I am perfectly well aware that around the borders of my life are problems, difficulties, painful decisions, even human tragedies demanding my involvement. I know I cannot live in a continual vacuum of happiness - but a day like today restores energies, tops up batteries, rebuilds whatever faith one has. Today there is nothing more I want than what I have.

I think today’s most important historical anniversary is this cockle-warming entry from Michael Palin’s diary

gays leaving twitter for bluesky reminds me of that scene from LoTR where the elves are exiting middle earth

Love Sensation Loleatta Holloway · Love Sensation · Song · 1980

Have you heard the OG sample that this is taken from? Loleatta Holloway ‘Love Sensation’ It’s fantastic.

open.spotify.com/track/3su8Vu...

Seeing your Twitter mutuals gradually appear on here