How deprived is your area? Look up your postcode as new data for England released New data ranks every area of England against a set of metrics for deprivation. Find out where yours figures in the statistics

Also in the Grauniad

presumably that's meant to include the queen too

M&As

Cummy Bears

(i'm so sorry)

An additional headache for Lab is that voters Greens appeal to most strongly - in particular students, young grads and Muslims - often cluster together in the same seats, including many where Greens came 2nd last July and are winning local elections. Conditions forming for big Grn FPP breakthrough

We need to do ultra-masculine fascism, like in J.R.R Tolkien's famous book, "Lord of the here's why Ultra-Masculine Fascism is evil, stupid and self defeating. Under no circumstances do it you fucking clowns."

A most interesting development.

Section 194 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) creates the power uk strike out a civil claim where its purpose is deemed to be a SLAPP (defined in section 195). /1

Farage: epic grifter

YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken

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Many excellent amicus briefs in the Scotus tariff cases. Do they attest to the belief the system still works - or is it because no matter how small the hope scotus will do the right thing it’s still hope? Let me highlight some

I would rather she were under pressure to target hoarded wealth

There is absolutely stuff they can try. If you read the article it details a few. Dismissing this out of hand is not smart - especially considering they keep saying they are going to do it.

What happens when you feed a word-juggling machine a load of stories about machine sentience...?

absolute banger of a newsletter this week, if I do say so myself - on the years I spent as a gonzo teenage music journalist, and how I accidentally ended up riding the indie sleaze wave of the 2000's: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/young-vulg... [free to read!]

Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)

Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics

become ungovernable

When there are three people at the table sharing a joke, and a Nazi sits down with them and joins in the laughter, there are four Nazis at the table.

This is basic.

#flash fgs

I loved those books before I really understood them :(

The Ninth Circuit's 2-1 Oregon National Guard order was just the start of getting to an answer Monday's order granting the Trump admin a stay pending appeal in the Oregon case changed nothing on the ground immediately. But, it did crystallize where we are at — and going.

What do you need to know about Monday’s Ninth Circuit order about Trump’s effort to deploy the National Guard in Oregon?

A lot, actually, but I have you covered at Law Dork:

Holy shit. But also, holy shit.

Be aware that inbound firewall rules are ineffective against connections being initiated from inside the house.

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I built a free tool to try to embarrass British police into doing their job cctv.numpad.io. More info here: onodi.co/bisect/

Frightened and desperate: EHRC anti-trans campaign loses its momentum A week of absolute scenes leaves the organisation in limbo.

EHRC anti-trans campaign loses its momentum - a week of absolute scenes has left the organisation in limbo. Here's what happened, why it happened, and what it all means iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...

Make a 2D Action & Adventure RPG in Godot 4 - Tutorial Series - YouTube This tutorial series covers how to build a top down 2D game that features action, adventure and light RPG mechanics, using Godot 4 & GD Script.

Cuz sharing is caring and resource secrecy is for dweebs: For the past week, I've been starting my mornings by doing a lesson from this ridiculously comprehensive Godot Action RPG tutorial.

It's amazing. Dude basically teaches you how to make Legend of Zelda: LTTP.

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"Britain Trump" From extortionate visa fees to dodgy statistics, Donald Trump is making the US more — not less — like the UK

"Britain Trump"

From extortionate visa fees to dodgy statistics, Donald Trump is making the US more — not less — like the UK.

My newsletter, out now.

Capitalism reduced to its purest essence - a huge wad of rich people’s money, circling the globe looking for opportunities to manipulate financial systems into generating more money out of thin air, hanging the liability to repay it round someone else’s neck, and running away with the loot.