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SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Screen shot of a typo in a post reading: Patient has an insulin pimp. Some has shared this, saying: Pretty sure that's the opposite of a sugar daddy. I have no idea who came up with this, but how could you not share.

They both walked in together, or was it two separate occasions?

Loved it! Thanks @slapstickfest.bsky.social

I wish ppl really understood how much we are being robbed r

Please read this

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For what I lack in imagination I more than make up for in something else.

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate

northeastbylines.co.uk/region/tynes...

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you.

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

The front cover of Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness".

Here's a picture of Grace with her very ace medical alert and response assistance dog Wilfie. Grace is holding a pile of her books.

Hey Bluepals.

Today I launched a Crowdfunder with the amazing @gracequantock.bsky.social

The aim is to get Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness" into health centres across the UK.

Please share / support this. I'd really appreciate this.

Ta.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Beautifully done. No notes. x

Two years later, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel are canceled‼️
It’s part of the pattern we’ve seen before; discredit the critics, control the media, and chip away at dissent until only obedience is left‼️Stewart’s words were a warning and it’s happening now‼️

Lads lads lads talking pictures is repeating eurotrash
MY GOD

I'm not asking for any special treatment. If you hated my book, you hated my book.

But if you're one of the hundreds who gave it a 5-star review on Amazon, would you mind adding it to Goodreads to counter the organised right-wing attack on me?

#BabysBreath

UPDATE: The set is being released in 4K, Blu-ray and DVD.

"The Nazi regime quickly targeted German universities for restructuring according to Nazi principles.."
United States Holocaust Museum perspectives.ushmm.org/collection/h...

Michael Eisner (@Michael_Eisner): “Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The ‘suspending indefinitely’ of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, ‘Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.’ By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.” 10:17 AM · 9/19/25 · 208K views

Thank you Michael Eisner

A photo of my handmade Bubbles the Clown from Test Card F

got bored. made the test card clown

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Twats starting at the sky

Monty Python foot

Matt Green - stand up comedy Night River Presents: Matt Green: Legitimate Concerns (preview) Following a sold out show with us last year, online comedy star Matt has moved house and the world is in chaos. But we can still laug...

If you’re in or near Frome come along to my first preview of my new show tomorrow. It’s a great little venue and should be a really fun night. wegottickets.com/event/665015

When you're working the audience, be careful not to ask "where are you Frome?" Unless no-one shows up, of course.

A gigantic image of Trump and Epstein was also displayed on the grounds of Windsor Castle ahead of Trump's state visit.

This is how Britain is welcoming Trump for his state visit at Windsor Castle where he will meet King Charles tomorrow morning.

Quality work, @ledbydonkeys.org.

Fantastic lineup, I couldn't resist! Tickets bought.

Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

I want my country back. The country that welcomed my Grandfather fleeing from the Armenian genocide. That welcomed the Polish grandfather of our political editor, who then fought against Hitler. That welcomed the Indian parents of our editor-in-chief, as citizens of the British Empire. That country

Front cover of Hamza's book.

Hamza's signature inside the book.

PUBLISHED TODAY!

SIGNED copies of "Homeward Bound, The Joy of Nature & My Life Outdoors" by @hamzayassin.bsky.social
Hamza Yassin (& Midge)

It tells the story of Hamza's love of the outdoors.

Hamza's added a lovely message too!

You can order one HERE!

biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.