T.E.Kilduff

yewtu.be/watch?v=kpgr... I love this fellow American in London. Americans have been brainwashed into thinking we can't have nice things for the public good. "Americans Explain Why Public Transport Can't Work"

Resolutions, Yearly Themes and the Literary/Library Connection I’m not a huge New Year’s Eve person, however I am a ferocious advocate of the new year’s idea of a fresh start with all of its attendant resolutions.

open.substack.com/pub/tekilduf... (newsletter version)
+ knowyourshelfbetter.blogspot.com/2026/01/reso... (colourful version)

YouTube video by Caolan Robertson Russians are devastated about Venezuela

Obvi it's good that Russia loses another authoritarian ally + that the U.S. had a very clean special ops to capture Maduro but now we are going to own the broken toy of Venezuela. I don't think the Trump admin has enough smarts or foresight to know what that entails. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fgB...

Why Is the World Losing Color? The rise of Chromophobia...

This was such a good post. I may even drop them a few coins on this important topic of chromophobia. The lack and loss of colour in this world makes me want to curl up into the fetal position. Anyone else losing their mind? www.theculturist.io/p/why-is-the...

Opinion | Bluesky is not the good place The social media site that many sought as an alternative to X fosters groupthink and pointless activism.

www.ms.now/opinion/blue... This piece was supposed to be critical but it ended up fairly sanguine. I love my happy place of BlueSky, although I'm still a sucker for the information portal, Reddit. Those are my only two. Because the rest of social media is kind of a blood sucker to be honest. 🧛‍♂️

Will we ever be able to taste the rainbow again?

knowyourshelfbetter.blogspot.com/2026/01/just...

Gen Z Is Being PRICED Out Of Their Own Country

yewtu.be/watch?v=My4X...

2025: A Year of Reading + 2026: A Year of Literacy 2025: A Year of Reading + 2026: A Year of Literacy As mentioned in my Christmas newsletter, I set the intention of 2025 being a year of re...

knowyourshelfbetter.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025...

Where I Live: The Listener Holiday Special Podcast Episode · You're Wrong About · 12/23/2025 · 1h 31m

This had to be the sweetest and most hopeful podcast episode I encountered all year. It's all about the definition and description of home for many of the fans of the inimitable Sarah Marshall's. Give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Where I Live: The Listener Holiday Special Podcast Episode · You're Wrong About · 12/23/2025 · 1h 31m

This had to be the sweetest and most hopeful podcast episode I encountered all year. It's all about the definition and description of home for many of the fans of the inimitable Sarah Marshall's. Give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

My latest substack: An Ode to Britain. tekilduff.substack.com/p/ode-to-bri...

Ode to Britain: The Holy Trinity I've become an unapologetic Anglophile, more so the longer I live here. There are a bevy of reasons for why this place is so special and r...

knowyourshelfbetter.blogspot.com/2025/12/ode-...

National Year of Reading 2026 | Go All In Bring reading closer to culture in 2026. Discover ideas, events and ways to take part at home, school, work and in your community.

I've read twenty-eight library books this past year + this new year I'm hoping to finish thirty-four. 2026 is the year of literacy. I can't stress enough how the architecture of my brain has enhanced because of this intention. Putting down my smartphone by about 90% has sure helped. 📚 goallin.org.uk

A few more of Glasgow

Some images from the very special place called Glasgow, Scotland

Images of Dormansland, Surrey, England

Images of Lyon, December 2024

Hither Green and Charing Cross Bridge

Four hours of studying for my absentee California ballot. Referenda gone bananas! But I got ‘er signed, sealed, delivered. 🤓

Lochaber's Skipinnish Oak wins UK Tree of the Year The Skipinnish Oak in Lochaber is at least 400 years old.

www.bbc.com/news/article... I love how Europe worships its trees. 🌳

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour How southeastern Georgia became a political hotspot in the presidential campaign

I'm always going to be an American, even living overseas here in England as an immigrant. Viewing election season from afar makes me feel nostalgic and hopeful that the good American people will make the right decision. 🍎💙🇺🇸https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1acaBTvDrCg

Dunkin’ UK to Dunkin’ USA: Try Harder.

YouTube video by CBS Evening News How American cities are rethinking their urban rivers

This is a nice video about the revival of urban rivers. 🛶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5i...

A stroll around SoHo.

Scenes from Westminster

Saint James’s Park: Where tourists travel ten thousand miles to London in order to feed the birds. There’s something poetic to this.

Not a bad view during my morning power walk.

How a Harris win in US election could depend on Democrats in London About 200,000 Americans live in the UK, and Democrats Abroad members are campaigning hard to get them to vote

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

More fun signs around London.