Mick Gusinde-Duffy

Here’s one she made earlier! Biddy Baxter, the TV genius who made Blue Peter matter Baxter was the sharp – if tough – TV brain behind the beloved children’s show’s most celebrated parts, from the studio pets to the coveted badges

This is fascinating on several levels (even allowing for "grew up in 60s and 70s UK" bias). Early children's programming, Women in leadership, the value of archiving . . . and elephant scat. I did not know the Monty Python line originated with Blue Peter.
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Experiencing pint envy here.

Oh, ouch! No, Chicago. Is there a "shitty US pints" account?

"Nobody,
he said,
could call me a fussy man,

but . . . "

Found some breathing room for @ugapress.bsky.social books at #ASA2025 Come and be the Feng to my Shui

Come and join me, comrades. #ASA2025 @ugapress.bsky.social
#SRE-Books

Late to the party (or parade?). Well done you, and best wishes.

Sure, now, if you're after writing a book.

Saving the world, one on-point book at a time . . .
www.ugapress.org/978082035557...

"Timely" ---Mick Gusinde-Duffy

"Sadly" ---also Mick G-D

Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis Singer says on social media living with disease can be ‘relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically’

Get well wishes to JT,

but . . .

The "Tick in a box" jokes are just sitting there, waiting . . .

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Next renaming order (after "Gulf of America"), White House shall henceforth be known as the 'Whatabout' House

"Side effects of single issue voting may include nausea, angst, blurred vision, entropy, anger, "anorak" expertise, scoffing, wheezing, shouting, preaching, pleading, and insomnia."

They were my first O'Brian experience (driving cross-country) so that likely makes a difference. Wonderful comic timing and just enough "voice acting" to track dialogue without distracting from the clever text.

The audio books, read by Patrick Tull are priceless.

Conspiracy theory: This is the White House prepping the masses for when Epstein files reveal his proclivity for full length tights.

Jess Carter (sorry Jess) doing her best Harry Maguire impression. . . .

Liz Lemon, avoiding going back to work: I’m on humanity leave

Jack: Good god, what Indigo Girls song is that from?

Liz: “Syllabus of Us” off _Vagabonds, Martyrs, and Quilts_

When 30 Rock is good, it’s so good

Headshot of Ruth Wilson Gilmore with text "Listen Now!"

For July 4th, the Los Angeles Review of Books dove into the archives to bring a timely episode with Ruth Wilson Gilmore. She joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to talk about her new collection, “Abolition Geography.” Listen to the episode: buff.ly/USk0SLL

#AbolitionGeography #GeoSky #Geographers

Similarly stunned

and delighted.

"Establishment institution establishes new Very Stable Institute to inoculate against imputations of disestablishmentarianism."

Our publishing student @clrichardson.bsky.social is hoping to speak to sensitivity readers, authenticity readers, or cultural consultants as part of her dissertation research – can anyone help?

(Please share; thanks!)

Not unlike England . . .

It's enough to make a man switch to the Bellingham Bros. game.

Can't keep possession, Keystone Kops defending . . . Chronic mental meltdowns across the board.

Also . . . poor Jessie Carter just not ready for this pace [so far, prove me wrong, Jessie].

England Women playing like peak early 2000s men right now.

It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:

That bill is so bad that God had to call Jimmy Swaggart home to cry over it with him.

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

Headlines like this give my proper journalism/safe space Guardian a bad name. Several strange leaps of elision to get from enforcing a (questionably legal) executive order to refusing care to Democrats or unmarried veterans. Do better @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Always!