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And Chris Woakes is utterly heroic. The fortitude this must require.

Test Match cricket is the greatest sport in the world. Bar none.

Narratives about how hard it is for teenage boys, and subsequently men, to deal with romantic rejection are so weird to read, as a woman who was also once a teenager. Until you realise that they’re entirely built on the premise that girls and women are the gatekeepers to sex and relationships.

The Offspring > The Foo Fighters

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Upsettingly close to missing my target this month, so... Special offer til Monday: sign up for a year and get 10% off AND I'll stick two extra months on the end. I need four of you to sign up TONIGHT or @jasperjackson.bsky.social will cry himself to sleep like a little baby. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

@jonnelledge.bsky.social is absolutely correct; I don’t like to talk about this. But seeing as he has, it’d be really poor etiquette on my behalf not to acknowledge the point.

Belatedly done 🫡

I think this is very much a social media fanbase position. Do feel there’s generally (and genuinely) a bit of impatience creeping in, but the weirdly angry mentality feels very much more an online vibe.

Good stuff from Starmer today, but it's not enough inews.co.uk/opinion/star...

How much of the 'negativity' around our business this summer is justified, and how much is it a symptom of deals being known for a long time prior to announcements? Feels like what's seemed to me to be assertive is already being written off as insufficient. @gunnerblog.bsky.social #arsecastextra

The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

Original cinema poster for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Local gallery is showing this on its cinema screenings next week, and it’s reminded me just how much I adore it. Beautiful film.

The point about loss of trust in institutions is vital. Doing your own research is not just pointless but potentially damaging if you don’t know how to research well. Such as where you should go for reliable information, when scepticism is appropriate, how to assess the credibility of sources, etc.

When I did a story on conditions in migrant hotels, there was a woman who would have to wash the spicy sauce off the pasta - in the sink - because there was no meal suitable for her toddler. She felt like a bad mum who couldn’t feed her own child

Chloe Kelly. Inevitable.

Chloe Kelly

God, I love this team. I love this team so much.

Islamophobia isn’t just socially acceptable in the UK now – it’s flourishing. How did this happen? | Zoe Williams Most people believe Muslim values are incompatible with British ones, a new poll has found. It makes for bleak reading, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

"It would be functionally impossible to stand up in parliament and justify arms sales to Israel, small boats hysteria and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers, were it not for the groundwork that Islamophobia has laid." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

I think watching the endless human suffering on the screens we carry around in our pockets and not being able to do anything is destroying us. There is something anti-human about it. We have to sever some fundamental part of ourselves just to live our daily lives without going mad

There's a type of person who argues there's no point stopping selling plane parts to Israel as they would only get them elsewhere, or the government can't condemn Israeli genocide as it would make no difference, and it's amazing to me that they have never before encountered the concept of "morality"

The UK must immediately recognise Palestinian statehood.

There can be no two state solution if there is no viable state left to call Palestine.

Is Michelle Agyemang English? Is Ian Wright English? Yes they're fucking English. The loser racists can all fuck off.

Oh yes, that’s a classic of the genre. I can’t recall ‘green light’ being so widely used before FR, but now it seems to be everywhere.

The Romano-fication of transfer reporting language is genuinely fascinating to me. So many slightly ungainly phrases which have become common parlance.

Recently rediscovered Grandaddy, and had memory-holed how brilliant they were. The Sophtware Slump is terrific.

Temporary road signs set up by the Met saying at yesterday’s march THREATENING OR ABUSIVE CHANTS MAY LEAD TO ARREST IT’S AN OFFENCE TO SUPPORT A PROSCRIBED ORGANISATION

The U.K. is a police state

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.