Robin Laing

"And. if Goodwin truly believes Britair is carved up into irreconcilable sectarian blocs, he should explain how the very voters he derides as Islamists packed a white, working-class woman standing for a party led nationally by Zack Polanski - a Jewish man - in such numbers. That is not the behaviour of a society locked into tribal warfare. but a constituency rejecting the right's attempts to contort multicultural Britain into a series of warring demographics. Voters have refused the invitation to see their neighbours as enemies. It looks. in other words, like a healthy democracy." Zoe Grunewald

This... ⤵️

via @zoegrunewald.bsky.social

#GortonAndDenton

Detestable wee nyaff

Retweet the hell out of this!

Aye, it's felt unsustainable for a long time now, and yet...

So depressing predictable...

BAFTA Fallout I want to start this post with a significant caveat – attempting to talk about complex, emotive and highly charged issues within the constraints of the frenzied news cycle is difficult and unpredictab...

Read my post on the fall out of last nights BAFTA's here. This is an opportunity to increase understanding of oppositional tics and acknowledge the complex realities and impacts of the condition: www.touretteshero.com/safe/2026/02...

I imagine it was extremely disturbing

I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.

The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported

And another bites the dust?

The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We're not for playing out a 0-0 this season are we?!
Was sitting in my pal's flat in London, the remnants of a kebab in front of me, shaking my head in disbelief at full-time...

This was great fun last year. Scottish-based playwrights, let's go!

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I dunno, they secured the seized handgun and carefully logged it by...chucking it on the front seat of a car and then tweeting a photo of it... 😬

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Yes!
(Also, tube is such a great Scottish put-down. Love hearing/seeing it used)

The whole article is so tone-deaf! "Fans complain we're gouging them but they're paying so...who was wrong? Huh?!"

Oh, bravo!

A reader‘s letter in the times which reads as follows: Old adversaries Sir, Your obituary (Jan 19) of Mr Justice Blofeld rightly referred to his fine sense of humour. When he first sat in Winchester a barrister called Richard Bond stood up to open the first case. Mr Justice Blofeld began to stroke the white ermine on the sleeve of his High Court judge's robes as if stroking a cat. He then said with a smile: "We meet at last, Mr Bond." Sir John Royce Clifton, Bristol

This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.

AR Moxon's the guy with the film rating system. It's essentially a fun sideline to his normal content, which are political essays excoriating Republicans and milquetoast Dems while hoping for a better, fairer future.
As for "I could care less", even when you explain it, Yanks don't get it!

I like Moxon a lot but the first time I saw his rating system I thought, "that makes no sense whatsoever!". Nor does this "out of pocket" nonsense. But then, Americans say "I could care less" when they're dismissing something which is just...bonkers.

😂 came the cry across the Wordle community!

Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland The US president says the countries will be charged a

Hahahaha. Sound.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Welcome to the obsession... 🧡

Thread - 1/7

7 reasons #AI is a tool of global domination and tech fascism.

1. Constant hallucinations which are factually incorrect but subtly interwoven with correct information, requiring expertise to spot. As a routinely used research tool, it undermines facts/truth - helpful for fascism.

Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent

Absolutely fucking tremendous from the FT.

Fabulous! 🙌🧡

I'd venture that in a military-industrial complex, the troops and hardware are all just...running costs.

I think you underestimate the craven pliability of "dudes", be they white or Latino, in the face of massive personal financial gain. They (US Admin) will have exactly the right people "in charge" to make sure as much of that realised oil wealth as possible is funnelled in the "right way".