The only correct thing to do is replace Lower Decks with an animated continuation of DS9.

Reading this tweet is good practice for the emotional whiplash we’re going to feel in November when Labour gets an enormous majority and then a week later Trump wins.

TRUST 👏 THE 👏 SCIENCE 👏

[some new science comes out which suggests your mantras and slogans are oversimplifications of reality]

NOT 👏 *THAT* 👏 SCIENCE 👏

Ten years ago today, I was training in BBC One presentation on a Saturday night.

Here's a short story about how Alan Dedicoat and the production team on The National Lottery made me the happiest person alive.

dirtyfeed.org/2024/04/the-vo…

Odds and Ends #34: How the Cass Review changes the Trans Forever-War

(Plus a brief review of the film 'Civil War' – and a podcast on political polling!)

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/odds-and-end…

Counterpoint. The opening of TB causes unnecessary tailbacks and delays all journeys, generating pollution from idling. No ship needing TB to rise can get further than LB before having to turn around. TB should open once a month on a Sunday morning for anyone who wants to watch.

This remarkable photograph shows the then-oldest living ex-enslaved individual, Mrs. Sally Fickland, viewing the Emancipation Proclamation in the Freedom Train at Philadelphia, on September 17, 1947.

#ArchivesSnapshot

I wrote about the implications of the Cass Report for US debates: “If you still think that concerns about child medical transition are nothing more than a moral panic, then I have a question: What evidence would change your mind?”

Here’s a gift link:

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Odds and Ends #34: How the Cass Review changes the Trans Forever-War

(Plus a brief review of the film 'Civil War' – and a podcast on political polling!)

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/odds-and-end…

Had to bleep out the surprisingly sweary James O'Malley on this week's What’s Happening Now? podcast - which should be in your feeds soon

humiliating. looks like shit. yet another massive W for earth, the best planet in the universe

I mean it was always going to be this wasn't it. People who are massively ideologically committed, to the point where it would be humiliating to climb down, will just pretend any outcome showing they were wrong is fake and protest it

Other ways in which South Korea is thriving > zionlights.substack.com/p/south-koreas…

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Also surprising to learn that Ming Campbell is only 82, given his age was a major criticism when he was booted as LibDem leader in 2007, aged a mere 65.

I had forgotten my favourite OJ Simpson fact (probably my favourite fact), OJ Simpson was a sprinter before becoming an American footballer, he took part in a race in 1967 won by a British athlete who ran under 10.2s for the second time that year

That athlete, Ming Campbell

Maybe my tweet was bad / lacking context but it’s surprising to see so little engagement given he has 1.6m followers.

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For every two votes Labour lose to the Greens, they only need one vote from the Conservatives for the swing effect to be neutral (and positive in seat terms, because of increased efficiency). Similar dynamic to Conservatives vs Reform.

After the (deserved) dunk on noted overconfident knucklehead Sam Seder, a quick thread about a couple of silly misconceptions circulating about the Cass Review. We need to inhabit a shared reality to talk about this stuff.