Halfway through His Three Daughters and it's impossible to tell which of the leads is doing more incredible work. Azazel Jacobs is a very special filmmaker.

Don't really follow cricket, is a run-a-ball triple century good?

Having kids is great but boy you better be ready to say "Wow, amazing!" to some of the least impressive shit you've seen in your life.

There are reasons it's complicated to demand that Jews condemn Israeli war crimes and reasons I prefer to condemn them as a person and leave my Jewishness out of it, but what Netanyahu is doing right now needs condemning with everything we've got. I do feel shame.

Thinking of David Berman, today as most days.

When the cat* is away, the mice** will play*** *beloved partner **I ***eat sandwiches standing over the sink

My thoughts are with her

Me cutting open a £4.80 loaf of sourdough.

Wild to see our politicians and media wilfully ignore that among Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters are some long time violent, racist football hooligans. Loooong time far-right footie hooligans, now on steroids

Victim of a modern pogrom here: just had a letter through the post addressed to The Occupier.

Yeah, fuck this place, I'm making a go of it. Let me know if you're over there and I'll see you on the flipside.

Catching up with The Substance, which appears to be a cautionary tale about what would happen if Demi Moore were to beget a demi Moore.

Well I heard there were some frozen plums/ Encased behind the door that hums / But you don't really care for breakfast, do you?

Definitely done here. Find me on the other site. As a sidenote/parting shot, I like to think that if I had more money than nerve cells I'd at least consider not being the world's littlest bitch.

Had some excellent post this weekend courtesy of Dead Ink Books. Excited to share this one with you in October. The book, not the self-redacting cat.

📚 Special delivery! 📚 Thrilled to get our hands on proof copies of The Definitions by Matt Greene, out this October with the brilliant @deadinkbooks! A haunting dystopian tale of memory, identity, and human connection - this one’s going to be special. #TheDefinitions

Delighted to learn that preorders are open for The Definitions for UK readers via Dead Ink Books. I've never been a natural at self-promotion but I resolve now to be as insufferable as possible from here to the pub date in early October. deadinkbooks.com/product/the-de…

✨NEXT WEEK✨ Don’t miss Matt Greene and Ben Pester next Thursday 9th October, in conversation with Catherine Taylor, to discuss their latest books The Definitions (Dead Ink Books) and The Expansion Project (Granta Books) 📚 🎟️ waterstones.com/events/ben-pes…