RIP Allan Alberg (1938 - 2025) theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

On a snail mail forum, there's a thread on how much is too much for postage....

“How fucking deplorable does someone have to be to vote for this bag of sh*t?”

Today is International Blasphemy Rights Day. Blasphemy laws can never be justified. These laws are always in opposition to freedom of expression, and are incompatible with our most fundamental human rights.

Goodnight

There now follows a Party Political Broadcast by the Count Binface Party.

Ok, Donald J. Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.

The Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court rules. bbc.in/4oRuBPE

is the #PostOfficeScandal about to widen further computerweekly.com/news/366635602…

We remain the 15th most followed national cricket Board account in the world on X, but are now less than 10k away from the Netherlands fanbase of 148k. Can we chase them down and win the only cricket battle that really matters to us?

Checks out.

Ooo... from royalmail.com/sending/stamps 13 January - Stranger Things 21 January - Concorde 19 February - Hornby Model Railways 26 February - Roses 20 March - The Lord of the Rings 21 April - Centenary of the Birth of Queen Elizabeth II 21 May - Castles 23 June - Waterfalls

Am I a bad person for laughing at this?

Some people confuse us with Ireland. It's very simple. They gave us a lot of women back in the Viking Age, not voluntarily by all reports. In return, we have given them a return flight daily between Dublin and Reykjavík, run by Icelandair. We have ice and they have guinness.

Suella Shanty from my favourite band. Warning - it’ll give you serious earworm. 😂

Great to see the "quality" journalism at work on a Reach newspaper.

theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I’m thinking a lot about how to create social cohesion in societies that feel ever more divided. I concluded that a shared love for cheesecake might be our best bet…

Feels far fetched right now?