Tom Lehrer was one of my idols growing up in the late 50s - we played and sang his brilliantly mordant songs at parties - of course now he'd be demonized by the Patriotism Police as contributing to the " disparagement of USA" . We've never needed satire more

So we arrested the guy who owned the sex island and we arrested the woman who brought the children to the sex island, but we haven't arrested the clients who paid to rape the children on the sex island?

Trump: EVERYONE STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES! Also Trump: Yeah, Epstein was stealing the teenage girls from my spas.

Can we all agree - If Trump’s in the Epstein Files and is proven to be a pedophile, He should immediately be removed from office and incarcerated. Is this something everyone can agree on? MAGA?

Trump having thousands of employees worldwide and somehow knowing the name of one 16-year-old girl at a spa & being angry enough about her specifically being poached by Jeffrey Epstein to say he cut ties with him for it is surely very normal and means nothing

The Trump presidency ends next year if we take back Congress. Trump knows that, so he wants to rig the game for 2026.  We can criticize that from the sideline — or we can defend our democracy and fight fire with fire.

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Globe Eye News — Epstein dies mysteriously — Maxwell convicted — No clients charged — Trump’s name redacted This is not transparency. This is control.

who in god's name thought this was a good idea?

you all know this by now but i just wanna remind everyone that this is literally the best song ever music.apple.com/us/album/idiot…

Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:

Incredibly relevant to the times we live in

The America First PR team must be going nuts trying to spin this one..... 😬

David Hockney

A midweek thread of lovely things that bring you joy? Alrighty, I’ll start..

Yesterday’s haul 🌿💜🍅🥒🌶️💛🌿 Even if you only grow herbs or chillies on your windowsill, 3 tomato plants in a bag or some beans in a pot, the flavour, satisfaction & pleasure are immense! 😋 #kitchengarden #Homegrown #growyourown

Mushroom photography; Yea or Nay?

If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you.

Always slightly unnerving when my brindle cat " Beelzebubbles" sits in her favourite spot in the lounge 👹😂

I still think this is one of the greatest videos ever created, and the fact that it is actual audio from a Presidential debate makes it even funnier.