Fascinating.

Russian Embassy, London

Sorry but this content from Lara Vella The Today Show is absolutely RED hot, I am screaming. “I have to sell my third boat” - dead.

For many years I’ve been collecting Tom Swifties and Croakers (lines of dialogue where a pun is used in reported speech). Here’s a thread of my favourites (some made up by me, some just plain stolen), beginning with this one… “I love camping,” Tom said, intently

Worth recalling that one random IT guy and four journalists managed to successfully defend a classified archive for more than ten years now. Meanwhile:

"I hope this email finds you well". How the email finds me:

Remarkable. And so, so true.

I’ve always loved the way language is punctuated by places: jeans are ‘from Genoa’, denim is from Nîmes in France, suede from Sweden, mayonnaise from Minorca’s Port Mahon, damask from Damascus, sardines and sardonic from Sardinia, and spruce (both the tree and a neat appearance)

This is the moment when three humpback whales breached in unison off the New England coast

One day my 7yo wanted to make a poetry journal. Wrote a note asking people to send their poems. Put that note in every mailbox on our street.Waited at the top of the driveway. … I said, “Buddy, just be prepared. Most people don’t write poems. Most don’t even read them.” 1/2

Guys you have no idea about the scripts I read. It’s my job. Heartbreaking dramas. Wildly funny comedies. Groundbreaking sci fi. Diverse voices. Amazing love stories. Biopics of fascinating people I’ve never heard of. Almost none of them get made. It’s not the writers.

My god that was the closest I’ve ever been to standing up. CommBank Matildas UNBELIEVABLE effort 💛💚 MCG going off #matildas #AUSFRA

Ah, that old inspirational sports phrase “Leave nothing out there”.

How come all those people who were “doing their own research” during Covid, now want to do absolutely no research on The Voice? #Yes23 #voicereferendum

I’m not quite sure how to explain what’s happened tonight, because it’s still happening - but here goes… At 4:40pm I jumped on a train from London to Edinburgh.. It was comfy, it was quiet In hindsight, too good to last…

#TOTP

Barbara Rogan This reminds me of my favorite story from my time working for The Press of Atlantic City. Trump's four casinos were major advertisers, in addition to major circulation drivers. In the 1990s, upset with coverage of Marla Maples etc, Trump complained and whined to the editors.

मैं हूँ Sanatani 🇮🇳 🚩🚩 Hugs please...

There was some big news this week which should have been top of the news agenda - the fact that it wasn’t and the story that dominated the public space instead tells a worrying story about the priorities of many in this country 🧵