Watching #ClarksonsFarm4 as if the English version of #Yellowstone. Already four seasons in and Clarkson still hasn't got his own people running West Oxfordshire District Council and issued with #PCSO badges.

How to make your talk unforgettable -- by the very memorable alfie joey Unforgettable That's what you are, Unforgettable And Frozen. youtu.be/xkHFMcYpLyA?fe… #TDC25

"Elon Musk boasts about the vast amount of data his cars generate... But, as we have witnessed again and again in the most critical of cases, Tesla refuses to share it." theguardian.com/technology/202…

Sereen Haddad (VCU class of 2025 were VCU to allow her to graduate): “So they twist the rules, they rewrite the policies, and they try to silence us … But it’s all about power. Our demands for justice are a threat to their complicity.” theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int… #Palestine #Gaza

Amos Goldberg. (2024). "The Problematic Return of Intent" in Forum: Israel-Palestine: Atrocity Crimes and the Crisis of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Journal of Genocide Research, 1–10. doi.org/10.1080/146235…

Mike Oldfield -- To France (1984), featuring Maggie Reilly on vocals. youtu.be/WLMw9SPcFBI?fe…

Recovering the Sacred: "We also heard from Dr Cosima Gilhammer (Dr Cosima C Gillhammer), a Fellow Lady Margaret Hall, whose writings on the rhythms & symbolism of the liturgy are deeply inspiring... and the Rev Prof Andrew Davison, Regius Professor of Divinity University of Oxford. spectator.co.uk/podcast/recove…

Gaza: 'The Pope urged the international community to observe humanitarian law & respect the obligation to protect civilians, “as well as the prohibition against collective punishment, indiscriminate use of force & forced displacement of the population."' vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

"Keir Starmer is under pressure from cabinet ministers for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, as global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza." “While there’s still a state of Palestine left to recognise”. theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Another case of Home Office cruelty. Refusal to exempt (or defer) students in Gaza who have a place at a UK university from having to register biometric data as a prerequisite for a visa is wholly disproportionate given their particular circumstances. theguardian.com/education/2025…

And here's where we're going

Sociology of Starvation “This is not about a formal famine declaration or a special number of trucks or meals. It’s about Israel’s attempt to starve Gaza indefinitely without the rapid mass death from starvation and disease we call famine." theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Statement "We are determined to protect the viability of the two-state solution, and so we will recognise the state of Palestine in September before UNGA; unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza..." gov.uk/government/new…

Today marks 52 years since a fire killed 50 people and injured many more inside the Isle of Man's esteemed leisure complex. Summerland opened in May 1971, but two years later on 2nd August 1973, the leisure complex became the island's greatest disaster.

"...to remedy the harms to competition that we have found, we recommend that the CMA Board use its digital markets powers to prioritise... investigations to consider designating the two largest providers Microsoft & AWS with strategic market status (SMS)" gov.uk/cma-cases/clou…

"The path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine. We remain committed to the principle that international borders must not be changed by force. The current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations." gov.uk/government/new…

The Prime Minister hosted President Zelenskyy 🌻🇺🇦 They looked ahead to tomorrow’s talks between President Trump & President Putin in Alaska, which present a viable chance to make progress as long as Putin takes action to prove he is serious about peace." gov.uk/government/new…

"We are clear that Ukraine must have ironclad security guarantees to effectively defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity... Russia cannot have a veto against Ukraine‘s pathway to EU and NATO." gov.uk/government/new… #SlavaUkraini

"President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight. No getting back Crimea, and no going into Nato by Ukraine”, said Putin's spokesperson.

Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic theguardian.com/politics/2025/…