Excellent work! I bet the dice are loaded as well.

Her first book “How to Use a Telephone” was even less successful. Its sequel “How to Use a Dictaphone” was pulped by the publishers, following legal advice.

Susan Hall has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for using lies to smear her opponent by mimicking an official document.

If you‘d love to see her in court RT.

“Voters don't just want to see detached and distant faces on TV, they want to feel that they know the people that they're trying to vote for.” James Cleverly. We both see & know him & his party, how’s that going James?

Five things that would cost you less than what Rishi Sunak is spending to send one person to Rwanda 👇

No mention that Cash was a commons aide linked to senior Tories. Funny that. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688748…

Nature note: on holiday in Gran Canaria & heard the most extraordinary night bird sound. It was one of these (could also have been the conspecific Cory Shearwater): google.com/search?q=cory+…

Cory Doctorow is really on fire. Another terrific thread, this time on the way tech companies operate, also available free in essay format (see link in 1/).

This terrific thread is written from a USA perspective but it’ll be horribly familiar to UK residents. You have been warned!

Mic is spot on, Evans piece is ghastly, even by the Spectator’s Challenger Deep standards.

Austerity always reminds me of the (paraphrased) punchline of an old joke “the beatings will continue until the economy improves”.

A spectre is haunting E̶u̶r̶o̶p̶e̶, t̶h̶e̶ U̶S̶A̶, your kitchen! newrepublic.com/article/180682…

Mark Green “one-man rule, based on big lies, nationalist fervor, xenophobia, hatred of marginal groups, displays of militarism, incitement to violence, media manipulation and persistent lawlessness.” washingtonspectator.org/fascism-is-not…

This is a terrific piece of investigative journalism: Benjamin Cohen was falsely accused of the Bondi Junction stabbings. Here's how the lie spread around the world abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1… via ABC Australia

Victoria Derbyshire to replace Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC?

RT if you agree.

#bbclaurak

What a lovely man, as Eddie Mair once showed so convincingly.

Once in a blue moon the Speccie publishes something worth reading. This is a beautiful piece of writing (ht Brian Klaas). spectator.co.uk/article/an-opt…

Is this a clip from the 3 body problem exemplifying szyzygy? 😀