Slobmobiles clutter the pavement outside Brookes University in Oxford. Can anyone seriously claim these things advance civilisation?

No shade on The Hill, for whom I write, but I think HM Queen Elizabeth II was a female head of state in North America, as was Victoria, and Anne, and Mary II, and Elizabeth I..,

Stay CALM, everyone. This is not a surprise attack like 7 October or 9-11. NONE of Lebanon, Saudi, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Syria want a full-on war. Neither does Iran, which is too weak. There may be flinging around of missiles & limited ground incursions, but I assess that is ALL.

Doctors Will No Longer Ask ‘Who Is The President?’ To Test For Concussions Since Honestly Nobody Is Really Sure Right Now buff.ly/3Y6p1hq

Thank heavens for community notes

Starmer’s in a mess over Israel - he knows a lot of his backbenchers aren’t backing Israel. His own Foreign Secretary is more than a bit squiffy on it

RIP Ed McLachlan. Time to revisit this brilliant book, which came out in 2001 and already covered 40 years. #EdMcLachlan

This is unfuckingbelievable. Enough is enough. The BBC is now an openly pro-terrorist organisation.

Every time Israel is attacked these morons ask for Israel to de-escalate. 10 million civilians have just been deliberately bombed by Iran you fool.

In the past 24 hours, we’ve seen the end of traditional steelmaking at Port Talbot and the decommissioning of our last coal-fired power station. I think our nation is slowly committing suicide while the balance of its mind is disturbed.

No Iron Dome or David’s sling …

This was so infuriating to watch.. What’s the point of inviting Nigel Farage MP on if you’re just going to talk all over him ?? Do better Good Morning Britain 🙄

📰'Britain's Pyramids': A wonderful Matthew Parris piece in The Times and The Sunday Times on saving the cooling towers of Ratcliffe-on-Soar and their 'poetry of applied mathematics in concrete'. Read about C20's campaign: c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers And sign the petition here: change.org/p/save-britain…

Very very small nuclear reactors that can be towed to where they are needed, and taken back for a refuel energy.gov/ne/articles/we…

I dislike PrivateSmug. But, for the record, NOWT justifies this attack on Ian Hislop, if that is what it was theguardian.com/media/2024/oct… On the other hand, Israel declaring Antonio Guterres persona non grata seems to me ENTIRELY justified timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…

“Harvard students and faculty afraid to speak up, fearing backlash.” It has been an extraordinary thing to watch academic freedom collapse at what was still, less than 20 years ago, clearly the world’s best university. bostonglobe.com/2024/10/01/met…

Brilliant

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Well, a teacher definitely didn't write this.

Looks like they’ve hired someone from Da West Staines Massif to write this news release. FFS!