Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy | Jonathan Freedland theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Anyway in this week's newsletter, which I wrote myself because I am very brave and fuck it I need the distraction: some notes on the concept of “dark ages”. But first: why do right-wing papers hate their readers?

If your brand has become so toxic that the only way you can ever convince anyone to pay for it, is to allow them to pretend they haven't, then you've got problems theverge.com/2023/8/2/23816…

William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dies at 87 dlvr.it/StKS4y

That BLOKE with the book coming out once tweeted at me demanding why I wasn’t sticking up for another BLOKE on here. All in the name of women’s rights apparently. Funniest thing he’d written in while to be fair.

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Is it just me or is Uncle Albert fucking hench?

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So Sunak's strategy is "After 13 years of Tory government public finances are in such a state we can't afford to fix anything. Vote Tory."

David McCallum was responsible for one of the most iconic samples in hip-hop history. RIP

When I was wee they repeated The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on the telly and David McCallum and Robert Vaughan became the koolest men in the world for me. Ever since, I’ve admired this man. So many achievements and always kool as all hell. RIP.

It's remarkable to listen to speech after speech at Conservative conference and hear all of the things making growth weaker- environmental regulation, strikes, tax rates, and not hear a word about one of the main things exporters/small biz say they need help with- Brexit.

Hint: If you worry less about what gay and trans people do in public and worry more about what YOU do in public, everyone will be better off, yourself included.

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This conflict for me has always been about morality. Morally, you cannot justify the killing of Palestinian civilians, even if you say it’s fighting terrorism. But morally, you also cannot justify the killing of Israeli civilians, even if you say you’re fighting occupation.

In 1919, seeing children from the defeated Austrian empire starve, Eglantyne Jebb established Save the Children. Many asked "How can you help enemy children?" One of Jebb's supporters, the great George Bernard Shaw, replied, "I have no enemies under six."

Important. Pls spread word 100,000s of people, mostly women age 66+ who took were off work for childcare between 1978 & 2010, are due to get HMRC letter that may be worth £10,000s due to underpaid state pensions. It isn't a scam DON'T bin the letter. See moneysavingexpert.com/news/2023/10/h…

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Yay everyone under 40 will be frozen out of the housing market forever! Woo! Go us!