new must read non-fiction from Zakia Sewell, Anna Thomasson, Anthony Beevor, Clara E. Mattei, Maggie Aderin, @jacriding.bsky.social @james-macintyre.bsky.social @adriamaral.bsky.social @mackeza.bsky.social & @austinmccoy.bsky.social
www.shortlist.com/books/10-mus...
you're very welcome!
you're very welcome - great book
new must read non-fiction from Zakia Sewell, Anna Thomasson, Anthony Beevor, Clara E. Mattei, Maggie Aderin, @jacriding.bsky.social @james-macintyre.bsky.social @adriamaral.bsky.social @mackeza.bsky.social & @austinmccoy.bsky.social
www.shortlist.com/books/10-mus...
NEW: Tonight Iran has said it will attack ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Already more than 1,000 ships in the area have faced intense GPS jamming and spoofing, analysis says
fucks sake (privacy and climate edition)
"Tech is never neutral; it is owned, created, and maintained by people with specific points of view, priorities, and vested political interests."
Hello darkness my old friend
Gorton & Denton result:
Reform: 10,578
Green: 14,980
Labour: 9,364
Tory: 706
Lib Dem: 653
Reform UK promises to scrap flagship Labour worker and renters’ protections
need to know Ryan Coogler's favourite X-Files episodes stat
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital halts mass eviction after London Centric uncovered what was going on. Hundreds of Londoners now receiving bizarre door-to-door visits blaming misinformation and being asked to record videos saying they don't want to be evicted. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
btw the guy whose "Free Palestine" got cut from the BAFTA broadcast directed a hell of a first feature www.avclub.com/my-fathers-s...
www.ft.com/content/d0b7...
No thank you.
Tactical voting: It's vote Green to beat Reform in Gorton and Denton. #ByElection #GortonandDenton
Here’s another incredible tale from Felix Lee’s book:
Sony was making a killing selling outdated 9” black-and-white televisions in China around 1979/80.
They actually bought them back from consumers in other countries, where color-tv had already taken over.
“The purpose behind the release of herbicide on the villages remains unclear.”
Israel has been dumping herbicides throughout southern Lebanon as part of a concerted ecocide campaign to render the region uninhabitable. This has been going on for months with Lebanese journalists & environmentalists regularly reporting on it.
The BBC: we don’t know why the Israelis are doing it
The crime boys are back in town on The Big Picture. open.spotify.com/episode/08T7...
New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF
Trump: "This building was built for peace. Nobody knew what to name it, and then Marco named it after me. I had nothing to do with it. I swear. They said, 'There's a surprise coming.' I thought they were gonna give me a lot of money or something. Maybe cash. Can always use some extra cash."
100
my old-grandma belief: podcasts should NOT be videos
some thrilling stuff in here - my reviews edit of early 2026 fiction for Shortlist feat. Dorothy Tse, Tibor Fischer, George Saunders, Mieko Kawakami, Ali Smith, Makenna Goodman, Jonathan Miles + includes debuts from Djamel White, Madeline Cash and Tobi Coventry
www.shortlist.com/books/10-new...
some thrilling stuff in here - my reviews edit of early 2026 fiction for Shortlist feat. Dorothy Tse, Tibor Fischer, George Saunders, Mieko Kawakami, Ali Smith, Makenna Goodman, Jonathan Miles + includes debuts from Djamel White, Madeline Cash and Tobi Coventry
www.shortlist.com/books/10-new...
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
A quick nod to whoever writes the headlines for The Economist’s The Intelligence pod.
Today: Ice, Ice, Maybe about possible plans to refreeze the Arctic.
One of many classics.
Reform UK hate the British public and their views on:
*Net zero
*Fracking
*EU relations
*Tax cuts
*ECHR
*Indefinite Leave to Remain
*Deportations
*Crypto
*Devolution
*Ukraine
*Russia
*Trump
*Public services
*The NHS
*The BBC
*Universities...
Can't beat this lot, please leave politics.
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
Lost Boys paperback is coming May 7. Top marks to @atlanticbooks.bsky.social for coming up with such a great cover
