I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
The deep history of carbon dioxide is powerful explainer for 4 billion years of earth history and a vital way of understanding the world now. It’s at the heart of my Thinking Small and Large and the 5 books highlighted here: shepherd.com/best-books/n...
Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
Feels like an echo chamber on here. Maybe we should go occupy Truth Social and try to inject seeds of doubt. (My first attempt to sign up failed: maybe it’s my UK phone number?)
I just asked the AI bot on the @washingtonpost a question. Its reply included this: “It's unclear when exactly Bezos became a right-wing oligarch and enemy of the free press.”
That it’s true is not in dispute. When it happened is still speculation.
I looked away for so long, pretending Amazon wasn’t as bad as the other oligarch money machines. I just liked the convenience of shopping there. Can’t look away anymore. The guy is a scumbag. I’ll shop local.
Blackmailing a country on its knees is exactly what I’d expect from our Man-Child-in-Chief.
A 49 year veteran who commanded a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet was just fired by a sexual abuser from Fox News.
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Love this book!
The NYT published.
a letter to Pete Hegseth from his mother: “…You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego...”
D’oh. Handhold covers are legit though. Check yet rule book.
When did McDonald’s become so dystopian?
