Sali Hughes

Nancy Banks-Smith meets Dennis Potter.

Epic.

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val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning

What else you got? Anything?

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65 (Gift Article) A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.

Not the obituary I wanted to read today.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/m...

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I’ve had worse, certainly.

“How to prevent it”. By not being in a relationship with a human?

A tweet from "Covie" (@covie_93) that reads: "Speaker Mike Johnson from the great state of 'Louisnana' wants to get rid of the Department of Education." Below the tweet is an image of a large blue curtain featuring an emblem with a pelican and the words "SUPREME COURT" and "CONFIDENCE." The word "LOUISNANA" is prominently misspelled instead of "LOUISIANA." The mistake is highlighted with a red circle. In the foreground, three judges in black robes are seated at a table.

Can’t make this up.

I needed this today

‘Unnervingly on-the-nose’: why Adolescence is such powerful TV that it could save lives The Netflix four-parter has touched many a nerve with its gut-punch power and staggering performances – but it’s also a vital call to action for parents and their teens

Gut-punch power! Staggering performances! A vital call to action for parents and their teens! I wrote about why #Adolescence is the TV drama of 2025 so far - and such powerful TV that it could save lives www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

West Ada teacher stands firm after she’s told to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ signs Sarah Inama said she was told by administrators that her signs “don’t allow people to express differing opinions.”

A teacher in Idaho has been told to remove posters reading "Everyone is welcome here" - specifically because it features different skin tones. As I wrote last week, this is a global political movement that has explicitly set the goal of eradicating the very concept of equality.

Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US department of defense website Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters “DEI” added to website address

Kind of awful, but I expect no less from this administration. It’s almost as if our mere existence irks them. They need to erase us so they can feel better about themselves.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The absolute state of it.

Things Liz Truss is responsible for destroying: the British economy. Things Liz Truss is not responsible for destroying: the marriage of a grown man with free will and cognisance of what will surely happen if he pumps someone else.

Arial 12.

This feels like a trap.

Brilliant idea, beautiful cover.

Trump Firings Gut Education Department’s Civil Rights Division Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was slashed in half on Tuesday as part of President Trump’s aggressive push to dismantle the agency.

I thought this afterwards.

NEW EPISODE.

Ian is very much up for revenge on supermarket shelf-stacking producers.

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Seeing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s snivelling shit of a boyfriend have a pop at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit a few days after Musk was druggily guffawing in the same building while wearing a T-shirt and baseball cap has caused me to run amok with a hammer and cause untold damage to my own property

When my sister died, it wasn’t just her own childhood memories that disappeared. Mine did too | Jason Hazeley Millie had fantastic recall, unlike mine. Now there are parts of my past – and myself – that I’ll never be able to remember, says comedy writer Jason Hazeley

A thing about loss.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BREAKING: US voted against Ukraine's UN resolution which branded Russia the "aggressor" & demanded withdrawal of its troops.

US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.

UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.

WA Pastor Gets 30 Years For Producing Child Porn - Joe.My.God. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports: A Yakima businessman and former pastor was sentenced Feb. 18 to 30 years in prison for making, possessing and sharing child sexual abuse images. David Roger Frankli...

It's always who you most suspect.

www.joemygod.com/2025/02/wa-p...

Lush. ❤️

Feet. 🥲

Binged on the whole series in America. Totally going again though. Brilliant.