V.H. Belvadi

Truly awful (so obviously I like it)

And the music.

Is the BBC biased against Keir Starmer? Polls suggest that people think that this government, and Keir Starmer, are in permanent crisis. Is that because the BBC told us this?

A new analysis of 95 posts by BBC political editor Chris Mason suggests the issue may not be accuracy – but framing.

No single headline is inaccurate. Impartiality rules appear unbroken. But repeated talk of “predicament”, “backlash” & “U-turn” frames a misleading story of permanent crisis..

A Green Party source tells @siennarodgers.bsky.social :

“Starmer is clearly coming to the end of his premiership, one that he has barely been clinging to. He has learnt nothing from the Greens’ stunning victory and once again he is tone deaf...

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Very good question. Until now Starmer had the benefit of the doubt. No longer.

I’m curious if this will be streamed online publicly. It’s a very interesting topic.

What, doesn’t anybody check for bigness under their beds before going to sleep anymore?

A New Mark for Glass — Glass A geometric glyph with a human touch.

Interesting new icon for @glass.photo and an equally interesting write-up by @tmwtsn.com — I had no idea the original letter mark was by Jessica Hische!

On first glance the icon reminded me of The Guardian for some reason. On second glance they’re very different. Yet…
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I think he’s in the denial phase. What’s the next one?

Can’t believe they left MRLP out of these stats.

This is probably the one-hundredth time I’m saying this, but a newspaper is the one place euphemisms should be used sparingly.

Green Party takes Gorton and Denton from Labour in first ever Westminster by-election win The Greens' Hannah Spencer wins the Manchester seat, ahead of Reform UK in second and Labour in third.

Very good.
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Can’t believe I fell for it.

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

Useful stuff

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Actually useful. It goes beyond the usual alternatives that get thrown about.

Reminder to people voting in the Gorton and Denton by-election today: although it may be enticing to vote for Sir Oink A-lot of The Official Monster Raving Looney Party, maybe don’t.

However, if your other choice is Reform, do give Sir Oink A-Lot a chance.
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Scrubs review – daft gags and volcanic fury bring the medical sitcom back from the dead Fans of the hit noughties series will be delighted to see the original cast back at Sacred Heart hospital. But this reboot isn’t afraid to move with the times

Scrubs review – daft gags and volcanic fury bring the medical sitcom back from the dead

The people who voted for this government probably don’t read too closely.

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PSA again..,

Agreed. For such unacceptable behaviour no warnings are necessary either. Social pressure is a great tool in this, and having to face people as the (frankly stupid) reason why your team lost 3 points should be enough to put them off being racist … at least in this context.

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Ridiculous.

Wait, did he go to the wrong island by accident?

‘His reaction cannot be faked’ — Vincent Kompany issues powerful statement on Vinicius Jr. racism incident, condemns José Mourinho (full transcript) The FC Bayern coach had a powerful message to share

Very good statement. There continue to be moment after moment when I’m so pleased to have been a Bayern fan for years now.
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Fascinating how similar to modern-day YouTube posters this film poster is, complete with speech bubbles, yellow expository text and what not.

> Though she acquitted herself well … one stumble stood out—demonstrating she hasn’t yet fully conceived a foreign-policy vision … It’s vital to approach certain foreign-policy and national-security issues … in a more sophisticated manner.

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In a ‘more sophisticated manner’ like… Trump maybe?

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

Gold.

🚨 READ: Labour Party respond to Reform UK's first Shadow Cabinet

“Farage’s top team of failed Tories spent over 3,000 days inflicting untold damage on our country in government, trashing our economy, hammering families’ mortgages, and leaving our borders open."

What a great thread.

They had me use the shoe machine as well a couple of days ago at Heathrow. Blamed the scanner for ‘not scanning properly’.