Timeline cleanse: I just got on a bus. An elderly woman was trying to pay but her card didn’t work. She was standing flustered by the driver. A boy, maybe 12 or 13 years old, who was queuing to get on said to the bus driver, “sir can I pay for her?” and then went ahead and paid for her
These amazing young people built a piano and took it up a mountain and made my favourite video of the year for my favourite song of the year. "The Great Plains," directed by Dora Paphides, from "Little Miss Sunshine" by Eaves Wilder, out today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9In...
“It’s a couple of things that work beautifully in concert. First: no music. Audiences are so sophisticated, but what they’re not accustomed to is not being told how to feel,” Wyle says. “You take all that out and it forces a level of engagement where you’re now looking for clues within the frame of the screen, which forces you to look up from your phone. And I think that is extremely engaging, especially to young viewers who aren’t accustomed to being asked to participate in a nonpassive way in the viewing experience.
![“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:guthikarwozoldkzhueivkl6/bafkreihklvhtymho7wpemo5mj2f7xaiq6ulvfvcwnzo6hjstg3wixzgesy)
“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”
Wyle makes eye contact for his next point, delivering it with a Robby-esque matter-of-factness. “Fourth point: The election went the other way,” he says with a shrug. “We could have been a really good show with a lot of nice things to say in a perfectly normal Kamala Harris universe. And instead we became almost a beacon of hope and humanity in an alternative universe. But in the midst of that, fifth point—this is essentially competence porn. You’re watching really smart, dedicated people do what only they know how to do at a level that you don’t know how to do it, and you’re so fucking glad that they’re there doing it, and compartmentalizing their own stuff to put your broken pieces back together. You’re so reassured by knowing that there are people out there that laugh and joke and have the ability to lock in like that.”
this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt. www.gq.com/story/noah-w...
Sharon Osborne was
▶️an immigrant into the USA in the late 1970s
▶️an immigrant into Ireland in the mid 1990s
▶️an immigrant into the USA again from 2002 to 2005
▶️and then again from 2010 to 2020
She has been an immigrant for approx 48 of her 73 years
www.nme.com/news/tv/shar...
Happy Debut Album Release Day to Eaves Wilder, who sarcastically called her album "Little Miss Sunshine" "Because I'm actually a moody cow," and has, with The Great Plains, Mountain Sized, Everybody Talks and Hurricane Girl, written my four favourite songs of 2026: open.spotify.com/album/5HfhKh...
Linda Yaccarino replies to a Zohran Mamdani tweet to say that taxing rich people's penthouses is "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen"
Zohran Mamdani said he's going to start taxing rich people who buy luxury housing in NYC but don't actually live in there, and the former CEO of Twitter/X called it "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen."
John Kerry ordered a $4 Yuengling instead of a $3 Coors Light & our political media spent months tarring him as an out of touch elitist
The Edge Hotel in Whitehaven, Cumbria
If anyone is in the Whitehaven area, could you pop over to the Jawas and ask if they have any secondhand droids for sale, thanks.
sulking
love this new development for America
Show starts at midday; I'll be joined by Osian Rhys from 1pm. And before that, sizzling cuts from Sade, The Room, Tiwayo, Belle and Sebastian, Xclusiv, Mel & Tim, Mike Westbrook, Asha Bhosle and well... let's see, shall we? Join me on Soho Radio via DAB, smart speaker or your trusty old laptop.
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The UK energy headlines are about to get loud again.
Before that happens, here’s a simple explanation of how the systems actually work, that I created for my students a while ago and have updated to 2026.
It explains why the risk is often misunderstood.
#UK #Energy #EnergySecurity
This is Puskás Akadémia, whose stadium seats more than twice as many people as live in the village, and who finished second to Ferencváros in the league last season.
A great moment to remember why Scruton's FT column came to an abrupt end.
A thatched roof with 2 chimney pots. Atop the roof, instead of the usual duck or pheasant made of thatch, there stands a majestic T-rex
Went for a walk and a pint and spotted the best example of free will I've ever seen
On Monday, a woman posts a photo on her "supersausage_charlie" Instagram account. It shows a dog at a Holy Week event in Spain. The dog is dressed like the other religious figures at the event, which involves an all-white outfit and pointy white hat.
On Monday, a woman posts a photo on her "supersausage_charlie" Instagram account. It shows a dog at a Holy Week event in Spain. The dog is dressed like the other religious figures at the event, which involves an all-white outfit and pointy white hat. The caption reads: "Dachshund takes on Semana Santa 🐶✝️🐣 #dachshund #semanasanta #dogsofinstagram #potd #happyeaster"
On Friday, the same woman posts a photo of her dog sitting on their couch. The dog is again dressed in the same outfit. This time, they have a gold necklace with a Christian cross on his neck.
The caption for Friday's post reads: "‼️PLEASE READ‼️ For clarity: the post from a few days ago was a reference to Semana Santa, a Spanish religious and cultural tradition. It was not connected to extremism, racism, or politics in any way. This was already stated in the disclaimer, but it is clear that some either misunderstood that context or chose to ignore it. This account is a dachshund account, and it will remain a space dedicated purely to the joy, humor, and love of sharing life with my dog. Nothing beyond that. Some of the comments left under that post were deeply disturbing. Hate, racism, extremist language, and abusive behavior have no place here. They will be removed and reported immediately. I appreciate everyone who continues to engage with this page with respect, kindness, and the spirit in which it is intended. • #dachshund #semanasanta #potd #spanishtraditions #fypage"
I'm sorry, but this woman posting photos of her dog at a religious event in Spain and then having to frantically clarify a few days later at their "supersausage_charlie" Instagram account is something out of a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.
THANK YOU, love x
If you are young and have writing ambitions do check out this ace competition, arranged by @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social. Deadline not far off. Please share widely.
www.bsme.com/young-writer...
All of these things seem ... good?
Little more on George Michael's perfectionism. Tonight The Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael is out in June & you can pre-order signed, dedicated editions from independent bookshop Backstory. Tickets are also now available for launch events in London and Hay via sathnam.com/events
Fun fact: every five months, the world builds as much solar power generation as all the nuclear power that has ever been built. And still some people dream of a ”nuclear renaissance”. That train has left the station long ago…
The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Fantastic.
Don-Tzu
It's almost the centenary of the General Strike so it's a good excuse to tell the story of an event that keeps popping up in other episodes. Nine days of national drama with an all-star cast. Featuring Bad Churchill, the BBC in crisis, fascists, communists, workers and toffs
Very sad to see that, so far, there has been no "Pete Hegseth farting at the beginning of his press conference" material on Bluesky. His Strait of Hormuz is open, etc etc
"Those larks - I'm going to make those larks descend, and I'm going to charge you Lark Descending money, it's going to be so big, so beautiful."
You can practically hear The Lark Ascending, and feel the dew
God, these lovely, peaceful morning hours in Europe before that stupid cunt wakes up.
It was great to be on Pete's show yesterday and talk about the new album (as well as covering @theclientele.bsky.social, Kraftwerk, Ariana Grande, ABBA, spreadsheets and @reproutopia.bsky.social). Listen again here...
