We’re “inter-railing” with a 10 year old this summer. Hoping that some very smart hotels with swimming pools might compensate for the longer and more awkward journeys.

Inishowen First piece exploring the glitch algorithms on the Eventide H90. It also debuts the use of my fretless baritone as a bass.

So I’ve now arranged and recorded that first sketch with the #eventide #h90 glitch algorithms I posted a video of a few weeks back. This also features the debut recording use of my fretless baritone as a bass. #glitchguitar #ambient #irishseascapemusic on.soundcloud.com/8dmWTtwb8e91...

The UK actually has top tier weather. Four distinct seasons. Never too hot or too cold. No extreme weather disaster stuff either. Not many places have it better.

In the Land of the Data Blind, by Jason Blakely Why political science can’t grasp Trumpism

Pretty devastating takedown of American political science, and its inability to acknowledge anti-liberal forces harpers.org/archive/2026...

DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars

DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars theonion.com/dhs-releases-watchlist-o...

When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions We are building a world that treats translation as a problem to be solved. But translation was never just a technical challenge — it is an act of witnessing.

OPINION: An interpreter does not merely convert words from one language to another. They carry meaning across the chasm between us ... and make split-second ethical and semantic decisions that could preserve dignity - or shatter a survivor. 👇

great piece.

related: I'm a freelance audio/radio/podcast producer, with work available at jaycowit.com. Open to new opportunities in 2026 to add to my schedule.

On Christmas Bin Day, the greatest gift you can give your neighbours with kids is a message saying:

"There's space in our bins of you need it"

'Ten Best Cumbrian Boundary Disputes'

I don't think a lot of people get quite how bad the situation has got with targeted attacks on the migrants rights and refugee sector.

My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.

Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year

No, this ruling isn’t ‘secular indoctrination’ — it’s human rights | Andrew Copson The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Religious Education and collective worship in Northern Ireland has understandably ruffled feathers among those accustomed to the privileges of Christianity in pu...

No, this ruling isn’t ‘secular indoctrination’ — it’s human rights | Andrew Copson via @humanists.uk humanists.uk/2025/11/27/n... #HumanRights #religion

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.

Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

I’d love to read it! Do you still have a copy?

Here is your friendly occasional reminder that as a Tier 4 then Tier 2 immigrant, I could not access any benefits (and this was printed specifically on my visa), could not vote in any UK election (not even local council), and paid an NHS charge with the amount linked to the length of my visa.

And once again, forgetting about Northern Ireland - Irish, British or both.

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl

The micro-aggressions are daily, the abuse regular, and the threat of violence constant. I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who feel different. Because only then you might glean what those flags going up signify to someone who looks like me. 3/

I have two professor colleagues who have faced threats and harassment due to the organization Charlie Kirk built, and they were not alone. We can denounce and loathe political violence without hagiography for its victims. This is dangerous nonsense.

Playing the closing theme to Camberwick Green, just because everything is awful and it blocks things out momentarily

A racist mob menacing refugee children and our town. Read this and see what lies ahead, unless we act now | Anonymous Last weekend, it fell to ordinary people to oppose the far right and others. The national toxicity has reached us: a kind of hate I haven’t seen since the 1970s

A racist mob menacing refugee children and our town. Read this and see what lies ahead, unless we act now | Anonymous

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Good to see women speaking out on this.
Harder borders and more deportations will not make women and girls safer.
We need resources going into justice, support for survivors and education.

Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Britain’s social fabric has been torn but it’s just easie... The real causes of serious problems are ignored and those responsible are let off the hook

“It is a portrait of two Britains, one of which barely comprehends the challenges facing the other.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

This is so true. After encountering a very aggressive - and visibly distressed - young homeless man on the Elizabeth Line, our 9 year old has become really anxious of public transport. As you get older and metabolize the inevitable friction of urban living you can become insensitive.

The emerging contours of UN policy under Trump 2.0 Reading the tea leaves

In the most recent edition of my weekly musings, I explore what the recent USUN confirmation hearings and the withdrawal from UNESCO tell us about the emerging contours of U.S. policy towards the UN.

casquebleu.substack.com/p/the-emergi...

Correct. Aspire to have a house people want to be at. To be able to knock up a dinner people remind you of in the future. To be able to, without planning, say ‘seeing as you’re here, would you like to stick around for dinner’ and throwing something really delicious.