My question for you is:

Are You Stronger Than a Dog?

Though not, presumably, the weird barber shops that trouble Mr Jenrick

Gina Milan standing with the Pope over Trump

lol

London Has Fallen: latest

Cf the email about his poor character written to him by his mother

It's very close though, as the clip shows. Totally agree re the Old Testament.

Hegseth keeps crying that factual media reports are fiction.

Here he is quoting Pulp Fiction as though it's the Bible.

Has this person not seen Peppa Pig?

At last! People will be able to criticise journalists!

Hungary proves populism can be defeated The country has a long-developed method for beating back Russian influence

In 2016, I spoke to veterans of Hungary's 1956 revolution for a BBC radio doc. They told me how student protesters plucked up courage, & began to shout "Ruszkik haza!" - "Russians go home!"

Now Hungarians are shouting it again.

@newstatesman1913.bsky.social

www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

How America went mad as hell Network and All the President’s Men are 50 years old. Both diagnose the beginnings of today’s political diseases – and show symptoms of the sickness of conspiracy theory

All the President's Men - the great, consoling vision of the media as saviour - is 50 this year.

But so is Network - the great, prophetic vision of the media as sewer.

Thoughts for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on two towering movies and what came next.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...

As someone who started J-school the next year, the grizzled prof thought we incoming freshmen were all Woodstein wannabes, but Howard Beale was much more on our mind.

Iirc, when Roger Scruton got into Cambridge, his dad Jack stopped speaking to him.

Looking forward to many generously-compensated Brits explaining why this is bad actually, and dependence on the US is absolutely fine.

How America went mad as hell Network and All the President’s Men are 50 years old. Both diagnose the beginnings of today’s political diseases – and show symptoms of the sickness of conspiracy theory

All the President's Men - the great, consoling vision of the media as saviour - is 50 this year.

But so is Network - the great, prophetic vision of the media as sewer.

Thoughts for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on two towering movies and what came next.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...

I’m less sanguine than manypeople about the vulnerability of the US midterms to the abuse of federal executive power (and glad that people like Marc are on the case).The threshold for a win isn’t a normal win, it’s that it has to be too big to rig. But that’s possible as Hungarian voters showed…

Do you love price gouging folks? Come to America for our World Cup!
* With our new $250 "Visa Integrity Fee" a tourist visa is now about $435.
*FIFA has got you covered with dynamic pricing for game tickets.
* Now the New Jersey Transit is offering a special, VIP "Fuck You Buddy" experience.

See also those old 1990s dystopian prophecies of 2 million unemployed if New Labour introduced a national minimum wage.

Hungary proves populism can be defeated The country has a long-developed method for beating back Russian influence

Hungary proves populism can be defeated, writes @philtinline.bsky.social

With friends like these

A Guardian Podcast about helium

I even wrote a piece about it! tidal.com/track/224145...

Hungary proves populism can be defeated The country has a long-developed method for beating back Russian influence

In 2016, I spoke to veterans of Hungary's 1956 revolution for a BBC radio doc. They told me how student protesters plucked up courage, & began to shout "Ruszkik haza!" - "Russians go home!"

Now Hungarians are shouting it again.

@newstatesman1913.bsky.social

www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

At the going down of the Sun

Hollywood Comes Out Swinging Against the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Stars — including Jane Fonda, Javier Bardem, and Mark Ruffalo — want to stop Paramount's disastrous acquisition of Warner Bros.

In which liberal Hollywood creatives defend the free market and free speech against Trumpist concentrators of power:

www.contrariannews.org/p/hollywood-...

O2 is chasing our son for phones worth £3.5k that he never bought

O2 is chasing our son for phones worth £3.5k that he never bought

Careless people

Peter Thiel sits bolt upright.

‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

Last week, a worker one of Amazon's Portland area facilities died on the warehouse floor. Employees were told to look away and keep working.

A new story by @ryanjhaas.bsky.social for @thewesternedge.bsky.social - reporting this news first.

www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-i...

Kleptocracy latest

Oh I thought this was him trying to resurrect Epstein