The soulless, sociopathic orange cunt stands in his suit looking bored and devoid of intelligent thought whilst an Oval Office guest is collapsed on the ground behind him. Fellow guests, able to demonstrate more compassion than the pedo protector has ever mustered in his entire miserable existence, are helping the collapsed man. The photo captures the insipid, disdain Trump holds for any other human being not permanently kissing his fat, wrinkly ass. At least today is one day closer to his death.

Congratulations to photographer Andrew Harnik who has won the White House Correspondents’ Association award for presidential news coverage with one of the greatest Oval Office photos ever captured.

Very likely

And now they are going to set up something new?

What do you get when you leave a party based around a cult of personality when you don't have a personality?

Tibor Fischer (what happened to him?) went all-in on Orbanism and is still beating the drum.

Elegant gold letters saying Ladies' Room plus an ugly modern sign saying Ladies toilet.

Such an inelegant, dull age that requires such clarification.

Loving it so far. Especially the italics.

Michael Bracewell's The Smiths

In case you need a playlist of songs mentioned in the new novel open.spotify.com/playlist/3E3...

Have been dipping into John Updike’s letters.

Here he is to @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social:

“Anyway, you really show mind in action here, a kind of Lockean orgy of verbal/abstract connection, and flex mental muscles grown hard as washboards and supple as a 15-year-old gymnast’s waist.”

Libre Office?

Glasgow Community Energy - Public Meeting & AGM 2026 A chance to hear about all the work over the past year and get updates on our exciting plans for the year ahead.

sounds good. Are you coming to this tonight? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-co...

I was trying to get GCC figures but were tricky to track down. Thanks for these.

With Trongate 103 possibly closing, I was curious about inflation adjust cultural investment in Glasgow between 1970-2020.

cc/ @paulleinster.bsky.social

The Standalone Photograph Ten photographs from the Odyssey Square Print Sale that standalone, plus exclusive contributions from Mark Power, Lúa Ribeira, Mário Macilau, and Emin Özmen.

Ten photographs from the Odyssey Square Print Sale that standalone, plus exclusive contributions from Mark Power, Lúa Ribeira, Mário Macilau, and Emin Özmen.

crop.photography/p/the-standa...

Protesters display placards on a bridge over the M8 motorway in Glasgow shortly after it opened. One of them reads, "This scar will never heal."

A reminder that you have THREE days left to respond to the consultation about removing a section of the M8 motorway from the heart of Glasgow.

Go to removethem8.org.uk for more info.

Do it now! 🙏

newdesigncongress.org/en/pub/who-w...

“The inability to tell the difference between a thing in the world and its crude digital analogue, combined with a fetishing culture of indiscriminate data accumulation, creates a sickness that risks becoming dangerous hoarding under the banner of permanence.”
@shibco.newdesigncongress.org

Brave is a good compromise.

"The Yorks couldn’t stop saying yes to the odd thousand quid here and there, because, like many addicts, they loved the hit of the low-rent encounter, the scaggy thrill of amping it up."

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The passion of Will Self The writer says his new book could be his last

“You’re shifting about! You need the loo! Go to the loo – it’s right there under the stairs. Off you go, you need to pee! Silly boy!”

This interview is very endearing: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

Still the water douses the ruins of Union Street.

Some great graphic design for an anti-psychotic medicine.

quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/07/r...

Will Self: ‘Nobody listens to me because I was a junkie. But that’s why they should’ The author and provocateur on life with cancer, Britain’s moral apathy and the ‘devastating’ impact of his divorce

'He doesn’t have a television. He has an FM radio, “but I can’t get a signal.” He gave up working on a computer for a typewriter in 2004 and now writes mostly in longhand.He does have a mobile phone, of course, “but I keep it in my desk, locked, with my gun.”'

www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...

Rob Grant obituary Radio and TV comedy writer who co-created the award-winning BBC space sitcom Red Dwarf

Sad to hear that Rob Grant has died. I was a huge Red Dwarf fan between the ages of 10 and 14.

A few years ago, he got in touch asking if I could redesign his website. I was a pro in my emails but added a coda saying I was a fan of RD. He never got back to me.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

So good

🎤 The Smiths - March 2, 1984 - Glasgow, England, UK YouTube video by Headmaster

#otd in 1984, The Smiths appeared live at the Queen Margaret Hall, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Thanks to Passions Just Like Mine and Headmaster for audio and notes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQET...

Speaking to strangers Plus ten tips about how to do it.

Please! No more street interview videos.

crop.photography/p/speaking-t...

Internet scrapbook @are.na commissioned a "revival" of the Arial typeface for their website. The changes are subtle, but beautiful to see.

Arial / Areal

Yookay City of Culture Photo essay from a day in Bradford

crop.photography/p/yookay-cit...

Momus: Mannequin YouTube video by momasu

While awaiting dinner, I thought I would check out the new @momuspda.bsky.social song.

It's superb.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW4Z...