"We accidentally made an animated graphic for Reform and then did a party political broadcast for them by mistake."

I’ve adopted a Simpsonsns-esque view on continuity. Only the characters and history mentioned within the story are relevant.
Everything else rebooted until mentioned.
Mostly kind of works.

Why do Britain's streets feel so scary? Failing the vulnerable fails everyone

Thoughtful piece. 3 things I think would help:

1. More opportunities for young people to express themselves through sport and culture

2. Not focusing on GDP, but wellbeing

3. Proactive policing that builds trustful relationships within communities

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

How to fix Would I Lie To You: replace Lee Mack and David Mitchell with facial recognition software designed to track microexpressions

You can’t expect Keir Starmer to have known Mandelson was dodgy as fuck. Nobody told him.

Probably nobody told him Israel was committing war crimes either.
Or that the two-child benefit cap was starving kids.
Or that trans people are human beings.
Or that immigrants are a net benefit.

Not once in the 80s, 90s or 00s do I recall a politician urging the public to embrace email, mobile phones, texting, two factor authentication, online banking, air fryers, or to replace all their cassette collection with a CD collection.

So forgive me if I smell a rat.

Could I request

Books - A Manifesto

Thank you

I have three court hearings to attend in three months. Two subjects of our reporting are suing us.

Journalism is threatened by abusive legal threats aimed at silencing reporting. The Government needs to #StopSLAPPs.

Please share and write to your MP.

manchestermill.co.uk/three-courts...

Stephen R. Bissette's TYRANT Historic Deluxe Editions The comic book masterpiece finally collected in both complete and original art editions, lovingly designed by Jim Rugg

HOME STRETCH! We're doing another live podcast later this week, with surprises, prizes, and me reading aloud the new TYRANT® story already scripted & thumbnailed (for future publication, not for this); if you're 'in' for the Kickstarter, we hope you'll join us!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope." Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war. A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic. Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

Wrexham journalist Mark Templeton dies aged 53 - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage Former news editor had rare incurable disease

Sad to belatedly hear of the death of Mark Templeton. When starting out as a ‘citizen journalist’ in 2014, Mark kindly granted me access to the press desk at Medway Council and give the same access as the ‘proper’ news orgs. Not exaggerating to say part of where we are now is due to his support.

Edinburgh Live removes ‘racist’ ads after reader backlash Promoted posts about ‘rich immigrants’ are taken down from Edinburgh Live website after complaints the ads were ‘racist’ and ‘encouraging division’

No prizes for guessing which local media giant owns Edinburgh Live www.edinburghminute.com/edinburgh-li...

London Centric's investigation into tax-evading gift shops hosted by Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital kept finding Edinburgh connections. Hard to justify spending subscribers' cash on that so I texted Michael at the @edinburghminute.com and he covered the cost of reporting the Scottish angle. Now 🎺.

you know the way "why did the Roman Empire fall" and "what are the causes of the First World War" are big questions that sort of function like Rorsharch tests, allowing people to debate ultimately inexplicable moments in history? "Why did no one stop Trump" a decent future shout for the third.

Big Trouble in Little Chin

Could I request The Lost Daughter of Sparta by Felicia Day?

If I may be so bold
“How I Escaped My Certain fate” is the one to get.

Jordan is great and has done so much to support LGBT+ representation Sheppey, in Sittingbourne, across Swale and more widely. Great to see him get recognition here from @kentcurrent.news

a tweet from Nick Robinson, replying to Zack Polanski calling out his inability to describe a genocide as a genocide, reading: "Simple answer Zack. Our job is to report. We interview you & those you quote who use the word genocide. We do the same for those who disagree. We also report that no international court has yet made a judgment. Nor has the UN. That’s not me or the BBC taking sides or downplaying what’s happened in Gaza. It’s doing our job."

the problem with "impartial" reporting in a nutshell. being a journalist ISN'T ABOUT JUST REPEATING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING - GO AND FIND OUT THE TRUTH AND REPORT THAT

GRAPHIC showing Nerve logo and the letters W O K and E with pics of Farage, Trump, Lee Anderson and Piers Morgan. CAPTION: In a world of war, abuse and rising fascism, ‘woke’ was never the enemy, writes Dorian Lynskey

The story of 'woke'

FOr years. mainstream conservatives and even centrists rounded on progressive culture as though it were a threat to society. Now they see where the real threat lay

Writer and critic @dorianlynskey.bsky.social examines the meaning of one of the defining terms of our age.

I became a Tailor for Tinkers.

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England.

I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The world is basically a big circle. Just go round the other way.

Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

Two approvals show Medway’s growth dilemma Big developments in High Halstow and Gillingham get the green light, plus the Hoo by-election result, news in brief, and lots more

Two major housing approvals this week showed there is no painless way for Medway to grow.

High Halstow got a huge village expansion, while Gillingham got up to 500 homes on a difficult brownfield site.

We look at what both decisions say about the trade-offs now shaping Medway.

Editing our upcoming @kentcurrent.news interview, which will come out over the weekend, with Kent Restore leader Paul Thomas.

Expecting some flak for it, given the discourse on here a little while ago that argued media outlets shouldn't engage with Restore or similar political groups.

Would it be possible to get a copy of Salt Lick, looks very good.

🚄 Train feels the strain as Folkestone passenger numbers soar Plus: Thousands of lorries could be taken off roads and onto rails, and massive town centre regeneration scheme passes halfway mark

In the first of a two-part special report, we reveal results of our survey of rail passengers about the state of services from Folkestone...

From the UK
Watching #StripLaw with my partner. Loved episode 1
“Kibblesmith?” She says over the end credits.
Yeah. @kibblesmith.com writes those comics you liked, for example Lockjaw and
“It’s not that, how do you smith kibble?”

Protecting the environment and pursuing green policies is so baked into how the public views the Greens that they don't need to make a huge effort to convince people that they are strongest in this field.

That gives them the freedom to pursue other issues