Wow.

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

Guess which of these stories came first on both the BBC One and Radio 4 bulletins.

A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise € 50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.

We have one month to save @josimarfootball.bsky.social. If you can help, please do. 🙏

josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a...

🚨 Exclusive 🚨
Ian Rush has put his name to a 90-minute, score-settling, AI musical in the style of Hamilton about his legal battle against a Surrey scaffolding company and a small Wigan law firm, in so doing attacking, among others, Robbie Fowler and Jamie Carragher.
1/7

This is an excellent read, no one does football as giant life metaphor quite like @jonathanliew.bsky.social

Be There Highlights & Impact 2024 Amnesty International’s annual video explainer on our crisis response investigations and refugee research across many global contexts. Be There is a 7-year programme (2019-2025) which focuses on supporting people affected by crisis and conflict, bringing together Amnesty International’s Crisis Response and Refugee & Migrant Rights work. In 2024 the team has led or supported projects spanning across 74 countries, including continuing research and advocacy on the ongoing conflicts in IOPT and Sudan. On-the-ground investigations have included research from the Pacific Islands to Pakistan, to Namibia to Haiti. Longer term work on the impact of conflict on children and older persons has continued, including groundbreaking reports in Northeast Syria and Northeast Nigeria, and the launch of the Age Loud! campaign. The year also included the celebration of over 1 million people supported through Community Sponsorship schemes worldwide. The video shows how through resistance and resilience, partnerships and participation, and despite the increasingly difficult times we live in, together we can achieve significant human rights impact.

I'm so proud to share the latest film in our five-year journey with @amnesty.org's Be There programme. Since 2020, we at @fatratfilms.bsky.social have produced an annual Highlights & Impact film to showcase this vital work

Watch here: y2u.be/0fJpBebUyus 👈

#OSint #SocialImpact #AmnestyInternational

Crystal clear, scary - and very, very funny.

On the pitch, you need that hunger…

This is one of my favourite photos due to the correct number of Hags.

an honour!

I make films for non-profits and charities in the UK and abroad - would love to be included if you think it's appropriate...

where we live, its a small town so it's delightful, which is kind of wierd when you open the news and see everything going on... I'd love to send you my most recent film - see what you think of it.. it's about an investigation into Apartheid in the West bank... Let me know and I'll send a link

UK Uncut | Commissioned by BBC Newsnight YouTube video by Fat Rat Films

#Ukuncut took direct action to the high street and suddenly everyone was talking about #TaxAvoidance... We pitched a short doc to BBC Newsnight about where this new generation of protest was coming from.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sguK...

Still in Barcelona, swimming in the sea when I can and eating a lot of bravas! What about you? I haven't had a chance to watch Definace yet - but it looks brilliant - congratulations...

Hey Rajesh - yes please! good to see you here too...

No Place Like Home | Short Documentary broadcast on BBC Newsnight YouTube video by Fat Rat Films

The Blair Government had a pretty strong authoritarian streak and after watching Taking Liberties, we were inspired to make to investigate detention without trial in the UK.
After broadcast the Attorney General threatened us with 2 years in jail for making it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=co0m...

Fan Watching Broadcast on Current TV 2007

Remember that guy who did the body language analysis on Big Brother?
Well I got him to analyse me and my friends watching Liverpool lose the 2007 Champions league final...
and made it into a short #documentary for Current TV
vimeo.com/7921334

@philippeauclair.bsky.social
Because leaving twitter means losing my painstakingly crafted list of football writers, I've used your excellent starter pack to create a new list for Bluesky- (my kingdom for a button that does this automatically). bsky.app/profile/did:...
Thanks!

A Hard Day's Protest Broadcast on Current TV in 2007

Back in the 2000's Al Gore set up a cable/internet channel for short #documentaries called #CurrentTV.
It was a great place to get a first commission. I think I got £1000 to make this film about #MarkThomas's protest against the ban on protests next to the UK Parliament.
vimeo.com/7918249

As an introduction I'm going to post a few of my films...

Starting with the first #documentary I made about #protest and #CivilLiberties. From there it's a rapid ride through #Justice, #TaxAvoidance, #PoliceAccountability, #Prostitution, #footballfans and #Apartheid in the #OPT.

Buckle up. 📺🍿

Tick one off the niche bucket list #visualinvestigations. On the off chance you're in munich - this exhibition is really good.. www.pinakothek-der-moderne.de/en/exhibitio...