the subscriptions thing is keir starmer's policy btw and not andy burnham's. burnham has yet to actually do anything that wasn't already tabled by the starmer government. with the exception of his bizarre pr stunt of wasting money building an office in the midlands for some reason.

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈@sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 2h ago

the way 'centrists' accuse zack polanski of populism or vibes-based politics when andy burnham is out here claiming that difficult-to-cancel subscriptions are the reason everyone is struggling to pay their rent is absurd one man is talking about our wealth class and the other is grasping at straws

The fact the director looks like Jeremy Renner's sweet younger brother tracks completely. They Will Kill You is one of the best movies not enough folks saw this year. Went STUPIDLY hard and made a couple of my favourite choices so far this year. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Kirill Sokolov, Director of ‘They Will Kill You,’ Tackling Sci-Fi Action Movie ‘Blur’ for Netflix (Exclusive)

Shawn Levy's 21 Laps will produce the feature.

hollywoodreporter.com

Oh no, that excellent article on The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, means I’ve bought the first two “Wolves” books and Midnight is a Place. I was OBSESSED with Aiken’s work as a child, especially her volumes of short stories. Definitely an improvement on reading Rowling’s work 👍🏻

"doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics

I wear headphones to block out the sounds of people being transphobic. Fuck off.

The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity | Stefan Stern

Beyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your life, says author Stefan Stern

theguardian.com

ppl have already forgotten about @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social’s breakfast clubs. her legacy is just going to be her bigoted social policies and what will be a very long line of ppl that are harmed as a consequence of her bullshit.

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈@sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is going to get ppl beaten up, raped, and killed that's ultimately going to be her legacy it won't be labour remembered for this. it'll be her bridget's bathroom bill nobody is going to remember breakfast clubs. they're just going to remember her segregation laws

What's that sound? Not leopards, eating my face??? www.itv.com/news/2026-08... Science has not yet been able to find a violin small enough for me to have any sympathy for this lickspittle cunt.

I did not know that John Crowley loved Joan Aiken's Wolves books as much as I do, but it makes sense that he did: www.bostonreview.net/articles/for...

Forget Harry Potter

Adults Should Read Joan Aiken's Wolves

bostonreview.net

Andy Burnham is now the man with the dubious honour of running the most anti-trans, anti-queer, explicitly anti-LGBT government since Starmer. And before that it was only Thatcher who was as bad. And it's because his government wants the discrimination, just not to be tagged with it.

What we need in the UK is a trivial amendment to the equality act that says for the purposes of discrimination due to sex, trans women are to be treated as women and trans men are to be treated as men with the exception of their continued right to accessing pregnancy protections.

In the USA, the Supreme Court is much more powerful. They can go "the constitution forbids this law on these grounds" and congress has to go find a different route to their goal. In the UK they can just go "as written, this law means this." Government can then make whatever new law they want.

Reminder for all watching the Labour party go "well, we have to enforce segregation of trans people, the law's the law" The UK is not the USA. Parliament is sovereign and Labour have a thumping big majority; they could, trivially, amend the equality act to end this. They are choosing not to.

Once again, I HANDED IN WOLF WORM IN 2023 IT WASN’T A THING YET

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 3d ago

This is how far down the BBC News site a racist riot by 200 people over three nights where police were bit and at least one was armed - appeared. It’s under “local news” titled “How aslyum protests brought disorder to Thetford” below stories about life as a WAG and pigeon culls

Racist riots outside the homes of people seeking asylum for three nights in a row and Andy Burnham has nothing to say about it.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d ago

How Andy Burnham risks repeating exactly the same failure to tackle the far-right made by Keir Starmer www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/illegitima...

wake up babe, a brand new John Wyndham apocalypse idea has just dropped.

Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 3d ago

Are deadly fungal storms bad

There are racist riots, take a break from his holiday and CONDEMN. His Tik Tok posts in the last 3 days: 1) “bringing hope” 2) A first few weeks look back 3) Devolution

infj-afreethinker.bsky.social@infj-afreethinker.bsky.social · 2d ago

He's on holiday 🤷

"For him, the Reflecting Pool is not a little thing. It dominates his days, it is a signifier of his greatness." A literal description of Narcissus, as painted here by Caravaggio.

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 2d ago

"For him, the Reflecting Pool is not a little thing. It dominates his days, it is a signifier of his greatness." Trump is obsessed with his botched $14m Reflecting Pool renovations, and wants to catch the "vandals" responsible. But they don't exist... www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

A reminder that cis women can sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social pledge to show they stand with our trans sisters and brothers here in the UK.

Mae (you say to me), you have lived in the PNW for 10 years. you have two Ursula K LeGuin tattoos. you even met her twice. surely, Mae (you continue) it didn't take you until yesterday to figure out that "Omelas" is "Salem O(regon)" backwards? (to which i respond) hey fuck you buddy

WELL IF IT ISN'T BUCKY BARNES

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 3d ago

just another white cat appropriating tabby culture

We keep screaming from the rafters that we are being fired/not hired in numbers that can only be due to discrimination, but no one cares.

Bryce Covert@brycecovert.bsky.social · 3d ago

Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org

The so-called president of the United States is a massive money launderer and cut off by the bank that discovered it. Yet the story barely registers with the legacy media. What a disgrace.

I love that UEFA is not backing down, accusing Infantino of "attempts to disfigure the game" of football/soccer. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

"Ru-ro, rit's Ripes!"

the attacks on trans youth are the most upsetting disturbing infuriating attacks because you are only young for an UNBELIEVABLY SHORT TIME and then you are old FOR-FUCKING-EVER and anyone who would hurt a young person who would cut short that experience is fucking evil and anti-human.

DC circuit: yes POTUS destroying the white house (the peoples house!) to build a ballroom is illegal: “we are aware of no instance in American history in which POTUS unilaterally & using privately collected funds demolished … the WH.” media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...

John Roberts rn

Michael Keaton as Batman sees the Bat-Signal

ALT: Michael Keaton as Batman sees the Bat-Signal

static.klipy.com

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d ago

U.S. APPEALS COURT BLOCKS TRUMP’S $400 MILLION WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM PROJECT - COURT ORDER

BREAKING: A federal appeals court has ruled that Trump’s proposed White House ballroom cannot be built without congressional approval, affirming an injunction blocking construction. The ruling is stayed for 14 days to allow an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Breaking: GOP Congressman Andy Ogles, who has said gay people have “no place in America” and “Muslims don't belong in American society,” just lost his primary in Tennessee. He will no longer serve in Congress.