It’s an unwritten rule in genre TV that when your heroes have to grab a change of clothes on the run, said clothes are always, always locally-branded tourist merch. Reacher is a show that knows all the rules.

John Redwood here - still smarting from an invasion that took place... NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS ago

I *really* like the historically accurate but clearly condescending use of 'Embroidery' here

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d ago

John Redwood here - still smarting from an invasion that took place... NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS ago

That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.

Free Speech Union gonna be doing a big petition and mass letter any moment now. Any. Moment. Now.

Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d ago

Reform UK Conference Ban List Michael Crick Anna Isaac - Guardian Peter Geoghegan - Democracy for Sale Ethan Shone - Open Democracy Isabella Link - Politics UK Ed Campbell - The Nerve Imran Mulla - Middle Eastern Eye Will Hayward - Guardian There’s a reported 50 journalists banned.

Once again I'm struck by how so much of what Mandami does is just very traditional politics, very well communicated

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 6d ago

Broken swing sets? Missing basketball nets? Have no fear, Renew Crew is here. Neighborhood parks are meant for recreation — not frustration. If it’s broken, this crew will fix it. If it’s run-down, they’ll renew it. Renew Crew: Coming soon to a park near you.

Pre-ordering GTA 6 digitally five months out is pointless. There's no stock shortage, no limited copies, and no scarcity whatsoever. You're just giving Rockstar an interest-free loan.

Release the hounds.

Gianni Infantino: Uefa pursuing criminal legal proceedings against Fifa president

Uefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino over the failed plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.

bbc.co.uk

“Lord, I asked you to take an 80 year old. I am now reminded of why you are not known for pinpoint accuracy.”

Dolly Parton has died 😥. In my opinion her greatest legacy is The Imagination Library, which gifts free books to children. She should have won the peace prize for it. imaginationlibrary.com/about-us/

theory: the only people left in provincial nightclubs are England cricket players and people trying to start fights with England cricket players

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 2w ago

Durham bowler, who is part of England squad for second Test against Pakistan, is released without charge after incident with Ben Stokes also present at scene

North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

72 Days before the Midterms. Make your voice heard in the upcoming elections! Check your voter registration status right away to ensure you are not purged from the rolls before election day. Verify your information or register using resources like USAGov or your state election portal.

Mark Carney: "In recent days. the US proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermine the net benefits for Canada, and called into question the reliability of any deal. In short, they asked too much and they offered too little ... You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."

"for the next 90 days" So... up until the midterms elections. Next level panicking lol

One day, people in power will be asked what they did during the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians… And they’ll be able to say …we kept sending Israel arms, trading with them and issued a joint statement.

Russia has no naval presence in the Mediterranean for the first time in more than a decade, the Telegraph reports. The Kremlin’s fleet is in a “shambles”, according to Western officials, with vessels previously stationed in the Med diverted to protect Putin’s armada of sanctioned oil tankers.

The President has decided that in order to make ground beef cheaper, he will cut tariffs on ground beef. And I'm wondering if he could generalize from this one product to other products, and perhaps concede that tariffs raise prices on American consumers.

Kate McKinnon return to SNL to play Natalie please.

We need a businessman to run this country they said; $40 trillion in debt…………

The Daily Mail must be having a massive orgasm over the Harry and Meghan news. #PrinceHarry

What is The Telegraph going to write about now?

The Daily Mirror's front page yesterday. This could well be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives.

Trump… and Farage “are good at raging at how things are, but incapable of making them better.“ They’re pisstakers not policy makers. Lazy, vain and corrupt. They peddle grievance to the disenchanted but will never care or think enough to actually help them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Donald Trump can’t beat Iran and Nigel Farage can only beat a bin. When it counts, these populists are just losers | Jonathan Freedland

The pattern in the US and Britain is clear. They serve up stunt after stunt to mask incompetence and the betrayal of all those who trusted them, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

theguardian.com

The support networks are generally very poor, even at august institutions like Cambridge. We’re left to work out how to cope largely on our own. For anyone unfamiliar with the ways of academe this can be nigh-on impossible.

You may think we have it easy, just sitting in our big offices, behind huge teak desks with piles of books around us, waiting for adoring students to worship at our feet. No.

For those that don’t know, mental health issues, stress, imposter syndrome, insecurities of all kinds are very, very common in academia at the best of times.