These kinds of laws have an invisible ripple effect across the country. A good number of corporations will just change their policies instead of making a NYC-specific protocol. A lot of the consumer protections we have started in one state or big city.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4w ago

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani announces click-to-cancel rule for NYC. This rule is aimed at guaranteeing New Yorkers can cancel subscriptions as easily as they sign up — and stopping corporations from trapping customers. This will save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million per year.

Labour leaders are like Ian McEwen novels - every one is better than the next.

Mel Gibson pictured with his doctor in 2004

BOOK GIVEAWAY! Win one of two free signed copies of Cal McCarthy's Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution - just like, repost or comment here on Bluesky ( anything at all really- I'm not picky) AND follow us. No purchase necessary, will ship to Ireland, UK and EU. #booksky #speirgorm

The Financial Times reports that the US has broadened its war on Iran to the high seas, with a frigate sunk off Sri Lanka. Markets also react to global instability. #TomorrowsPapersToday

This mock-up from the Guardian is rather eloquent

@brophylevey.bsky.social After almost 45 years in TBR, I read The King of a Rainy Country by Brigid Brophy (1956). A very good read - far from quaint and seemingly unrestrained. But those Irish "models" - "rather sad, lumpish and peasant-like." Oh dear:)

@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social

Has @theguardian.com no way of knowing who already contributes on a recurring basis? A refinement of targeting would be welcome.

Vermin in ermine

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Blink and you'll miss it - another Labour manifesto promise broken.

Streamlining Valentine's Day - Bologna Centrale.

The greatest indeed.

Gray Writes!@clickgate.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“I’m just sorry I didn’t get him by the throat!” Greatest to ever do it

Any hope of persuading Trump to visit a grassy knoll in Davos (or anywhere)?

I've updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @polyscribe70.bsky.social Mike Fox's tremendous pick of a dozen favourite short stories. Check them out here, along with over 3,000 other short story recommendations! Featuring a Personal Anthology debut for David Bevan, so congrats to him.

A Personal Anthology

Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories

apersonalanthology.com

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

For the nth time, reminded that practices that "the West" claimed epitomized the moral perfidy of the Eastern Bloc when I was growing up (such as violent repression, family separation, mass surveillance, restrictions on free movement) are now the common practice of the immigration-obsessed "West"

This film based on my story from Dance Move is now BAFTA longlisted. There was such an incredible group of people, all playing their parts, so that this project actually happened. Just brilliant.

A German version of “the early bird catches the worm” translates to “the morning hour has gold in its mouth.” A Czech version is “he who does not laze around, gets the greens.” But my favourite is the French “the first cow to the meadow licks up all the dew” (imo, a vache improvement on the others).

AGM 1 April 2026.

A previously unpublished poem by Seamus Heaney, along with an essay by Rosie Lavan, giving the context for the poem. I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time

The reader is transported by Heaney’s illuminating memory: we’re in a school, a photographer is visiting and the girls are having their picture taken

irishtimes.com

It's true! Julia Roberts will be narrating Leonard and Hungry Paul. She read the book when it came out and her agent got in touch to say she really liked it. But I never thought things would go this far. Delighted. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

Julia Roberts to narrate new BBC series Leonard and Hungry Paul

The feel-good series follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties who meander through leafy suburban life finding solace in their quiet routines

bbc.com

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

Lorna Finlayson · Diary: I was a Child Liberationist

When I was thirteen,I left school and never went back. I don’t remember much about my last day. I don’t remember...

lrb.co.uk

@corkcoypu.bsky.social

Do join us this Sunday evening for the online launch of A Crumpled Swan by @davidcollard.bsky.social Good time guaranteed – and yes, that's legally binding. Details 👇

David Collard@davidcollard.bsky.social · 12mo ago

An invitation to my online book launch this Sunday, 17th August at 7pm BST. If you aren't already invited and would like to join the gathering please let me have your full name and email address via my contact details here: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.

David Collard@davidcollard.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.

What better way to celebrate the immaculate Conception.

Paul Page@pagep195.bsky.social · 12mo ago

It’s been a joy working with Dave Long, ex-Into Paradise on this 4 track EP. Released this Friday 15th August. The ‘Sentimental Tourists’ will be released through Bandcamp only. Follow here to be notified when it’s out: thesentimentaltourists.bandcamp.com

A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby. Note the border inscription.