A hard situation deep into the Thai Jungle today after we got a tip off. Nobody lives here. Managed to get the first boy saved (more soon we hope) and medical care. I've never seen a dog go from scared to happy to be rescued so quick
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Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
If I could be granted one wish that would change the world for the better… Find a dog to adopt. That’s it. Simple as that. There are millions out there waiting ❤️
This is a lovely, thoughtful piece about the experience of learning Ukrainian in wartime - full of insights into the process of learning a language and into how it opens new perspectives on the culture and lives of those who speak it. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
The long read: Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected
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This morning’s guest on the Writer’s Bookshelf is the incomparable @misterslang.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
The writer's bookshelf: Jonathon Green
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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Very pleased to have been asked to sound off in one of my favourite substacks: Mathew Lyons’ The writer's bookshelf open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
The writer's bookshelf: Jonathon Green
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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(In honor of August, bringing this 🧵 over from twitter) August makes me think of the best summer restaurant I ever ate at. It didn’t have a name, just a tidy hand-painted sign: “Tomato Sandwiches—all you can eat.” #tomatosandwiches
Let’s be clear: what these bastards are doing to these books isn’t digitizing. Digitizing is about preservation and access to the original material. They’re gutting and destroying to make Soylent Green. Don’t let them get away with pretending to do this for humanitarian reasons.
@victorianlondon.bsky.social Any chance that you know which 1830s newspaper was nicknamed 'The Slop-Pail'?
I am sorry, British Newspaper Archive, but you are now completely unusable. Among much else now more hindrance than help, it is impossible to cut and then paste more than a single line of text. It was not broke, and you surely haven't fixed it. I pay, I believe, I would like a refund..
Lawrence Freedman: Will Putin be forced to announce another mobilisation? open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
Will Putin be forced to announce another mobilisation?
Like many people trying to follow the Russo-Ukraine War I spend a lot of time staring at maps of the front line.
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Anyone (everyone prob. knowing me) seen The Great Masters Sing Mambo (or whatever the official name might be) MP4? Just sent it by oldst pal. But can't copy here because it's over 3 mins. Worth hunting it down imho.
Sometimes we forget that democracies have certain inbuilt advantages in war. They often screw up badly, start slowly, prepare inefficiently, etc, but democracies can also be better at adapting and channelling societal abilities and commitment. This week we saw the benefits of a democracy.
Weekend Update #195: The Worst Week Becomes Much Better (But Not The Best)
Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi; Wildberries and Azov
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If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken/ twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools... open.substack.com/pub/emily613...
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken/ twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools...
I did this interview for an internet publication, and they cut most of the literary references - quite understandably!
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Comment is Freed - the substack of @ldfreedman.bsky.social and @samfr.bsky.social - is very good value. Informed, literate, historically aware and invariably stimulating.
Lawrence Freedman@ldfreedman.bsky.social · 2w agoLatest post looks at why when war going better for Ukraine defence minister and commander-in-chief clashed, so that both replaced. I assess the potential impact of the changes, noting that rows are not unusual at the top when countries are at war. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/turmoil-at...
Another cracker from Strange Attractor - International Freak: Robin Farquharson and the Dream of Psychedelic Revolt by Syd Rosen. www.strangeattractor.co.uk/publications...
International Freak — Strange Attractor
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This story is indeed insane. They literally *discounted his correct answers* (on questions about the Constitution) so that a Trump supporting girl who wants to go to Hillsdale College could win $25K and be televised meeting Trump. So. Gross.
Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2w agoThis story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
PS amazon: if you will not allow me to read the book I purchased, then I trust you will be reimbursing me for a buy that was made under your obviously conscious false pretences. Is Mr Bezos so greedy?
It appears that kindle can no longer be upgraded with windows 10. So it's a backdoor con that forces one to install win 11. Which I. Do. Not. Want. Nor Need. But I have a pile of maybe 100 kindle books. What else would read them and bypass this techbro dictatorship?
Australia is planning some of the world's toughest AI regulations • Water usage will be limited • AI data centers will be required to become net producers of energy • AI companies can't train on Australian creators' work without their permission • Proposals expected to be introduced in 2027
This is doubtless infantile, but looking up the 1967 edn of the diaries of Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon on French bookfinder.com I found: James, Robert Rhodes ‘Frites: The Diaries Of Sir Henry Channon’ (1967) Makes a change from all that champagne, caviar and appeasement.
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I'm not sure he can be prosecuted for this because of presidential immunity. Thank you Justice Roberts.
@stancarey.bsky.social ‘Langers & Lashes: A Compendium of Cork Slang’: big piece in Guardian. Worth the price of admission?
2/ This essential read lays out the story of how Carole has been tracking Nigel Farage since Brexit, how our institutions – including the media – went missing in action, and how being personally sued seemed to have a chilling effect on further scrutiny www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
Farage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denial
The Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, wh...
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