Murray Cumming

@murraycu.bsky.social

Bavarian rules: The kids are in bed sick with fever and repeated vomiting due to the virus that's going around. That's manageable. But the school demands a doctor's note and the doctor demands that the kids visit the doctor today to get that note.

We may well recognise the role of disillusionment, anxiety, anger and despair in building support for fascist movements of the past but for obvious reasons we do not now look kindly on the people who made that choice

Oh man I just find this deeply & utterly incomprehensible. Reading aloud to my children was a top-three life experience for me. I was gutted when they got old enough & no longer wanted it. I still miss it. It is both intensely pleasurable & easily the best thing you can do for your kids.

Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests

Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love

theguardian.com

Saturday 19th April 1pm Foot of the Mound - Resist transphobia! Resist erasure! Resist the UK Supreme Court ruling! We will gather at 1pm at the Foot of the Mound - in front of the National Gallery. We will rally with speeches for 30 minutes, and then march to the UK Government building.

text: 1pm Sat 19th April, Foot of the Mound. We refuse to be erased"
image: a raised fist inside a transgender sign in pink and blue, smashing gray chains

Labour is upping the ante on anti-migrant politics just to learn that Farage & the Tories can always, always go further than them. It’s real people who are caught in the crossfire of politicians trying to outdo each other on toughness. How we treat people matters. #r4today

I don't think people realize how certain a CDU/AFD coalition is if nothing changes. It's not certain which party will lead that coalition. I don't think people realize how catastrophic that will be.

Merz ist vollständig im orwellschen Neusprech angekommen. Merz jetzt: "Wir werden mit der AfD nicht zusammenarbeiten. Vorher nicht, nachher nicht, niemals.“ Sagt einer, der letzte Woche wahnhaft mit Ansage und Anlauf mit der AfD die Republik erpressen wollte und dessen Partei 1:1 wie die AfD klingt.

Illustration: Merz mit vorgehaltener Pistole auf eine nicht im Bild sichtbare Person zielend. Er sagt: Das ist doch keine Erpressung. Entweder Sie tun, was ich sage oder ich drücke ab. Es ist Ihre Entscheidung. Textzeile: Das Demokratieverständnis des Herrn Merz