Maybe Kemi can put him in the House of Lords. That would *really* own the libs.

Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 2h ago

Joshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash

just had a horrific vision of the future in which Zack Polanski and Kemi Badenoch have a podcast and now I need a lie down

Does anyone know if the London Review of Books has carried anything about Christopher Nolan's Odyssey?

To be fair, “Councillors and council elections don’t matter” are a load-bearing part of the “Kemi Badenoch is doing well and the Conservative party’s prospects under her are looking good” thesis.

Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 9h ago

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

11. Do love a good accessible history. Recent ones I've enjoyed are the likes of Alice Hunt's Republic, Katja Hoyer's Beyond the Wall, and The Illusionist by @roberthutton.co.uk

A moment that changed me: I found a forbidden novel – it led to a dangerous, lasting love

A moment that changed me: I found a forbidden novel – it led to a dangerous, lasting love

Growing up in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, romance was frowned upon – as was much of my Uyghur culture. But one day, exploring a strange house, I found a gateway to both worlds

theguardian.com

This is a fair-minded and useful primer on the real questions about Net Zero, and if all Badenoch was doing was questioning the implementation of the policy, she would have a point. BUT...

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · yesterday

In which I argue that, er, Kemi Badenoch has a point about something.

One of the enjoyable things about making @warmovietheatre.com is the research.

But look, he's very sound on climate change.

Chairman Moët@chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 2d ago

dear god

Weirdly, despite repeated requests, I haven't had any invitations to Reform press events since I asked a month ago whether Farage was scared of questions about his finances.

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

Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

I mean, great. But usually every newspaper agrees to this sort of thing without thinking, even when there's absolutely no need for it.

James Heale@jaheale.bsky.social · 2d ago

Top form by the Mail

✍️ The two things no one ever tells you about writing a book... My latest substack, on the weird world of "blurbs", the significance of preorders and... a rare, special limited-time offer! 👇 edconway.substack.com/p/at-least-o...

At least one very good reason to pre-order Trade World

What no-one tells you about writing a book. And my shameless attempt to confront it...

edconway.substack.com

Róża (Różyczka) Goździewska served as a nurse during the #warsawuprising when she was 8 years old, bringing water to the wounded in a field hospital, 82 years ago (Aug-Oct 1944). Her father had been killed by the Gestapo the year before, & she served alongside a 19yo cousin.

more good content! imagine publishing content that's just nice! reveals a little bit about having fun on the internet! people just doing things because they can and the internet was nice!

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 3d ago

this owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...

Happy Birthday America,and what better present than @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social absolutely nailing Hegseth- he wants us to believe he's a napalm pissing hardman, whereas we can all see he's a paper pusher with delusions of grandeur. (1/n)

War Movie Theatre@warmovietheatre.com · 6d ago

You can run us, you can starve us, you can beat us and you can kill us. Just don't bore us. That's right, we're watching Heartbreak Ridge. champ.ly/Z9FRhyMQ

Stumbled across @warmovietheatre.com here yesterday and currently listening to my 4th episode already! Good fun - and a far wider remit than you might expect (“Independence Day” & 2024 “Civil War” included alongside “Sink the Bismark!” & “The Dam Busters”. Well worth a listen.

You can run us, you can starve us, you can beat us and you can kill us. Just don't bore us. That's right, we're watching Heartbreak Ridge. champ.ly/Z9FRhyMQ

When a proof lands via your lovely editor (thanks @sarahheditor.bsky.social!) and you can't wait to get your teeth into it... No pressure, @roberthutton.co.uk 😁 #ExtraordinaryCorrespondence #17June2027

Once again, we've failed our listeners.

@johnp285.bsky.social · 6d ago

@warmovietheatre.com loved the podcast today, but disappointed you went for “Steamy War Movie” when “Phwoaar Movie” was just hanging there.

"Zoom: Because if your clients aren't willing to wait for 10 minutes while an update installs are they even worth bothering with?"

"Outlook: maybe it would be easier to call them all?"

Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6d ago

suggested slogans for annoyingly popular but inherently terrible bits of software, number #1 in what promises to be a very long series: "Adobe Acrobat: why don't YOU go fuck yourself?"

Can't remember how many years ago I saw this, but I think I spent most of it trying to work out why it was called that. And then: Grenada? Really? The only other film where I've seen Grenada even mentioned is Die Hard 2... "Five minutes of fire fights, five weeks of surfing..."

Also, an MP doesn't have to fight a by-election to talk to their constituents.

Tyron@tyron.bsky.social · 6d ago

Kind of a mental line from Farage on why it's so good for him to be fighting the Clacton by-election. Reform shouldn't ever have needed to be seriously fighting Clacton at the next general election if they were remotely on track to be the next opposition, let alone the government?

The actual news line here is that Farage had abdominal surgery this month. Which perhaps explains why he's still too busy to explain his finances.

James Heale@jaheale.bsky.social · 6d ago

Exc: Reform’s shadow cabinet set to be expanded at party conference, with two or three more names added Nigel Farage signals he will stand behind George Cottrell: ‘I don’t dump trusted friends unless they betray me – it’s as simple as that.’ Out in Nigeland: spectator.com/article/hes-...

This is absolutely the stuff of nightmares

Clive Thompson@clivethompson.bsky.social · 7d ago

holy *crap* "One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months" full story here: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

I love Top Gun: Maverick (2022) as much as any right thinking individual but…Maverick isn’t even the character’s actual name

Jack Blackburn@hackblackburn.bsky.social · last wk.

Every now and then I am inordinately fond of a pun With thanks to @joetwyman.bsky.social, @warmovietheatre.com , @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social

Every now and then I am inordinately fond of a pun With thanks to @joetwyman.bsky.social, @warmovietheatre.com , @roberthutton.co.uk and @duncanweldon.bsky.social

Louis Theroux, whose production company Mindhouse made the poorly reviewed documentary HOW TO GET FILTHY RICH: WITH GARY STEVENSON, has a surprising new podcast guest: Gary Stevenson! During the episode, Stevenson opens up about the heavy burden of being able to consistently predict the future.

Chris Philp's dad was in the Marines and then the SAS asked him to join and help them storm the Iranian embassy, and then NASA begged him to fly the space shuttle. And also he invented the hacky sack.

What I love about this is the idea that the French boat went 'Zur alors! Ees Chreeze Phillipe! Fire ze weaponz!'