Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

The framing of the Gaza ceasefire by Trevor Phillips as some sort of vindication of Trump in some ongoing battle with the Labour gov't is just so small, so English, and so misconceived as to be genuinely funny.

But, also, quite enough from him for another week.

Richard Tice - "Please welcome to the stage... Nathan Gill"

So much for Tice's claim to have never met Nathan Gill.

Incredibly refreshing to see a uk politician just say yes a woman can have a penis and can you be normal about trans people if you dont want them to have a dick fund their transition awesome love this guy

Per the US National Institute for Health, over 40 *known* intersex variations exist. More are still being discovered. Genitalia, hormones, chromosomes –– even a person's cells can be female in one part of their body and male in another, and they may not even know it.

I love the way Zack stays calm while those on the losing side of the debate get angrier and angrier.

Debating talents aside, I guess its one of the benefits of knowing your brief and being backed by facts and science rather than prejudice and vested interest!

Well done for even engaging with PM.

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Never underestimate the power of a goofy-ass scene with a great needle drop.

In much happier news:

Remind me tomorrow to tell you about this magical place I visited today, where the people are all descendants of original resistance fighters and therefore understand how important it is to not only feel pity for an occupied people, but to support the fight against their occupiers as well.

Monica's back! 😀
And still on the good side!
🔥🔥🔥🔥

Farage has given up the pretence that he barely knew Nathan Gill. He can't do otherwise, given the flood of evidence to the contrary.

Here is Gill saying he's just come from having lunch with Farage on the day that Farage resigned as UKIP leader 4 July 2016?

For Trump, the cruelty is the point.

I have done a section of the Dorset bird report for a few years now and we were getting separate BirdTrack and eBird tabs that had been QC-ed. This year we had a combined spreadsheet tab, which was nice…

Why does this look so familiar lol

Middlebere - A bonanza of birds from late morning: Curlew Sand 2, Spotted Redshank 2, Knot 7, Avocet c450. Blackwit c250, Curlew 11, Green Sand, Marsh Harrier, Pintail 27, Present; Redshank, Dunlin, Lapwing, Wigeon, Teal 🦉🌎🦜@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Good, it's about time somebody called their bluff!

Between Mamdani in New York and Zack Polanski in the UK we finally have a pair of actually progressive political leaders speaking out unequivocally for trans rights. Read @katelynburns.com on Mamdani’s ad here: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

Thousands of Palestinians returned to Gaza City after ceasefire took hold Friday—returning to a wasteland of rubble. Abdel Qader Sabbah (@AbdelSabbah91) captured the devastation as survivors searched for what was left of their homes - full report (www.dropsitenews.com/p/displaced-...) + video below

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

Male common scoter off Jerry’s Point @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Thanks

Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.

Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.