Martin Balsam in "Psycho" - BOTD

☕️Good morning, lovelies☕️
Have the most beautiful day!🪷

“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.”

Farage - the foghorn of failure.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I didn't even know this existed! A shame it's so abridged, but it's still a lovely thing to have.

The 5 brutal stats that blow Reform’s austerity plans out the water

We already know austerity doesn't work - Reform can't be allowed to put the country through it again

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...

If genocide in Israel appears to have dropped off the radar, that's deliberate; it has more to do with Editorial decisions than supposed 'ceasefires' - Israeli aircraft carried out raids on Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza just this morning.

Educational charities like Policy Exchange are required to act in a balanced and non-politicised way. But Policy Exchange has flatly ignored those rules.

We’ve made a complaint to the Charity Commission:
https://goodlaw.social/xixz

I say give him the money.

With every extra dollar he earns, Musk only proves the old axiom that "money can't buy you happiness."

The stupid wealth of this very stupid man stands as an example to us all.

Sam Zitouni - hero of the LNER knife attacks - wishing you a full and speedy recovery 💜
news.sky.com/story/train-...

The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies

Those companies pay billions to their shareholders

And then lay off their workers

Think that's unfair?

Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…

Spoiler alert: none of it is going to be 'inherited' by you or me.

A wealth tax is the only way to close the inequality gap and fund our services properly.

I'm now worried about blusky-I reposted a thing re Palastine & got a DM thanking me for reposting-suddenly it was deleted along with the account-wtf bsky? what's going on/ don't go all twitter on us now!

I find it strange that the gremlins franchaise consists of 2 films whereas the two series that ripped it off critters & ghoulies have 4 films-critters went the SF family 7 fun route, Ghoulies went for Horror-I'm surprised they got to 4 as this 1st one is a mess.
youtu.be/HysJUwWWAEI?...

I made a dumb thing for the new #DoctorWho spin off.

Is it near Coal Hill School?

Kirtle [KUR-tul]
(n.)
- A woman's gown or outer petticoat; a man's tunic.

From Old English “cyrtel” (a man's tunic; a woman's skirt) from Old Norse “kyrtill” (tunic)

Used in a sentence:
“No dragon nor Saracen so fearsome as a dame in a green kirtle with mischief in her smile.”

7.his other writings & look out for Recluse

6. Tobago Literature.
This is a comic tale of immigrants trying to fit into UK society, & although I'd never read any of Selvon's work before, it seemed strangely familiar-then it hit me, it was like an episode of Channel 4's Desmond's Sitcom which, I have fond memories of.
it makes me what to

5. honoray doctorate from Warwick University in 1989 & was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Medal for literature shortly before his death, in 1994.
Posthumously, he was also awarded Chaconia Medal for Literature(1994) & Honoured with a NALIS lifetime achievement award for contributions to Trinidad and

4. Pressure-the 1st UK Black feature film (its release was delayed by 3 yrs. by its funders the BFI due to concerns about it displaying police brutality).
He was awarded 2 Guggenheim fellowships in 1955 & 1968 & was awarded an Honoray degree in Dlit by the University of the West Indies in 1985, an

3. London in 1950 eventually working as a clerk in the Indian Embassy, writing in his spare time & being published by The New Standard & other Journals.
He also wrote two television scripts for TV (Anasai The Spiderman & Home sweet India) and later in the 70s co-scripted (with Hoarce Ove)the film

2. Samuel Dickerson Selvon was born in San Fernando, Trinidad.
He trained at Naparima College before working as a wireless operator for the Royal Naval Reserve in WW2.
He later became a reporter for the Trinidad Guardian, where he 1st began writing short stories & descriptive pieces.
He moved to

1.102nd Book Read This Year -The Housing Lark by Sam Selves(1923-94)(Penguin 2020)

This prosthetic eye made from a mixture of natural tar and animal fat is nearly 5,000 years old. It was found near the city of Zabol in Iran in 2006. Archaeologists believe that the prosthetic eye, which was once painted gold, was worn by an ancient priestess who stood 6’ tall.