Fascinating piece, revealing exposing pro Hitler bias in The Times Diary www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

This story is jaw-dropping. "Chinese-run facilities have recently been discovered in the Philippines and the desert outside Dubai. In 2022, Chinese scammers took over the shuttered Seaview Hotel on the Isle of Man...". @alexclapp.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... @lrb.co.uk

Britain did not win the war but was on the winning side: crucial distinction. Max Hastings on how Britain didn’t win the war

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4/3/2024

What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

You make an important point

“Half the [Palestinian] population that was expelled in 1948 were expelled when Britain was still responsible for law and order in the territory [and] a lot of the tactics that the Israeli army has been using over the decades were learned from the British.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Out today: BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2025, edited by... me! So so many great stories in here. I can't wait for you to discover them and their talented writers.

The whole British government and media loves Maccabi Tel Aviv fans! The far right football fans that love to cause violence! *5 minutes later* We regret to inform you the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are far right and have caused violence

Then fix it.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

A nation rises from silence as millions march against creeping tyranny, invoking the Declaration’s promise and the Constitution’s command: that no man is ever king here.
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Oh it’s not appropriate for your program to air the president wearing a crown and shitting on American citizens?

You’ll talk about it in euphemisms? Maybe call it the “crown video” and ignore the shitting part? Because that’s appropriate?

Tell me, was it appropriate for the president to do it?

I’m very interested

An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

Can we hope that when (if?) the war in Gaza in over the world, and especially the West will finally turn their attention to this mass murder. The violence is bankrolled by the West's closest allies/partners, it's not like there is no leverage and it is just a local fight. Or am I just too naive?

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

Staircase in Puteaux House, a 15-storey tower block on the Cranbrook Estate, taken from the bottom looking up

A local spring used for drinking water for 175 years is now spewing out polluted water. And no-one knows why or will take responsibility. A modern parable www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

Why has terrorist been so underreported? Three neo-Nazis jailed for plotting terror attacks on UK mosques and synagogues - The Guardian

In the richest city in America, we cannot simply accept that 500,000 kids go to bed hungry every night.