JudithFlanders
@judithflanders.co.uk
Crabby historian. Less crabby now blue skies beckon.
She/her • Agent: Bill Hamilton, amheath.com
She/her • Agent: Bill Hamilton, amheath.com
Mmm, that’s going to win — at least three votes. Four? Do I hear four?
Zarah Sultana: "We need a wealth tax, but we also need to nationalise the entire economy."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Mmm, that’s going to win — at least three votes. Four? Do I hear four?
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
My sister Elle and (less importantly, obviously), Yanis Varoufakis at today’s Italian general strike.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My sister Elle and (less importantly, obviously), Yanis Varoufakis at today’s Italian general strike.
This is like Universal Basic Income: everyone knows bike lanes and parking restrictions make cities more liveable for everyone, drivers included. But 99% of politicians are too short-term and too damn chicken-shit to actually do it.
Pollution levels in Paris after they introduced bike lanes and car restrictions
Red = EU limits for Nitrogen Dioxide pollution
Original graphics by Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme
www.apur.org
Red = EU limits for Nitrogen Dioxide pollution
Original graphics by Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme
www.apur.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is like Universal Basic Income: everyone knows bike lanes and parking restrictions make cities more liveable for everyone, drivers included. But 99% of politicians are too short-term and too damn chicken-shit to actually do it.
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Shockingly, our local greengrocer doesn’t label his trees as ‘Christmas’. Which maybe because he is a woke Tibetan intent on destroying our sacred traditions, or possibly because no-one needs it explaining to them why there’s suddenly a pile of fir trees outside his shop at the end of November.
Social media posts have claimed that Tesco is not celebrating Christmas, because it has described one of its trees as an “evergreen” tree.
This is misleading—the retailer sells other artificial trees labelled as Christmas trees.
This is misleading—the retailer sells other artificial trees labelled as Christmas trees.
Tesco hasn’t rebranded all its Christmas trees to ‘evergreen trees’ – Full Fact
Claims that Tesco is not celebrating Christmas because it is selling an “evergreen” tree are missing context.
fullfact.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Shockingly, our local greengrocer doesn’t label his trees as ‘Christmas’. Which maybe because he is a woke Tibetan intent on destroying our sacred traditions, or possibly because no-one needs it explaining to them why there’s suddenly a pile of fir trees outside his shop at the end of November.
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As the person who does most of the VM socials, let me tell you this: bluesky is absolutely the worst platform of the bunch for slapping random adult content warnings on innocent posts to bury them. Would super appreciate if you share the post below like hell, and donate a fiver!
Let's try this again... Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
As the person who does most of the VM socials, let me tell you this: bluesky is absolutely the worst platform of the bunch for slapping random adult content warnings on innocent posts to bury them. Would super appreciate if you share the post below like hell, and donate a fiver!
I’m loving Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse, a historical examination of societal collapses and why they happen. (Clue: inequality!) But hashtag-Victorian-historian-grumble WTF is it with people who think cholera dates back more than 200 years? This appears endlessly by so many who should know better.
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m loving Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse, a historical examination of societal collapses and why they happen. (Clue: inequality!) But hashtag-Victorian-historian-grumble WTF is it with people who think cholera dates back more than 200 years? This appears endlessly by so many who should know better.
Not at all worrying when the ‘chief people officer’ of one of North America’s largest employers thinks people who want a family life are pathetic whiners. I paraphrase, but not by much.
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Not at all worrying when the ‘chief people officer’ of one of North America’s largest employers thinks people who want a family life are pathetic whiners. I paraphrase, but not by much.
Basically, Mark Carney is a large ‘C’ Conservative, just one who is personally less repellent than Pierre Poilievre (which admittedly is a low bar).
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Basically, Mark Carney is a large ‘C’ Conservative, just one who is personally less repellent than Pierre Poilievre (which admittedly is a low bar).
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
Sounds like everything is perfectly fine.
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Sounds like everything is perfectly fine.
A New Yorker editor describes the firing of their chief fact-checker as a show of 'hypocrisy, cowardice, and contempt'. Frankly, add in thin-skinned, misogynistic and racist, and it sounds like a good description of David Remnick. What a shockingly toxic place to work he has created.
MSN
www.msn.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A New Yorker editor describes the firing of their chief fact-checker as a show of 'hypocrisy, cowardice, and contempt'. Frankly, add in thin-skinned, misogynistic and racist, and it sounds like a good description of David Remnick. What a shockingly toxic place to work he has created.
The continued degradation of the BBC. Not merely preventing @rutgerbregman.com from saying Trump is corrupt (inarguably true and non-defamatory), but people ‘cower’ before Trump, while he ‘cows’ them. Two entirely different words, Beeb.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The continued degradation of the BBC. Not merely preventing @rutgerbregman.com from saying Trump is corrupt (inarguably true and non-defamatory), but people ‘cower’ before Trump, while he ‘cows’ them. Two entirely different words, Beeb.
Ah, the genius of ChatGPT: the stereotype of Germany is — ‘Germany’. Really, how did we live before the technology?
Stereotypes of European countries, according to ChatGPT
(a very strange mix)
(a very strange mix)
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ah, the genius of ChatGPT: the stereotype of Germany is — ‘Germany’. Really, how did we live before the technology?
AI is being pushed by tech 'geniuses' because they are-- incapable of checking a citation?
On Twitter the other day, Curtis Yarvin declared a speech by George Washington to be “fake communist history” because he asked Claude about it and the AI glazed him
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
AI is being pushed by tech 'geniuses' because they are-- incapable of checking a citation?
'I knew what I did was wrong, but I'm a white middle-class male, so I never thought I'd have to face consequences for my actions.'
'I knew what I did was wrong': Intimate relationship with prosecutor shouldn't have happened, defence lawyer tells court montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
'I knew what I did was wrong, but I'm a white middle-class male, so I never thought I'd have to face consequences for my actions.'
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
The continuing excellence of Wikipedia. I just received an email noting that as I'm a regular donor, if I click a specific link, it will suppress all further fundraising appeals.
So, yay, @wikipedia.org and go on, they're great, so give them some dosh. If only to spite Elon.
So, yay, @wikipedia.org and go on, they're great, so give them some dosh. If only to spite Elon.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The continuing excellence of Wikipedia. I just received an email noting that as I'm a regular donor, if I click a specific link, it will suppress all further fundraising appeals.
So, yay, @wikipedia.org and go on, they're great, so give them some dosh. If only to spite Elon.
So, yay, @wikipedia.org and go on, they're great, so give them some dosh. If only to spite Elon.
The increasing unprofessionalisation of journalism. An email from someone I’ve never interacted with before:
—no info on who is publishing,
—no ‘please’, ‘if you have time’,
—no assurance my work will be credited,
—and the icing on the cake: I’m to respond ’ASAP’.
Sir, yes, sir!
—no info on who is publishing,
—no ‘please’, ‘if you have time’,
—no assurance my work will be credited,
—and the icing on the cake: I’m to respond ’ASAP’.
Sir, yes, sir!
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The increasing unprofessionalisation of journalism. An email from someone I’ve never interacted with before:
—no info on who is publishing,
—no ‘please’, ‘if you have time’,
—no assurance my work will be credited,
—and the icing on the cake: I’m to respond ’ASAP’.
Sir, yes, sir!
—no info on who is publishing,
—no ‘please’, ‘if you have time’,
—no assurance my work will be credited,
—and the icing on the cake: I’m to respond ’ASAP’.
Sir, yes, sir!
Bedbugs for the win! If you commit a crime and then sleep in a bed with bedbugs, your DNA lives on in them for more than a month.
Moral of the story: crime, then a double espresso.
Moral of the story: crime, then a double espresso.
Des scientifiques transforment les punaises de lit en redoutables détectives
Ces insectes nuisibles peuvent conserver l’ADN humain jusqu’à 45 jours après avoir sucé le sang de leurs proies.
www.ledevoir.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Bedbugs for the win! If you commit a crime and then sleep in a bed with bedbugs, your DNA lives on in them for more than a month.
Moral of the story: crime, then a double espresso.
Moral of the story: crime, then a double espresso.
New rightwing mayor, new cycle route for a major artery in *checks notes* 2055.
You godawful people.
You godawful people.
La nouvelle piste cyclable du pont Jacques-Cartier reportée à 2055
Le gouvernement fédéral envisage des améliorations modestes à la piste d’ici au remplacement du tablier du pont.
www.ledevoir.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New rightwing mayor, new cycle route for a major artery in *checks notes* 2055.
You godawful people.
You godawful people.
For those who do not follow hockey, this does not mean what you think it means.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For those who do not follow hockey, this does not mean what you think it means.
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Every question headline should end like this
“Is Trump’s cognition in decline? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Will there be a third WICKED movie? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Who will go 1st in the NBA draft? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons” etc
“Is Trump’s cognition in decline? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Will there be a third WICKED movie? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Who will go 1st in the NBA draft? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons” etc
Why do we find our pets so cute? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer | Helen Pilcher
Why do we find our pets so cute? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer | Helen Pilcher
Known for bold raids on urban bins, raccoons are becoming more domesticated – so how they look will gradually change, says science writer Helen Pilcher
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Every question headline should end like this
“Is Trump’s cognition in decline? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Will there be a third WICKED movie? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Who will go 1st in the NBA draft? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons” etc
“Is Trump’s cognition in decline? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Will there be a third WICKED movie? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer”
“Who will go 1st in the NBA draft? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons” etc
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