NEW: A two-month-old baby was rescued during the violence in Belfast last night, the chief constable of the PSNI has said
One of the consistent pieces of feedback I get from students is how much they love that their teacher also publishes on what they teach. They know that part of what makes the tuition fee bearable is knowing that they are being taught by the people who literally *wrote* the book on their subject.
'Britain will never *actually* vote for a Reform government'
Sweety do you remember Brexit? This country's capacity for self-harm is limitless.
The 'race and nationality are a legitimate debate' people seem really surprised by the pogrom in Belfast.
Elon Musk is paying fascists to riot and attack minorities in our cities. Some he is paying, others he doesn't need to, the X algorithm and revenue program do the rest. The UK's leading nazi thug is posting from a Moscow hotel room right now. We need to wake up to foreign money and the far right.
Earmarked all morning for writing and have been really excited to get stuck in. However, I've accomplished almost nothing. It just didn't click today. I felt completely listless chasing a hundred different threads and pulling little together.
Writing is so uneven.
My Dad was one of the paratroopers who parachuted into Dunkirk to wait to be evacuated.
Thinking of dumping the smart phone for one of those retro Nokias or something similar. Anyone take the jump (back) technology wise on their phone? I really think they peaked with BlackBerrys and everything since has been horse shit.
In shock news, being nicer to people is good.
Expect this to be buried.