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literature, cinema, art, life and socialism are my hobbies
Come on Apple my nan says she can knit me one an afternoon for the price of the wool and a bottle of Guinness
Apple and Issey Miyake's iPhone Pocket is a knitted sleeve to hold your phone www.engadget.com/mobile/smart...
Apple and Issey Miyake's iPhone Pocket is a knitted sleeve to hold your phone www.engadget.com/mobile/smart...
Apple and Issey Miyake's iPhone Pocket is a knitted sleeve to hold your phone
It starts at $150 for the short strap design.
www.engadget.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Come on Apple my nan says she can knit me one an afternoon for the price of the wool and a bottle of Guinness
Apple and Issey Miyake's iPhone Pocket is a knitted sleeve to hold your phone www.engadget.com/mobile/smart...
Apple and Issey Miyake's iPhone Pocket is a knitted sleeve to hold your phone www.engadget.com/mobile/smart...
Trump's mslign influence is damaging democracy and equality initiativ everywhere as it tries to rewrite history
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed | Netherlands | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed | Netherlands | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed
Relatives fear the move is part of ‘the same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Trump's mslign influence is damaging democracy and equality initiativ everywhere as it tries to rewrite history
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed | Netherlands | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed | Netherlands | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Another litany of failings
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong | Prisons and probation | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong | Prisons and probation | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Another litany of failings
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong | Prisons and probation | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong | Prisons and probation | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
A well deserved win
Booker Prize: David Szalay's Flesh wins 2025 fiction award www.bbc.com/news/article...
Booker Prize: David Szalay's Flesh wins 2025 fiction award www.bbc.com/news/article...
Booker Prize: David Szalay's Flesh wins 2025 fiction award
The British-Hungarian author wins for his sixth novel, which has been championed by Dua Lipa and Stormzy.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A well deserved win
Booker Prize: David Szalay's Flesh wins 2025 fiction award www.bbc.com/news/article...
Booker Prize: David Szalay's Flesh wins 2025 fiction award www.bbc.com/news/article...
Researchers Discover Two Mysterious Voids in Giza Pyramid gizmodo.com/researchers-...
Researchers Discover Two Mysterious Voids in Giza Pyramid
A strangely smooth expanse of granite on the Menkaure Pyramid might be a second entrance.
gizmodo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Researchers Discover Two Mysterious Voids in Giza Pyramid gizmodo.com/researchers-...
This smacks a little of desperation
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now | Electrek electrek.co/2025/11/10/t...
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now | Electrek electrek.co/2025/11/10/t...
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now
Tesla is launching a new car rental program out of its stores in the US, as sales are crashing due...
electrek.co
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This smacks a little of desperation
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now | Electrek electrek.co/2025/11/10/t...
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now | Electrek electrek.co/2025/11/10/t...
I'm Sure There's Nothing to Worry About Now That Mortgage-Backed Securities Are Driving AI gizmodo.com/im-sure-ther...
I'm Sure There's Nothing to Worry About Now That Mortgage-Backed Securities Are Driving AI
“Commercial-mortgage-backed securities” are helping drive the boom in data center build-outs. It has eerie resonance with the 2008 financial crisis.
gizmodo.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm Sure There's Nothing to Worry About Now That Mortgage-Backed Securities Are Driving AI gizmodo.com/im-sure-ther...
Best description of US healthcare I have heard: the American healthcare system is carnivorously profit-driven, after all.
Antidepressants are trendy. That’s a double-edged sword | Tayo Bero | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Antidepressants are trendy. That’s a double-edged sword | Tayo Bero | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Antidepressants are trendy. That’s a double-edged sword | Tayo Bero
It’s great the taboo is fading. But as TikTok influencers tout them, it’s a slippery slope to the memeification of disorders
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Best description of US healthcare I have heard: the American healthcare system is carnivorously profit-driven, after all.
Antidepressants are trendy. That’s a double-edged sword | Tayo Bero | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Antidepressants are trendy. That’s a double-edged sword | Tayo Bero | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At heart a nice guy
‘I enter a room and people say: “God just walked in”’: Morgan Freeman on voicing the divine, meeting Mandela – and his six decades on screen | Morgan Freeman | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/ng-inte...
‘I enter a room and people say: “God just walked in”’: Morgan Freeman on voicing the divine, meeting Mandela – and his six decades on screen | Morgan Freeman | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/ng-inte...
‘I enter a room and people say: “God just walked in”’: Morgan Freeman on voicing the divine, meeting Mandela – and his six decades on screen
From his humble upbringing in Mississippi to the unmistakeable timbre of his voiceover, the actor reveals why he’s not even considering retirement
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
At heart a nice guy
‘I enter a room and people say: “God just walked in”’: Morgan Freeman on voicing the divine, meeting Mandela – and his six decades on screen | Morgan Freeman | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/ng-inte...
‘I enter a room and people say: “God just walked in”’: Morgan Freeman on voicing the divine, meeting Mandela – and his six decades on screen | Morgan Freeman | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/ng-inte...
Is it only a few, a very few, soldiers who feel the shame of what they, Israel, have done and continue to do?
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians | Israel | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians | Israel | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Is it only a few, a very few, soldiers who feel the shame of what they, Israel, have done and continue to do?
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians | Israel | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians | Israel | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
How mean but how significant it is to treat once first class staff to 2nd class stamps
Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps | Royal Mail | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps | Royal Mail | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps
Switch comes amid first festive season since Daniel Křetínský’s takeover of parent company IDS
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How mean but how significant it is to treat once first class staff to 2nd class stamps
Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps | Royal Mail | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps | Royal Mail | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Worth the price I'd say
'After Midnight' review: Daphne du Maurier's 13 terrifying short stories : NPR www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
'After Midnight' review: Daphne du Maurier's 13 terrifying short stories : NPR www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
You know Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca' — but she also wrote these terrifying tales
Rebecca dominates du Maurier's legacy, but she wrote plenty of other macabre novels and short stories. A collection called After Midnight gathers 13 of these tales, with an intro by Stephen King.
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Worth the price I'd say
'After Midnight' review: Daphne du Maurier's 13 terrifying short stories : NPR www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
'After Midnight' review: Daphne du Maurier's 13 terrifying short stories : NPR www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
I like the sound of this one
Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood review – the great novelist reveals her hidden side | Margaret Atwood | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood review – the great novelist reveals her hidden side | Margaret Atwood | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood review – the great novelist reveals her hidden side
A sharp, funny and engaging autobiography from one of the towering literary figures of our age
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I like the sound of this one
Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood review – the great novelist reveals her hidden side | Margaret Atwood | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood review – the great novelist reveals her hidden side | Margaret Atwood | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Fucking monsters - settlers and IDF both
The Brutal Illegal Settler Attack Was Caught on Camera. israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-ille...
The Brutal Illegal Settler Attack Was Caught on Camera. israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-ille...
The Brutal Illegal Settler Attack Was Caught on Camera.
The video leaves no room for doubt: Dozens of settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives, smashing their cars and beating a 53-year-old woman with a club.
israelpalestinenews.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Fucking monsters - settlers and IDF both
The Brutal Illegal Settler Attack Was Caught on Camera. israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-ille...
The Brutal Illegal Settler Attack Was Caught on Camera. israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-ille...
A wonderful initiative but health insurers are not helping
‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off-road wheelchairs | Disability | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off-road wheelchairs | Disability | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off-road wheelchairs
Using an all-terrain vehicle that’s essentially the Jeep of wheelchairs, a New York tour group helps disabled people get on the trail
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A wonderful initiative but health insurers are not helping
‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off-road wheelchairs | Disability | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off-road wheelchairs | Disability | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
A truly harrowing read
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her | Mental health | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her | Mental health | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. Ho...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A truly harrowing read
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her | Mental health | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her | Mental health | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reposted
When we said democracy was on the ballot we weren't lying.
Trump on ending the filibuster: "If we do it, we will never lose the midterms and we will never lose a general election ... it would be impossible to lose an election."
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When we said democracy was on the ballot we weren't lying.
Don't make us laugh kyrie Chrysochoidis
Athens vows 'Greek FBI' crackdown on 'cyclone' of crime in Crete | Euronews www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/a...
Athens vows 'Greek FBI' crackdown on 'cyclone' of crime in Crete | Euronews www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/a...
Athens vows 'Greek FBI' crackdown on 'cyclone' of crime in Crete
Greek Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced a crackdown on organised crime in Crete, including stricter gun penalties, after a deadly shooting in Vorizia.
www.euronews.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Don't make us laugh kyrie Chrysochoidis
Athens vows 'Greek FBI' crackdown on 'cyclone' of crime in Crete | Euronews www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/a...
Athens vows 'Greek FBI' crackdown on 'cyclone' of crime in Crete | Euronews www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/a...
One of his trademark ridiculous pronouncements
Elon Musk says let criminals out of prison and give them a robot stalker instead electrek.co/2025/11/06/e...
Elon Musk says let criminals out of prison and give them a robot stalker instead electrek.co/2025/11/06/e...
Elon Musk says let criminals out of prison and give them a robot stalker instead
At Tesla's shareholder meeting, Musk suggested that people who commit crimes should be followed by a crime-preventing robot instead of jailed.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
One of his trademark ridiculous pronouncements
Elon Musk says let criminals out of prison and give them a robot stalker instead electrek.co/2025/11/06/e...
Elon Musk says let criminals out of prison and give them a robot stalker instead electrek.co/2025/11/06/e...
That's more like it
New Microsoft Team to Build Smarter-Than-Human AI for Medical Diagnostics | Extremetech www.extremetech.com/computing/ne...
New Microsoft Team to Build Smarter-Than-Human AI for Medical Diagnostics | Extremetech www.extremetech.com/computing/ne...
New Microsoft Team to Build Smarter-Than-Human AI for Medical Diagnostics
The company hopes to develop specialized AIs that perform at a superhuman level in specific fields without posing existential risks.
www.extremetech.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
That's more like it
New Microsoft Team to Build Smarter-Than-Human AI for Medical Diagnostics | Extremetech www.extremetech.com/computing/ne...
New Microsoft Team to Build Smarter-Than-Human AI for Medical Diagnostics | Extremetech www.extremetech.com/computing/ne...
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum review – a grotesquely bleak but brutally truthful vision of humanity | Diane Arbus | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum review – a grotesquely bleak but brutally truthful vision of humanity
From cruel pictures of elderly widows to a shocking image of motherhood, the American photographer’s genius is on full display in a show that finds ugliness all around her
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum review – a grotesquely bleak but brutally truthful vision of humanity | Diane Arbus | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
A New Pair of Anti-Meta Smart Glasses Are on the Way gizmodo.com/even-realiti...
A New Pair of Anti-Meta Smart Glasses Are on the Way
Even Realities has a new pair of smart glasses coming, and unlike Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, it may not have cameras or speakers.
gizmodo.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A New Pair of Anti-Meta Smart Glasses Are on the Way gizmodo.com/even-realiti...
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Increase taxes for working people, or make the super-rich pay their fair share? The answer seems obvious – but not to Labour | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
Increase taxes for working people, or make the super-rich pay their fair share? The answer seems obvious – but not to Labour | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
Rachel Reeves has unnecessarily blocked her options of what to include in her budget, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah of the New Economics Foundation
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Increase taxes for working people, or make the super-rich pay their fair share? The answer seems obvious – but not to Labour | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
There’s a global boom in solar—except in the United States - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/science/2025...
There’s a global boom in solar—except in the United States
The economic case for solar power is stronger than ever.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There’s a global boom in solar—except in the United States - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/science/2025...