@SteveClough Starmer's tweet is on his profile https://x.com/Keir_Starmer

The GOP has a decentralized outrage machine (from YouTubers like Nick Shirley to the federal government) that moves at light speed. Dems have no comparable influencer ecosystem to counter these narratives in real-time.

Stunning costumes and vocal performances with surprisingly uplifting stories.

@alexisbushnell and rightly or wrongly your tutor is telling you that you won't get credit for doing more than you are being asked to do, and it may work against you. This is the nature of Level 1 in my experience. Later it gets better (in my opinion) and you are encouraged to find your own […]

@alexisbushnell could you review it with references to Lord of the Rings, the Unfinished Tales, the Silmarillion, to biographies of Tolkien? Yes, absolutely, but that is not what they are asking you to do here, and would be a very different task. They are deliberately keeping the source material […]

@alexisbushnell as someone who has completed an OU degree (Philosophy and Psychology) I found a lot of the Level 1 content basic. It is really aimed at people who haven't even done A-levels, and I personally don't consider it undergraduate level study (having previously completed an […]

@samanthalf.bsky.social that's going to make a lovely plant pot/vase.

@samanthalf.bsky.social kids make it so hard not to crush their spirit (there's a reason I don't have kids). Is it too late to exchange her Xmas presents for coal?

The golden rule is, even if not veggie, look at what the restaurant offers a vegetarian. Because if that is dull and unimaginative they will tend to do most things badly.

Yesterday I noticed the film had started 5 minutes earlier, so restarted it on iplayer.