As someone with no right to comment (not US) Biden’s pardon of his feckless son is understandable but unwelcome. Dems just lost the higher ground once again. I hope it won’t be a race to the bottom. But Biden sadly has form. 2 terms when one was promised. Copying of the UK Kinnock’s speech.

@preetbharara.bsky.social love the podcasts though I sometimes worry that you and Joyce are cutting crusts off your cucumber sandwiches while others are geared up for a knife fight. Sure you’ll comment but worried that Biden’s pardon of his son will undermine things. What’s the rules around pardons?

If you’re the richest man in the world, I can understand why you might be willing to piss away what for most would be a fortune. But why do that? Twitter/X is dying. Dying because Elon couldn’t embrace the most basic norms and created a cesspool. All discourse follows basic rules to be useful.

@notin.bsky.social She’s another insightful commentator, who said recently on The Rest Is Entertainment, that she’ll not go to Bluesky as she thinks it’ll ultimately go the way of Twitter.

@notin.bsky.social excellent piece in the Grauniad as ever and about this very platform. Your reach and productivity continue to amaze me. Do you ever talk to your Guardian colleague, Marina Hyde?