It's apparently perfectly fine for senior political journalists to call for the deportation of British Muslim politicians now, with zero consequences

like most of the public, i had never heard of this repellent weirdo until yesterday, so it's quite odd to watch the entire court press feeling the need to go to bat for him

This article takes *17 paragraphs* to even mention the privatisation of England's water supply, and even then it does so in an equivocal 'some say' fashion - without mentioning, for example, that England is one of the only countries in the world with privatised water. Excrable journalism as usual.

It is inherently absurd to proscribe a group as terrorists based on acts the public doesn't know about. Terrorism *by definition* involves violence intended to intimidate a civilian population. How can the target population be terrorised by acts they know nothing about?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

they could have basically guaranteed themselves a second term by bringing the righteous fury down on these contemptible parasites, even just as spectacle. But they didn't, and wouldn't, and won't.

Israelis using SEO to smear the name of a 6 year old girl they murdered by spraying 300+ rounds at the car she was in.

the two most talked-about Glastonbury sets were artists barely anyone knew til last year. The runaway hit movie of the year is an original story about blues-playing vampires. The Rehearsal has done genuinely unprecedented stuff with TV. I get that this feels true, but it isn't really, is it.

Nice profile of Matthew Goodwin and his journey rightwards by @joemulhall.bsky.social in here too...

💥 OUT TODAY: State of HATE 2025

Reform UK is rising, Tommy Robinson is soon to return, and last year’s riots exposed the dangerous consequences of a growing extremist movement.

🔗 Read the report: hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

🗞️ Here’s a look at some of this year’s key features:

Reform UK are drawing in a coalition of pessimistic voters.

I’m in @labourlist.bsky.social today sharing why local community action is part of the solution.

labourlist.org/2025/02/refo...

This word salad doesn't even mention the UK's duty to give refuge to displaced people or to provide humanitarian aid. Literally not once.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

this is as good as everyone's saying it is

very happy to have won the Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2024! thank you so much to the judges and well done to everyone on the shortlist and longlist ❤️ creativewritingink.co.uk/competitions...

Two great features from @jstapling.bsky.social in this month’s Black and White Photography magazine including one of the work of Daidō Moriyama.

today i have decided to be a hater

It's so fucking cool that a massive outlet for independent games and art can be taken down by landfill chaff makers without a single human at either funko or the domain registrar even being involved.

this was published by the legendary @scratchbooks.bsky.social as part of their A4 competition series. it would technically fit on a side of A4 if you used a very small font www.scratch-books.co.uk/dead-mans-ha...

this story, also with Short Fiction Journal, was the first I ever had published and I think for the most part it still kinda cooks:

www.shortfictionjournal.co.uk/post/hyperch...

hello. am hoping this is a nice place to share writing and such things, so am putting here a few stories I'm proud of. this one with Short Fiction Journal is a personal favourite:

www.shortfictionjournal.co.uk/post/short-s...