Spark, my tortoiseshell girl rules our home

My Stepdad’s 81. He’s not on social media after a career’s worth of death threats, conspiracy theories and anger often due to his evidence in support of gun control. But his message about how to stop feeding this cycle of resentful violence is worth hearing. extraordinarybooks.co.uk/book/running...

We have to deny them celebrity and refuse to name them. We have to deny them their blaze of glory. The men who committed the Australian massacres were locked away. In prison stripes they lose their “evil celebrity” status, and can be as the fearful and confused young men they really are.

Here in Australia, gun control has stopped the copycat shootings but not all mass killings with knives or vehicles. Paul has long argued that gun control is vital but by itself can’t end the cycle of copycat violence which sad, pathetic, isolated young men obsessed with guns follow.

Spark watched it too

Hours of Ice Cube on Teams, what’s not to like

Australian film recommendation

That was Winston Smith’s job at the Ministry of Truth in 1984