This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.

A very good, and rather sad, Big Read on children and reading from @emmavj.bsky.social

on.ft.com/4krOKZA How to get children reading again

Children’s reading enjoyment has sunk to its 'lowest point in two decades'. https://on.ft.com/4nuQcwO

Australian pension fund Aware Super cites ‘significant’ opportunities in Europe

https://www.ft.com/content/ee20de60-4787-4a93-afc6-3e2caecdb81a

The nuclear mountain that haunts Israel - a look at Iran’s Fordow enrichment facility buried deep underground near the ancient religious city of Qom. www.ft.com/content/46c6...

This is a very good piece.

Where ‘woke’ went wrong

https://on.ft.com/40Ehc2r

NEW: Weekend News Agents

Trump politicises a national tragedy within seconds. Why can he not help himself? Because it’s intrinsic to his politics of aggression and blame.

PLUS you asked me why the Greens don’t get more coverage. We try and answer.

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3/ ... The contents of that hashtag will also appear in a DUVET feed kindly set up last year by @notinaboyband.bsky.social, which is here (and which you can pin for ease of reference): bsky.app/profile/did:...

🎧 Listen to today's full episode: *Gregg Wallace, the BBC and the MeToo movement*

www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

5k of daily images! Martin Bond stops his A Cambridge Diary posts… https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/10/cambridge-photographer-ends-daily-challenge-after-13-years-and-5000-images #photography

I understand the human instinct. I’d want to do the same.

But that’s why no individual should be given the power to pardon members of their family.

also in markets - Ruchir Sharma believes the US in the "mother of all bubbles" - "Thoroughly dominating the mind space of global investors, America is over-owned, overvalued and overhyped to a degree never seen before." www.ft.com/content/49cc...

Today's Poll: If you were offered a job at one of these large firms, and had to take one, which'd you be happiest to take? (Same job, same pay, same conditions)

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zttRdf/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Betting firm
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zttRdf/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Oil/Gas producer
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zttRdf/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Tobacco firm
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/zttRdf/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Debt collector

📊 Show results

As you'll see my handle has changed to verify this is the real me

Morocco preparing law to allow cryptocurrencies, central bank chief says www.reuters.com/technology/m...

"I press off the television", says Ivor. "No, it's 'turn off' the telev–" I found myself saying. "Sorry, yes, you press off the television. It's fine, you're right, I was born in 1971."

Legal Bluesky:

What is the official rationale for introducing this new law, when the underlying conduct is already criminalised?

Before I have my usual tantrum about governments making bad things “more illegal”, I want to check I’m not missing anything.

Out With the Old, In With the New💫

If Trump got elected because of the price of eggs, wait until you see what happens next. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

اینجا وقتی فالور را بلاک میکنم کماکان تعداد دنبال کنند‌ها ثابت میمونه/مونده! یا باید صبر کنم ۲۴ ساعت بگذره 🙄