The one thing I've taken from the reaction of deaths of Dolly Parton and Patrick Stewart is how much love there is towards people who represent goodness, and how much meaning they bring to people's lives, shaping the idea of the world they want to live in, giving them ideals to strive for.

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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: After a *five-year* legal battle, Democracy for Sale has forced the government to reveal who referred firms to lucrative Covid PPE ‘VIP lane’ for 'politically connected' 30+ senior Tories are named, plus ex Duchess of York, and many more 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-m...

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The best thing about having kids at university is that when they come home, they bring their energy and their ideas and you get to feel like an 86 year old ...again.

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Good but awful quality of AI is it will replace them too- the great equaliser -racism blinds them to that truth. Which word to choose - ‘invidious’ or ‘insidious’ oh of course it’s both. Alas those targeted will not read the right wing mainstream ‘replacement’ journalism of @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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“Trump is a malignant narcissist. He is obsessed with his popularity,” MacKay told Byline Times. “He convinces himself he has the biggest crowd sizes and the highest TV ratings. Trump is obsessed with being a winner. He has to be seen to be making ‘deals’ where he forces an opponent to capitulate "

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