Max Carnage

If you've got a bit of spare cash, I recommend buying two tickets to something you really want to see and offering to take a friend who might not go otherwise. That way you support your fave artist, and also get a fun night out with a pal.

I saw and enjoyed this play about his work and beliefs yesterday. Well worth a visit to the theatre! trh.co.uk/whatson/the-...

Our bikes are 'not for jousting,' says Lime after Hackney duel

This right here is the power of Elon Musk to completely warp politics without *giving a penny* as a political donation Without X, Lowe would be a no hoper independent MP Instead he’s spreading ethnic cleansing chat to normies. Wild

Timeline cleanser! Stan Laurel leaves a room.

Trump’s a Russian asset, Farage’s party is a racist enterprise, Putin wanted Brexit & if you tried to make a list of all the UK politicians & pundits who’ve backed all three, you’d be here for hours.

This is so moving to read, in light of where we are now.

More of this please

Found it on Reichmove I expect.

This is a trend. A lot of officials think they’re $50 million dollar grifters, and get fired when it turns out they’re just $200k grifters Their prize in this administration is not vast fortunes. It’s making the same salary as a doctor while barely being able to read

Serious question: what would you choose as your own sacred text? I’m still considering my options 🤔

Make a war film rubbish The Buns of Navarone

Protestors gathered in Glasgow city centre on Monday evening to condemn violence against women and girls and its "weaponisation" by the far right 👇 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Real shortform horror here

i feel this more and more every day

Jesus Christ I love London so much 😍

Watching ‘The Substance’ and can’t help but think that some mistakes being made should have been easily avoidable.

A brutal bodying for the median bluesky user

This week, the Prime Minister said that "all the options" for our future relationship with Europe are on the table. EU membership is the only option that makes sense. Write to your MP and ask them to attend the debate in Parliament on rejoining the EU.

Don’t know too much about Koko, but am pretty sure the comparison is unfair to him.

Watching Gladiator 2 on Netflix. How shit is the CGI?! Opening scenes of a city in Africa, about to be assaulted by a Roman fleet. The visuals look so cheap! Like it is supposed to be epic, but everything looks so lightweight, fake and flimsy. Really poor. Have turned it off.

Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.

Wooden Overcoats: Rudyard Ruins Everything A Very Mini Series DAY THREE (of four) is out now Why is Georgie swinging an axe? Find out now by listening to 'Wooden Overcoats' - wherever you get your podcasts!

Join a chat with ZR co-creator (and bestselling author) Naomi Alderman! We're hosting an AMA for subscribers on the 11th October. Subscribers will also receive our Run For Your Life extras: A bonus epilogue mission, plus BTS writing material. Sign up before 8th October to submit your questions!

French marine biologist Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented the first glass aquarium for scientific study in 1832. Her sealed tanks (with aeration & water stability) enabled live observation of sea creatures, which was revolutionary in marine research. She was born #OTD in 1794. #WomenInSTEM

There are bigger things to be angry about but tech's pivot from "no more ads if you pay" to "fuck you, pay and get ads anyway — and by the way the ads are so much worse now" always feels outrageous

When your dog hears you open a packet of biscuits.

One way to double your vote is to speak to any American abroad about voting. The turnout for civilian Americans overseas in 2024? 11%. With a disciplined effort, we could turn out 100s of 1000s more votes. This site makes it easy and even walks you through the process. www.votefromabroad.org

in this week's newsletter! I didn't have phone internet in Beijing so instead I wrote down every single nonsense English slogan I saw on people's t-shirts, and it may be my magnum opus: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/some-beiji... [free to read!]

Feel like your reaction to any headline that is effectively “Rich cunt says _____” depends almost exclusively on whether you think the significant part is the fact that they’re rich or the fact that they’re a cunt.

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

Breaking news from my morning run. 'Street child orphaned by careless road workers' #streetphotography

As always, if you don't want to become a nazi bar, don't allow nazis, not even polite ones.