Nick Hill

Mitchells vs the Machines managed it very elegantly.

"Thank you for holding. Your prayer is important to us"

It's a great book. 1922 was a wild year!

Still on When the Cranes Fly South (hard going even though the writing is easy enough to read), nearly done with Shadow Ticket - deferred as other books jumped the queue - and also really enjoying Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt, which highlights research on art's role in recuperation and mental health.

I haven't read that one, but Constellation of Genius covers Eliot, Pound, Proust, Joyce etc and is a ripping good read.

People who are not tax resident in the UK should not be allowed to donate to UK political parties.

Companies should not be allowed to donate to UK political parties.

No one should be allowed to use crypto to donate to UK political parties.

The following is the text of the email that Penelope Hegseth sent to her son, Pete Hegseth, on April 30, 2018, as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha. One sentence was redacted by The New York Times for privacy reasons.

Son, I have tried to keep quiet about your character and behavior, but after listening to the way you made Samantha feel today, I cannot stay silent. And as a woman and your mother I feel I must speak out.. You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth. I am not a saint, far from it.. so don't throw that in my face, but your abuse over the years to women (dishonesty, sleeping around, betrayal, debasing, belittling) needs to be called out.

Sam is a good mother and a good person (under the circumstances that you created) and I know deep down you know that. For you to try to label her as "unstable" for your own advantage is despicable and abusive. Is there any sense of decency left in you? She did not ask for or deserve any of what has come to her by your hand. Neither did Meredith. I know you think this is one big competition and that we have taken her side... bunk... we are on the side of good and that is not you. (Go ahead and call me self-righteous, I dont' care) Don't you dare run to her and cry foul that we shared with us... that's what babies do. It's time for someone (I wish it was a strong man) to stand up to your abusive behavior and call it out, especially against women

We still love you, but we are broken by your behavior and lack of character. I don't want to write emails like this and never thought I would. If it damages our relationship further, then so be it, but at least I have said my piece. [Redacted] And yes, we are praying for you (and you don't deserve to know how we are praying, so skip the snarky reply) I don't want an answer to this... I don't want to debate with you. You twist and abuse everything I say anyway. But... On behalf of all the women (and I know it's many) you have abused in some way, I say... get some help and take an honest look at yourself... Mom

a man who gets an email like this from his own mother should be legally required to reveal it to every woman he ever meets ever ever

I'm not American so that story has passed me by, and I don't want to google it either 😬

The problem is, it clearly doesn't haunt people like her.

GitHub - lp-opul/music-mcp: AI music distribution MCP - release to Spotify, Apple Music & more AI music distribution MCP - release to Spotify, Apple Music & more - lp-opul/music-mcp

this has to be one of the most extreme examples of solutions in search of a problem I've seen. Generate AI music agentically, at huge scale, purely for tiny streams of revenue. You'll never have to listen to music again, and thank goodness!

github.com/lp-opul/musi...

Just because you can...

screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight

Masterful Troll, TCM.

Screen grab from a post on (presumably) a council website. A commenter complains: "Funny you put Ramadan and Eid up first". The council replies that those events were listed in chronological order, the dates of Lent and Ramadan were determined by the council of Nicaea (325AD) and the phases of the moon, and notes "Bedford Borough Council holds no authority over the Council of Nicaea and was not responsible for the creation of the moon 4.53 billion years ago".

I don't think we give local councils enough credit

A screen grab from a shopping cart, total £64.99, which reads "You are £0.01 away from free delivery"

typically, no penny sweets available

A whistleblower released 900+ Stephen Miller personal emails



Here are some of his views

🔘He believes neo-nazi Great Replacement theory

🔘Writes only negatively about non-white people


🔘Favours eugenics-era immigration as Nazis did


🔘Likes a book where hero kills a person who supports migrants

You know what they say. When life gives you ballast, make balustrades.

A screengrab taken from the HMRC website which reads: "For your security, we signed you out. You have not done anything for 15 minutes."

Just been busted by the HMRC site, how can it tell?

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

If an artist of the stature of Kate Nash loses money touring, smaller or emerging bands have no hope. Well, at least they can sell CDs! Oh, wait...

There's a depressing number of companies that do seem to support it. I'm stuck in the Google ecosystem because at this point it's very hard not to be :/

This is a brilliant "yes, and..." in the wild

An article from The Bookseller from Feb 5 2026, headlined " Spotify branches into physical books through Bookshop.org partnership". The text reads: " Spotify has partnered with Bookshop.org to enable listeners in the US and the UK to purchase physical books via the Spotify app, connecting audiobook discovery with physical ownership. According to Spotify, the partnership aims to strengthen the existing ecosystem by supporting indie bookshops – not to replace traditional retail channels – while enabling listeners to discover different formats. Bookshop.org will handle pricing, inventory and fulfilment of any order made through Spotify. Moreover, the platform is launching a feature called Page Match, which will allow readers to scan a page of a printed or e-book using their phone, via the Spotify app, to instantly continue the audiobook at the moment they left off, and scan again later to see the exact passage where they should resume reading on the page. These features are designed to help readers "stay with books for longer", as the company’s vision is to make reading "personalised, flexible and built to move fluidly across formats". Page Match is available to all Spotify audiobook listeners on most English-language titles, with plans to expand over time. Premium subscribers can begin using the feature from tomorrow (6th February) and it will also be fully rolled out to all audiobook users by 23rd February. The Audiobook Recaps feature – which summarises the part of the book that a user has already listened to and enables them to re-engage with the story without needing to re-listen – will also be rolled out to Android users in the spring. The feature was first introduced on iOS in November 2025."

This sounds great, but Spotify are such bastards these days that I can't help but feel a little bit cynical about what the end game might be

If Bilbo had Chat GPT

lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

I gave up bothering with Question Time years ago. It's not a place for thoughtful debate, it's the Jeremy Kyle Show for politicians

Future playwrights will be dining off the Trump era for decades

Who funds the Free Speech Union? Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.

It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Well, I wonder what Robert Jenrick's next move will be

Man 'trains' crows to attack MAGA hats after saying there's 'no longer a moral option A man has gone viral after training a murder of crows to swoop down and snatch MAGA hats from unsuspecting Trump supporters, documenting his months-long experiment Source: Daily Star https://share.google/VB2AOuDvmhM2wn9QH

I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*

I think Trump may be partially right that white people in America are unfairly discriminated against.

The problem is what he didn't say: that it's poor white people who are discriminated against by rich white people.

Happening Now: Hundreds of protesters are holding a noise demo outside of the Graduate by Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis where ICE agents are reportedly staying. Drums, guitars, pots and pans are in-tune to "fuck ICE" and "ICE out" chants. Riot police are currently in the lobby.