It was ever thus, as today's Guardian feature on the great Don McCullin reminds us. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2025/oct/29/its-been-a-cesspit-really-my-life-war-photograp… (View Post)

Musk is a very interesting engineer and businessman. When it comes to politics, he's just another arsehole with a lot of money, and very little sense. (View Post)

The Senate voted 52–48 to overturn Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazil. Five Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure: Mitch McConnell Rand Paul Thom Tillis Susan Collins Lisa Murkowsk… (View Post)

Not being funny, but how many transgender kids have you actually come across ? The reality for the ones I know is that they got next to no help from the NHS - with a multiyear waiting list for an app… (View Post)

Pretty good thread analysing the Turkey deal The UK-Turkey Eurofighter Typhoon Deal: A Strategic Pivot in Defence and Geopolitics Views my own, corrections and comments welcome. My attempted précis o… (View Post)