Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

Oh that's better! But ... prow eyes? 👀

So, happy 89th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians—and someone concussed him with a brick

That would be fab but also I'll enjoy the other episodes of the podcast!

and now look at the news that came out overnight. not just an execution, not just a public execution, but an execution by firing squad live-streamed to whoever wants to watch it. i'm absolutely disgusted.

Once again Labour is throwing minorities under the bus. Must be a day ending in Y.

This is coming to be hella cool

I can feel the trepidation from here!

Google, it's time we break up. Back in the day you were at least competent, now you are just needy.

My mistake. I thought ops and opus were closer words that they are.

What matters is the display of cruelty as a display of power. It seems to be the core value of authoritarians at this point.

Mine just called the RSPCA

Benefattore and munifico are still in use in Italian, and I particularly love the latter. Opificio is now archaic but for a while was used for "factory", especially in the early industrial revolution. Brett, thank you for writing. Your blog is the favourite read of this insomniac.

For what it's worth i really value reading you every day

Little guy with little anti tank pew pew