Fred

[Daniel Gerke @drgerke1]

It would be *much* more socially transformative to ban social media for over-65s

[Dan Evans @dai_alectic]

This isn't just good- it's brilliant

https://t.co/q4x9sZzvGk

[Daniela Gabor @DanielaGabor]

amazing timing.

[Hal The Blade ⚔️ @HalTheBlade]

This is why the Championship is unparalleled. Ayling doesn't play the ball. A blatant penalty, ref not interested.

No VAR. Just good, old fashioned, honest incompetence. As the game should be. Marvelous stuff.

[Fred @1FredH]

@dai_alectic @VersoBooks @reformparty_uk Congratulations Dan! Loved A Nation of Shopkeepers - due a reread I think - looking forward to this

[Dan Evans @dai_alectic]

Happy to have agreed to write a new book with @VersoBooks. My very talented mate Vlad Bortun & I will be writing an analysis of @reformparty_uk as a political movement. We’ll explore their social base, funders, rhetoric, policies & lots more. Due in late 2027

[☔️🫧☔️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇧🇷🇬🇭 @Sp1thfc]

I’ve heard stories about this game but my jaw is dropped what the hell….

[Fred @1FredH]

@NewLeftEViews Not an essay but as someone with only a passing acquaintance with Habermas's ideas I found Tooze's overview on his podcast very useful

[Jenni @hashjenni]

Just so we're clear, Israel is now the first state to have an ethnicity-based death penalty since Nazi Germany.

[Will 🦥 Menaker @willmenaker]

It was a giant wooden horse

[john🎷colbrain @_night_brain__]

I am concerned that Merz may actually be less intelligent than Trump

[mariana Z @mariana057]

The older I get, the more I understand why roosters just wake up and scream.

[Fred @1FredH]

Good advice imo. Came to this myself by realising it was the only way I was going get through Swann's Way

[Ven @edgefills]

A common hangup when reading older novels is the idea that there's something you "miss" if you don't parse every word, when the novel pre-teevee era was meant to be read to pass the time, even the difficult ones. Just like you don't fully pay attention to a sitcom, the enjoyable way to read the tomes is to let your eyes wash over the words and let your intuition ping you to focus. All of a sudden, attention focuses, and you realize the writing is good — *really* good, and poignant, and funny. And if something doesn't make sense, you can always go back.

Older literature was meant for repetitive reading, partially bc books were fairly expensive until commodified, and bc there wasn't any other form of mass entertainment. I've always felt the American school system teaches reading incorrectly for this reason. Being able to recite plot points and answer questions isn't a useful test of literary interpretation after it's obvious you have reading comprehension. Great literature is about timelessness, expanding an anecdote or a plot point into a generalist statement about the universe and its participants.

The quiz mentality induces pressure in people for no reason. They subconsciously assume they're supposed to be able to rattle off facts about the books the read, which makes reading stressful for no reason. I've read a ton of books where I would struggle to tell you what actually happens. But when a passage becomes relevant, or I discuss the ideas I remember from the experience described above, it's clear I "get" the ideas of the author. It's such a weird reading tip, but if you don't feel like reading a page, just go to the next! You never know if you'll find the right circumstances to get unstuck otherwise.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

The difference is by design.

[New Left EViews @NewLeftEViews]

But..but…Carney gave that speech..I thought…

[Christoph Johanssen @chjohanssen]

I expect to hear the phrase "unprovoked war of aggression" in every Western news show.

[Gabriel @GabeZZOZZ]

The look on their faces is priceless 🤣
https://t.co/E8nXYMdLxq

[bat020 @bat020]

the GOAT

[David Timoney @fromarsetoelbow]

McSweeney will obviously be given another party job, from which he'll probably then have to resign as well. Give it a few more years after that, and he'll be in the Lords. That's the Labour way.