This week’s riots aren’t happening in a vacuum. We’re living and breathing on platforms that billionaires have optimised for outrage. This is the world that social media made.
My piece for @ObserverUK with contributions from the great @mariaressa + more
https://t.co/o0fPgFTeJR
@OwenJones84 Can't help but sending solidarity. I still don't quite know how (undiagnosed ADHD) me got hitched at all. Your guests will forgive a little chaos. Congrats. 💕
My fear is Labour are going to respond to the Reform surge in their seats by escalating anti-migrant bashing.
This is wrong in principle - but you can see what happened in Europe when “centrists” tried the same strategy.
Spoiler: it legitimised and fuelled the far right.
Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8
Completing the worlds longest form ahead of my wedding hair and makeup trial
The form included question about HIV.
I wrote this. Hope it won’t be awkward next Sunday…
@GeorgeHouseTrst@misterknight
POV: Just accepted voluntary redundancy but @gracepetrie gigs exist and friendly small cocktail bars. Can't say I'm not trying to live my best life. #BuildSomethingBetter
Do you remember when a few conservative so-and-so's were like 'by the year 2027 the pride flag will probably look like this, lol'?
And the queer community was like 'Ok😍'
@the_tweedy Understanding that what we share across the various forms of neurodivergence is often difficulties with different types of executive functioning. Understanding that a challenge for me is related to working memory, for example.
@stephenwhittle I feel you. Ours is also broken and been ghosted by person due to fix it just before everything stopped for Xmas. Heated blanket is amazing!! Hope it's fixed soon. 🥶
if you become a step-parent to a kid who already has two active and involved parents, consider taking on less of a “parenting” role and more of an “extra adult who loves me and I don’t need to worry about pleasing” role.