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This was a city centre motorway just over ten years ago

We know it’s a joke, @theobserveruk.bsky.social, but we respectfully ask you to get that word far away from Bezos…

Today we are revealing our endpapers for Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson, the 5th book in The Malazan Book of the Fallen series ⚔️ Front Endpaper by Peng Lu Back Endpaper by @vargasni.com We’ll be back with another art reveal next Thursday 💚

Is this you? 😍

Jezus Spanje, een beetje minder regen alsjeblieft.

We are thrilled to be producing a special edition of Birth of a Dynasty by Chinaza Bado in association with Harper Voyager UK 🎉

So the GOP is saying Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid is too expensive and has got to go. Wonder how we could fix that ?

Bluesky is dying?! Really? Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X. www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...

Jesus Christ this graph. Total and utter political failure.

Waar in Nederland komt overgewicht het vaakst voor? Het Trimbos Instituut en RIVM hebben deze gegevens op buurtniveau onderzocht. En deze data heb ik op een kaart geknald.

“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand

We moeten meer uitgeven om veilig te blijven, maar dat mag niet ten koste gaan van onze verzorgingsstaat. Daarvoor kunnen we geld lenen en een eerlijke bijdrage vragen van de sterkste schouders. #debat #NAVO Ons plan voor een veiliger Nederland: groenlinkspvda.nl/ons-plan-voo...

Take a look at this indie edition of Brigands & Breadknives - coming out in November. It's signed, has a lovely sprayed edge and some glorious endpapers! bertsbooks.co.uk/product/brig...

Bird.

There are two choices. The rich get even richer, or the world gets better. We have been doing the first one for 50+ years. It is time to do the 2nd one.

it’s time to replace all doctors with ai

Only just saw today’s Telegraaf - a sort of Dutch Daily Mail, usually devoted to the anti-immigration hard right. Totally brutal for Wilders - “FAILED… RIGHTWING VOTERS LEFT DESTITUTE”. The article says he’s a quitter and a failure. It’s like Fox News ripping Trump a new one.

See The Likeness?

A fitting end to the Wilders era: Immediately after the government quits, an official auditor finds its new border controls have had very little effect

An actual news story today What a time to be alive

Time to post it again.

Cycling in Leiden city centre

For Wilhelmien? (spelling) @nicolevde.bsky.social

New Rathergood Chat podcast! Ep 63: BAGS - Use them to carry the trinkets that shield your soul from the awful horror of your existence! Fill your bag with purchased items! They matter! Your life has meaning! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/6...

We are absolutely thrilled to reveal that we will be producing a special edition of Katabasis by @rfkuang.bsky.social 😍🔥

We hebben weer een prachtbier aan onze tap toe kunnen voegen: #Kasteelbier Tropical. Het is een sterk fruitbier met a taste of paradise. Wees welkom 🍻🐄 #cafedebontekoeleiden

Weghorst spoort echt niet. #ajax

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social congratulations Wimbledon, even at the expense of Notts. :(.

Wait, I can’t read what it—oh. I get it now.

Americans: I need a big car for when I take my pets to the vet Dutch:

Eurovision én Eredivisie, ik ben te oud voor dit soort weken.

Sounds like a plan

Not much to be said that hasn't already, but Labour's immigration policy/strategy is the wrong way around. Better to quietly deliver a fair/controlled system (to later point to numbers that were falling anyway) and lowered temperature/salience of the issue - so have a strong rebuttal at next GE.

@thebrokenbinding.bsky.social Just finished Project Hail Mary from Andy Weir and wow... What a read. Favourite book of the year thus far.

British politics: The Speaker accepts gift of three Christmas puddings from Priti Patel. ‘This corruption of standards in public life will not stand!’ American politics: Donald Trump accepts luxury jet from Qatar. ‘…’