Given the Republican attack on Tim Walz’s ‘stolen valour’, can we have a response that attacks Vance’s Hillbilly ‘stolen squalor’. JD Vance Tim Walz

A review of David Stubbs, Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen? Why do people flock to see abstract art but run screaming from ‘abstract music’? bit.ly/3ZlEqvp #art #Zappa

Fox News carries part of Tim Walz's speech to a firefighters union in Boston where he attacks Trump and highlights the dangers of Project 2025

Endnotes 1-5 (pdfs) Endnotes 1 (2008): files.libcom.org/files/Endnotes… Endnotes 2 (2010): files.libcom.org/files/Endnotes… Endnotes 3 (2013): files.libcom.org/files/Endnotes… Endnotes 4 (2015): files.libcom.org/files/Endnotes… Endnotes 5 (2019): files.libcom.org/files/2022-08/…

Important point that the ancient ideal of ‘cosmopolitan’ didn’t literally mean being a citizen of everywhere (as it is interpreted in a globalised world) but rather belonging to the conceptual, universal order of divine reason or Logos

We are bereft: Steve Silberman has died. He was our dear friend, and a tireless and enthusiastic ally to our entire community. His book NeuroTribes enlightened, empowered, & educated millions about autism and autistic people. May his memory be a blessing. thesunmagazine.org/articles/24905…

After Elon complied with several moderation requests from right wing governments, he refused to comply the left wing government of Brazil, and now they’re shutting him down and he’s throwing a tantrum.

Look no further! For Children copy A Library of Congress is Blake Archive's latest publication: blakearchive.org/staticpage/upd…

'The Reunion of Body and Soul' by William Blake, 1813. #williamblake #painting

"Love God, and love thy neighbor." @JamesTalarico on Jesus' commandments. "My faith in Jesus leads me to reject Christian nationalism... and commit myself to the project of a multi-racial, multicultural democracy where we can all freely love God and our neighbors."

In response to the appeal from their union, we've raised over £11k for rescue workers in Donetsk. We're seeking to raise the same again. UK TUC Congress, where we will be collecting, starts Sunday. Help us get to at least £500 by then! #StandWithUkraine crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-resc…

friend: “Where were the media when the winter fuel allowance criteria was changed to deny most disabled people the payment, and the Tories stole your departed spouse’s pension? Winter fuel allowance is a big story, but only if there's a Labour government.” #winterfuelpayment

Elon Musk’s Starlink agrees to block Elon Musk’s X in Brazil (Real business interest vs free speech pose) ft.com/content/8789d9…

running scared bbc.com/news/articles/…

bit.ly/4gKASsO At an event earlier this year marking Ginsberg's 1960's visits to London, I noticed the inscriptions, dedications and doodles he left in Barry Miles's copies of his works. Here they are.