Our newest little darling: Luna, born 22 March 2024. A little sister for Alba, a new daughter for Lucia and Ben, a new granddaughter for Catherine, Luz, Lorenzo and me. I can’t wait to meet her.

Surfers Against Sewage are about to meet with the government to discuss the sewage pollution scandal. Sign the petition to show just how many of us demand change. Over 270k have signed - now let's get this to a number Starmer can't ignore. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

Check out this article that me and Alfred Archer wrote on political apologies! psyche.co/ideas/good-apologi…

Larry the Cat has been locked out of his Twitter account for 3 weeks, do you think Larry the Cat's Twitter account must be unlocked immediately?🤔 Repost after voting please.

Did you see this headline? Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you? Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his fault🤷‍♀️ Would you like to know the reality behind the headline? Course you would!😜 Let's take a look 🧵 1/25

Oh wow this has been shared over 1000 times! 😮

The BBC just released a new adaptation of Lord of the Flies, the classic novel by William Golding. It's beautifully made, but it's still telling the wrong story. A few years ago, I went looking for the *real* Lord of the Flies. I wanted to know: has it ever actually happened? Have kids ever been shipwrecked on a deserted island? It took me a year of research, but I found it. In 1965, six boys from a boarding school in Tonga stole a boat, got caught in a storm, and drifted for eight days without food or water. They washed up on 'Ata, a remote, uninhabited island in the Pacific. They stayed there for 15 months, and what happened on that island was the exact opposite of William Golding's novel. These boys set up a small commune. They built a food garden, stored rainwater in hollowed-out tree trunks, created a gym with improvised weights, and built a badminton court. One of them, Stephen (who would later become an engineer) managed to start a fire using two sticks. They kept it burning the entire time. Of course they fought too. But then they argued, they had a rule: go to opposite ends of the island, cool down, then come back and apologize. As one of them told me: ‘That's how we stayed friends.’ Back home, everyone assumed that the boys – Luke, Stephen, Sione, David, Kolo and Mano — were dead. When they were finally discovered by an Australian captain named Peter Warner, he radioed their names to Tonga. After twenty minutes, a tearful response came back: ‘You found them! These boys have been given up for dead. Funerals have been held. If it's them, this is a miracle!’ Peter commissioned a new ship, hired all six boys as his crew, and named the boat the Ata, after the island where he found them. They remained friends for the rest of their lives – Peter and Mano even became soulmates. I tracked them down, and it became one of the central chapters of my book Humankind. Here's what struck me most: William Golding (the author of Lord of the Flies) was a troubled man, an alcoholic who once said ‘I have always understood the Nazis, because I am of that sort by nature.’ I think he was projecting his own darkness onto children. And we turned it into a lesson about human nature that we teach to millions of kids around the world. I think the real lesson is the opposite. When real children found themselves alone on a real island, they didn't descend into savagery. They cooperated, they took care of each other, they survived. I'm not saying that the Tongan castaways were representative of all kids everywhere. But I am saying that every kid who has to read or watch the fictional Lord of the Flies also deserves to know what actually happened when it played out in real life. Stories are never just stories. We become the stories that we tell ourselves.

Remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from royal succession - Sign the Petition! c.org/TzmSPMwcvb via @UKChange

A must watch. This video is over 30 years old.

Stellan Skarsgård reflects on his worldview : "My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: 'Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.' It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it" "In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people" (via @vulture)

Six months ago, former Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered by a right-wing extremist. RETWEET to honor her life of service 💙

Group performs Beethoven’s symphony No.5 a cappella [🎼 HotPlaysMusic]

👑 Prince Harry strolls onto Colbert, jokes about starring in a “Gingerbread Prince” Christmas movie… then lands this jab at Trump: “You Americans are obsessed with Christmas movies and you’re clearly obsessed with royalty.” Colbert: “I wouldn’t say we’re obsessed with royalty.” Harry: “Really? I heard you elected a king.” Only in Brexit Britain: We dumped a real monarchy for sovereignty… …then got tied to Trump’s monarchy instead. You couldn’t make it up. 🎄👑🇺🇸 #NoKings #BrexitReality

‘Get a Dog They Said’ Michele Ashby in Pastels Another wonderful entry for the British Art Prize. The rain drops on the glasses and the pleats in the hood with the wisps of hair!

The petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is at 105.3k. I think it should get a lot more signatures. If you agree please repost, and share the petition as often and as far and wide as possible. petition.parliament.uk/petit…

I find it astounding that this is not in its millions. Everyone who shouted for the unredacted Russia Report to be published should be behind this. Everyone who worries about Russian interference should be signing. petition.parliament.uk/petit…

Sign this. Or learn Russian.

Give this a little click and make Reform sweat…

In moments of anger, we often feel certain that our position is right, both morally and factually. | iai.tv/articles/anger-is-not… But philosopher Benjamin Matheson examines how anger can both reveal and obscure moral reality.

Science opens a quiet door. Gene-edited donor beta cells survived without immunosuppression. Maybe the future is not far, maybe it is already knocking. @NEJM

It’s the same song since the Agricultural Revolution and then the Industrial Revolution and so on right up to the present. However, each time it needed a redistribution of wealth and making liveable all jobs, especially those upon whom the biggest burden falls, like cleaners…