\n\n“Sally Rooney is a great writer, and I’m sorry if there won’t be as much access for people to her books, but government’s first responsibility is to the security of the country.” — Education minister, Jacqui Smith
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Imagine saying that and thinking anyone could take you seriously again.
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\nThe ways to deal with climate change have long been known and available but require change humanity has no interest in doing.
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\nWhat year is this person writing from?
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\nmustafa-suleyman.ai/a-warning…
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\nSave Wikipedia, or this kind of history is going to be among the first down the memory hole.
\n![\"Edith](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fedith-garrud-and-a-policeman.jpg\")
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\n![\"Book](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F8f876c9a3d.jpg\")
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\n![Found meme:&10;\"Treat your body like a data centre. Consume as much water and literature as possible. Upset local city councils with your existence.\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F275a4910b7.jpg\")
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\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F25abe03d5f.jpg\")
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\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fcount-binface.png\")
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\n
— Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay, in Global Boiling
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\n![\"Anson](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fanson-mount-best-captain.jpg\")
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\n![\"An](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fwh-playpen-ai-slop.jpg\")
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\n![\"NO](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fandrewfordlyons.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F4f1d71a1be.jpg\")
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\nJ. G. BALLARD: “Actually, there’s no secret. One simply pulls the cork out of the bottle, waits three minutes, and two thousand or more years of Scottish craftsmanship does the rest.”
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/29/interviewer-so-how-do-you.html","date_published":"2026-05-29T22:44:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 22:44","date_timestamp":1780094645,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116660283046278201","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usidppasjec2ycf6na3ipzfy/post/3mmzmepupmk2s"]}},{"id":"91169812","content_html":"The Trump Administration is rebuilding the federal government and removing the agencies.
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/05/29/the-trump-administration-is-rebuilding.html","date_published":"2026-05-29T19:38:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Yours Truly","url":"http://andrewfordlyons.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F39%2F1828167.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"yourstruly"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 19:38","date_timestamp":1780083537,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@aiefel/116659555482109232","https://www.threads.com/@andrewfordlyons/post/DY70Kqij9wZ"]}},{"id":"89961326","content_html":"The National Design Studio says its job is to redesign how Americans experience their government but I think the job that they’re actually redesigning is how the government experiences its citizens. — The Drey Dossier
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\"Internationalism Is Not a Luxury, but a Survival Mechanism\"
\nSuperb interview with Syrian author Leila al-Shami and Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kyselov on the vestigial Eurocentrism and American exceptionalism of the Western “anti-imperialist” Left in an increasingly multipolar world.
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