Added a new chapter to my Ealing Council takedown:

The Engagement Paradox - The Council Leader had perfected the art of simultaneous engagement. He could tweet about “absolutely committed to engaging, listening and compromising” while sharing photos of residents protesting his refusal to engage, listen, or compromise.

URGENT support to fund a legal challenge to Ealing Council’s decision to close 10 children’s centres.

“Do you condemn the IDF?”

Genocide expert:
“The argument that the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] is conducting a war in Gaza is simply cynical, there is no war in Gaza. What the IDF is doing in Gaza is demolishing it. Hundreds of buildings are being bulldozed every week. This is not a secret, but mainstream media coverage has been insufficient.”

Seeking bulldozer drivers to demolish Gaza: how a genocide is being outsourced | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
archive.ph/https://www.theguar

Had two really poor nights’ sleep. The heat doesn’t help. But I’ve got four big projects on the go and bearing fruit, so I’m overexcited.

Every song needs a pulse 📷. Every moment needs a heartbeat. Shimble’s rhythm keeping time with a generation’s hopes and fears, 1996.

The beat lives on: Re:Creation 🥁

A drummer is playing a drum set, wearing a T-shirt with a graphic design.

“Existential threat” Jeremy Corbyn is having British Jews arrested for opposing Israeli genocide of Palestinians.

Oh, wait, it’s not Corbyn, it’s human rights lawyer Keir Starmer.

Time to slope 📷 off from the party.

A person is climbing a rock next to a sign that prohibits rock climbing.

I haven’t been anywhere other than up and downstairs and in and out of the garden, but I’ve done over 5,400 steps.

I need a cold shower…

They’re now just pouring whole buckets of water over their heads.

Big kid’s birthday party is in full swing. Water bombs already, pizza due to arrive in five. Just time for a quick cuppa.

Big kid’s birthday party is in full swing. Water bombs already, pizza due to arrive in five. Just time for a quick cuppa.