NEW: Trump says he will compromise with Democrats on abortion so that they’re nice to him: “Both sides are going to like me.”

Then he says it’s “a terrible thing” babies with heartbeats are protected in Iowa, Florida, and South Carolina.@RonDeSantis will NEVER sell out… pic.twitter.com/8c5zpGhVjW

— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) September 17, 2023

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: In her first full interview, a woman who alleges that the comedian raped her tells The Times why she is making these claims now https://t.co/nko6imKBV2

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) September 17, 2023

Oh dear!

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, we give thanks for Pope Francis' service and guidance over the past decade.

We would love to hear your favourite memories of Pope Francis over the past 10 years in our comments. pic.twitter.com/3e3vkvepgv

— Archdiocese of Liverpool (@lpoolcatholic) March 13, 2023

If they didn't put this up as a joke, one can only assume the comments weren't quite what they were hoping for.

Starting again (again, again!)

My problems with "Big Tech" are of course inconsequentially marginal compared with those of current American politics. (See Niall Ferguson in The Spectator for a reasonably balanced albeit somewhat narcissistic overview of the issues.) They're also on quite a different level.

Suffice it to say though that Tumblr did decide that despite my ongoing efforts to avoid posting anything pornographic my "instant blogging" version of The Man on the Grassy Knoll was getting a bit too cheeky. (For anyone who's curious, the sorts of things that got flagged when I tried to post them are here, here, here, and here - though arguably this one was fair enough.*) So I've taken the decision (as of a couple of days after Easter) to start over with a "clean" clean slate.

(Bear in mind of course that even at their worst Google are still nowhere near so jumpy as Tumblr, so maybe watch this space...)