White Sun of the Desert

There have been a few articles like this doing the rounds: What It’s Like to Isolate With Your Girlfriend and Her Other Boyfriend Humiliating and degrading, I expect. “They have a two-bedroom...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10232/

I suppose I’d better write a post, hadn’t I? First of all, this lockdown doesn’t really bother me, aside from the fact I can’t get to a gym. I’ve spent plenty of time sitting in flats i...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10229/

I’ve written before about how the general uselessness of the British police has led to vigilantes and private companies filling the void. Now via William of Ockham, this story: A private police...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10224/

Some time back I put up a post linking to my Patreon page and begging my readers for money. A few of you were kind enough to donate, and for that I am truly appreciative, especially as I didn’t...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10219/

This poem seems appropriate today. I first saw it posted on the noticeboard outside the office of this great man, and it had a lasting impact on me. Never believe the worst of a man When once you...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10216/

I guess I owe everyone an explanation of some sort, don’t I? As you remember, I came back to the UK in September and started a new job on a Monday. On the Wednesday I was called into an office ...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10208/

Heh: Rugby Australia (RA) says it “did not back down” by reaching a financial settlement with player Israel Folau after he was sacked for making homophobic comments. The ex-Wallabies star sue...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10204/

From The Daily Mail: A polyamorous woman has fallen pregnant by one of her four partners after they went away together – but says they will raise the baby as a ‘family’. Tory Ojeda, 20, fro...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10200/

Now there’s a surprise: Sales of “bags for life” rose to 1.5bn last year as the amount of plastic used by supermarkets increased to 900,000 tonnes, Greenpeace research has found. … Many s...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10194/

Remember my post about the two lesbians being attacked on the upper deck of a London bus? So here’s what I think happened. These two women are political activists, steeped in third-wave feminis...

https://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/10192/