I appear to be on the FT naughty step for using the word twat in a comment (in my defence it was prefixed with slight…)
February 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I appear to be on the FT naughty step for using the word twat in a comment (in my defence it was prefixed with slight…)
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Mor*gone* McSweeney more like 😎
February 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Mor*gone* McSweeney more like 😎
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It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity
Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We cannot allow this to even be a question.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nowhere in #Gaza is safe. Not even inside a health facility.
Doctors Without Borders reiterates our call for all parties to protect medical facilities and ensure medical staff and patients do not come under fire.
Doctors Without Borders reiterates our call for all parties to protect medical facilities and ensure medical staff and patients do not come under fire.
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Nowhere in #Gaza is safe. Not even inside a health facility.
Doctors Without Borders reiterates our call for all parties to protect medical facilities and ensure medical staff and patients do not come under fire.
Doctors Without Borders reiterates our call for all parties to protect medical facilities and ensure medical staff and patients do not come under fire.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Eh, maybe stop treating the May-Johnson redlines as a bloody hadith
The EU and U.K. must overcome historic gripes and "reset" their relationship to be able to work together in an increasingly uncertain world, the bloc's top parliamentarian said.
EU parliament chief calls for ‘exorcism’ of ghosts in UK ties
The “ghosts of the past” cannot be allowed to derail future cooperation, said Roberta Metsola.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Eh, maybe stop treating the May-Johnson redlines as a bloody hadith
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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Minnesota Burning (2026) - Reboot of the Gene Hackman-Willem Dafoe classic, with the twist that this time the local sheriff is the hero, and the federal agents are the racist thugs.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Minnesota Burning (2026) - Reboot of the Gene Hackman-Willem Dafoe classic, with the twist that this time the local sheriff is the hero, and the federal agents are the racist thugs.
Do Bounty Chocolate Bars still exist, or do they only exist in tubs of Celebrations, giving existential conundrums of just where the balance of the fag end of the Christmas chocolate vs No Chocolate sits?
January 31, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Do Bounty Chocolate Bars still exist, or do they only exist in tubs of Celebrations, giving existential conundrums of just where the balance of the fag end of the Christmas chocolate vs No Chocolate sits?
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Elon Musk first entered my consciousness in 2018 when he called Vern Unsworth, the Thai cave rescuer, a ‘pedo’. Apart from being offensive and untrue, it also seemed wildly gratuitous and incongruent at the time. Well now I know why he had ‘pedos’ on his mind.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
Elon Musk emailed Jeffrey Epstein asking 'when will wildest party' on island be
Elon Musk appeared to message Jeffrey Epstein about visiting his island for a party in 2012, several years after the billionaire was convicted on child sex offences
www.mirror.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Elon Musk first entered my consciousness in 2018 when he called Vern Unsworth, the Thai cave rescuer, a ‘pedo’. Apart from being offensive and untrue, it also seemed wildly gratuitous and incongruent at the time. Well now I know why he had ‘pedos’ on his mind.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
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For God's sake, it's bad enough kicking us when we're down, you doesn't have to laugh at us as well. How on Earth are we supposed to do 'world leading' work under these circumstances. I'm downing tools for the week, this is all a load of 💩
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u...
Three UK research councils suspend funding opportunities
Temporary block on grant applications by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
For God's sake, it's bad enough kicking us when we're down, you doesn't have to laugh at us as well. How on Earth are we supposed to do 'world leading' work under these circumstances. I'm downing tools for the week, this is all a load of 💩
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u...
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The VERY MEAN AND NASTY Jesus Christ flipped over a bunch of tables in the temple and assaulted our fine money changers with a whip! HE WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS. Jesus is a well-known leftist who has NO RESPECT for the businesses that make our houses of worship great!
January 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The VERY MEAN AND NASTY Jesus Christ flipped over a bunch of tables in the temple and assaulted our fine money changers with a whip! HE WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS. Jesus is a well-known leftist who has NO RESPECT for the businesses that make our houses of worship great!
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H/t @samfr.bsky.social for this one
“It's going to be hard to top "if this was shown on a plane people would walk out".”
“It's going to be hard to top "if this was shown on a plane people would walk out".”
Good luck to all the film critics competing today to write the most hilariously savage review of Melania. May the best person go viral
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
H/t @samfr.bsky.social for this one
“It's going to be hard to top "if this was shown on a plane people would walk out".”
“It's going to be hard to top "if this was shown on a plane people would walk out".”
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I'm trying a new "see how well AI image gen is" test. This time I'm going to ask it to draw a map of the world, and then zoom in to Europe, the UK, Yorkshire and York to see when things start to get hazy.
All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I'm trying a new "see how well AI image gen is" test. This time I'm going to ask it to draw a map of the world, and then zoom in to Europe, the UK, Yorkshire and York to see when things start to get hazy.
All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Here is a temperature map (in celsius) of the USA today, during what is being called the "Big Freeze". Ukraine was colder than this basically every day from Jan 5-23. And thanks to the USA helping Putin, the country was starved of heat and power.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Here is a temperature map (in celsius) of the USA today, during what is being called the "Big Freeze". Ukraine was colder than this basically every day from Jan 5-23. And thanks to the USA helping Putin, the country was starved of heat and power.
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People have no idea what is actually happening on immigration. If you did I have no idea how you'd be putting it ahead of issues like the NHS and Defence.
YouGov most important issues tracker, 24-26 January 2026
Economy: 54% (+1 from 17-19 Jan)
Immigration: 52% (+2)
Health: 31% (-2)
Defence: 26% (+1)
Crime: 18% (=)
Housing: 18% (+1)
Environment: 16% (+1)
Tax: 15% (-2)
Welfare: 14% (-2)
Europe: 13% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Economy: 54% (+1 from 17-19 Jan)
Immigration: 52% (+2)
Health: 31% (-2)
Defence: 26% (+1)
Crime: 18% (=)
Housing: 18% (+1)
Environment: 16% (+1)
Tax: 15% (-2)
Welfare: 14% (-2)
Europe: 13% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
January 27, 2026 at 11:11 AM
People have no idea what is actually happening on immigration. If you did I have no idea how you'd be putting it ahead of issues like the NHS and Defence.
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MN > ICE
![01/26/2026 15:27:26[TWT]
Priscilla Alvarez
@priscialva
BREAKING: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his
agents are expected to leave Minneapolis and return to their respective
sectors, sources tell me, @KristenhCNN + @kaitlancollins.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
MN > ICE
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Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
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Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.”
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.”
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
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2026 may be the start of a new era when deaths outnumber births in the UK
This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting.
Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️
This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting.
Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
2026 may be the start of a new era when deaths outnumber births in the UK
This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting.
Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️
This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting.
Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️
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#AngryFactCheck Fifteen-minute cities aren’t Stalinist, aren’t sinister, and are most certainly not an attempt by the WEP to control and monitor our behaviour, you barrow-full of bellends. This is mainstreaming half-baked conspiracy theories, and I’m sick of patiently explaining this to people.
January 25, 2026 at 7:29 PM
#AngryFactCheck Fifteen-minute cities aren’t Stalinist, aren’t sinister, and are most certainly not an attempt by the WEP to control and monitor our behaviour, you barrow-full of bellends. This is mainstreaming half-baked conspiracy theories, and I’m sick of patiently explaining this to people.
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Freelance journalist @theiachatelle.bsky.social took this photo of the man “from the other side”:
January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Freelance journalist @theiachatelle.bsky.social took this photo of the man “from the other side”: