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At long last, we’re launching in Leeds! Ever since I started The Mill, people have asked us to create a publication across the Pennines.
If 500 people pledge to become members, we’re going to hire two journalists and do it. Please share with Leeds friends.
leeds.ghost.io
If 500 people pledge to become members, we’re going to hire two journalists and do it. Please share with Leeds friends.
leeds.ghost.io
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
At long last, we’re launching in Leeds! Ever since I started The Mill, people have asked us to create a publication across the Pennines.
If 500 people pledge to become members, we’re going to hire two journalists and do it. Please share with Leeds friends.
leeds.ghost.io
If 500 people pledge to become members, we’re going to hire two journalists and do it. Please share with Leeds friends.
leeds.ghost.io
Seriously? @stellacreasy.bsky.social
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Seriously? @stellacreasy.bsky.social
I can’t stand Alan Shearer on the comms. Or Richards.
I wish the Beeb would bin them off.
I wish the Beeb would bin them off.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I can’t stand Alan Shearer on the comms. Or Richards.
I wish the Beeb would bin them off.
I wish the Beeb would bin them off.
A very good piece which I hope some people have read
I remain very sad Mark is no longer at @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
I remain very sad Mark is no longer at @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Did our feral political press pack call time on Starmer prematurely? Accusations are flying . markurban.substack.com/p/did-the-lo...
Did the Lobby Misread the Starmer Story?
Our political press can be an asset or liability
markurban.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM
A very good piece which I hope some people have read
I remain very sad Mark is no longer at @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
I remain very sad Mark is no longer at @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Brexshit for you..
'All over social media are ads pleading for help for a disabled husband, or an elderly mother coming out of hospital.'
It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer, writes Melanie Reid
https://bit.ly/3ZyUEjw
It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer, writes Melanie Reid
https://bit.ly/3ZyUEjw
It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer | The Observer
It’s no surprise that so many care jobs in Britain are going unfilled, when looking after pets pays more than looking after people
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Brexshit for you..
Peak Britain: They weigh the frothy coffee in Pret now before serving to make sure its the right amount of frothy
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Peak Britain: They weigh the frothy coffee in Pret now before serving to make sure its the right amount of frothy
Christ they really do have The Guardian on tap these two don’t they
February 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Christ they really do have The Guardian on tap these two don’t they
Yeah well this UK voter is not happy one bit that Starmer’s is the scalp that goes on this
Its pathetic and stupid
Its pathetic and stupid
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Yeah well this UK voter is not happy one bit that Starmer’s is the scalp that goes on this
Its pathetic and stupid
Its pathetic and stupid
MPs are about to debate Russian interference in Britain’s democracy.
We’ll be live on this thread with what matters 🧵
We’ll be live on this thread with what matters 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A right Raven town hall going on here at Seven Sisters. They keep chucking twigs at us on the platform, we are clearly not invited
February 8, 2026 at 11:05 AM
A right Raven town hall going on here at Seven Sisters. They keep chucking twigs at us on the platform, we are clearly not invited
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Well yes @barneyronay.bsky.social and fellow @theguardian.com football writers would know all about performative hypocracy
Guardiola can be both right to speak out and a performative hypocrite | Barney Ronay
Coach should not ‘stick to football’ when football strays into politics and death but his role as fluffer for his club’s autocratic owners cannot be ignored
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Well yes @barneyronay.bsky.social and fellow @theguardian.com football writers would know all about performative hypocracy
As my MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social I would like you to know these are exactly my thoughts.
I will be furious if Labour MPs remove him.
I will be furious if Labour MPs remove him.
Do I think Starmer was right in appointing Mandelson? No. Do I think the government should come crashing down to benefit people who have orchestrated Brexit and worked hand in glove with associates of Epstein like Steve Bannon? A RESOUNDING NO.
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 AM
As my MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social I would like you to know these are exactly my thoughts.
I will be furious if Labour MPs remove him.
I will be furious if Labour MPs remove him.
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During a dive last year in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, researchers documented a giant phantom jelly, a deep-sea species rarely seen since it was discovered a little over a century ago. “There was a mixture of excitement and disbelief,” said one marine biologist. trib.al/HfkWfp4
February 5, 2026 at 8:14 PM
During a dive last year in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, researchers documented a giant phantom jelly, a deep-sea species rarely seen since it was discovered a little over a century ago. “There was a mixture of excitement and disbelief,” said one marine biologist. trib.al/HfkWfp4
I mean, it’s not a “major blow” is it @theguardian.com if, as you write here, they have dominated all year without using said helmet?!
Team GB’s best chance of Winter Olympics gold dealt major blow after helmets ban
Great Britain’s best hopes of a gold medal at these Winter Olympics have suffered a significant blow after their aerodynamic helmets were banned for being the wrong shape
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I mean, it’s not a “major blow” is it @theguardian.com if, as you write here, they have dominated all year without using said helmet?!
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Ever since his childhood visits to Kensington Gardens, Paul Nash had been drawn to trees - they held a spiritual quality for him. The tranquillity in this work from 1911, is heightened by the inclusion of birds which he saw as an emblem of freedom.
January 31, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Ever since his childhood visits to Kensington Gardens, Paul Nash had been drawn to trees - they held a spiritual quality for him. The tranquillity in this work from 1911, is heightened by the inclusion of birds which he saw as an emblem of freedom.
What a picture.
NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26012...
Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans.
Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans.
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
What a picture.
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A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
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If Joseph Goebbels and a rectal polyp had a kid.
January 29, 2026 at 11:44 PM
If Joseph Goebbels and a rectal polyp had a kid.
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Remembering poet & Chingford resident Gerda Mayer (1927-2021) evacuated from Prague on a Kindertransport flight in 1939. Her father probably died in a Soviet labour camp. Her mother died in Auschwitz. Her poem Make Believe:
‘Say I were not sixty, say you weren’t near a hundred, say you were alive...
‘Say I were not sixty, say you weren’t near a hundred, say you were alive...
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Remembering poet & Chingford resident Gerda Mayer (1927-2021) evacuated from Prague on a Kindertransport flight in 1939. Her father probably died in a Soviet labour camp. Her mother died in Auschwitz. Her poem Make Believe:
‘Say I were not sixty, say you weren’t near a hundred, say you were alive...
‘Say I were not sixty, say you weren’t near a hundred, say you were alive...
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Odd to see use of the Parliament Acts described as “unconstitutional”, even “unprecedented”.
It’s not unconstitutional for the Lords to vote against a Bill. Nor is it unconstitutional for the Parliament Acts to be used to pass a Bill approved by the Commons alone.
That is actually the constitution
It’s not unconstitutional for the Lords to vote against a Bill. Nor is it unconstitutional for the Parliament Acts to be used to pass a Bill approved by the Commons alone.
That is actually the constitution
January 29, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Odd to see use of the Parliament Acts described as “unconstitutional”, even “unprecedented”.
It’s not unconstitutional for the Lords to vote against a Bill. Nor is it unconstitutional for the Parliament Acts to be used to pass a Bill approved by the Commons alone.
That is actually the constitution
It’s not unconstitutional for the Lords to vote against a Bill. Nor is it unconstitutional for the Parliament Acts to be used to pass a Bill approved by the Commons alone.
That is actually the constitution
I love Kestrels. My absolute favourite birdie, especially Lady Kestrels.
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 AM
I love Kestrels. My absolute favourite birdie, especially Lady Kestrels.