The richest individual on Earth should not own the keys to the largest disinformation machine on the planet. It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mildly curious to hear The Police had reformed with a half decent tune but it turned out to be Turnstile all along - uncanny sonic resemblance.

What a great role model of civic leadership this guy is....

“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK" The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"

Every night, after smarming, smiling & bullshitting like this for 10 hours straight, Hassett goes home, closes the door quietly behind him, pours out a stiff one, and then leans against the wall sobbing bitter wretched tears until he drops to the floor & into a ball. That's how I see it in the film.

Well done to Skye Newman winning the BBC Sound of 2026; unquestionable talent if a slightly safe, predictable choice. I would have given this band the honour: The Pill. A lovely chaotic riot of punk metal lols. Check out 'Woman Driver'. It's a hoot, but it rocks like something else, too.

Dark Triad: The disturbing personality traits on the British Right open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Chucking these around the street will be fun...

I remember that fondly & my Mum warning me off seeing the Quo at Deeside Leisure Centre for fear of me returning with brain damage. The Express was obsessed with headbanging. Anyway, great gig, I survived. I nearly choked on patchouli fumes a week later at Whitesnake in Preston Guild Hall, though..

'What is so special about librarys?' #yougettolearntospelllibraries

Always bookshops and libraries.

AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.

Will there ever be a point in time when Trump and Vance will state the basic, simple and obvious truth that the obstacle to peace in Europe is Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine is not equally to blame for the war starting and continuing? Why do they continue to lie about that?

This case really is as good an example of a black and white moral test for news organisations as you’ll get, and many of them are failing it. You cannot both-sides a factually unequivocal event unless you use ‘a lie’ as one of those sides.

Live your life in such a way that Fox won't have anything good to say about you

Galileo died #OnThisDay 1642. He was convicted of heresy for holding the belief that the Earth revolved around the Sun, and lived the last decade of his life under house arrest until dying in 1642. 'And yet it moves,' he purportedly said after the Roman Inquisition forced him to recant his claims.

Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.

Quite. The polar opposite of fearless reporting. Era-defining events warrant direct, lucid, clear-eyed journalism and this isn't it.

Trump's illegal intervention is Venezuelia is largely par for the course. The US has never shown much respect for Latin American sovereignty or self-determination. The difference now is that it doesn't respect anyone else's either inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

'the bloodlessness of the prime minister’s language' Perfectly put. No one expects Martin Luther King when the PM smacks his gums together but one could at least hope for some live, active language that drives the nation's expectations forward. Starmer's words fall out of his mouth like dead weights

At least Herbert Lom in the Pink Panther films was entertaining...

Joint statement on Greenland.

I only had two rolls of film, as that was all I could afford, so I had to make every frame count…” Kevin Cummins on his iconic Joy Division bridge shoot. Published OTD in the NME January 6 1979 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

How Dry January is shaping up so far in Castle Douglas, Galloway.

He is starting wars between naps, ffs, and still nobody will say "the Emperor is naked".

Haha. Absolutely brilliant.

If you haven't done so already, do treat yourself to a few hours with Cerys Matthews on 6Music on Sunday mornings - just good records all played in the right order. With added Bowie this morning for extra bliss.

I don't know why, but I get a strange warm comfort from these otherwise quite mundane posts from people telling us their library books are ready for collection - what simple beauty lies therein.

If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.

look, I may not agree with every decision our president makes, but he is our commander in chief and I will defend to the death his right to be impeached, removed from office, arrested, stripped of his wealth, tried for his crimes and thrown straight the fuck into prison

The rest of the world:' Pete, fuck off'.

Trump sounds like he's about to keel over in this broadcast on Radio 4 right now....

Jan 1. Jan 3.

There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.

Agree with Claire.

Drove down from Scotland for my beloved Preston North End yesterday through roads of Reform posters & English flags only to sit amongst Indian & Pakistani families sharing well-wishing New Year's handshakes with those around them. Almost like we all actually get on perfectly well in the real world.

Your New Year resolution sorted.

I learned from my mate Paul today that Eve Marie Saint is still with us ... aged 101 and that's a bit of #goodnews so here's Lloyd Cole youtu.be/gSc46sEZdl4?...

If my Apple Watch is going to make judgements like ' Your move ring didn't quite make it yesterday' I might just take it off for the remainder of the holiday...

Bravo. To no one's surprise, artists turn out to have more integrity than most when faced with audience with Trump...

This new Man / Woman/ Chainsaw tune is pop gold - addictive hooks on 6Music right now. Chuffed we had them for Get It Loud In Libraries in Kendal Library earlier this year....

Definitely some truth in this. Starmer, for all his well-meaning, square-jawed, 'boring is good' 'quietly does it' intentions just isn't the kind of leader many people feel they can get along with, and the polls illustrate that.

Top Adrian Chiles Columns of 2025: I’ve given up wild swimming. So why does my Volvo smell like mince? Should I tell the postman he has halitosis? My first wife wouldn’t let me wear shorts. I buried my father with my bare hands. It’s time we stopped talking about glamping. 1/3

I know @iandunt.bsky.social has posted about this disruption to 6 Music listeners' otherwise happy cultural equilibrium before - the BBC news clips are like nails scraping on a blackboard and as welcome as the ads flogging cars and funerals on commercial radio.

'Complex' as in this is real and actually happening...

Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was a Russian asset, what would he be doing differently? If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this: If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?

Is this an AI special on #r4today ? Feel like I'm missing something...

Excellent, forward - looking article from @marthagill.bsky.social advocating for the power of libraries. Personally I think £22million is peanuts to introduce a national library card that could futureproof the levels of literacy & all the inherent life changing benefits, for the next generation.

This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.