Gorton! (The typeface. See aresluna.org/the-hardest-...)

AI trying to imitate this

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

Your annual energy bill is set to rise by £332. Gas price volatility feeds directly into higher electricity bills. The Government has the tools to protect households — to break the link between gas prices & your bills — our new briefing explains how. 👇 www.common-wealth.org/publications...

The smiley space fairy is here to make everything better 💚🩷

Funny is back. BE FUNNY OR DIE will rise again. E-book and audiobook available now… New paperback edition next year.

The climate movement is mobilising to resist the far right ✊ March with us and other climate justice groups on the @togetheralliance.bsky.social demonstration on Saturday 28 March 👇 climatejustice.uk/together-all...

Petrol Prices Are Surging – Here Are 10 Proven Fuel-Saving Hacks That Work car-hacks.co.uk/2026/03/10/p...

As the right wing press praises Tony Blair for his "rebuke" of Keir Starmer for not supporting Donald Trump's war on Iran ("We should have backed America from the very beginning."), time to re-up @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation into the Tony Blair Institute (mini 🧵)

@djdebgrant.bsky.social Apache break is the GOAT break 🤠 #6music

Keep not watching GB News guys... it's lost £131.5m to date but I'm sure it can do a lot worse than that.

Today at 1pm (UK) I am back on NTS Radio for two hours of ace music, incl a bunch of exclusives. Tune in, turn on, drop off. Don’t assume. www.nts.live

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

The best thing you’ll read today

The reaction from our volunteers in Manchester! 💚 It is time to join our movement of hope 👉 join.greenparty.org.uk/

Let's circulate this picture of an utter scumbag who was threatening Women against genocide today outside JP Morgan in Glasgow city centre. #FreePalestine #GlasgowAgainstFacists 👇

BBC complaint of the day: One week before a crucial by-election that Greens are favourites to win, Question Time has on a Tory, a Reform MP who was also a Tory until recently, a Labour MP and 'centrist' journalist Jon Sopel. My complaint follows. Get yours in now? www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

The editor’s eye: when something is ‘fine’ but still wrong In publishing, 'fine' can be a dangerous word. Writing can be grammatically correct, well structured and perfectly readable – and still fall short. In the age of AI, the editor's instinct matters more than ever: to question claims, test…

Just going to leave this here

I’ve tried liking this post 200000 times but your button’s broke

Who knew that Man Utd had room to become even more hated?

Direct mentions in the Epstein Files... Starmer 0 Farage 18 Mandelson 10 Person getting all the hate Starmer. Shows me journalists care more about narrative and sales than victims...

How do you avoid potholes damaging your car during February's annual potholageddon? Follow The Rule of Dibley. car-hacks.co.uk/2026/02/05/p...

This is why we need local journalism. Great work from the Mill. People across the constituency thought they were getting a letter from a concerned pensioner, they didn’t know she was working for Reform manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...

How do you avoid potholes damaging your car during February's annual potholageddon? Follow The Rule of Dibley. car-hacks.co.uk/2026/02/05/p...

Tune in - your brain will thank you for it

This lunchtime, 1pm UK, I’m back on NTS for two hours of good times

The Railways Bill is making its way through Parliament. But it’s missing 4 vital ingredients that would make it truly work for passengers, not private profiteers: 1 Bring Rolling Stock into public ownership 2 Lower fares 3 Re-opening closed lines 4 Listen to passengers and give them a voice. 1/2

AI is everywhere in content writing now. As a former sub-editor, what worries me isn’t the tech, but the sameness it creates. Speed is useful, but judgement still matters. I’ve written about how to use AI without losing clarity, responsibility, or your voice.

“Pranking” in @duolingoverde.bsky.social can get right in the sea. A most unpleasant addition.

Do I actually need SEO or is it the wrong solution? SEO has a funny reputation. Most people I speak to don't know what it is. The next-most know it's important: they've heard they should be 'doing something with SEO', but they're not always sure whether it's the right thing for their business or…

The best episode yet. Like @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social, I wasn’t a fan of Evans but there’s no doubting TFIF’s cultural significance. And as an aside I think these pods are ✨best✨ when MS gets into the weeds of the culture around a subject rather than the subject itself, her insights are gold 🤩

And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.

Why we won't be using X anymore ⬇️

Just off the phone from Admiral Insurance to REMOVE a car from my policy - got quoted a HIGHER price. Utter scam artists.

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

Google’s ‘Read more…’ SERP feature: what it reveals about snippets, intent, and clicks The new 'Read more…' SERP feature exposes which words Google chooses to speak for your brand. By showing the exact snippet source, it highlights a shift away from page-level optimisation towards passage…

Listen again to yesterday’s show on NTS Radio via the wonders of @mixcloud.bsky.social: www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/low...

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Watching The Snowman on Channel 4 with my boys and enjoying the Snowman’s tribute to Mani #rip

Things you wish you’d never found out about Big Suze from Peep Show ahead of the Great Christmas Bake-Off 😔

Noooooooo! Had some great times in the Lampie. Truly sad news.

“It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead!”

Was at a funeral earlier where a @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social poem was read: “I sometimes fear that people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress”.

I love Dante Polvara, and he cannot be allowed to leave Aberdeen.

In most modern democracies, the rise of new parties is seen as something natural and parliaments represent the public in all its diversity. But our weird voting system can't handle more than two options. People have moved on from the two-party era. Our voting system must follow.