At Picturehouse Central to ser Odyssey (not that one) but it seems Dragonfly is a big deal, lots of celebs here for it.

Stunning story by @jesspish.bsky.social: He became the most famous sheriff in the U.S. after his hunt for his wife's "real killers" inspired a $60 million 1973 blockbuster ($430 million in today dollars). It was all a lie and his hometown can't deal. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Now, this is going to be *superb*. Includes "Beat City", a look at Liverpool in the aftermath of the Beatles, in which he somehow contrives to give the impression he's above it all but also loves every second.

must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Remake "Weird Science" and turn up the creepy incel angle. Also star Robert Downey Jr since he was in the original.

I love that British people call clueless people a 'donut'. how many other pastry based insults are there (in English or any other language)?

Oh come on, who doesn't owe £39m in unpaid tax nowadays? Ridiculous story.

Well at least Starmer's got a grip on inflation.

How glib and superficial and frankly ignorant can you be to dismiss this. How dare you suggest that France and Germany being close allies and friends is a small or even (in the words of many British colleagues) “weird“ and dispensable achievement. I have had enough of it.

Bahahahahahaha

#OTD in 1942 anti-tank rifleman private Kondratenko pulled off a unique stunt on the battlefield. He managed to climb into an abandoned German tank under fire and drive it off the battlefield, earning the Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class. #tanks #history #ww2 #WWII

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

Looking for a couple of freelance proofreaders for a project I'm involved in. Anyone got recommendations (you can recommend yourself)?

I notice the new video displays at Victoria Station no longer have exactly the old British Rail font. #ElegyForEngland

How many lonely middle aged posh people are circulating in the South Bank Centre and what can we do for them. Give them hope and love, not Telegraph articles to argue about. It's an Elizabeth Taylor novel.

Spoilsports

Gavin Newsom's Governor of California but I don't know a single film he's been in.

Lot of Americans saying they'll never vote for Gavin Newsom and I can't see that I'll ever vote for him either.

I'm on the ADL's mailing list, and they sent a letter calling for an special emergency briefing on Mamdani being elected mayor of NYC last night. They did not do this when Tucker Carlson hosted a neo-Nazi and was defended by the think tank that is staffing the entire Trump administration.

Let me be the first to call for an AOC/ Mamdani ticket for 2028, yes that's the guy as the VP candidate.

Devout centrists will not tolerate blasphemous comments about their Lord and Saviour, Rory Stewart.

5th November 1940: Victoria Cross action of Edward Fegen, Captain of the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Jervis Bay. The ship was the sole escort of convoy HX84 of 37 ships bound for Britain from Canada, two RCN destroyers having turned back in mid-Atlantic. 📷memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk 🧵1/13

A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants

Labour guy trying to learn a lesson from Mamdani: huh, he took a big gamble! Maybe I should take some more money from gambling companies!

American media right now

AmConMag having one of those days when the Trumpists are out of the office and one of the few remaining (relatively) sane members of staff gets an article in www.theamericanconservative.com/no-zohran-ma...

Has anyone checked to see if Twitter is ok

That's one respect in which they are becoming like London.

I hope Zohran enjoys today as much as possible, as it will only get worse from tomorrow.

Tax & Spend discontinuednotes.com/2025/11/04/b...

I know it's tough - but your tentative endorsement of cycle lanes on Bluesky could be the extremist action that makes voters in Normville turn away from Jennifer Nice, the now-tainted Democrat candidate, and instead reluctantly support her opponent, Shitlord K. Hitler

Charlie Kirk’s organization is really honoring his legacy by doing exactly what he taught them to do. Taking something out of context, using it for your own purposes, hurting and putting others lives in danger. Or, as some might call it, doing politics the right way.

Good to see Britain's supernatural community addressing issues of metropolitan bias. Let's hear from more working class poltergeists as well.

Samir Zitouni and Stephen Crean are heroes who saved lives. They showed the best of Britain: putting themselves in harm's way to protect others. They both deserve the George Cross in recognition of their incredible bravery.

Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.

Dick Cheney is proof that you can change your mind, and that you could have been correct the first time.

This is a diverting series on Radio 4 this week; a set of talks by Hallie Rubenhold on the process of writing history. Episode 4 particularly evocative on that sensation of emerging from an archive after a day spent working in isolatory silence. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Whatever happened to Dapper Laughs? Is he on GB News now?

Pretty amazing coup for the new Nuremberg film. A film about whether war criminals can get away with it, and this happens.

Warrington Reform UK member quits party, slams ‘lack of free speech’ "It is simply the case that Reform UK, who have even welcomed two members of the BNP to their meetings in Warrington, have never even pondered a single local policy." www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/2559021...

spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide

I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...

(September 1944, Eindhoven, Holland.) Really good close-ups, during the celebration of freedom restored. #WW2 #HISTORY

#OTD in 1944. Camp Vught, the only concentration camp in The Netherlands. First used in 1943, it held around 31,000 prisoners. 749 prisoners died in the camp. It's now a national monument, with a wall bearing the names of all those who died there. #WW2 #HISTORY

Everyone's got bigger families these days.

Can't have an industrial strategy without a seminar on the industrial novel

the bleakest moment in this article is the point where a heritage staffer, horrified by fuentes, discovers that "a growing number" of heritage interns are groypers

Yeah but they might do some bad stuff as well

New awareness campaign

Wise words from the wonderful Roger Allam “Art and music, drama – these are the things we do best. And we don’t kill each other in our millions over it.”