Zverev is getting absolutely battered by Sinner. Amazing.

Makes me think of Netanyahu losing in 2021 and refusing to leave the PM Residence. Whatever Orban does will be much worse.

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN was released 74 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great musicals, and one of the most influential movies ever made, the making of story is as epic as you would expect… 1/38

This is quite extraordinary- scientists set a kind of trap for AI chat bots by inventing a fake disease. AI told people it was real and… the deliberately bogus preprints started being cited in peer reviewed literature 🫣 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

So relieved all the Artemis main shoots deployed. So impressed that they look like giant Tunnocks Teacakes

Really hope the Artemis II landing goes perfectly 🤞

Just sitting back and waiting for the midterms. Weak.

This deep sea creature is as sharp & clear as broken class, & can grow as long as your hand. This giant amphipod, (Cystisoma) only has two colored body parts: the dense orange stomach/egg pouch, & two MASSIVE eyes, which are a glittering holographic orange layer completely covering its head. 📽️ MBARI

I read the news everyday and only knew about 60% of these reforms.

1/ Next Thursday, we will publish the Inquiry's fourth report: ‘Vaccines and Therapeutics’ (Module 4).

More people died in Israel's latest bombing of Lebanon than died in the 2020 Beirut port blast Brilliant reporting by @rayajalabi.ft.com as.ft.com/r/3d576d7b-9...

I wish Tony Blair would just piss off.

Just fixed a washing machine all by myself. Feel like a real grown up.

The ballroom foreign steel story — www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u... — is huge. It perfectly illustrates why we have virtually every rule involved in government spending and the allocation of power to spend. It's a perfect issue spotter beyond the capacity of professors to imagine.

Don't you just hate it when you take your Fabergé Egg to the pub and it gets nicked? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK, on recent deployments against Russian aggression & priorities in the High North: “when a crisis erupts noisily and dangerously as it has done in the Middle East, I understand people questioning why all UK military assets have not been deployed to deal with it...”/1 www.gov.uk/government/s...

It's #NationalUnicornDay 🦄 Here's an illustration (bottom) from Cuvier's 'De l'histoire naturelle des cetaces' (1836) of the 'unicorn of the sea' - the narwhal! Both volumes of this work (text & atlas) can be found in the rare books room in the library @thembauk.bsky.social 📖BL.95/C

Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli

One of the UK’s leading geologists is warning that the earthquakes caused by low-volume fracking could be just as large and unpredictable as those that hit Lancashire in 2019. Ministers must reassure communities by banning all forms of fracking now. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environ...

I didn't know about any of these sites.

This is a crucial report, shining a spotlight on the funding links between Russia, Hungary and the British mainstream right

Happy #TwinPeaks anniversary day. David Lynch and Mark Frost’s iconic pilot episode aired on April 8, 1990. It was watched by nearly 35 million people, 33% of the TV audience, in a way unheard of for anything today that’s not a Super Bowl or similar sporting event. RIP The Monoculture. 🗻🗻🌲🍩🍒🥧☕️🪵🦉

Stunning

The most predictable thing ever happened. Don't say trans people didn't warn y'all. Another proud leopards eating faces party member.

So who's the theocracy here?

Wow. Berrettini is wiping the floor with Medvedev.

1/ This Yanis Varoufakis screed made me so angry the only way I can salvage my day is to go through it line by line as catharsis. You are welcome to come on the journey toward my aneurism with me. An angry h/t to @sianushka.bsky.social for bringing this into my life. unherd.com/2026/04/why-...

Minoan amphora with floral design. 3,800 years old and still blooming gorgeous! 🌸 From Phaistos, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Weaselly little ****.

lovely stuff www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.

HMRC straight in there with a Self Assessment email reminder 😂

hi, president expert here! this is not funny, presidents only do this when they’re in extreme distress

Trump has insulted and tariffed his European allies, persuaded Denmark to prepare for a US invasion and, by pressuring Ukraine and not Russia, encouraged Putin to keep fighting. All of which he has forgotten. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Tuesday is officially war crime day everyone!

Great to see Liam Broady win a Challenger (Miyazaki), and to have two Brits in the final 🇬🇧🎾

What Zelensky is doing is deftly managing Trump, and Trump doesn't even know it

"Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but hostility towards women" Apparently this is not what researchers "expected". Which makes one wonder: had these researchers thought about it for 30 seconds? www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

Surely I’m not the only one who thinks this whenever they see a map of The Strait Of Hormuz on the news?

🚨 BREAKING: Andrew Milne arrested. "On suspicion of fraud and blackmail" as @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social reports. Not much more we can say now that proceedings are active, but wow. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/breaking-and...

HIGH FIDELITY was released 26 years ago today. One of the most successful adaptations of a nick Hornby novel, and as popular with music lovers as movie fans, the behind-the-scenes tale has to be in the Top 5 making of stories… 1/31

In 5 days, the crew will be further away from Elon Musk than anyone else has ever been. Goosebumps!

Makes Liz Truss seem sane.

Israel’s parliament has passed a discriminatory death penalty bill that targets Palestinians. This bill aims to execute Palestinian detainees quickly and with limited scrutiny. The Israeli parliament should immediately repeal this discriminatory bill.

One month left to apply: People voting in the upcoming local elections in May can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate, a free form of ID that can be used to vote at a polling station. The Electoral Commission is calling for people to get hold of one if they don't have other photo ID

That UK government ever considers asserting its contractual rights against a major supplier is rare and welcome. And here, this is especially welcome. This will not be easy but it can be done, but it is good it is being seriously considered at all. www.ft.com/content/2d2b...

“A broadcaster has become the media arm of a political party, and nobody is doing anything about it.” Really good to speak to @arusbridger.bsky.social about GB News, Reform and regulatory failure on Democracy for Sale today democracyforsale.substack.com/p/gb-news-is...

Mackenzie Crook’s magical suburban folk tale, #SmallProphets published by #PenguinBooks and #PuffinBooks down the years. A 🧵 1/