You could walk into 30 nightclubs in London any weekend and arrest 10 bankers or lawyers for possession or use of cocaine. And yet I've never heard it happen. Anyone know why? #law #legalsystem #warondrugs

- Octopus - Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Not really a song but Archers Theme Tune.

I just don't get the #padlet hype. That game we all played in the beach with our parents or kids - but with a couple of walls at each end? Fffft.

Is there a way to be sceptical about pain without being contemptuous?

“When menstrual products are taxed as luxuries, it shows what a society values & what it doesn’t. The unpaid care work women do is a hidden tax that covers the failures of the state.” Miriam Nobre, Sempreviva Organização Feminista (SOF) #ClimateForChange2025 #FeministEconomics

Diplomacy as trolling. We've never seen anything like it.

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) – From the Instagram archive… I love seeing kingfishers, but they rarely let me get close enough for a decent photo. I actually like how I could frame this one against the culvert. www.instagram.com/ryan.bebej.photography 🪶 #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Great book. Does @bsky.app do conversations about #NuclearPower? #NetZero #GreenWashing

This is a really key chart. Look at the difference between concern about immigration between Lab to Reform switchers and Lab to LD/Green/don't know switchers. The latter group is five times larger.

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

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I don’t think there’s a single ‘gotcha’ against ID cards. There are some good arguments for them. There are also, however, some significant downsides. What I *do* think is that the government case for them, as so far presented, is extremely flimsy.

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Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, but I've been scrolling 5 mins on Bluesky and can't find a single thing about the Kadri judgement and the knife attack on the man burning the Qu'ran. Amazing. This place is another, rarified, universe.

Difficult to tell if this post is about US or UK - for different reasons.

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It also exists independent of its source - at least in many cases

Good.

There are now more HR workers than lawyers or doctors in the UK. How did a job – once a back-office function – become so central to the UK workplace? I’ve investigated in today’s Sunday Times Magazine…🧵

It’s quite do-able from a legal perspective. I don’t think dismissing Reform in this way is wise. Voters need to understand that this stuff can happen if they vote for it - and that it would be morally, socially, culturally, economically disastrous. So they shouldn’t vote for it.

People share way too much info anyway; I know it's really easy to do! But to do it about your kids is ill judged. Of course Meta and similar tech companies will exploit that data. They will send photos of your teen daughter to middle aged men to drive growth. They know what they're doing.

There are two reasons the middle class (my class!) in academia, media etc get Tommy Robinson wrong. So they keep saying silly things and tilting at windmiils when discussing him: 1. His criminal record; 2. The inability to separate his strongly anti-Islam stance from what they would call racism. 1/n

The lines between diplomacy, cowardice and bravery are challenging to walk. This needs to be acknowledged.

People who go on and on about how Tommy Robinson is racist really need to explain why British Pakistani women who have left Islam, or have some critical things to say about Islam, seek him out for conversation.

Just a reminder of the obvious fact that the UK is not the US. I'm so immensely thankful that we do not have guns in our society and that, if we ever do, that would change things unimaginably.

Happy 78th birthday, percussionist Ray Cooper. 🎂

My grandad told me how the Hitler Youth used to march around Austria shouting 'Wachet auf' (Wake up!). So whenever I hear right or left use it today, I hate it.

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😎🪴🌵 in recognition of what many are hoping will be the last mowing of the season

My grandad told me how the Hitler Youth used to march around Austria shouting 'Wachet auf' (Wake up!). So whenever I hear right or left use it today, I hate it.

Been a tough week with injuries after coming off the bike in the Scottish Standard #Triathlon champs. But need to remember it's been a good year: qualified for #TeamGB World Sprint and Euro Standard races next year and got my national ranking up to 33 in AG. Push for top 20 next year! 😊

I feel sorry for parents trying to teach their kids the facts of life, and needing to explain the concept of facts.

Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press

Freedom of thought and freedom of speech are perpetually revolutionary acts. They must and never will be crushed by the tyranny of violence. #CharlieKirk #RIPCharlieKirk And, no, of course I don't agree with him on most things. That's the point.

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

The online ghouls who are celebrating and/or justifying the shooting of Charlie Kirk have no idea how much damage they are doing…

Wealth taxes NOW. It’s patriotic to do your part and fund society for the workers you exploit in order to get this rich. #taxtherich

The constant non stories on Rayner are a clear sign the Tories fear her more than anyone else. But it’s also a class thing. Being massively corrupt as many Tories were, has hardly ever been a big story.

Bluesky’s toxic trait is that it is so busy being convinced that it’s a lovely platform, it fails to notice that’s because it’s easy to be lovely if you only hear from people you agree with.

Bleak, brilliant reporting from Bethan Staton in this weekend's FT Money. This year's cohort of graduates face more competition than ever— and the number of jobs available for them is in freefall. It's little wonder students feel disillusioned on.ft.com/45RFJni

Twitter is a cesspit and certainly rots the brain. But it is/was also inability of so many in the middle classes - in academia, in the media, in politics - to discuss the racially aggravated nature of the horrific mass crimes of the grooming gangs that has now led to the red mist descending.

Once the police have the discretion to confirm a suspects characteristics quickly, in cases where they want to quell misinformation, it will fuel speculation and be treated as confirmation of rumours if they do not. So the policy needs to involve consistency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Internet is amazing. I'd never heard of Kay Penton before 😊 youtu.be/ZUz6PkBAp60?... #jazz

Felt fresh today in intervals #running session. Even managed 5-year PB in 800m without trying to - just as one of the intervals 😊 Maybe a few weeks of mostly Zone 1 really has worked in building aerobic base! #Triathlon #Training strava.app.link/sStUKtnkJVb

This is a key table to understanding public opinion on migration. *When confronted with the real trade offs* people go for protecting the NHS and the economy over reducing migration. The problem as per the rest of the thread is many don't believe those trade offs exist.

Too much energy and media is being spent on Sydney Sweeny that should be spent against real issues like Trump’s corruption, Epstein files, or the other criminal activities happening. The jeans commercial is a symptom not a cause, sweeny is an actor, not your government.

Love running on hills, even as the old body grumbles! 🤣. Managed a few strides amongst the plodding. strava.app.link/UuiN0A7uyVb

still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs