It's good they were prevented from issuing an apology, because it's clear to anyone with eyes that they don't need to. To do so is capitulation.

I'd call the BBC a pro-Trump organisation. The slightest thing he says tends to be in the headlines, they've hardly ever looked at his criminal charges and anti-constitutional operations, and they've never considered his mental capacity. #R4Today

Notable that the supposedly “patriotic” wing of British politics wants to destroy / defund almost all of our national institutions

The corruption never ends

Tonight was a very bad night.

We've heard several times this morning that the US senate has passed a biil to end the government shutdown at least temporarily, and the House of Representatives now has to pass it. That's the House which has been closed for three months to stop a swearing in and a vote on Epstein stuff. #R4Today

In today’s Russian papers: “Budget revenues still falling, trade with China declining" & ”petrol supply problems in the regions.” Plus an interesting editorial: “In a situation where almost everything is prohibited, a little something at least should be permitted” #ReadingRussia

1/ Eleven Dutch parties across the political spectrum from socialist to conservative have issued a joint appeal to a provincial government to build a memorial to Black American soldiers who died in World War II, to replace one removed from the Netherlands American Cemetery. ⬇️

Today, on what would have been Richard Burton’s 100th birthday, two Blue Plaques will be unveiled to honour the legendary actor and his mentor and adoptive father, Philip Burton

Technically, in asking his wife to do him a favour and meetup with HIS handles, he also got HER working for the FSB. Best thing to do about these two is convict them and let them rot in prison.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Another day ends, and Ukraine's Glory SHALL Prevail! SLAVA UKRAINII! youtu.be/Ld8CO8bq0O0?...

John Cale and Betsy Johnson (h/t to John Kioussis via FB)

The beginning of Torah portion Chayei Sarah (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה) is marked by this floral design. #ParashahPictures BL Oriental 2626; the 'Lisbon Bible' with masorah magna & parva; 1483 CE; Portugal, Central (Lisbon); f.37r

Let's hear it for the brave protesters defending the final sliver of old growth forest on Vancouver Island which, I'm guessing, must be absolutely freezing right now.

Second-hand clothes shop, Seven Dials, St Giles, London, 1877-78. Photograph by John Thomson (1837-1921). More here: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78700/...

Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Lads If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along. It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life. www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...

A man has been arrested after a 24-tonne (24,000 kg) earthmover was stolen from Staffordshire and driven through Wolverhampton city centre

“SAMSON AND DELILAH (1949) dir. Cecil B. DeMille Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury 🎬 Paramount Pictures

OTD in 1989, the Berlin Wall didn’t fall, the East German government unveiled a “reform package”. Which until the beginning of the goodwill gestures was the best Tankie cope of all time.

The Philippines is about to get hit by another devastating typhoon. Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, has intensified into a super typhoon off Catanduanes. Authorities warn of life-threatening conditions.

Mae Marsh for The White Rose (1923). #botd

Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.

Just three weeks to the release of Sarah Campion's Makeshift, the next title in @bhousepress.bsky.social's Recovered Books series. Makeshift follows Charlotte Herz, a young Jewish woman from Berlin in 1919 to New Zealand in 1937, via England, South Africa, and Australia. 🧵

"House & Garden" cover from March 1950 by photographer/designer Herbert Matter.

"They're looking for someone with a thick skin and recent experience of flagship BBC news programming."

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Chayei Sarah (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה) with a bird wearing a golden crown. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.18r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Okay, who has money on Farage being made next BBC Director General? Lesser odds offered for Nick Timothy and Matt Goodwin. The pool is open people

So many stories, verified, like this coming out of US about ICE detention right now. Let's just be totally clear, it is not hyperbole to call ICE "Trump's Gestapo", or their detention sites concentration camps. They meet all of the criteria. Anywhere else this would be receiving global condemnation.

I for one will welcome our Chinese overlords #Beerjacket #China #Tsingtao

Aircraft queued at Newark Liberty International Airport. Average delay: 1 hour 20 minutes.

OK no more editing of Trump. Broadcast every stumble, every nonsensical ramble and brain fart. No more tidying him up or explaining him. Instead of commentary, just replace every reporter with this GIF every time he does anything:

Kharkiv and power outages. Even in the dark, we can see that Russians are genocidal assholes.

City ablaze at dusk. Frightening prospect by Aert van der Neer, whose day is today.

NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness leaving the BBC.

Do you remember when the White House had good taste? Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.

We were just walking down the tourist-packed area when this happened.

Good morning! River view at sunrise, by some very talented follower of Aert van der Neer, whose day is today.

It’s weird for Republicans to say out loud that Charlie Kirk’s murder should have helped them win elections. It’s fucking weird.

"This Remembrance period offers an important chance for reflection on the role played by music and musicians in securing our freedom" - Jack Pepper for Gramophone Magazine.

Thousands of animals have been abandoned after their owners were disappeared by ICE

Australia, seriously? 😐

Apparently we bought a loveseat for our cats.

Today, in 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. Today, in 2025, we are building walls again.

Bomb shelter being built at a Ukrainian pre-school. They need to have their own bomb shelters because Russia targets schools and children intentionally

Reposted every year in response to all those who fetishize remembrance

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion” futurism.com/artificial-i...