Never felt better about being vegetarian. The monstrous practices of these companies should shock the consciences of everyone. KFC, Nando's, and others ditch chicken welfare pledge www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Come on, Donny. Hurry up and whine about the right wing majority you created on the Supreme Court being a bunch of loony leftists. We all need the laughs and we have a Friday evening to get on with. Chop chop.

The police should get Maitlis in to do the interview, just to see if he sweats.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

The cat is c18/19 years old. Either they've been secretly replacing it like the family goldfish, or the country is fairly soon going to have its biggest constitutional moment since the death of Queen Elizabeth. I wonder if he'll get a full state funeral?

Fascinated by this. Follows the excellent article in the @samfr.bsky.social / @ldfreedman.bsky.social substack. Have thoughtful abundance-minded folk like @jamesomalley.co.uk written/said anything on this yet? Feels right up their street.

Essential interview with @chrisstark.bsky.social in @carbonbrief.org Brief on Net Zero in the UK (with global implications) www.carbonbrief.org/chris-stark-...

The major misread, I think, is that governments are treating the harms that can befall children online as like having a glass of wine or learning to drive. But essentially all the harms that can befall children online are more like drinking moonshine or driving at 100pm through a school playground:

Great Channel 4 News report on the latest #AMOC monitoring. "Trouble is: there is now growing scientific consensus that the AMOC is weakening." @noc.ac.uk youtu.be/JpOpsMOBsL4?...

Part of the reason this is so compelling is because it feels like an actually thought through approach to solving a problem - an antidote to the various forms of lazy populist "here's an easy solution/group to blame" we see in almost every area of public life lately.

This is happening because OpenAI - a company that does not have anything even approaching a viable business model and is setting money on fire - used borrowed money to advance buy all of the raw materials for RAM production so competitors couldn’t get it

I mean, maybe we stop joking about it? 👀 Just look at some of the replies.

"This is vibes-based policy making, not evidence-based policy making" — me talking on BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast just now about the MPs pushing for a social media ban for under 16s.

Electricity is not a danger to human health. It's how our nervous system works. Radiation isn't dangerous. It's what sunlght is made from. Fire isn't dangerous. It keeps us warm. Ridley is a dishonest manipulator.

This was a stupid piece to publish 20 years ago. It is incredible that a once-sensible national newspaper saw fit to publish this in 2026. We’re being so badly let down by our print media.

Had the eldest daughter's parent-teacher conferences last night. For the first time I looked around the room at the teachers and thought "oh my god, you all look so young". I swear I didn't think that last year. It's all happened so quick. 👨‍🦳

Literally the structure of every recommendations section (almost?) of all subs. A) Insane thing B) Thing we want you to do, Minister C) Thing we know you'll hate, Minister. Oh, 'B' is it, Minister? Good choice.

I'm sorry if my proposal for the public to be able to hunt and kill billionaires offended some people. I was merely making an economic point so that long-term prosperity is shared by everyone.

Just a pathetic non-apology. If your intention is to talk about "controlled, well-managed immigration" you don't spout racist bullshit about "colonisation."

Is one of the reasons we struggle to get public traction on climate because it feels rather counterintuitive? The physics doesn't care, but the fact that on the same day we've got 'hothouse earth' and 'Britain to become Canada' (owing to AMOC collapse) stories (h/t @eciu.net) is mind bending.

If China's emissions had kept growing at previous levels emissions would like, what, maybe a full GIGATONNE higher....the area of avoided emissions here is like deleting the emissions of entire countries. This is happening at a scale that will very clearly have an effect in lessening disasters

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far… www.carbonbrief.org/...

How does one square general centre-left moderate/centrist dad views with a strongly held view that we should all be allowed to hunt and kill billionaires? Not just triggered by Ratcliffe’s ignorant horseshit today or the gutting of the Washington Post by Bezos, but a bit triggered by those.

I’ve been radicalised into the view that the very rich are as a rule not just obnoxious, but also stupid and ignorant.

What?! A hateful, ignorant billionaire?! I am shook.

Ridiculous. Dont worry, its not like theres a climate crisis and biodiversity is collapsing, in large part owing to the dairy sector. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Oatly loses long-running 'milk' battle with dairy lobby www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Am I a traitor to my generation for quite liking voice notes? More human, can hear the nuance in their voice, humour comes through more clearly.

It may or may not be the right thing to make a change, but it is borderline impossible to tackle the many complex long term challenges the UK faces when you are averaging a new Prime Minister every 18 months.

Anyone got any of the old predistribution docs? Its time to get the band back together for some Chaos with Ed Miliband. #jointhemilifandom

It's all well and good there being a new team in No10, but unless it is directed by a clear vision for the country, the results will be the same.

The remarkable thing is Labour have basically made 'anti-child poverty' and 'climate change' the two core missions or this Government and... ... basically refuse to talk about one or them. Genuinely bizarre.

And thats why you dont sub your centre back when defending a corner. #Watfordfc

I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone

I used to be a civil servant in Cabinet Office, with a core part of my job meeting politicians. I could recognise most of the government side and good chunks of opposition MPs. I know I'm long out of it now, but I don't think I'd know Al Cairns if I passed him in the street.

It turns out that Pep Guardiola is a humanitarian legend. 'It hurts me' - Guardiola vows to speak up on conflicts www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

My broad view is there is as big, or bigger, issue with older adults and social media as with young people - and that social media bans are just a sticking plaster that allows us to ignore the wider issue. Ultimately we need proper regulation and enforcement, not bans which allow us to ostrich

Just to close the loop here. A cozy club of just the very worst people.

Absolutely gutted that Catherine O'Hara has died. A total legend. Taking only one of the many awesome pieces of art she was part of, Schitt’s Creek was a total delight and made me so happy.

That far right environmentalism exists is hard for me to fathom. Surely the philosophical and psychological underpinning of what Ben Goldsmith believes in on the environment preclude some of the things Reform believes in on human rights, immigration, foreign affairs, and not least, climate policy.

I think I’ve now made the mistake where I say “let’s quickly meet in Pret” only to find there’s another one 100 yards away, so we go to different ones and wonder where the other person is, more times than I’m comfortable with. Slow learner.

Fascinating numbers from @hannahritchie.bsky.social on biofuels and what we else we could do with that land. Whilst Hannah makes it clear that the article doesn't contain policy proposals... hannahritchie.substack.com/p/biofuels-v...

The IRA launched a manufacturing renaissance, Trump is working hard to cancel it.

'I’m a green energy advocate that thinks heat pumps are shite” says Ecotricity owner Dale Vince in an article which covers all sorts of things..... The reality is, that you can't call yourself green and not support heat pumps. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

I didn't have Joe Root the wicket tacking, clutch-death-overs bowler on my bingo card. There is nothing that man can't do.

Look America, he’s clearly got dementia, he’s nicked a penguin from the Smithsonian National Zoo and he’s wandered off in Greenland. Help him.

That Claudia montage was superb. It shows just how incredible she is for the Traitors. #thetraitors

At risk of being a bit Linkedin, Pinwheel (the company I cofounded that seeks to disrupt and replace carbon offsetting) has been nominated for The Earthshot Prize 2026. 🤯

We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the increasingly alarming scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.