"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

When people show you who they really are, believe them.

Missed this yesterday 😂

The demise of the Tories is both a significant problem for the nation, and a sobering lesson in how you can never appease those at the fringes. Cameron I'm looking at you.

French authorities have detained the Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Pushpa in the Bay of Biscay. It’s under investigation for launching drones that disrupted Copenhagen Airport. (Vanguard Intel)

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

It's ludicrous. They have a huge majority and they're nearly 4 yrs out from at GE yet they're allowing the media and Farage to control the narrative as if the election is in November. Stop dancing like marionettes to the pied cunt of Clacton's tune and get on with running UK PLC.

Delighted to incorporate 'helping out in the community' into the right to remain rules, assuming we also introduce 'helping out in the community' for everyone else at the same time.

My piece on digital ID. I conclude ‘As it is, this looks poorly planned, flimsily justified, and impractical. I would like to have a positive case made for digital ID. This is not it.’ paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/d...

imagine being a consultant doctor here and having to go out litter picking to be given your citizenship lol www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wrote a bit about it this morning… so many issues… paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/d...

The major political parties, broadcasters, and institutions should all leave X. It's an extremely dangerous disinformation machine, and staying there only legitimises it and the chaotic agenda of the richest man in the world. Who is a raving fucking lunatic. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The stuck CD in the Skoda just gets funnier and funnier #SlowHorses #Coldplay

Dear USA Deploying troops against civilians will not go well. Yours Great Britain and Northern Ireland

I feel this is the moment Trump finally grew into the presidency. Unfortunately it's the presidency of Uganda in the 1970s.

Oh no!

Oh. I know this one. It's "move to Dubai", isn't it!?

If you see this, post a bridge.

Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.

And don't do a Brexit

Rather than treating every Trump statement as a papal edict, it might be safer to say the president is making it up as he goes along

Just to be clear: - Paracetamol does not cause autism. - Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK - We do not have a massive free speech problem here. - Britain is not on the verge of civil war. These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.

Democrats want a government funding bill that won't raise your health care costs by 75%. Trump won't even meet with them. He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families. What a bad deal for America.

"Absolutely shocking that this would even be considered." 💬 RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Prof Nicola Ranger spoke to ITV news this evening about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants.

Fruit at Selfridges Food Hall yesterday

It’s terrible politics not to use the abhorrence of Farage against him.

I’m so sick of seeing Farage and co on TV all the bloody time. They now know that if thy hold a press conference on any day ending in a ‘y’, they will be given endless coverage and broadcasting hours. All this for a party that could fit all of its MPs into a hatchback car.

1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links 2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands 3. The whole app is open source This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site. We 💙 the open web.

One of the things I find vexing about Kimmel's sacking is how it reveals Disney to be precisely the disingenuous "virtue signaller" the right accused them of being. "BRAVELY" casting The Little Mermaid, so it made them $250m, but voluntarily kissing dictator sphincter, if they stand to lose a cent.

🆕 Sunday School: Unidentified Party in Begging Area 🛒 * Whose party is Your Party & why it matters * Should UK welcome tech-bro money? * Why do so many hate it when Starmer does well? * Has Trump Jimmied the US Constitution? 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/1rEH... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

So Mumsnet lied to me. The orange flavoured fish oil doesn’t ’blend seamlessly into children’s drinks’ it sits on top in a (admittedly predictable) pool and makes them ask why their squash smells of fish.

Very odd watching BBC News talking about the Lib Dem conference and mentioning how the party has struggled to break through in the media like it's nothing to do with them.

I’ve never seen so much laughing at Trump since laughing at Trump became illegal

The whole world is mocking MAGA-America right now.

Weird day when you find yourself on the same side as Karl Rove and Tucker Carlson but not Walt Disney.

Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

Interesting news about an incremental but nonetheless significant new EV battery design. The battery saves ~40kg in weight and speeds up charging, with times cut by around 15%. In production by 2030.

You do you Disney. I'll do me.

More evidence of our country falling apart for you Elon

Years ago thin skinned and boorish foghorn Piers Morgan used to be unbearable to watch on his Question Time appearances. These days he's even worse.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

Do you have a lot of annoying admin tasks or household chores you need to accomplish, but never seem to find the time for? Then may I suggest: setting aside a day to do nothing but write, you will be amazed at how many such tasks you can accomplish.

Has Melania joined witness protection?

I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home. bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...

Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...

Reform have no better friend than Kemi Badenoch

Bluesky user count will surpass 39 million today bsky-users.theo.io

… when publishers like Katharine Graham were cool and risked everything to support journalists who challenged power.

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.