During the so-called Spanish flu pandemic, there was a conspiracy theory in the USA that aspirin ... invented by a German pharmaceutical company ... was responsible for the flu. Trump's grandfather died in that pandemic. One of the first Americans to do do. Perhaps they carried on believing it.

Suffice to say that the "Amish don't have autism" myth was long ago debunked. It's a case of underdiagnosis.

JFC the President of the USA, repeating debunked conspiracy nonsense from behind the seal, that even his crank conspirasist health advisors are not claiming, relayed live all around the world. People will fkn die, because this shitstain needs the stories about Homan and Epstein to go away.

Does anyone know what time the Rapture is happening tomorrow? Planning a piece on it and want to make sure it's filed before we ascend or descend...

Kimmel returns tomorrow. Fuck you, Donald.

It is a truth too often unacknowledged, that a populist in possession of the public's rage must be in perpetual want of an enemy.

And he’s back ... After ”thoughtful conversations” with Jimmy Kimmel, Disney decided his show will return on Tuesday.

Thread. Read to the end for the excellent twist.

Great thread about Farage’s German immigrant roots. The man is a blatant hypocrite.

That's a LOT of current/former Disney talent. @thr.com $DIS www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

Reform is a (bad) mood and not a political party in the traditional sense. Its followers don't care about facts. They care about their beliefs. No amount of fact checking will work and their critics need to adjust to that. You cannot defeat delusion with reason. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

A very good thread 🧵.

Can I just say. There are comprehensive lists of Huguenot names officially published and the name Farage is not on them. Given the name "Guy Oscar Justus" is Farage's father's name, it is more likely Harry was a recent German immigrant himself. A lot of Farage's family history makes no sense.

#MustRead Short, sweet and very much to the point.

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

I have defended the BBC again and again. No more.

In the late 19th century, millions of migrants left Germany as a result of religious persecution, economic hardship, and political uncertainty. Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3

The Reform right like the MAGA right are completely fact averse and know that they can bullshit their way to power because their followers simply don't care about truth. That's the threat this country faces, and it strikes me that our media are ill equipped to tackle it and failing us all.

American Juche

You've clearly never heard of Juche

Apparently, it’s socially unacceptable to compare anyone or anything to Hitler. Mention Hitler, and you’ll be shouted down with a chorus of “Godwin’s Law”. Well sod that. Until we start comparing Trump to Hitler, we’re unprepared for what is barrelling towards us. 🧵1/4

comment masquerading as a news headline

These people are dangerous. This is not normal.

Good news is that the Charlie Kirk memorial rally looks nothing like a North Korean rally.

He's a journalist like I'm a part-time lettuce farmer from Utrecht called Volslagen Onzin

When the Rapture fails to materialise, they'll blame each other ... and outside forces ... and keep insisting that the prophecy was right all along, but other people's failure to believe delayed it. If you've lived through Brexit over the last nine years, then you'll know the score.

No, stats for lefties has form. Will misquote and distort everything to suit his purpose. He is a fanatic, he doesn't do humour.

Rugby people might want to follow @bromsgroverugby.bsky.social

A Starmer tweet had 14 words.... so naturally the "Stats for Lefties" account sees a nazi conspiracy in it.

Lovely review of my first book thank you

It is a good time to learn how to find accurate information online. We’re offering virtual training sessions over the month of October, teaching you Bellingcat’s investigative techniques…

Weirdly nobody ever says this of Trump leaving X for Truth Social

Madison Square Garden, 1939:

Canada 🇨🇦 recognizes the State of Palestine.🇵🇸 www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

The UK has just formally announced recognition of the State of Palestine, shortly after Canada and Australia also have recognised Palestine as a sovereign state.

Uk joins Canada and Australia in recognising Palestinian Statehood. It's long overdue but to be welcomed.

I welcome the fact that the UK has finally recognised the State of Palestine. This is a long-overdue affirmation of Palestinian dignity after decades of dispossession and suffering. It is one small step towards justice; but the UK can and should do far more.

UK now recognises Palestinian state, Starmer announces. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cpw1qkyke4nt

I’ve seen other people express this far better than me. But if, like me, you’re finding the ‘free speech’ hypocrisy of the right unbearable, you have to remember they know what they are doing. It’s not that they haven’t realised how illogical and hypocritical they are. They know,they just don’t care

Not the onion

We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

America plunges headlong into Onion territory Oklahoma lawmakers introduce legislation requiring every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with a statue and a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader" Or get fined www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Asked by Newsweek whether she thought Tommy Robinson had been "unfairly demonised", Liz Truss says: “Yes, I do.” A Conservative Party serious about ever regaining power would have slung her out long ago. www.newsweek.com/liz-truss-br...

A jaunty piece I wrote about Dyson hoovers some years ago: "First came the peculiar whirring sound. I blamed myself.... The DC07 was fine – it was me who was at fault for not believing in its root cyclone technology. Then the brushbar jammed." www.newstatesman.com/politics/201...

Seems like everyone's forgotten how he 'selflessly' offered to make ventilators for the nation in return for nothing but a few million worth of good publicity. (Note: ventilators aren't vacuum cleaners. He was never going to be able to do it) bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/m...

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A jaunty piece I wrote about Dyson hoovers some years ago: "First came the peculiar whirring sound. I blamed myself.... The DC07 was fine – it was me who was at fault for not believing in its root cyclone technology. Then the brushbar jammed." www.newstatesman.com/politics/201...

Who cares what a droning billionaire two-bit shoddy vacuum cleaner salesman thinks about Brexit? He only likes it because it benefits him. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Measured, sensible, and much welcomed statement from Faversham Town Council on the idiocy of the moronic flag pandemic.

Surely this should be at the Reform conference.