THEM: can you do any impressions ME: i do a good bad first one

Seeing as it is #AutismAcceptanceMonth, I thought I would share a thread, in no particular order, of some of my favourite books related to being neurodivergent, in particular the books which have helped me in some way, shape, or form. 1/

Cherry picking to make a point is lazy 'journalism'. Which MPs constituencies have been impacted? Preet Gill, Paulette Hamilton, Tahir Ali, Liam Byrne, Shabana Mahmood, Laurence Turner, Ayoub Khan, Al Carns, Andrew Mitchell and Jess Philips. Who's been most vocal?Pro-Gaza Independent MP Ayoub Khan

TAPPER: You're imposing a 10% on the Heard and MccDonald islands. They have zero human inhabitants. Why are you putting tariffs on islands entirely populated by penguins? ROLLINS: Whatever. Listen, the people leading this are serious, intentional, patriotic, the smartest I've ever worked with.

In honor of Senator Corey Booker’s filibuster speech, I give you the eight minutes of the great and impromptu Star Wars filibuster speech on “Parks and Recreation” courtesy of @pattonoswalt.bsky.social 🎤

The surname of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius was derived from his love of a tasty pasty treat that originated in Scotland. Known to the Romans as the Pius Scoticus (Scotch Pie), it was adopted by them after they invaded Caledonia c. 140 AD and soon became a popular delicacy across the entire empire.

Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.

"I have a colleague...his fingers were crushed... They showed him a picture of his wife & said 'we're going to gang rape her in front of you if you don't admit you're Hamas.'" Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors. My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...

Israeli police have arrested Netanyahu spokespeople Yonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein in connection with the Qatargate scandal. Mounting evidence suggests those close to Netanyahu have been working for Qatar, the country that funded Hamas as it was planning the October 7 attack.

We now cross over to political news.

As someone whose PhD was in human population genetics and evolution: Race is a social construct Gender is a social construct Both have biological *components* but are incredibly complex - not neat, discrete, immutable categories Fascists are the ones denying scientific reality

Camilla Tominey on #bbcqt is wrong. In 2022, Norway increased their wealth tax to 1.1%. Over the next two years, wealth tax revenue soared to all time highs. The gains far outweighed the loss of those few b/millionaires who emigrated. #bbcqt

Recent well-publicised @cps.org.uk analysis claims the ‘lifetime net fiscal cost’ of recent migration will be £234 bn. However, this misinterpreted OBR data/analysis: correcting these errors implies a (very uncertain) lifetime net fiscal *benefit* of ~ £125 bn. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime. Keep sharing everywhere.

#ShareTheMeal and help children in need with a tap on your smartphone. ShareTheMeal here: sharethemeal.org/campaigns/pa...

"Israel acknowledges that this time, the targets aren't terrorists but civilians – an explicit war crime. It is killing for the sake of killing." archive.ph/Zbxmu

Energy firms CANNOT bill you for energy used over 12mths ago. Yet many do. My evidence to Commons Energy Committee on this including how the rules should be changed. Please share so people know their rights.

Funny, our 2015 Party Election Broadcast seems more relevant now than ever... 😳 The faces may be different, but the policies are just the same. There's only one party offering Real Hope and Real Change 💚

have to respect the posh fascist for looking exactly like what you'd picture if asked to think of a posh fascist

🔴Musk’s DOGE Is Inspired by Pro-Kremlin Monarchists and 1930s Technofascism Top DOGE operative linked to Russian American network of anti-West pro-Kremlin monarchists inspired by the 1930s counter-democracy “Technocracy” movement tied to Musk’s grandfather www.bylinesupplement.com/p/musks-doge...

So if we give Putin everything he wants he will agree to a ceasefire. Art of the Deal.

Autopilot switching off a second before the crash...to avoid liability? Another reason not to buy a Tesla if anyone was still thinking about it lol

This is how the Swiss chose to protest against Donald Trump this week at Basel Fasnacht, Switzerland's largest annual carnival.

So, this benzene-related acne product recall... The full story behind it has made me go full red string conspiracy board meme, send help or join me?

wrote about ULEZ, which is good

Another pretty shocking case of misinformation from the Telegraph here. They've apparently taken it down following a complaint from the data org. Apols for lots of pics, but I'm reposting it from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) via the hellsite, as it's important and needs seeing:

Only seven countries met World Health Organization air quality standards last year, data showed, as researchers warned that the war on smog would only get harder after the United States shut down its global monitoring efforts reut.rs/3Dkn09T

Everything got so stupid so quickly.

This shit stain on the diplomatic scene is trying to back track. UK & France are the only two countries that have pledged troops. If he wasn’t talking about them, then who? Maybe smaller countries like Denmark or Estonia - who lost as many in Afghanistan per capita as the US did. Unforgivable.

I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable. 2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.

I'd like to burn my retinas

A senior US government official has called for “lower quality humans” to be sterilised en masse. It’s disgusting & terrifying. And America has been here before.

WSJ sub: “Indian Partition went smoothly enough, right? Will try to remember to check this before publishing.”

Cancelled my @thetimes.com subscription today, apparently I wasn't the only one that name dropped @rcolvile.bsky.social Tried to get me to stay saying they were looking to hire new journalists lol

I thought it was worth explaining why this claim by @rcolvile.bsky.social is *not* based on "OBR statistics" and indeed directly contradicts them, as well as all other published data on migrant wages. archive.ph/az8g6

There’s a Turkish phrase about the upside of hitting rock bottom being that things can’t get any worse. It goes göte giren şemsiye açılmaz and it means “an umbrella up one’s ass cannot be opened”

An international panel of medical experts have thrust Lucy Letby's case back into the spotlight by casting doubt on the medical evidence, but what to the statistics say? A 🧵 1/28

People say Starmer isn't standing up to Trump, but sarcasm at this level is a work of art.

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

“We know she's not a lawyer, she's clearly not a leader, if she keeps on like this she is going to be the next lettuce” Keir Starmer #PMQs

Oh FFS

Great reporting. The Israeli army said that most people killed in bombing a Beirut apartment block were Hezbollah. The BBC found that nearly all were in fact civilians, and a third were children. www.bbc.com/news/article...

In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes. So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.

NEW: Bloomberg reviewed +1K hours of YouTube vids from 9 popular streamers and podcasters who cater to American men. We analyzed 2 yrs of guests and transcripts to see how they discussed political topics and understand their role as a new mainstream info hub www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

PM Starmer on the children's bill, which the Tories are opposing: "We had a young child killed who was taken out of a school by an abuser. This bill closes that gap. That is urgently needed. We have children who have not gone back to school since Covid. This bill closes that gap"

Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.

Who made this 🤣

The next four years is just going to be a long series of people confidently telling you that you didn't just see what you just saw