This is the most basic stuff. For anyone to be asking it is concerning. For someone who seemingly seeks to be Prime Minister, it is deeply concerning. What we know is that a man has been charged with the murder of Anne Widdicombe, and a trial has been provisionally set for June 2027. /1

Great thread. I've kept snakes for over 25 years and yeah, there's a lot of shitty people, shitty welfare, willy-waving, and dangerous practice in reptile-keeping. Even when I was 10 years old I was rolling my eyes at the pathetic men who thought handling big snakes made them macho, macho men

I also think the BBC has become fundamentally less sure of what it is there to do, meaning it relies on talent more. Is it there to entertain, inform, simply report, or is it (as they seem to have picked) a messy mix of all three where nothing is done well and everyone comes away a bit miffed.

I'm doing my semi-annual rewatching of The Expanse, and Season 3 is still the best, though I don't think I will ever forgive Elizabeth Mitchell (Anna Volovodov) for having such amazing hair

Deep sea creatures are so, so cool

Andy Burnham is going directly against the 2024 Labour manifesto by doing this (as the BBC correctly and prominently notes). That opens a door that his team have tried hard to keep shut. If he can go against the manifesto for *this*, he will hear, why not for other issues?

Sheep; where there's a will there's a why

Anyone want to give me £500k?

Concerning thread. This is going to get so much worse without a lot more action (quickly) from the 'international community'

Sometimes we all need a nap in a nice rot hole

Ugh, I wish we could experience 'an influx of hummingbirds' here in the UK. Stupid Northern Europe.

"As far as the government is concerned, they’ve washed their hands of us. Would they do that to a white person?" For a @prospectmagazine.co.uk feature on Britain's citizenship-stripping boom, I spoke to families of people who have had citizenship revoked www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/...

Stunning. Just stunning. Not even trying to pretend their is a consistent principle here - just that there should be rules for others, not for them

Just remembered that my claim was denied initially because I was able to attend the appointment

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...? This is a lovely piece

We need to ban disposable barbecues. They're incredibly dangerous, and the £ cost of wildfires is enormous-and ongoing, land that hasn't evolved to burn takes a long time to recover

I would very much like an RSV vaccine, given I have 2 of these risk factors. Wonder how long it'll take the JCVI to decide that, oh yes, we *are* at higher risk than other, healthy, young(ish) adults

Too hot Vs more warm please

Dear humanity, please stop with the balloons. @nautiluslive.org ROVLittle Hercules is nearly 6000m deep on abyssal plain seafloor far from land. The 3rd item they zoomed on was this balloon 😩😢 nautiluslive.org #NoBalloons

"Cambridge University has consistently ignored Byline Times’ confidential queries about the concerns raised by James Orr’s activities. Instead, its press office has passed them on directly to Orr’s lawyers."

Some cracking replies to this

In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.

"Farage was given a deadline of 1pm on Tuesday to respond to the Guardian about this article. He gave a video address at 2pm announcing he would force a byelection in his seat of Clacton-on-Sea."

a good bit for monster raving loony party would be to say they won’t run either as its an unserious gimmick

Elon Musk’s demolition of USAID, and the resulting suffering and death, “is going to be a defining part of his legacy, and I do wonder if that’s why he’s scrambling so hard to rewrite that history now," @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

so this incident in the pub, in which a "mob" bashed Nigel's car up so badly it was written off, but it seems no-one filmed it? for socials? and he didn't tell his insurer or the police or the media? gee whizz, i wanna know more about this, sounds terrible

ADDENDUM: I think this chart with daily deaths during summer from 2000 to 2026 actually shows best how exceptional the heat mortality has been at the end of June 2026 in Germany (thx to @benfire71 over on twitter for asking the question of summer deaths and triggering the idea for the chart)

I wish I had a friend who'd give me £5million unconditionally. Maybe I need better friends?

"waaaaaaaaah, oh wah wah waahhhhhhh" - Nigel Farage, 62

God he's such a whining crybaby

What we are watching now is a party political broadcast in all but name. The mainstream media organisations are being played.

God I hate him. He's such a prick. 'Purely personal lives' fuckwit. Rotten.

At our Ebola treatment centre in Mongbwalu, #DRC each survivor is recognized because every recovery is a reason for hope. Florence Baginiyo, a survivor of #Ebola reflects on surviving the disease and the loss of her sister, who also contracted it.

🚨 2 *HUGE* WINS for children's health have just been written into DfE statutory guidance - and the media didn't notice them! If your child is Clinically Vulnerable due to asthma or allergies, this changes what you can demand from their school. 1/🧵 www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/allergy...

i assume this is about staying up for the football, but this is also the approach to everything from dangerously unsafe heat in unsuitable school buildings to telling me my kid had an unauthorised absence during covid and should come in (hooked up to a CPAP machine and unable to breathe unaided)

God, Xenoturbella must have such great lives. Literally no thoughts.

Turns out that when a sheep cronches on your finger with their cheek teeth (molars) it gets quite gory. I rather liked you index fingernail-hope you grow back soon 😬

This is basically every story that I write about London now, you don't have to want to live with Germany bureaucracy to want someone to do very basic checks. And the 'ease of setting up a business' is great (I've done it myself! It was so easy!) but unfortunately it's created scam central nation.

All over Russia, this conversation is playing out: "You up to much this weekend?" "Nah, having a quiet one. Might go and watch the refinery burn."

Now THAT'S how it's done! 😍😍😍

Stupid body

I was just wishing for self-cleaning glasses then I remembered those are called eyes and mine don't work

Read all my reporting into self-swab DNA rape kits www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-an...

The Poecilotheria keeper's dilemma; your spood-fren needs feeding/watering/cleaning but if you open the door she may teleport (they're that fast if they want to be) out and you may die* *Not really, but it would be A Bad Day

The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...

I put some towels on the line just over an hour ago and they're dry

Just found one of my mature male tarantulas trying to perform a post-ultimate moult 😢 Once they mature males will occasionally try to moult again, but almost never make it through-they're just not meant to live that long. I've had him for about 10 years. Sleep well, Scarlett (Grammostola rosea Red)

Good news!