@gordoncorera.bsky.social I'm reading Damascus Station. I was not expecting David to write raunchy scenes 😲

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

Is it too early to.make a Christmas cake? #baking

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

@anitaanand.bsky.social I'm 2/3 through"the patient assassin" what a life he had

The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

@billybragg.bsky.social I've just listened to the radio4 programme about Paul Simon and the making of Graceland. What you said was just how I feel. Paul Simon is the soundtrack of my life, I love his music. I love Graceland. but!! I feel uncomfortable about his arrogance in breaking the boycott

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.

The Great Gatsby is on #bbc4 tonight. I cannot believe that they haven't swapped out the 2000 version and put in the #Redford Farrow version.

I'm just on this thread to take a breath and see that there are nice things going on in the world.

In London, hate will never win.

A corner of the baby blanket I made. Knitting in the middle using the dragon scales pattern from Lavish Crafts and the edging is my own imagination (keep going until it looks big enough)

@ppfideas.bsky.social I wouldn't go back and kill Hitler. I would make sure he got into art school 😊🎨

Miss Babs: “Mrs O, fancy helping me solve some murders, with DCI Jane Tennison, James Bond and Mahatma Gandhi?” Mrs Overall: “Oh, I am pleased!” 🍰🔪 #AmbridgeAntiques #TheArchers #TheThursdayMurderClub

@holland-tom.bsky.social I help out with a long distance running race along the grand union canal. It's 145 miles non stop. The fastest people do it in 24 hrs, so I do not believe your Scottish bloke walked 110 miles through mud in 19.5 hrs.

Letter of the day (in the Times)

@gregjenner.bsky.social why are they called vikings?

@ireland-mediagb.bsky.social are you using this?

Can the SWs somehow arrange for Amber to meet Alice, ideally with Martha. #thearchers

@mostlyjazz.bsky.social thank you (again) 😊

The women working in my local chippy have had enough of your nonsense today. In fairness, it was fucking hot in there. I don’t know how they cope!

The evil that men do lives after them

Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever take investment advice from social media. Ever. This is why bit.ly/4l5siqf they are all from thieves trying to rob you.

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

In grim "there's always a tweet" news.

Holy shit. India’s Foreign Secretary just shut down Trump’s claim he brokered peace between India and Pakistan. Modi told him: “There was never any discussion… about a trade deal or U.S. mediation… India has neither accepted mediation, nor does it do so—and never will.”

Yes indeed 100% #NoKings #NoKingsDay #nokingsinamerica #NotMyPresident

@empirepoduk.bsky.social I've just finished the series on Yalta and Berlin. Whilst all this was going on my Opa and many other German prisoners of war were being held in Siberia. He said the plan was to "convert" them and then release them home to spread communism. He was finally released in 1953.

via Benedicto.Uribe on TikTok

The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20. (Via Christopher Hale)

I watched a video yesterday of an astronaut showing how she managed her sewing equipment to make a quilt square in space. It occurred to me that women don't have to wear bras in zero gravity. How marvelous.

‘The phrase “Someone ought to do something” was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider “and that someone is me.”’ #bookoftheday #booksky #books #Pratchett

I'm looking for somewhere nice to eat in central #Oxford (UK) for an evening meal. Any recommendations?

@scaramucci.bsky.social have you said "I told you so' in large capital letters, enough times yet. I would. 😉

😂🤣😂😵…💀

I was sorting my son's books out as we were decorating and things needed moving..I discovered a set of "children's classics" and am going to work my way through those i haven't read. I have just finished reading Treasure Island. Unsurprisingly, it's a great book 😊

@daraobriain.bsky.social re: I know you- no I don't. I once warmly greeted Nicholas Lyndhurst in Safeway's in Hammersmith (the memory has lingered) my sister ran away laughing. He was lovely and said hello back ❤️

Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

Winston Churchill Gets a Doctor’s Note to Drink Unlimited Alcohol While Visiting the U.S. During Prohibition (1932)

@scousebird.bsky.social congratulations granny. I have seen a picture, she looks very cute x

Runcorn by-election? Biggest news of the night is that Farage has been seen in the UK.

"Breaker 1-9, come on back. As soon as you drop that load at dollar general, I'm gonna need that essay on the symbolism in Wuthering Heights. 10-4, over." 😏

@jonathancoe.bsky.social sohan said "arsehole mill"in Middle England. I have always read it as that, despite knowing what it's called. I really laughed to see it written down 🤣

@fxmc1957.bsky.social I'm listening to The Weimar Years. My German mum (born 36) is from Silesia so as I listen I am wondering how the events might have affected her parents and their families. My Opa was a Lutheran minister.

@canadensis.bsky.social he brad, I'm just following you because we are clearly cousins 🤣

"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (April 8, 2025)

@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com hi Martin. I'm sure I'm not alone here. My ISA is in free fall, do I cash it in? I lost 5% in two weeks!!!!

@therestpolitics.bsky.social Rory "Boris Johnson is a real rotter"🤣🤣 fabulous