Finished The Residence last night. Lucy Mangan here with an excellent review. "This is not television that is going to change the world, but it is going to give you eight hours of fantastic escape. Enjoy." (I'm not normally a murder mystery fan by the way) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The next Ofcom chair (Ian Cheshire is in the frame) will need a plan for dealing with Elon Musk, writes John Naughton @jjn1.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social And there's a significant opportunity if he's prepared to go beyond his 'safe pair of hands' reputation...

We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

i swear this gov is a TV show. the head of intelligence got hacked and used his real name for a porn account. the head of dept of war accidentally texted war plans to a journalist. and now former head of homeland security grappling with husband's secret cross-dressing double life in anti-LGBTQ admin

Ministers are accelerating the roll-out of grants and loans for solar panels and batteries to provide households with cost of living relief in the wake of the Iran war, The i Paper can reveal trib.al/EEsOL88

And by contrast...

This particular creator/influencer's videos are interesting because some of them walk you through the process she uses (combination photoshop/AI/video editing software). Good for helping to understand the process and spot fakes.

America went from this to this.

The next Ofcom chair (Ian Cheshire is in the frame) will need a plan for dealing with Elon Musk, writes John Naughton @jjn1.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social And there's a significant opportunity if he's prepared to go beyond his 'safe pair of hands' reputation...

Looks like Orban’s Russia-backed false flag operation could be underway to lead to the cancelling of the Hungarian elections. Predicted recently. Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić has informed Orban of “explosives of devastating power” found at the gas pipeline connecting the two countries. 1/2

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

One for the kids...

At Easter one’s thoughts turn to the art of Michael Sowa. He has a thing about rabbits.

April in the UK...

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

Happy Easter

Finished The Residence last night. Lucy Mangan here with an excellent review. "This is not television that is going to change the world, but it is going to give you eight hours of fantastic escape. Enjoy." (I'm not normally a murder mystery fan by the way) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

So, the big question - will he be resurrected today or not?

Storm Dave indeed. Storm Baz. Storm Finchy. Storm Whassuuuuuuuup. Storm Oyoyyyyyyy. Storm OOAREYA? Storm Eng-er-land Eng-er-land Eng-er-laaaand. Storm Bantz. Storm Bro. Storm Two Neckoils and A Jägerbomb. Storm NotAllMen. Storm Sleevetats And A C*ntwatch. Storm Down In One Down In One Down In Ooone!

Dan Rather represents an era when journalism wasn't as polarized into political groups. I miss those days. 😭

Good summary of Trump's achievements so far, in less than 2 minutes.

"Knowledge of history can change the future". This is an important read. Worrying to start but reassuring (somewhat) by the end, although people do need to act and respond. (I hadn't made the connection between his proposed 50% military budget increase and getting the military on his side.)

"Knowledge of history can change the future". This is an important read. Worrying to start but reassuring (somewhat) by the end, although people do need to act and respond. (I hadn't made the connection between his proposed 50% military budget increase and getting the military on his side.)

🤩 A ‘recreation’ of the RMS Titanic, staged in Belfast harbour through the use a ‘flotilla’ of 950 drones

I feel like “the world passed peak gas-powered car sales in 2017” is not a widely known fact

Cycling Home, painting by Simon Palmer, who has lived and worked in Wensleydale for 40 years.

#1001albums: Day 94: Peter Gabriel: So: 1986. Gabriel's typical blend of musical influences from around the globe and the production of Daniel Lanois create an artistic yet accessible album with a wide appeal. Some huge singles on this album, but I think my favourite track is probably Mercy Street

Good summary of Trump's achievements so far, in less than 2 minutes.

The Logic of Chance: John Venn, influential English mathematician, logician & philosopher, who advanced understanding of probability, died #OTD 1923. President of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; created Venn diagram. Portrait 1899 by Brock @caiuscollege.bsky.social Venn diagram: Stephen Wildish

Apropos of Stone Age.

Time for #RadMac

"..did that victory prove that loads of people.. really prefer Green female plumbers to foreign-crypto-funded climate-denying friends of the Epstein-adjacent adjudicated sex offender and convicted fraudster Donald Trump, or were there more sinister forces at work?" www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

At a time when everything seems bad, here’s a bit of good news. In 1991, lithium-ion batteries cost around $9,200 per kilowatt-hour — 33 years later, they cost just $78. This helps us move towards electrification of transport and energy storage in homes ourworldindata.org/battery-pric...

In the first 15 minutes of this podcast they cover the USA as a rogue state and Trump as an agent of Russia, then go on to list the most egregious stuff this administration has already done. He's driving the US into the ground, and nobody's stopping him. (Yet.) pca.st/podcast/b2e8...

Good Friday. The only holiday where we celebrate the date of someone's death. (So far.)

"..did that victory prove that loads of people.. really prefer Green female plumbers to foreign-crypto-funded climate-denying friends of the Epstein-adjacent adjudicated sex offender and convicted fraudster Donald Trump, or were there more sinister forces at work?" www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Lovely! The journey from a Luton man writing copy for truck adverts, to the movie Airplane. Surely you can’t be serious?

Hegseth sacking US Generals so he looks strong and in control (he isn’t) because he knows…..

The Dyson ‘Endless Whining’ system

The world's ultra-rich have stashed around $2.84 trillion (€2.47tn) in untaxed offshore accounts, a figure that surpasses the combined wealth of the bottom 50% of the human population. www.euronews.com/business/202...

It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece

In the first 15 minutes of this podcast they cover the USA as a rogue state and Trump as an agent of Russia, then go on to list the most egregious stuff this administration has already done. He's driving the US into the ground, and nobody's stopping him. (Yet.) pca.st/podcast/b2e8...

*taps the sign*

Best for Britain, the most strategic of the pro-Europe organisations, asking supporters to push for a more radical approach from the government. There's a real feeling now that the wind is in our sails open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...

Avoiding the news because of… you know, means I’ve seen very little SPACE!, but this (via www.instagram.com/p/DWnO3IgjUrv/) is wonderful

🔥 🚨 🔥 🚨 🔥 🚨 🔥 French Senator Claude Malhuret says what the majority of the world is thinking

Omg

This is a thrilling voyage to (literally) the bottom of the sea, and full of surprises.