This article reminds me of the many “optics” management I’ve encountered in my time. 🫣😬

No. No. No. #notopalantir

🎧: GB News aired an allegedly misleading interview with Donald Trump, twice. Will there be consequences? Alan Rusbridger and @lionelbarber.bsky.social discuss

Fun sign that calls the bluff of every cyclist you've seen blow through those red lights! 😂

"Two Thirds of all the money Reform spends is wired from Thailand." Damning.

Meta faces New Mexico trial that could force changes to Facebook, other platforms reut.rs/3P09hL4

Great thoughtful article.

❤️ Love this @semafor.com item which notes that 10% say ‘yes’ to absurd survey questions. And discloses how a new study found that faction by asking whether the Canadian armed forces are breeding an army of genetically engineered super-raccoons: 10% endorsed it as probably or definitely true. 👏🦝

👇This is how Britain dies; not with a bang, but in a xenophobic vacuum.

James Orr flew to Arizona to pay tribute to a man who said the Civil Rights Act was a huge mistake, described immigration as mass demographic reconfiguration, and asked out loud what an Englishman even is if anyone can become one. This is the man who shapes Reform's programme for government.

Secret Service grab Vance a good few moments before Trump is guided away from the dais at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Weird footage shared by President Trump. The suspect runs past nine trained(?) personnel but manages to sprint through and past a detector and a crouched/seated figure beside it before any of the nine react. Then one runs back from where the suspect came.

"I do not like the thought of not caring for everybody." Danny Kruger defected from the Tories to Reform UK last year. We asked people in his constituency what they thought of Reform UK and Nigel Farage. Here's what they said...

Just 'cos you think it & say it, does not make it true. 🤥 #PerceptionAsTruth=False

"calculations show Farage has now racked up almost £2 million in income and gifts since becoming the MP for Clacton less than 2 years ago.His financial interests are so sprawling that we decided to contain them all in one place " www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/m...

👀’A Reform UK candidate in next month’s local elections was a “de facto senior diplomat” for the government of Hong Kong until two-and-a-half years ago and praised China’s repressive national security law.’ www.ft.com/content/477e...

Campaigners and parliamentarians who support the assisted dying bill are holding a press conference about next steps, insisting that they will bring the bill back. “There is appetite” to do so, insists Kim Leadbeater.

These are the same people who think we're weird for using a bicycle to pick up some groceries.

First Chagos, now the Falklands: Pentagon email touts options for the US to ​punish NATO allies it believes failed to support U.S. operations in the Iran war e.g. reviewing the U.S. position on UK's claim to the Falkland Islands & suspending Spain from the alliance. www.reuters.com/world/pentag...

A very interesting story from the FT this morning. In my recent reporting I have found AI companies hold considerable influence in Westminster and that No10 (esp while McSweeney was there) was dedicated to a closer relationship with Silicon Valley www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...

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Oh my effing Cripes 👀🤦🏻‍♀️

I genuinely think some people do not want to look this in the eye/think about it because it is so awful. We wrote what I thought was a pretty eye-opening story about all this and I was surprised by the lack of engagement tbh

Internal turmoil in Palantir: At one point during the call, one of the employees … explained that Palantir’s work with ICE was a priority for Karp and something that likely wouldn’t change any time soon. “Karp really wants to do this and continuously wants this,” they said.

Thousands of candidates are expected to stand for Reform UK in May. The party claims they have the best vetting going. So why are people like this slipping through? 👇🧵

In the 80’s, it was asset stripping by corporate raiders. Now, private equity degrades our lives and living standards, snapping up utilities, and care homes, knowing poor services can translate into big profits for investors.

UK residents are being caught out by a rule change which invalidates EU pet passports for their pets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Whoa. You know it’s bad when even @reuters.com loses patience with the strait jacket lunacy of the Straits situation.

❤️ What a beautiful creation! 👏 A memorial angel in bronze, sculpted by @eleanorcrook.bsky.social commemorates the Lying-in-State of Elizabeth II.

BREAKING: EU ambassadors approve €90 BILLION loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto, reports Radio Free Europe journalist Rikard Jozwiak. The envoys also approved the bloc’s 20th sanctions package against Russia.

Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids in answer to a question about increasing support for childcare. Way to support modern families, not! #ReformWatch #darkage

Billions of pounds from UK public pensions are being used to bankroll the expansion of US gas companies And the gas terminals being built as a result are impacting the health of poor American communities

🎯 Who would imagine that expert rogue hackers would be tempted to access an AI model that is adept at detecting cybersecurity flaws?🤔 🧐 Mildly surprised that it took as long as two weeks for Mythos to be hacked ... #achillesheel

I'm just relieved nobody is talking about how I said I bought a house in Clacton, then admitted it was in the name of my girlfriend, Laure Ferrari, even though she couldn't afford £885,000, which conveniently meant I avoided £44,000 in tax. Please don't share.

👏Thanks @theguardian.com I received the legit email, rather than the scam, but was able to safely check what it claimed due to the very helpful directions in this useful article. 💯 #journalism #newsyoucanuse #Scamprotection www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...

“Jaws dropped.” British diplomats were stunned as a young American railed against migration levels in Britain, accusing migrants of stoking a crime wave. (While stats show violent and property crime has fallen). The Diplomats Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/w...

Even more reason to ditch Meta as they are poised to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data - Exclusive by @reut.com www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

The pro-life party.

Tsunami warning after 7.4 magnitude quake at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles ) in waters off coast of Japan. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Earthquake Hits Japan’s Tohoku Region; Tsunami Warning Issued japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...

Why Fashion Suddenly Loves Older Women “For all women, there’s that line between choosing to be malleable and pleasing and to conform with the collective norms or refusing it.” More and more, she said, they are saying, “No, I’m not playing that game.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/s...

NEW: This might be the perfect visual metaphor for the war in Iran. Courtesy of today’s Virginia Tech Spring game.

😳 Warnings over the potential dangers of Meta’s smart glasses and the facial recognition that might identify to strangers anyone who’s a user of a Meta platform & recognizing anyone with a public account on a Meta service such as Instagram. Say goodbye to anonymity. www.wired.com/story/meta-r...

Disenfranchisement by one awful law: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make legally present immigrant seniors ineligible for Medicare.

Reform. Making things up? Perish the thought 🤦🏻‍♀️

You gotta love these Reform candidates 👀 But perhaps don’t trust peeps with judgement calls like this to run your councils #justathought

BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs in biggest downsize in 15 years

Be on the lookout for "reservation hijacks" where criminals contact Booking.com customers pretending to be hotels in order to trick victims into sending them money based on bogus reservation problems. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Realised for the first time today that Trump uses the outline of the map of the States as his make-up guide 👀