Great to chat with someone who really loved my book on black holes, “A Crack in Everything”, and appreciated the fact I had gone and talked to the people who had made the discoveries and told their stories. Here’s the podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTnH... #blackholes #space #astronomy #universe

The world's 10 richest people (nearly all from the U.S.) are collectively $500 billion richer this year thanks to growth in stocks tied to AI. Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity. AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.

In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia

New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms

It seems like Elon Musk stoking a civil war in England isn’t good for Tesla’s sales there

Astonishing video, worth watching in full.

Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs. Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights. archive.ph/eMg3O

Don’t tax us we’re too rich and too important, part 94 bit.ly/4o3C7pD gambling firm joins the list of the untaxables

The Economist has claimed Britain is trapped in a “debt doom loop.” But they’re wrong. The UK does not face a government debt crisis. What we really face is chronic underinvestment, inequality, and an elite media pushing austerity to protect the wealthy. youtu.be/myNUVF_Kl7o?...

Ok. Who did this? 🤭😅🤣

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.

Trump springs into action as a man collapses in the Oval Office.

The Trump regime summed up

When the attention and headline at a Trump press conference becomes about someone other than Trump.

Doing something really does reduce anxiety. Even if you go on a march, being out and about with like-minded people raises your spirits and makes you feel better. Try it.

The incredible mix of people in our country, with their different talents and experiences, outlooks and ideas, is Its superpower not its Achilles’ heel.

We see something similar in the UK. Most benefits go to people IN WORK. Because there are not enough properly paid jobs. Rather than insisting employers pay decent wages, governments use taxpayers’ money to subsidise employers who don’t. Welfare was not meant to support employers. This is wrong

If only BBC’s Today Programme had been 1% as aggressive to the Tories over its 14 years in power as it is to every Labour MP it interviews. The bias is off the scale.

Trump is a sociopath and he’s killing America

I thought the picture of this dipshit grinning like a goon in front of a buffet table of fast food burgers and fries would never be topped as an encapsulation of who he (and America) really is. And then we get this beauty

this is a goddamn Renaissance painting

This photo captures a moment where a visitor to the White House had a moment of medical distress while another visitor was giving a speech. Trump just stands there, staring over his desk. RFK Jr. bolted from the room. This is what you can expect from this administration during something unplanned.

when this is all over, i nominate the following photo to be the only image of him that is allowed to be displayed in the white house and any government building. it captures his regime and personality perfectly.

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

Well, if a lunatic tweeted it, then it must be true!

I don't care what anyone says FDR was a Democratic socialist even though he never ran under that title his policies are identical.

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🚨🚨 Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to #NigelFarage's Brexit group. Great report by @elisabraun.bsky.social on a decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top #Brexit campaigner. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...

Musk and X are threats to Europe

A former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the BBC that US air strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats would be treated under international law as crimes against humanity. 66 people have been killed in the last two months. #Pinks www.bbc.com/news/article...

Well I'd say UK #Conservatives & USA #GOP / #MAGA types share a hatred of #London & #NewYork. Is despite both the great cities having their issues. They're still both the greatest cities in the world & show people of different races, religions & backgrounds can live together. #PoliticsLive

Why do the racists hate New York and London? Because both cities are an incredible mix of different people and both cities are incredibly successful.

Unfortunately, no.

Exactly. It's poor interviewing technique. Need to stay calm. And, if the interviewee is evasive, just say - making it obvious to listeners - "Well, you're obviously not going to answer that question", and move on.

Christophe Jacrot Bologna, Italy Piazza Maggiore

This interview is just awful. This isn't Radio 5 Live, ffs. Does Emma Barnett start everyday asking "what would the Daily Mail say?" Totally tabloid. Excruciatingly amateurish. A waste of the prime 8.10 interview slot. #r4today

Emma Barnett on Today this morning reminding me why I never listen to Today. Jesus - awful. Pathetic. Is this the BBC can now manage? #R4today

Yes, it was a very aggressive and shouty interview of a Labour minister. Ans I kept thinking: Did I ever hear anything like it when the Today Programme was interviewing Tory MPs over the past 14 years? The answer is: no.

If only BBC’s Today Programme had been 1% as aggressive to the Tories over its 14 years in power as it is to every Labour MP it interviews. The bias is off the scale.

I ignore most of the criticism of Keir Starmer, because I know it comes from the right-wing media, but I cannot ignore the fact he appointed, and agrees with, Wes Streeting, who has little understanding of the NHS, no empathy for NHS staff & is accelerating NHS privatisation, which nobody voted for.

Canada wants the experts that Trump/RFK jr hate

All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.

Donald Trump is repackaging a familiar smear against Zohran Mamdani.

Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."

"I've just about had enough of you today. Go and play with the other baby rhinos."

This should happen 👇

Do you remember the SOCPA laws? Mark Thomas protested against them by following the law to the letter. His show My Life In Serious Organised Crime is worth listening to. No longer on BBC Sounds but someone put it on YouTube. youtu.be/ndyto3HJsdg?...