This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

The US State Department plans to fund Far Right (and pro-Russia) think-tanks and charities in Europe to promote American policy positions and oppose European online speech regulations, the FT reports. America’s biggest export: fascism.

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

G11 in Glasgow had the perfect retort to Nigel Farage's divisive comments about Turkish barbershops... 😂

NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Absolutely

Rosa has been in office *forever* and really needs to be primaried by some up-and-comer.

The Potemkin movie...

In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.

It's a trend now, the only people left are Musk's useful idiots, and institutions have finally started to realize it. Better 3 years late than never 👏

This is my careful and transparent reporting of a surge in suicides of young trans people that was attacked in the Louis Appleby (a man who uses transphobic language and counts numerous anti trans activists amongst his associates) review commissioned by Wes Streeting. I stood by it then - and now.👇🏻

Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition.

The UK is abandoning the discovery science that future innovation depends on Apparently the plan for “growth sectors” is to cut fundamental physics and hope innovation just .… happens It's betting on AI while hollowing out the science it depends on www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Nottingham University bought the site for £37.5m in 2021 and spent another £40m refurbishing it Now it’s up for sale at £14m Many hundreds of redundancies later, we can rest assured that those responsible for the fiasco have done just fine www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

Oxford University's Handling of Sexual Harassment Allegations under scrutiny Investigation of serious matters of sexual harassment, bullying & whistleblowing needs to be taken out of hands of universities Their inclination is to cover up & do nothing poetsandquants.com/2026/02/02/o...

You’ve got to spend money to save money You've go to get rid of the people who do the work to make the institution efficient Bold leadership by Cardiff University VC -- if bold means expensive, disruptive & the pain borne entirely by someone else nation.cymru/news/univers...

All early career researchers know the ending : years of precarious labour, followed by joblessness & expectation that they should be grateful for the experience Pipeline isn’t leaking. It’s being deliberately drained People pushed out are the future www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

"I might disagree with Mandelson on his politics, but he's a very intelligent man and would be good choice for ambassador". Nigel Farage, Dec 2024 Nigel Farage condemns Sir Keir Starmer calling his appointment of Lord Mandelson as US ambassador a "grave error of judgement". 5th Feb 2026

Deflag www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/deflag?utm...

Breaking: We have brought more than 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to urge our politicians to act and protect inclusive spaces from expensive lawfare ⚖️ Read more in @the-independent.com: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my 🌈 baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony. This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The Venn Diagram between racists and transphobes is a circle. The actions of the far right against migrants and how likes of many "gender critical activists" act towards trans and non-binary individuals are one and the same. It was inevitable it would escalate. www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/06/t...

We are talking about space research and particle physics, our collaboration with CERN, giving up on UK science leadership in Europe. Why? www.space.com/astronomy/uk...

Thanks to @iansample.bsky.social at the Guardian for covering the devastating funding cuts that are being proposed for UK (astro)physics, and the dire impact these would have on young researchers. Will UKRI/STFC reconsider? Will the UKGov step in?🤞👩‍🔬🧪⚛️🔭 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

And incase you missed it, here is George Efstathiou (recently retired STFC Science Board member) going on the record about why it's come to this... telescoper.blog/2026/02/06/t...

BREAKING 🚨: Reform have been caught potentially cheating in the up coming Gorton & Denton by election. Residents have received a letter from a 'local pensioner'. There is no Reform Party branding on the letter

Reform UK: a part of racist flag shaggers, plastic patriots, criminals and con artists

It appears that Fan Thomas newly presented Wales Leader for Reform……has already lied to his electorate. He is not living in Wales, but has bought, and is living in a lovely £1m house in Bath nation.cymru/news/the-new...

New on FT website: Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract. www.ft.com/content/5bba...

STOP FUCKING COPYING AMERICA! Seriously. Theirs is NOT an example to follow. Do the COMPLETE OPPOSITE, and you'll thrive, because yes, you need research, science, education, and immigrants to thrive. And a planet that isn't trying to kill you. And a world that doesn't boo you...

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

Uncontrolled use of Low Earth Orbit will replace the brightest stars in the sky with AI data centers. And decrease the Ozone layer. And fill the Earth's environment with space debris. Let's not set the last forest on fire. Thanks BBC Sky at Night! www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/satelli...

The STFC Funding Crisis – Guest Post by George Efstathiou The following guest post by George Efstathiou is a response to the current STFC funding crisis I blogged about here, and specifically to a letter by the Executive Chair of STFC, Professor Michele Dougherty. I include the letter here for…

I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/

New round of PhD studentships in microbial engineering, including one with me on engineering non-canonical DNA mismatch repair into E. coli 🦠🧬 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The Epstein Files fallout continues well away from America. Norway’s economic crime police unit Oekokrim is investigating former prime minister and Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjørn Jagland on suspicion of aggravated corruption based on information revealed in the latest files drop.

Good piece on how the shingles vaccine slows aging and cuts dementia risk.

By the time he’s done it will be the United States of Trump. Any serious opposition should be planning to remove his name from everything.

Donald Trump is: - Openly racist - Covering up evidence he may have sexually abused children - Directly responsible for the murder of US citizens by masked agents of the state - Openly looting the treasury and taking bribes from foreign leaders - Polling at 38% amongst the American people

For everyone who thought this was far fetched even a week ago: 🚨🗳️⚖️ #2020 #electionlies

A good moment to recall that bitcoins are a, if not the, central plank of Farage's economic policy. It's an order of magnitude madder than Trussonomics: www.cityam.com/farages-cryp...

In 2008, Martine Vik Magnusson was raped and killed and her body dumped in a Gt Portland Street basement. Billionaire's son Farouk Abdulhak, who did it, fled back to Yemen the next morning. Here's Jeffrey Epstein seeking legal advice (from an ex-DPP) on how he could be sheltered from justice.

Reminder that ICE facilities are supposed to be civil, not criminal. And yet they have been designed under Trump to be concentration camps so terrible detainees will choose “voluntary” deportation rather than continue living there. This is evil. And history will view it—and its participants—thus.

🔊 Calling UK early career researches in astro, particle & nuclear physics. Please sign this open response to the proposed cuts at STFC ⚛️🧪🔭 "Protecting the UK's reputation as a science superpower requires not only investment, but continuity, confidence, and people" ✍️ ecr-openletter-stfc.github.io

A new Science for Fiction Podcast is out! In this episode I talk to Dr James Kirk about the search for exoplanets - planets around other stars. We discuss how they are found, what we have found, & what we have learnt about strange new worlds elsewhere in our galaxy. open.spotify.com/episode/3S75...

If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know. Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...

It's not just the decision to give public money and public data to a sworn enemy of everything we stand for, appalling though that is. It's also the secrecy and illegal shutting out of any competition. What does Palantir have on Streeting and Starmer - and did Mandelson give it to them?