Brianna Ghey was murdered by transphobic classmates she knew in real life. In part because media outlets like the Guardian normalised transphobia.

Some analysis of the fact that this “solution” wouldn’t have protected Brianna while this government’s actions would have made her life actively worse is needed. Otherwise this looks hollow and exploitative.

brianna ghey wasn't murdered by social media. she was murdered by kids from her school.

I asked my hosting service to block any dynamically inserted ads for AI in podcasts I’d made. There was no option to do so. They do it with product codes. There were product codes for drugs, hate speech, firearms, dark web shit. You could opt out of those (or in). But not for AI. We found a bodge.

It's "Blue Monday", which is a load of nonsense, but it is an excuse for a thread about New Order and the UK's best-selling 12-inch single of all time #BlueMonday (THREAD 1 of 10)

Bringing together a sparkling set of names from the comedy realm, @leadmojo.bsky.social (set up by @edmorrish.bsky.social) is heading up this ambitious, multifaceted audio project, steered by its listeners, which is today's #MirloMondays pick. 📣🐦‍⬛ mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...

I've been pretty unwell this week, but I'm in the park with the dog and while watching a red kite looping lazily in a thermal, I realised it won't be long before the swifts arrive.

‘I was afraid for my life’: the transgender refugees fleeing Trump’s America

I didn't get a Nobel Peace Prize and I'm not invading Greenland. Just saying.

Support what? What the fuck are you talking about man? What are we doing here?

Garbage truck slows down important man forcing him to drive over the bike lane and onto sidewalk to get around. Some suggest removing garbage service.

Afternoon.

Starmer says he does not think Cookie Monster would eat your biscuits.

...trip the "Answer back" mechanism, a rotating wheel with code bars that acted on the key selector mechanism and send your station/subscriber ID. It used a 5-unit code, usually International Telegraph Alphabet No.2. I remember "PERKENG G" for "Perkins Engines Great Britain" when I used TELEX. 2/2

Probably Telex and almost certainly the later "Glass TTY" VDU variety - hence the "Scroll up" key to roll the display upwards to the start of the message because it wasn't a paper roll. "Who Are You" would be "WRU" on a mechanical TTY and sent "Figure shift" and 'D' to the other end. This would 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.

GENUINELY BAFFLED UK GOVERNMENT STRATEGIST: But how are the nazis and paedophiles supposed to find out about birds?

Going to war because you didn’t get a Nobel peace prize is a solid indicator that you probably shouldn’t have gotten the prize

But guys Starmer needs a few more days to digest before he could possibly say something like this!!!

When you visit Trieste, Italy, you and you go and buy tickets for bus, in the buss station ticket office you can find this beautiful two projection section of Cretaceous rudist bivalve mollusk from the Radiolitidae family, which converged in their for with corrals! 🧪 #Geology ⚒️ #Paleobio

The most expected news of all time. Have never liked Alexa, Ring for these reasons. I'm not paranoid, I've just read history books and speculative scifi.

#BBC R4, now: "Lord Mandelson will join us live" Seriously? Just no.

I think we're now able to build a pretty clear picture of the most likely mechanism of the train crash at Adamuz in Spain.

Gut wrenching news coming out of Spain - the death toll has climbed even while I've been reading all I can on it. Absolutely no clarity as to what's happened yet, so ignore anyone saying otherwise.

I'm making the show with Matt Hutchinson - 4 February at Up The Creek in Greenwich. Do come if you can! It's a double bill with Amy Anette. www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/01...

Fantastic on the other handism.

Prisoners for Palestine highlighted that the hunger strike was paused after it emerged that Elbit Systems, one of pro-Palestine campaigners key targets, had been denied a £2.7 billion contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD). www.thenational.scot/news/2576940...

Thoughtas with everyone in court today, and also the amazing people doing support work for them today...

It's the mission creep that bothers me, once it's seen as "well this works okay" the pressure is for a little bit more relaxation until it's all reopened.

Surely this just undermines the whole point of Bank being traffic free given the bulk of road vehicles in the Square Mile are taxis and deliveries anyway (because nobody sane drives their own car into it on a weekday).

Heartbreaking

I’ve always been a bit suspicious about records from after 1969, I know this is weird of me, but that’s how it is, it means I get to catch up on a lotta good stuff

I get the distinct impression that Keswick is going to be full of cyclists next weekend

Yet another one... #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/19/s...

we’ve got andy hamilton, for god’s sake. we’ve got @ianmartin.bsky.social. we’ve got @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social @eddierobson.bsky.social @larryandpaul.bsky.social and @aglasgowgirl.bsky.social. we’ve got @gralefrit.bsky.social & ben willbond and mark evans and @alicefraser.bsky.social.

One of the projects you can support on Smelt is a new sitcom by me. It's called The Least Bad Of All Possible Worlds and it's about refugees from parallel universes trying to integrate into society in Morecambe. You can pledge to fund it here: if you fund it, we make it! mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...

"Don't be mean to my friend."

What is it about sexual assault allegations and Reform MPs? #AndrewRosindell en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...

It's not the biggest issue today, but this statement should be given in Parliament. This isn't fuddy-duddyism. It allows MPs to ask questions, puts other parties on the record, and, most importantly, doesn't allow a PM to pick the audience: a power that Starmer does not abuse, but future PMs will.

You couldn’t make this up

Yes, you see your problem there is that I think there may be an unbridgeable gap between what Donald J Trump and Jonas Gahr Støre understand a government’s role and limitations to be in relation to an independent committee.

“Who is it that can tell me who I am?” Lear, Act 1, Scene 4

“We were originally just going to model real cities, but we quickly realized there were way too many parking lots in the real world,” SimCity creator Stone Librande admitted in an interview. “Our game was going to be really boring if it was proportional in terms of parking lots.”

People who think retribution against politic dissent is new are wrong. When I wrote for WhiteHouse.Org, a website that mocked the George W. Bush administration, all my boarding passes were marked "SSSS" which meant that everything in bags were unpacked out and searched. Nazism isn't new to America.

Trump is reportedly considering offering asylum to British Jews citing claims of ‘antisemitism’ in the UK. The proposal, raised by Trump’s personal lawyer, has sparked debate over the implications for US refugee policy.

Reform's vetting procedures:

On Wednesday, Trump announced he will halt federal funding to sanctuary cities starting February 1st. Sanctuary cities limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, including not inquiring about immigration status.

But then again, we can't say they didn't warn us....

to be entirely male and lacked Palestinian representation, with few, Arab members. Oborne argued the structure resembled a pro-consular arrangement and likened it to a return to the British mandate era of the 1920s and 1930s, reflecting an outdated and troubling approach to Gaza’s future.

When “Operation Raise the Colours” started attaching flags to lampposts, you couldn’t analyse it in the media without the reply, “it’s just people innocently expressing national pride”. Now the same people are travelling to France to intimidate refugees. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...