*slide whistle* *comedy BOOIIINNGG sound*

Someone stole my wife's maroon Raleigh Motus bike in Dublin City Centre this afternoon. If you see it, give me a shout

Gotta admit, even among all the horrors wrought by AI, I didn't imagine we'd be joining the war on dementia on the side of dementia

So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Very bad day for gilts. There's been a few this year. Nowhere near as bad as Truss era ofc, but I think that insane time has skewed our perception. For instance, a rise in 30yr yields such as happened today only happened once in 10 years pre-COVID. And not once during the 10 years to late 2008.

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate. Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents. couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...

Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.

Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection. Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?

The US Justice Department urged a New York state appeals court to reverse Donald Trump’s felony conviction, an extraordinary intervention by federal officials as the president seeks to clear his criminal record

Just naked bigotry, they don't even bother trying to hide anymore

Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows. Does this sound familiar? Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."

The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade.

Huge respect for the 2% of Celeb Traitors viewers who think that David Olusoga played the best game.

My low-lying fields are flooded after all the rain. Bad news for me, but good news for this otter family who have a huge new playground

So glad that money is going to charity #celebritytraitors

Stoked to have A+ financial analyst Mike Zaccardi posting here on Bluesky more actively. For more charts & analysis like this, follow him ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/mike...

Millions of voters—roughly 8 percent of Bihar’s electorate—were removed in total from the voter list during the Indian state’s Special Intensive Revision. The consequences of the campaign will extend far beyond just voting rights, writes Joshua Yang.

This story keeps getting worse. www.latimes.com/california/s...

I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.

Pretty extraordinary story here www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

"Trump administration officials warned of additional trade tariffs and made personal threats against negotiators from other countries to block a historic climate deal for shipping" www.ft.com/content/4e0a...

The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.

lmao

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

I did not expect this post to resonate with so many people, but it makes sense considering how many people have been laid off or are going through layoffs rn. Gen X and Millennials were also taught to prioritize work and our careers, only to see homes become too expensive to buy and wages stagnate.

We are going to try and launch something that operates on 5000 dogs and stops 100,000 dogs being born into suffering. We've shared budgets, planning, targets and data here. Hopefully will be able to pull off the impossible!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqZ...

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia on.ft.com/4ou3MjY

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Munster hand out a Croke Park hiding as Leinster’s title defence continues to unravel

A big turnout for No Kings in Dublin, Ireland

“.. It was not immediately clear where the funding for the jets came from.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

The number of Indian laborers in Russia has surged 22-fold over the past five years amid a persistent labor shortage — Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence www.kyivpost.com/post/61926

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents. Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time. He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone. Houston, Texas

“YOU hit HER.” CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

According to some prominent news outlets if Europe does not emulate these innovative practices it will never catch up with America's current trajectory

How long will Rubio keep his job after his boss finds out he put his name to this letter supporting Maria Corina Machando for the Nobel Prize? www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...

Batshit.

BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

October 4, 1950: ⁦‪Snoopy‬⁩ makes his first appearance!

At least 30 civilians were injured after Putin’s forces struck a railway station packed with people in Ukraine’s Sumy region. Rescue efforts are ongoing.

So much to mourn here. ICE shot and killed a single father just after he has dropped his two kids off at daycare. Their justification for stopping him was traffic violations form 12 years ago. Their justification for shooting him was that he was driving away. A completely needless tragedy.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)