*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder* There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The US administration’s insanity on vaccines continues to have ramifications across the world – it is not that America will miss out on these potential new vaccines. It is that they simply won’t happen at all. (Or at least they’ll be indefinitely delayed.)

They’re exactly as evil and opportunistic as we expect them to be.

The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one. Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.

This is pretty menacing. Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students." When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.

Ah yes, 'if you don't like a woman, either (a) call her a slag; (b) call her ugly.' Classic stuff from the 1970s manual for men. This is what going back to The Good Owld Days™ actually looks like.

Saw a rather disturbing family in a cafe today. A mother wearing a Dalmatian fur effect coat with a pushchair for a baby with a Dalmatian fur blanket in it and a Dalmatian. If I was her dog I would be worried.

I wonder if the journalist noted that "Specialist Aerial Carrying Kit" is a sack? Sheep rescued from a high ledge at old quarry near Ingleton | Craven Herald share.google/dcYbDllwN3tl...

@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social Some just don't make the grade BBC News - Taunton Town Council spends thousands on ripping out new posts - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Finishing a bottle of Talisker. Well, it would be rude not to.

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...

I have yet to receive a reply to this from anyone in the Green Party - my image and quote appear under the title "Everyone Agrees, Labour Are Done!". As the excerpt from the same article quoted here I reproduce below makes clear, I do not "agree". This clearly misrepresents my views.

Farage's two main policies: racism and keeping all pubs open. Staggeringly stupid but completely on-message for a pub bore.

Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is a Granada Television programme created to mark 300 years since the plague struck Eyam. These clips offer a fascinating glimpse into village life — from atmospheric footage of Eyam itself to pageant rehearsals and interviews with villagers of all ages. #LocalHistory

Not entirely sure this is the best argument for the (checks notes) head of the Catholic Church to make... www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

24 hours later: Trump has two journalists arrested

“operating both properties illegally as unlicensed houses in multiple occupation, housing multiple people in dangerous conditions including no central heating, no hot water, no working fire alarms, inadequate cooking facilities and unsafe access to outdoor areas” www.tamworth.gov.uk/tamworth-bor...

Reform chair of Warwickshire council and landlord has two unsafe HMOs shut down in neighbouring council enforcement. Says press release calling him a rogue landlord ‘lacked context’.

WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...

A bloated, much-married, philandering, orange-coloured megalomaniacal narcissist, possibly mentally impaired later in life, Henry VIII died #OnThisDay 1547.

arXiv is not going to survive the wave of slop heading its way

A reminder that the BBC have consistently platformed Goodwin as an 'impartial' commentator.

Just the Greens teaming up with Reform to oppose housing. www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/ne...

Age gating VPNs is a truly horrible idea. Teenagers deserve some kind of private access to the internet – which might mean LGB resources, or access to contraception or abortion advice, or resources to help with parental abuse. Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.

Just glance at Minnesota to see where this leads.

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

A 22 year old Reform Councillor Joseph Boam in Leicestershire has been criticised for his solidarity with ICE after the killing of nurse Alex Pretti www.lbc.co.uk/article/ice-...

Reform Party UK sharing Pro-ICE posts on social media. They support seizing 5 year olds as bait, and the extra judicial murder of civilians.

Spell checker explaining to me the current plight of the Tory Party.

What a mess. This is the damage done by social media lies and disinformation - aided by a government that subsidises and cossets the platforms that spread it. news.sky.com/story/uk-los...

Home is where the heartless are.

Nice example of Farage's view of extrajudicial executions of bystanders not breaking the law. Especially pertinent given that he wants to start his own program of mass deportations.

The thing to remember about Suella Braverman is that not only is she nasty, untrustworthy, and full of hate and anger, but she's also abominably stupid.

Lib Dems react: “Farage has recruited yet another Conservative minister with selective amnesia - one who complains about broken Britain while conveniently forgetting they helped break it. "Suella Braverman was so bad she was forced to resign from Liz Truss’ cabinet and got sacked by Rishi Sunak.”

I don't usually repost my old X posts, but it's a special occasion

Not even 'both sides' here - the crucial bit is removed out from the parents' statement (giving the false impression that they did not rebut the administration's lies), while the administration's lie is presented without rebuttal. Truly appalling stuff.

A cold cave rescue exercise today. Although unusually coffee and biscuits were supplied. derbyshirecro.org.uk

Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.

Genuinely think this coverage is worthy of formal complaint – and if the BBC doesn’t take it seriously, it should be escalated to Ofcom. The appearance of caving to the Trump White House, when the BBC is being sued, could be disastrous for public trust.

The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible. It leads on "sharply contested narratives" It has a dramatic skew to the US government It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

that Farage and Badenoch want ICE-style action in the UK should be enough to end them

Whenever Trump faces serious legal peril, one thing he says is "if they can do this to me, they can do this to you". What all those in the US should realise is that if they can do this to Minnesotans, they can do this to you.

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Can't help but feel the quote marks are in the wrong place

Remember that the UK has far, far weaker protections against state power than did the US. And the latter folded up like a pack of cards. The US is a warning from the British future.

"in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using Meta smart glasses." Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.

Not quite fair?! Not QUITE fair?!!!?