The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Noem's lies are mind blowing: "This individual attacked those officers, had a weapon on him and multiple, dozens of rounds of ammunition, wishing to inflict harm on these officers, coming, brandishing like that.

Hmm a ‘Mr. Cake in Burslem’ on Praise & Grumble being quite blunt in his assessment of Port Vale’s performance today. Any relation @davecakes.bsky.social? 🤔

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

Not a statesman. Not strong. Not patriotic. Not principled. Farage is a traitorous little shit who is too compromised and too desperate to please Trump, to serve the best interests of our country. He will only ever betray us because he has to see Brexit through to the bitter, broken end. (iPaper)

Brutalist enough for you @skipratmedia.bsky.social? 😊

Mark E. Smith March 5, 1957 – January 24, 2018

Jared Huffman, "If we're real and honest about what's going on, we have a madman in the White House" "Trump is running the biggest most corrupt criminal grift in criminal history, out of the White House" "We take an oath to the Constitution, but it seems all of you took an oath to Donald Trump"

Part recorded in Oxford, so technically I’m on this album 😊 @thegrahamparker.bsky.social 🎶😎👍

“We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the Carrs”

Hey @nickraybould.bsky.social 👋😊

Passed away on this day in 1997: Billy Mackenzie #TheAssociates Pics; Steve Rapport David Corio David Corio youtu.be/aJEkCDd6s-E?si…

Voice of an angel. Billy left the building 28 years ago today 📸 Eugene Adebari youtu.be/A2wtJCDzVu0?... @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @neilcooper.bsky.social @creepingbent.bsky.social @grantmcphee.bsky.social

The Swiss haven’t given Trump a cuckoo clock so he’s going to invade Papua New Guinea.

“It is often said that Trump is transactional. That is no longer quite right. He is not interested in transacting; he is interested in taking and accumulating: power, land, and riches”

This.

Same here. #BandsFC

Sen Dick Durbin, "Who gave the order to flag records related to Trump (in the Epstein files)?" Bondi, "To flag records of President Trump?" Sen Durbin, "To flag any records that included his name?" Bondi, "I’m not going to discuss anything about that with you"

Everyone with authority must speak out now against Trump's depravity and lawlessness. Every Democratic leader. Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head. Every CEO. Every religious leader. If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.

I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵

Ursula von der Leyen, "We are creating a market of 700m. We chose fair trade over tariffs, partnership over isolation" While Keir Starmer's Labour carries on with making Brexit work, partnering with an unreliable USA under Trump who bullies, extorts and exploits

damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

This reminds me of when I rewarded the kids for using the potty for the first time. But in their defence they were only toddlers.

if Nigel Farage is lazy enough to record a message for paedophile Ian Watkins in exchange for money, what else might he do for money without thinking too hard

If at auction I buy, I don't know, say Stanley Matthews FA Cup Final winners medal does that mean I played in, and made a match winning performance in that Cup Final, even though it was fourteen years before I was born? Asking for Trump.

‘This Is What She’s Like’ Dexys Midnight Runners. 1985. 1 of 3 short films directed by Jack Hazan - ‘These films were quite different, they went against the grain’. Jack also directed ‘A Bigger Splash’ - David Hockney & ‘Rude Boy’ - The Clash. I’d love to see TIWSL on a big screen.

This is exactly the sort of public service broadcasting that social media should exist for.

"I had a meeting with Usain Bolt earlier ... and he gave me the world record for the 100m. Now I'm the fastest sprinter in history!"

This makes me tingle today as much as it did in ‘67. ✊😎🎶

Pauline Boty : I Am the Sixties Available to watch on #BBCiPlayer

A little reminder of what an arsehole Robert Jenrick is.

The thought of him being seduced by Farage….

On this day in 1903, Barbara Hepworth was born. A pioneer of modern sculpture, she reshaped British art with her abstract forms exploring space, landscape and the human body. #OnThisDay #BarbaraHepworth #WomensArt

Getting ready for the next round 😊 #FACUP #SCFC

ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.

I love me some crude humor.

I’m so relieved our government messaging to X, the far-right peri-apocalyptic CSAM and violent pornography generating social media platform, is “get a grip.” I’m sure the Ketamine-Addled Billionaire is quaking in his boots. They need to get off the place. Now.

Murphy: "As their agenda becomes more unpopular, they then become more dependent on trying to rig out democracy and rig the next election, bc nobody is gonna vote these guys back in ... You gotta connect the dots here. What they are trying to do is rationalize violence."

Absolutely brilliant! 🎶😎👍

Looking forward to seeing AW in Brum in March 🥰

You’re in good company here @nightingalesuk.bsky.social @theshend.bsky.social @spizzenergi.bsky.social @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social 🎶😎👍

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The Rolling Stone Roses

Some new pics of the only Syd Barrett solo gig, circa 1970, have surfaced, and they are so cool. Jerry Shirley on drums, Dave Gilmour on bass

Don't be biased against imported American chicken just because it's chlorinated. Be biased against it because it's bred in cruel factory farms, force-fed animal waste products, pumped full of chemicals, slaughtered inhumanely, and tastes like shit.

Some people do my head in. This arse is one of them. Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally. No. He can absolutely do one.

Someone needs to come up with a (admittedly lengthy) mnemonic to help us remember

From this day in 2022.

He's making a list He's redacting it twice Crossing out the names implicated in vice. D███d T██p was on Epstein’s flights.