@actualnames.bsky.social A whole piece here about having one of *those* names... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This was a fun story to pull together www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That is truly an atrocious attempt at tying a tie

Inside the story of a 20-year miscarriage of justice after a brutal rape for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongfully jailed: A convicted sex offender has now been found guilty of the attack: www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

🎊Happy Birthday to us!🎊 Today we're celebrating 75 years since the #PeakDistrict became the UK's first National Park! 🎂 💚 Let's continue working together to conserve and protect our beautiful park for another 75 years … and beyond!

There's this old white guy called Kent who is from Texas and his tiktok account is him just going round trying restaurants in Texas and Louisiana from different cultures and cuisines and it's just so fucking wholesome in a time when we need some wholesome. vm.tiktok.com/ZNRV83C93/

Not now, mysterious and rare building that raises more questions than it answers

Never complain lest a social media account mocks you for not knowing your place.

Not right now, North Korea

One of the very best from Clickhole

The 30 Rockification of real life is nearing completion

Voters in Wales failed by inaccurate UK media reports on devolved issues, study finds

I think everyone would agree that the police and MPs shouldn’t be shoplifting.

I'm not into gaming at all but I could very much get into this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

most brands on April 1st: half-arsed 200 word blog post Warhammer: www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

What happens when an author you love becomes a monster? For Vulture, I shadowed a retreat for Potter fans who've divested themselves from ever giving JK Rowling another red cent, while remaining eager to read and analyse the books, and their values, regardless. www.vulture.com/article/harr...

Best money I spend every month

How incredible: “The full delivery took about 30 minutes. For hours afterward, pairs of whales held the baby above the water until it was able to swim… What struck the researchers was how many mother, sister and daughter whales united to support the new calf, even ones that weren’t related.”

Will a pipeline carve through Britain’s first national park? In the Peak District, a vast new carbon-capture scheme could soon cut across farms, villages and protected land. @hughesroland.bsky.social walked the route, and found a local revolt brewing. dispatch-media.com/will-a-pipel...

I got to combine two of my favourite things - reporting on a knotty, fascinating story and walking through the scenic Peak District countryside - for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social

This already exists - it’s called the Museum of Brands and it’s excellent

Fabulous fleapits, picture palaces and big screens, as selected by FT writers and contributors – and Jarvis Cocker: ft.trib.al/8zxIyrZ

I see once again that all the places on last year’s list of best places to live have become unliveable hell-holes and replaced by an entirely new list. How unfortunate. www.thetimes.com/best-places-...

Marco Rubio genuinely has the biggest ears I've ever seen on a human man

Butterflies with tiny wings fly for thousands of km, across the Sahara, across the Atlantic ocean, strategically using winds to reach seasonal food and breed. It's hard to tag most insects so scientists found other ways to track migrations. Fascinating read: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

This is a pretty flimsy justification for this investigation, but it’s still fascinating

This is glorious, and the reverse journey I am on: when my parents will no longer be around, I risk losing Welsh, my first language altogether - something I'm going to have to fight really hard to avoid.

gotta be another way to do this

Holy shit, Ben Shapiro is Grouchomaxxing.

Being made to leave a plane mid-flight is a just punishment for this heinous act

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

Err... the same guy who died last week, Songkick?

Why didn’t they use an even harder weapon, like nougat?

For a second, I thought that he was actually there and wearing a cone of shame.

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

I've been working on this for ages in various countries: the story of the intelligence buildup to Putin's 2022 invasion. How did the US and Britain find out so much, and why were Europe and Ukraine sceptical. It's a long one: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

🚨 It looks like we might be hiring very soon. If you’re a journalist in Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield or Halifax - or you grew up there and want to move back - please contact @djstimms.bsky.social with haste. As soon as we hit 500 we can hire.

“Pulling the ice axe from my leg, I staggered on, spindrift stinging my remaining eye.”

Every few months, we make a little more progress at @locateintl.bsky.social on this cold case from this day in 1975. Now, we think we've found the small town in France where the victim came from - and it feels like we're getting closer to identifying her. actu.fr/faits-divers...

I’m not normally that person but…. It’s really annoying that Democracy for Sale a has hardly been credited anywhere in last 24 hours for breaking story of Labour Together paying to spy on journalists *almost two weeks* ago Hadn’t expected Tory press office to be the exception!

John Boorman is 93. This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.

I like how Sunderland have more than one player who sounds like a dog speaking. Robin Roefs obviously, but I’d also include Brian Brobbey.

I changed the audio

Definitely not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTbl...

My dad is turning 80, so naturally he is celebrating by walking for 24 hours (to raise money for Christian Aid). You don’t have to be Christian to donate, or to support their mission; we’d appreciate it if you did. www.justgiving.com/page/gareths...

search.savills.com/property-det... scroll through the pictures and admire the photographer's valiant effort to downplay the most noticeable feature of the back garden not mentioned in the property description.

We're being sued.... www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

I swear every festival poster I see is an elaborate practical joke. I know the Beta Band and Stereolab of course. But Honk? Sex Mask? Freak Slug? Dog Race?