I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.

It would be good if the dehumanising and abusive way migrants still get treated in the UK got even half the coverage and attention as what is happening under Trump in the States bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...

Polaris is not always the North Star. Due to Earth's precession, over the course of 26,000 years, Polaris, Alderamin, Vega, and Thuban take turns as the closest prominent star to the celestial pole.

Perhaps Trump should have gotten them on board first? Also this is such a stupid idea and expensive

Remarkably regressive (and frankly appaling - not to memtion idiotic) recruitment policies from @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social here.

This is an important point, because the Rules Of The Universe mean that it's simply impossible for a G7 government to post in two or three different places. It can't be done! There are no apps! YOU'RE IMAGINING IT!

The consequences of reading Diana Henry the night before….

I know people say "satire is dead" a lot but if you wrote a sketch where a tech company's solution to an AI creating nonconsensual sexual images was "make it a premium subscription", it would be thrown out for being too on the nose

Looks like it is actually on YouTube, so just for academic purposes and the sake of completeness:

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

UK readers double-taking, dropping their phones, spitting out tea etc

The grief the grief the grief. And the rage and love. We have it in us to be so much better than this.

It is not bad or avoidant to simply sit in bed as the storm* gathers power, in my case bingeing Rick Stein in Australia and drinking M&S mulled rosé. *weather/world/war etc.

Put your phone down for a bit. Turn off the media and just sit for a while. We're overwhelmed right now and it's valid. Find something that gives you hope and embrace it today.

Parisian Martini!!! @lucyfishwife.bsky.social !!!

Every word, a stepping stone on an amazing journey.

Sounds nice there, tho

"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." ~ Castaneda

Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.

The government should not only be stopping using the platform they should also be issuing urgent safeguarding advice to all institutions not to post pictures there.

Beginning to suspect the Iris Murdoch was taking backhanders from the bloated fish paste industrial complex.

Also... Trump is 79, Putin 73, Xi 72, Modi 75, Erdogan 72, Khamenei 86, Netanyahu 76, Obiang 83, etc. There is one relentless enemy that the gerontocracy has never yet beaten.

the current BBC write up about Renee Nicole Good doesn't mention her having a wife www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is good news, at least

For those wondering what Mamdani's quote, "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty," was in reference to...

Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?

I'm launching my Substack era with some 19th century Bruges messy drama. Enjoy 😜 open.substack.com/pub/cobblesa...

Folks, @womensaidireland.bsky.social have closed their X account on principle. Follow them here, give them some real engagement to acknowledge both the rightness of that decision, but also of letting go of high follower numbers (even if the algorithm meant that no longer signified actual reach).

Finally watched the David Attenborough doc on London's wildlife. Absolutely wonderful depiction of the extraordinary breadth and vitality of nature's WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN SNAKES

Make it viral.

A bit of self promotion. My chocolate shop’s Winter Sale is now live, with chocolate bars, treats, and hot chocolates included. Details are on the website if you’re curious. jenkinsemporium.co.uk

Discovered, identified, conserved, understood, contextualised and explained by historical experts and specialists. Thank you all #Skystorians

willing to bet that literally the last thing AI does is 'liberate women from unwanted chores'

Good to see Reform UK wasting no time to break their promises when faced with the reality and complexity of responsibility... https://www.ft.com/content/6837f724-7e8b-43e8-914f-ef22d8358c90

Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.

Genuinely find this kind of thing exciting.

If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...

Reformed January 6th participant (who refused a pardon): “You can't gaslight me. I was there. I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down and hit his head and his back. So don't be telling me it wasn't violent.”

Wish I could internalize this

I love this story

I went from “I guess I will always stay in a Hilton from now on” to “I will never stay at a Hilton again” so freaking fast.

Five years ago today.

Have you read the relevant sections of Project 2025? It literally calls for annexation of Venezuela Cuba Ecuador Guyana Mexico Greenland...

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

Joint statement on Greenland.

Britain has talked itself into a flat tailspin. Had weeks of ppl telling me that the country's on the verge of catastrophe. In reality real wages are rising and the economy growing. God alone knows what ppl would say if we went back to the early 80s, 17% interest rates and four million unemployed.

day 2 of posting margot photos from the archives until morale improves