Gestapo: 'Did you do this?' Picasso: 'No, you did.' (True story)

Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments.

📣 One week left to apply! We are seeking applications for our Scots Scriever residency - and this year, the focus is on Shetland. This is a unique opportunity for a writer to create original work in Shaetlan while championing the language across communities.

"The cancer of Reform has spread - deep into the Tory Party, which now refers to 'anti-racism' as a 'dangerous ideology'. What society, worth the name, considers anti-racism to be something to condemn, for pity’s sake?" www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @neilmackay.bsky.social 📷 𝘠𝘶𝘪 𝘔𝘰𝘬/𝘗𝘈

Persepolis (2000), autobiographical graphic novel by Iranian cartoonist, illustrator, author and film director Marjane Satrapi #WomensArt ❤️

Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026), the French-Iranian author and illustrator behind the popular graphic novel series and film “Persopolis,” RIP 🙏

61% of all political donations in the last quarter came from just 14 people Reform took in £9.3m from a handful of super rich donors British democracy is being bought. We urgently need action to take the money out of our politics

If you read one thing today, make it @stephenkb.bsky.social's admirably clear and rational analysis of the police's actions following Henry Nowak's murder, from the @financialtimes.com Inside Politics newsletter www.ft.com/content/aa94...

Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox (the Eurthymics) 📸 : Robert Mapplethorpe, 1989

When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

Today, OPFS joins @jrf-uk.bsky.social and partners across Scotland to call for a stronger Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. Around 30% of single parent families live with the devastating consequences of child poverty, something we see every day through the families we support.

"To suggest she has no responsibility for that, and to link that lack of responsibility to her sex, is a form of infantilisation that will do women no good in the long-run." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on Murrell and Sturgeon. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2615250...

Those bloody stutter stutter penalties 🤦‍♀️ Just don’t do it, lads #championsleaguefinal

Or a Hamilton & Inches Hand Chased Wine Coaster in Britannia Silver? This really is ludicrous

“I think the book should be compulsory reading for every civil servant at the Home Office and every MP” - Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Madeleine Sumption's new book "What is Immigration Policy For?" Link to the book in the reply, for those civil servants and MPs who don't have their copy yet

Totally niche again, but given I follow quite a lot of Italians I thought it was worth a try. I'm looking for anyone who really loved Pinocchio as a child - someone for whom it has a special significance for any reason, or who has a story connected with it. I'd be grateful for RTs. Thank you.

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.

Not a fan of Burnham anyway, but seriously, what is the point of changing leader if they are going to keep the same inhumane and hostile policies Starmer supports which have pushed so many voters away from Labour. Whoever takes over needs to u-turn on them, fast. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

John Kampfner's new book, 'Braver New World: The Countries Daring to Do Things Others Won't' ( I contributed to the housing chapter) is available for 99p today on Kindle and Kobo.

Congratulations to Ali Smith for winning the €100,000 @dublinlitaward.bsky.social award. She's taking part in @ilfdublin.bsky.social tomorrow at 6pm - the event is free, just register: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes... www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Starmer's big problem has been his lack of emotional intelligence and his inability to communicate what the Labour Party is for. It's an epic gamble, but Andy Burnham could be the man to change all that. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2611328...

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

NUJ responds to Farage doxxing a photo journalist who was doing their job. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

Why is Andy Burnham making me think of Bonnie Prince Charlie?

Thread on how many terrorist attacks are not being reported

BLOG POST: why I think the measurement of disproportionality in mixed member systems is wrong, and what to do about it www.chrishanretty.co.uk/posts/mixed_...

Wes Streeting is far from being the only politician who is guilty of this, but it is always weird to me how you can write a paragraph on the challenges the world faces and not mention climate change.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Louis Armstrong performing for his wife at the Great Sphinx of Giza (1961). 📷 Bettmann/Corbis

This really is astonishing stuff. And it's quite the irony that it's being accelerated by the climate change denying Donald Trump inadvertently implementing the biggest carbon pricing programme in the history of humanity.

Can’t see Wes Streeting doing this (And he got some of his dance moves from Big Dan Burn)

V interesting thread

Brilliant piece

🚨 WE WON — and the Government cannot appeal again. The Court of Appeal has blocked the Government from challenging the costs ruling in our landmark case against the Minimum Income Requirement. It's final. 1/🧵https://reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/we-won-and-the-government-cannot-appeal-again/

The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

Like a gut punch, this quietly spoken sentence from Lubaina Himid who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale www.ft.com/content/2a58...

The landing technique of Swans 🦢

On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP.

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

Lost property on Lothian Buses helps fund change & allows us to stand with those hit hardest by the #HousingEmergency. Through our partnership with @lothianbuses.bsky.social in the past year: 🟢 £12.8k has been raised 🟢 3,100+ items sold 🟢 95 tonnes diverted from landfill ℹ️ shelterscotland.org/LB26

As well as the wonderful contemporary art in the exhibition, the geological highlight is undoubtedly one of the famous Hutton 'Lost Drawings', the original artwork by John Clark of Eldin of Hutton's section on Salisbury Crags demonstrating the intrusion of igneous rocks into sedimentary strata.

I was tidying away books in the library once when I saw a small child run crying to his mum because he'd picked up a Spanish book and thought he'd suddenly forgotten how to read

There's now a statue of a naked Terry Jones overlooking Colwyn Bay beach, and it's really rather lovely. If you're there, make sure you rub his arse for luck. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

All that survives of the passage grave at Crucuno in Plouharnel (Morbihan) is the truly monumental chamber. The 5x4m 40-ton capstone rests on orthostats up to 2m tall. Card by Levy in Paris c.1912. #TombTuesday.

Tulips, c. 2000 by Elizabeth Blackadder #WomensArt #April

Reports of a third attempted arson attack on Jewish targets in North London this week. It's getting really scary and more people need to start taking it seriously.

Act up activism is actually an amazing model for social change, in your face direct action, inside outside organizing, science led policy platforms, no monopoly on action, incredibly savvy media strategy, etc. and what a legacy to have been affiliated with this movement

Interesting thread

Surely he must have asked? “Did he pass vetting?” It would have been part of any competent manager’s checklist.

Chris's review: