Maybe it's because we just want a PM that will actually think about what the people need - and do that instead of lining their own pockets in order to further their career? We're so "ungovernable" because we're sick of being rinsed.

Happy 100th Birthday to David Attenborough! Thank you for a lifetime of inspirational broadcasting, and all your work to promote the understanding of evolution and the natural world.

Sorry if I've been swinging wildly between these two concepts lately. These times are really trying.

too soon?

My Type? O Negative.

The move to remove hereditary peers is welcome. The next logical step should be to remove the Lords Spiritual. There should be no reserved seats in Parliament for any one religion. It’s time to remove bishops from the House of Lords. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We've spent $19 BILLION in TWO WEEKS. For a technology that's already dying. If we spent that much on solar & wind, we could reduce our energy dependency by 12.5% in a year. We could be pollution-free and have electricity at a quarter of current prices in eight years. Instead we have war.

If some people are beautiful because they are so fascinatingly ugly, there must be people who are ugly because they are so fastidiously beautiful [that they] have achieved technical excellence at the expense of erotic charisma. —Becca Rothfeld on the phenomenon of Looksmaxxing, in The New Yorker

Same guy

I CAST WHIMSY ON THE SKYLINE

The UK National Health Service has very clear information on all major medical conditions. It is browsable by all Never EVER rely on an LLM for health advice www.nhs.uk/conditions/

five years ago the president of the united states incited an insurrection in order to try to retain power and it is a comprehensive failure at every level - media, law enforcement, courts, politicians and most of all the voters - that he has returned to power and threatens the stability of the world

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.

Seriously, just one of the best onscreen presences to ever grace the silver screen. The definition of raw magnetism. RIP, Udo.

The STRUGGLE of both those guys, it's BIBLICAL

“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.” Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.

“For everything that’s succeeded there’s hundreds, if not thousands, of things that’s failed." Check out mine and @tealcartoons.bsky.social interview with @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social at @arstechnica.com about our new kids' book, DEAD ENDS! arstechnica.com/science/2025...

We're so close to having the ultimate vehicle on our roads

I have peaked at Halloween too early, eating this absolute monstrosity from our local bakers, and have now consumed so much sugar I can see through several dimensions, akin to my Slimelight days.

Of course he wouldn’t know that a mask should go over your nose…

Of course he wouldn’t know that a mask should go over your nose…

Happy Bela's birthday!

From the Merrimack Valley Horror Festival today:

Proud to say I just joined! Very excited for where the Green Party is going, and for making hope normal in politics again.

This is the new face of politics that I’m excited about - politics of kindness and equality that actually works for people. Also, don’t forget @katmabu.bsky.social!

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

The concept of the Antichrist has been used way back to nearly the beginning of Christianity as a way of siding people against a person or people the labeller doesn’t like. Thiel is just resurrecting the same arguments to go after those he doesn’t like. 🧵1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I learned at school that "double negatives" are generally considered poor grammar, and tend to be used either by bad writers or those who want to obfuscate meaning. "Anti-antifa"? Just plain fascism.

My new article ‘Women’s Healthcare in a Man’s World: A potted history of how we got here’⚕️🚺🌿 is out now in Fall 2025 issue of Bust Magazine 💪🏻 It explores when women’s healthcare fell into the hands of men & the fight to get it back⚡️✊🏻 #womenshealthcare #feministhistory #midwives #histmed #feminism

Yeah, I believe in the Holy Trinity* *Mother, Maiden, Crone

Really enjoying this episode with Cory Doctorow. I’d known about the concept of enshittification before, but this gives a brilliant history, context and illustrative examples of it in the real world. Plus, it really makes you question a lot of what you use daily on your devices.

Check out the new Factually! episode with Cory Doctorow wherever you get podcasts: The Enshittification of Everything » Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... » Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3HeN... » YouTube: youtu.be/P1EKQidRooc

It's pumpkin month!!

September 30th/October 1st.

The end product of all the Chotiner parodies is going to be recreating the Book of Job from first principles.

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

“Welcome to the United Kingdom, President Trump” youtu.be/K8V4VNBw078?...

All goths at Pride. 🐦‍⬛

imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.

1/11 Why is Elon Musk pushing for civil war in the US and Europe? This thread breaks down how Musk is using his platform, wealth, and influence to amplify far-right movements, incite political violence, and undermine democracy—across continents

We need to be there, and show that the fascists don’t speak for us.

Holy shit I didn't know someone shot jesus

Got to hand it to the British authorities. At first I was mad when they scrubbed the #Banksy, but they have unintentionally made one of the most powerful artworks of all time.

This is a petard. It's a bomb that you'd place against a door to blow the door in. If you fucked up, you'd get blown up too. That was getting hoisted by your own petard Fun fact: petard comes from the latin verb for fart, pedere. Shakespeare was making a fart joke.

Why are the bosses of Apple, BlackRock, OpenAI, J P Morgan, & other billionaire US corporate robber barons accompanying Trump to the UK & banqueting with the king? Are we really going to allow them to carve up our country with STARMER the one supposed to fight our corner?!🤯

They’re selling our country to US corporate tech bosses without our consent or even letting us see the deal - it’s FUCKED UP.