Where are the protests?

That ambivalent feeling when someone you don't like resigns (yay) but for the wrong reason (gah) www.thetimes.com/article/b56c...

Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily. This is not good sign for our polity.

The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship

Chris Packham on the political shift on climate change: “It’s no secret that the fossil fuel companies are funding Reform and The Conservatives - that’s a fact. These people are either denying something extremely dangerous or they’re puppet-ing it for their paymasters” #bbclaurak

‘Is there anyone else in Reform UK who cld be taking bribes from pro-Russian politicians?’ 👇 Zia Yusuf: ‘I don’t believe so’

“In the last year of the Conservative Government alone, 115 prisoners were released in error, including a series of serious offenders. “At no point did this fact ever make the front pages of British newspapers, or lead news bulletins on the BBC.”

In case you missed it yesterday, Britain's main upcoming problem will be that immigration will be far, far too low. Politics may have gone mad, but reality is an unforgiving thing. We need to start encouraging people in and paying them to stay. ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...

David Byrne talks about what being autistic means to him, including completely missing body language cues during conversations. He also doesn't quite grasp the non-ableist view of the autism spectrum, but TBH neither do most folks. @peoplemag.bsky.social: people.com/david-byrne-... #neurodiversity

if any of yall get a message like this, for the love of all heavens do NOT click on the link in general if you get any messages saying that your account is or will be suspended asking you to change the mail adress or to click on a link to fix it, IT IS A SCAM

Remember this from Fartrage…

Good plug for Starmer on Graham Norton. Ed Sheeran saying he wrote to Starmer about music/art in schools 8 mths ago, thought it was ignored, got a letter 2 mths ago saying let me think about it. Ed was in Westminster this week and said Starmer agreed to do everything he asked. Better with Labour

I’m so upset with our govt. A 3 line whip (😮) to stop a brick being put into new buildings. Please don’t let the swifts die

Facebook's algorithm funnels IT jobs to men at 85% rates while shoving secretary gigs to women up to 94%, per experiments across six countries. French rights watchdog slams this as blatant sex discrimination. #AlgorithmicBias

Peak fall foliage in Oklahoma's Ouachita mountains. Yes, this is Oklahoma! #photography What is already one of the most beautiful parts of the state absolutely comes alive in the fall. I've been wanting this shot for years, but I either couldn't get there during peak or there were active droughts.

Pope Leo:

The most British joke of the week.

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... It seems nature prefers solar farms to farming!

Lowe doesn't need the money but the 'thrill' of engagment can be just as corrupting as the love of cash & if engagement/cash increase according to the extremity of the opinions expressed then you need integrity to resist the temptation to become ever more offensive. This is what Musk has engineered.

Threatening us with a good time again I see.

The Labour government should be following in great detail what is happening at Kent County council. Use it relentlessly at the local and general election. It’s is an absolute shambles. I cannot do it justice.

Sandwich guy acquitted!

Which one is more English?

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

This investigation should mark a turning point. Musk is pumping hate to millions of consumers who don’t know any better than to soak it up.

In normal circumstances the attempt by the US to extort an allied country directly and via large companies would be a major political scandal. It isn't because the US is using such mob tactics on all other countries. We all lose out. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...

READ THIS ! "For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does." #Musk #propaganda #X #antifa #fascism news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Stop. Policing. Poppies. That's. Not. What. Remembrance. Is. About.

The highest paid MP in the country has suggested that the minimum wage may be “too high” for younger workers 🤷

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?

Oh lordy.

Here's a Milky Way shot from a Joshua Tree forest in Death Valley back in July. Already dreaming about next season! #Photography

Labour's curriculum review seems to have mostly gone down well on my posts on BlueSky & Threads. It's being introduced in to the Commons right now in a Ministerial Statement. The Lib Dems broadly welcome it, with a few queries. The Tories call it educational vandalism, which tells you everything!

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, congratulated Zohran Mamdani on his election victory. “New Yorkers faced a clear choice — between hope and fear,” Khan wrote in a statement on social media, “and just like we’ve seen in London — hope won.”

Run-up to Thanksgiving 😳 and air traffic controllers are taking second jobs

Brilliant www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Me last week: some claim that Mark Darcy is partially based on Keir Starmer. Student: who? Me: the Prime Minister? Student: the specky guy? Me: close enough let’s move on.

Interesting that Bridget Phillipson's first point, in Today prog interview about DfE's response to the Francis review, was in terms of the government now extending the national curriculum to all state-funded schools. Although this wasn't mentioned, this of course includes academies.

School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.

Hungary’s most-read newspaper, #Blikk, has been bought by a company allied with Prime Minister Viktor #Orbán. The takeover is yet another way the prime minister is tightening his grip on the media ahead of #Hungary’s election next year: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

What we know, final edition of the night: [Now in 3 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS —Dems defend NJ-Gov —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win state supreme court —ME anti-mail voting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

In other good news

*taps sign*

The government will introduce a new national curriculum from 2028, scrap the EBacc league table measure, make citizenship compulsory in primary schools and force all secondaries to offer triple science GCSE https://schoolsweek.co.uk/new-curriculum-to-be-introduced-in-2028-as-review-published/

Nonetheless ... "Use of British words and phrases – including “gobsmacked” and “knickers in a twist” – has been steadily increasing in the US. They’ve also picked up on “ginger” for red-haired, and “cuppa” for tea." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

This gold spray of myrtle was found in a tomb, inside a bronze vessel, resting atop the cremains of the tomb's occupant. Gold myrtle wreaths were buried with the dead to signify the deceased’s importance or as an offering to the gods for safe passage into the next world. 🏺 1/ Greek, 400-350 BCE