On failing to “fit in” and on overlooked autistic women uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm... #autism #adhd #neurodiversity #books

Compare the YouTube thumbnail with the actual scene in the video.

I hate sounding like a Red Brigade but we have a parasite class preying on our world.

a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats

My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.

holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents. They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..." abc7.com/post/ontario...

Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...

This is brutal, and Amazon is making *$86 BILLION* this year — with $20 billion of that in profit. This may well be the first domino that reveals what so many already know, which is that everyone but the wealthy are already in a recession. www.reuters.com/business/wor...

This week is the end of my full on UK touring - Woodbridge tonight is sold out , but then it is STOCKPORT, HULL and SHOREHAM-by-SEA . I hope to see some of you at these gigs, would prefer a bang to a whimper Robinince.com #comedy #poetry #stockport #hull #bookshops

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

I don’t know much about this channel, but this short video of teaching an octopus is very moving youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

‘Unspun World’ at 11.00 tonight on BBC Two, then iPlayer, News Channel & World Service: what do Russians feel about the Ukraine war? Why are Gulf states involved in the Sudan fighting? Who do Americans blame for the govt shutdown? And the climate change conference - any good?

My pal @josielong.bsky.social is playing OXFORD on Thursday Tickets here www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/josie...

yeah yeah priceless crown jewels whatever. don't forget someone in paris woke up to find their beloved giant ladder truck missing

Chest de Burghster

“The UK has a system in which a TV channel can pay a political leader almost half a million pounds a year and give him an hour an evening to react to his rivals without breaking a single rule.”

It’s an unnerving jump going from #traitors, seeing random finger pointing to the news, seeing John Bolton got indicted.

Found an LP in the cupboard. 1978/9 maybe?

Brutal read but there is a very postive & beautiful development growing out of this tragedy. Rhian Mannings an incredible woman & credit where due; William could spend his days 1000 other ways. www.bbc.com/news/article...

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

Thousands of people are seeking substantial damages and for the waterway to be cleaned of a ‘mountain of chicken manure’

COLLINS: Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell -- is that something you're open to doing? TRUMP: Who are we talking about? C: Ghislaine Maxwell T: I haven't heard the name is so long. I can say this -- I'd have to take a look at it ... I will speak to the DOJ C: She's convicted of child sex trafficking

best tv interviewer ever, i think.

isn’t it funny how the people that invent apps are innovative disruptors who must be lauded and showered with cash, but the people who use them are feckless wastrels who are frittering away their money?

One of the best list jokes ever committed to broadcasting.

Next week when Stefan Denis dances, I want a cutaway to the crowd and Claudia to announce that in the audience to see him, all the way from Australia, is Mr Udagawa, whom, as we know, is a very important client. #Strictly

If you want to get into Buster Keaton movies (a worthwhile use of one’s limited time on earth), would recommend The Goat, followed by Sherlock Jr., as your way in. youtu.be/_6kE2JfkJ1c

Worth stressing that the budget for Broken Veil was £0. The biggest challenge in planning it was how to make a full audio narrative show without taking advantage of the handful of lovely people we asked to help, or getting ourselves into serious debt. That’s why winning a prize is lovely and mad.

feels a bit weird that we keep having these stories about individual cyber attacks but without anyone really joining the dots and going "okay, shall we maybe talk about this as a major global story"

Here’s a little thought exercise to see if there are actually any parallels: how many sitting members of Congress deny that Trump lost in 2020 versus deny that Harris lost in 2024?

Horrific.

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

He did this Live!! Thanks @gregjenner.bsky.social for sharing this.

Elon, speaking at the Tommy Robinson march today: “This is a government against the people and not for the people, this is why everyone is gathered here today…we don’t have another four years…there’s got to be a dissolution of parliament” And the government just…continues to use X.

⭐️Launch Day! Please join me, if you can. ⭐️#tenchildrenwhochangedtheworld #patersonjoseph #hachettechildrensgroup #oxfambookshop #childrensbooks #blackhistorymonth #portobelloroad #oxfamportobelloroad

“Unless we act we could see deaths in this country running at several thousand a day,” said Boris Johnson as he forced the nation into lockdown for the second time. A day later he hosted a secret dinner for the Tory peer who funded a lavish refurbishment of his Downing Street flat

Oh.

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If you’ve not seen Such Brave Girls, it’s one of the funniest things on TV - a deliciously dark, hilarious delight. There are 12 episodes, you can binge it all in 6 hours. I dare you! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.

A brilliant, beautiful book! For children and adults alike.

I made the mistake of checking X twice this week and both times was spontaneously shown footage of someone dying. Random individual deaths- one was an accident and another a heart attack, I think. It’s still embedded as a news source for so many people in media, but it’s now what, rotten dot com?

You're not in Edinburgh are you? Having told people I am not doing EdFringe this year, it turns out I am. I'm doing my show Cyril (WIP) in Hotel Indigo York Place at 4pm from 20th-24th. It's about my great-grandfather and I don't do it in-character, despite everything Tom's photo might suggest!

Here me out: a Trevor and Simon Waiting For Godot.

FIFA is asking for volunteers for the 2026 World Cup. VOLUNTEERS! FIFA is a $6 billion USDollar company. It can and should pay wages for the labour to put on its biggest revenue-generating event. People of Vancouver, don’t fall for this nonsense.

ChatGPT talks to adults like it’s grooming them. Ohhhh wowwwww you’re so mature for your age. Nobody understands you.

The creative industries seriously need to prioritise educating their passionate consumers as to where the fuck all their entertainment comes from and how it’s made. It’s existential. It’s like the meat industry but backwards.

🚨🦚 NEW EP DAY! 🦚🚨 Is Hera a monster or just mistreated by the undisputed worst husband of all time? Swallowed whole by her father at birth and then marries her brother Zeus, who turns himself into a cuckoo to seduce her. Despite this, Hera has her triumphs. 9am BST on BBC Radio 4!