If you've ever needed a reason to rally behind the BBC then this is it.

200 diaries on & @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social is still questioning all things & characters political. As for describing #Farage as "aggrieved platypus" it's a stroke of genius. Some hope this week with the #Mamdani success.

Go & see this eclectic #Norwich art fair.

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... After a trip to a college in Ebbw Vale to talk about fake news some reflections on the battle between truth and falsehood - and how the tech giants reward ‘clickable’ lies

When Reform and Tories are goose-stepping ever further towards ethno-nationalist extremism, planning mass deportations of immigrants and Farage talks of a returns deal with the Taliban, it would seem that many of the poppy-police have entirely forgotten what Remembrance Day is all about.

Dodgy Tory donors, AI generated Reform fakes, Farage counting his gold & dreams of Ed Davey buying a pint. As ever the estimable @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social covers the #UK political landscape.

Fascinating article with Don McCullin talking about 19 of his greatest photos. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Shenanigans a plenty from @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social - the diarist with their ear to the political ground.

AI can be compared to the next obesity pandemic, as it kills creativity and increases the power of tech billionaires | Tom Haczewski

The scientific method has kept us safe for centuries, writes Stephen McNair. But what happens when governments start undermining the institutions that uphold it? UCL researchers warn the UK isn’t immune.

I love this. I'm biased, I live with the creator. #art #painting

Superb post. Read this #RachelReeves. BTW, why aren't you, as Chancellor, on this platform, it's a rational space?

For two years, Pecksniff has been claiming Labour’s position on Brexit would have to change before 2029. Now at last, it has.

I've spent *weeks* working on this special report for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on GB News co-owner Paul Marshall – and the astonishing, unprecedented influence network he's built on the UK's right. There's never been anything like it before. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-p...

Unexplained wealth & Farage 👇 Avoidance of stamp duty & HMRC? No reporting of supplementary income to Parliament? Russia & petrodollars links & Reform? Nope nothing except @Bylines.bsky.social. Tinpot Teflon gets a free ride from the BBC & the MSM.

Beseiged by a #bug. Dizzy, very dodgy tummy, & general malaise. Time for soup & sleep, lots of sleep. It may or may not be -Covid but as the #Ukgov website tells me am not eligible for a free #NHS test, who cares? Feel crap.

We journos are the 4th estate. It's time for challenge. I agree with every word my colleague @peterthurlow.bsky.social has opined.

Thanks @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social for including prawn crackers, pig's rectums & #Tacitus in yr diary. Some excellent #political nuggets. Vital reading for any who wish to make sense of the #UK political landscape.

Leccy blanket deployed. Why? My house is 130 yrs old. No double #glazing, mega draughts & I am #cold. Plse, don't suggest secondary glazing - one day my friends, one day.

I don't know where the #Labourparty is at the moment. I had expected comms, like this, from them. Kudos to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for this: www.instagram.com/reel/DPeiG02...

@onenerdsopinion.bsky.social not sure what I think about literary #horror genre but come to #Norwich UK for #Bloghaus of horror.

Plenty of ire & scorn against all parties, derision is aimed at #Glasman & #MorganMcSweeney . But rare praise from @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social for our editor in chief - the redoubtable @annadamski.bsky.social . If only she were running the country.

AI isn’t evil, writes Stephen McNair, but it’s not neutral either. MIT researchers found ChatGPT can dampen memory and creativity. You think it is writing your essay, but perhaps it is rewriting your brain. And maybe not for the better... read on 👇

I believe #KeirStarmmer is listening to the wrong people & looking at the face of #edmilliband.bsky.social he agrees too.

Maybe @skynewsrss.bsky.social you shldn't have chatted over the #MargaretAspinall very powerful speech.

I had a visitor today. The cat WHO IS NOT MY CAT dropped by.

Finally, some cheer.

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... No words from me just read, please. @rorycj.bsky.social is, as ever, pertinent & accurate.

If the Chancellor is raising taxes in November then she must start with raising them on us, the super rich. No ifs, no buts, no questions: we are the only ones left who can afford to contribute more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

This is what should be front & centre of the #Labour party conference www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... These images from @marcdavenant.bsky.social resonate. Cathy is still is waiting to come home.

“Nitazenes are hundreds of times more addictive than heroin.” Once rejected as too dangerous for medicine, these synthetic opioids are now filling the heroin shortage left by Afghanistan’s opium ban. J.J. Jackson reports 📢 Read now

This is #Ukraine related. A talented OH .

Taken from #Kett's Heights, scene of angry rebels betrayed by a juvenile king & the forces of influence. #Norwich. This time with the image.

Taken from Kett's Heights, scene of angry rebels betrayed by a juvenile king & the forces of influence. #Norwich.

The Lib Dems are lambasted, #Reform is examined, Your Party may invade The Muckrackers & the potential demise of Morgan McSweeney are all placed under the @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social lens.

In my gap year I worked at #Stagenhoe & saw at 1st hand the devastating effect of this cruel condition. This news gives hope to so many.

Watching #TheHack tonight reminded me of the very best attributes of #,jUKournalism. Well done #NickDavies .

Hearing that irascible ignoramus at the #UN infuriates me. He seems to think he's something special. He really isn't - over inflated discombobulation of vanity. What a dangerous #predator.

Am watching #Selma - freelance life. What the hell is going on in the #US. #MLK typified the very best of the country. As for #RFKjnr - just disbelief from this side of the pond.

Yet another day where it’s clear that we need to stay the hell away from any kind of ties to the US at all. Particularly not related to healthcare or science.

Take heed @onenerdsopinion.bsky.social - Larry has ordained.

Q: What is the best piece of advice you have received? A: It wasn’t given specifically to me but I was in the audience. It was said by Toni Morrison at the Hay festival: “We will be judged on how well we loved.” That’s it. That’s all that matters. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Trivial, I know, I'm hatching a #cold. Damn. Dodgy aches, sniffy nose & sore throat. In the general scheme of things this is a minor distraction, just try researching complex legislation when all one wants to do is coddle oneself. Hey ho - end of gripe. Bloody "season of mists" etc ...

🗓️ From today Sept 19 until Sept 25 take part in the #BigRiverWatch organised by @theriverstrust.bsky.social – spend 15 mins by your river & log what you see. More details on how to participate 👇to help wildlife

Between "hostile billionaires" , two tier policing and general despair at the lacklustre state of UK politics @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social makes it very clear that the Reform will only make progress if the door is left open for them. #MorganMcSweeney should take note.

The one Downing Street resident you can always count on (Photo @imageplotter.bsky.social)

Some say racism evolved to help our ancestors survive. But evidence shows early humans mixed, married – and, writes Dr Steve Taylor, didn’t fear each other. From #TheConversation -- thanks!

You know, for those of us who grew up watching this - on Saturday afternoon TV in the 70s and 80s - well, this is Robert Redford now, then and always will be.

Why do I blow on ice cream? It's cool enough already.