BBC really burying the lede there

It's cases like this that ask the big questions on gun control in the U.S. Someone turns up to do a job, mistakenly at the wrong place, and is shot dead. How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This gets more and more incredible as it goes on

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

* Chat request from someone on @bsky.app * Need to do an "adult verification test" to to receive it. * Tried to verify using credit card; denied * Tried using selfie; worked because I am obviously old * Finally opened message * It's a spambot 🎆

I don't want to spoil it, but is not what happens

The point about various scandals and economic shocks leading to the current Brexit Age of politics is inarguable: financial crash, austerity, MPs' expenses etc etc Also, great fact: places that had a Pret voted Remain.

the no1 question

I like how conspiracy theories have no expiration date - someone can just pick up stuff from 40 years ago and run with it.

Wonderwall was released 30 years ago if you'd like to ruminate on the unceasing passage of time and your small role in the events of the universe.

Wrote about the dominance of "victims" in our political discourse, which included this fab chart @owenwntr.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...

I do not get Halloween. I do not understand it nor see the need for it. My coffee shop has fake cobwebs and two spiders. What is this signifying? And for whom? I can do 2,000 words by noon.

"The Met Police didn’t respond to our multiple requests for comment about why they don’t try to reunite the Phoenix Garden phones with their owners. So London Centric decided to do it for them." No one else is doing this stuff, or I'm not reading it. Old-school from @jim.londoncentric.media

I’m crying www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Trump launches deadly air strikes on what he calls "narco-terrorist" boats in the Caribbean, to stop the flow of fentanyl, the ingredients for which largely come from China. Then Trump lowers the tariff on Chinese fentanyl from 20% to 10% www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... Mixed messaging?

This message from the #swfc players to the fans today is inspiring. And what word from Chansiri? Anything? Maybe a little word on the last 10 years and what’s happened today?

The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

Truth Social is such a bizarre user experience with the mixture of polemic and tinnitus adverts

It is frustrating that so much football chatter remains on the other place and doesn't seem likely to move anywhere else.

#swfc have filed for administration, according to a court filing Friday, cited by Reuters. What a sorry state of affairs for a 158-year-old institution.

Trump: "I don't think we're going to ask for a declaration of war, we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7m6...

These people are now "circling back"

It's hard to imagine a government surviving the uproar that mass deportation of NHS nurses would cause. Remember the Windrush scandal?

It may be a little late to be asking this question

Trump, July 31: “It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it, but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.

Friendly reminder to interim U.S. attorneys

Trump in July, on the WH $250MM ballroom project: “It won’t interfere with the current building.... It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"You never never even told me about a story."

It's not off the record if you only claim it is after the conversation. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Nothing triggers me more than "gentle reminder." Closely followed by a "polite reminder." The giver of the reminder unilaterally deciding the manner in which I will receive it? No thanks.

I stopped counting at 40 PR emails offering unsolicited comment on AWS outage. There may be more but I can assure you I am no longer reading them despite still receiving them.

1 week on www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

What if this charge is just bad for business and the lack of competitiveness means some British people lose their jobs?

Thing I am seeing increasing all the time: Ads for journalism jobs in which the candidate re-writes/expands AI content. Some of these require an NCTJ diploma (the industry standard qualification).

the adventures of floaty dog

Absolutely thrilled to see how this guy's hair is more or less indistinguishable from the clouds. It looks like his hair just trails off over the horizon. Beautiful.

Bubbles are good, actually… on.ft.com/476jUkn ‘Of course it’s a bubble’: AI start-up valuations soar in investor frenzy

they should just make Tron film soundtracks rather than actual films

I chart the rise and fall of these based on the press releases I get. There was a 6-month period when it was all blockchain.

I still don't feel the magnetic pull of bsky. Search still doesn't work. It is not setting the agenda and it is not the home of breaking news. Also stop trying to make "skeet" happen.

UK disposable incomes will be £570 (1.3%) lower by Sept 2029 than Sept 2025, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation. "... the worst outcome for living standards of any parliament since records began in 1961." No serious discussion about politics can exist without considering the impact of this.

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

Great story, great pictures, you should read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Similar with the Lib Dems. The only party to have been straight-forwardly pro-Europe and anti-Brexit, their position is now to have "closer ties" with the E.U and cutting red tape, with rejoining very much a long-term goal.

re: "peace" in the Middle East, we are going to find out just how hard that is to achieve in the weeks and months ahead www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

I don't think it's unreasonable nor partisan to point out that this was specifically flagged by pro-Europe campaigners and dismissed as scaremongering by Vote Leave et al. "We hold all the cards" comes to mind.

From the other place, the general secretary of the UK's biggest trade union on #swfc owner's repeated failure to pay staff.

re: the talk of POTUS being eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize, it's worth noting that the committee stopped taking nominations and gathering evidence in January, as per this BBC interview with its chair. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Can I just recycle old tweets here when someone becomes topical again? Worth a go.