Sheffield-born Helen Sharman became the first Briton to go into space on this day 1991. She was a research chemist working for a confectionery company when she was chosen to participate in a mission to the Soviet space station Mir.

Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.

Wow

I guess Epstein isn’t in the Epstein files.

Starmer had some festive advice for Reform MPs at PMQs: "If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts, this time report it to the police." Cheeky fucker.

Prices since Trump took office: -Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7% -Utilities: ⬆️ 11% -ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26% -Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3% Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”

I can't be the only person who's noticed that these "Top 100" lists of people in "tech" are actually lists of people who work in management and marketing, surely?

Only 29 asylum appeals have been made to the ECHR in the last 45 years you dimwit. For that non-existent benefit you would sacrifice the right to life, liberty, fair trial, freedom of expression, thought, religion, protection from torture, slavery, etc. Fucking idiot.

Feels like, I dunno, maybe it might be a good plan if we associated this obviously bad and increasingly unpopular idea with the politician whose entire career has been telling us it would be a good idea

This is how Farage and Tice reacted at PMQs when someone raised the issue of one of their politicians accepting bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Apparently it’s funny to be a traitor.

@ginnydi.com How to &$%*! like Ginny

I've known @SadiqKhan for over 30 yrs. He's a feminist, a socialist & an LGBTQ+ ally. I'm so proud he's our London mayor. For the record, he's as interested in introducing Sharia Law to London as I am - and that's 0%. Those who suggest otherwise are deluded, or have a v sinister agenda.

Donald Trump just blamed the left for hate speech, while delivering a hate speech at the memorial for a man who said there was no such thing as hate speech.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

"There is plenty of humor in Germany, more than enough. But we do not permit ourselves to be ridiculed." www.abramsbooks.com/product/outr...

'Hypocrite' Nigel Farage didn't pay £44k stamp duty then blasted Angela Rayner www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Not a great sign when the NRA is doing more to speak up against trans people having constitutional rights stripped away than a lot of our actual supposed allies are.

@omgchomp.bsky.social Why do I love Chompy and @clairemax.bsky.social

The tradition is to draw the arrival in front of St Peter. How will cartoonists manage this one when it happens?

Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK

just super stuff

Fontaines played to an estimated 65,000 people on the mainstage and showed this on their video screens. Not even "The IDF" but "Israel". Not seen any politicians calling them antisemtic.

@emmathorne.bsky.social Because it's so Emma

There is a heart on the wall for every person who died of covid in this country, whether or not it has writing on it. We will never forget them. ❤️ #Monday

@jennyfromthequiz.bsky.social "I like quizzing" the understatement of the century Discovered Fingers on Buzzers .... catching up ... The Vixen, Quizzer, QI Elf, did Buffy on Mastermind, what's not to like, so far up to #8 I like .... she likes Marmite - I love!

I just watched an orangutan tie a knot. You should see it too.

@robwords.bsky.social @jesszafarris.bsky.social Appreciating favourite cars

I'm not like other girls, I'm a numbers station that's been continuously reciting the digits of pi to the tune of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" since 1953.

Nice Feynman quote at Breakthrough Discuss conference on life in the Universe: ‘Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.’ 🧪

“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”

Watching the wonderful Words Unravelled with @jesszafarris.bsky.social and @robwords.bsky.social I am starting to think of Jess should be pictured like this 😜

If you like bad movies ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2BF...

This is useful: a quantitative study of how often LLMs can accurately give the source for a piece of writing from the web. (Not very often, it turns out.) Of course it doesn't necessarily generalize to reliability for other kinds of queries. But it's informative. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

Cheese! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg4B...

@suannebraun.bsky.social Happy Birthday teenager

At CPAC, Elon Musk claims that Ukrainians are dying on the front line “for the biggest graft machine I’ve ever seen.” He provides no evidence for this, nor does betray any understanding that Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom, in a war not of their choosing.

Zelenskyy: "I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine. Never."

This is fascism.

The community note 🤌😘

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

If you like #wine especially #britishwine .... or like Wine taste tests ... or just want to see someone getting a little squiffy ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev1e...

On Monday, a consortium led by Elon Musk offered $97.4bn to buy OpenAI. Mr Altman quickly rejected the proposal. “No thank you, but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want,” he said.

@mynameisnaiad.bsky.social Welcome the sky is Blue and the Water is lovely in the lagoon

TRILLIONAIRES SHOULD NOT EXIST. Repost if you agree.

She speaks truth.

@supertanskiiii.bsky.social ... Gone Viral ...