I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

What’s interesting is there’s a long history of misrepresenting this article, and repeated correction fullfact.org/health/voice...

Stephen Fry on George Michael's secret philanthropy. Clip comes from George Michael: Portrait of an Artist, a 2023 doc directed by former Wham! manager Simon Napier-Bell. My new book, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: the Meaning of George Michael is published soon. Events: sathnam.com/events

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT. From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't. A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

Very excited to be here for a talk by @katestrasdin.bsky.social

If you are looking for something other than more bad news I give you this

Never forget these arse kissing fools who cheered on the worst president in history.

One month left to apply: People voting in the upcoming local elections in May can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate, a free form of ID that can be used to vote at a polling station. The Electoral Commission is calling for people to get hold of one if they don't have other photo ID

The UK government is exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract, the FT reports. A big and absolutely correct step.

Important from @bearlypolitics.co.uk —  ~ Why are Goodwin, Farage and Lowe so terrified of me? ~ https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/why-are-goodwin-farage-and-lowe-so

Guz Khan nailed it straight after the first accusations of family voting. bsky.app/profile/snig...

🟨 Print Edition — Reform Attacks Byline Times Reform UK accused Byline Times of “attempting to derail a democratic election” for reporting on Matt Goodwin’s academic ties to organisations linked to discredited pseudoscientific race ideology

Greater Manchester Police has found "no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting" in the Gorton and Denton by-election, after Reform made a complaint over alleged "family voting" The investigation looked at potential offences under the Representation of the People Act

One for @politicanimal.bsky.social i think mostly. Just pulling into Victoria and i see this. Sadly no sign of a steam engine pulling it

This is an incredibly readable and thought rich piece. Very much worth five minutes of your day.

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma... terrifying read

As if you needed a reason to come to Colwyn Bay.

For the last two weeks my teaching room was moved to a newly refurbished room with a new interactive whiteboard. On my tippytoe I can only just reach halfway up the board! As I've struggled to write I've been discussing this topic with the class

Reform are banning Christmas, lads

Well worth watching Sadiq Khan's video highlights from the event (featuring a CofE vicar): youtu.be/g462d_ToKoQ?...

At last an end to Songs of Praise.

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

@jeremyjenkins.net they made it in one piece! Beautifully wrapped thanks

It's a Dark side of the moon kind of evening

Matt Goodwin doesn't think the banknote story has got enough attention. Weird to think he used to be a vaguely serious person.

Also the cadence of that message shows Goodwin is blatantly using AI to churn out this crap. In turn, @mikeysmith.com has used AI to parody Goodwin's laziness beautifully over in the other place.

Different floor at work today and Different view. I love #London

A quick minute of #sweater #knitting on 3/12/26. #knitsky

Good start to the day. Better if the sun was shining

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

Misty morning for this week's #parkrun in South London

Greg Davies: Great task, well done. Didn‘t eat a thing. Persephone: Thank you. Alex Horne: Ah. Well. Let’s take another look at that pomegranate.

Prevention is the best protection. Vaccines are your ally in staying healthy. Get your recommended vaccines today!

Trump: I Would Have Been the Best Super Bowl Halftime Act Ever Pick up a copy of the new Private Eye, in shops now.

I wonder how many emergency podcasts will be recorded today?

His dad who was Finance Director at the English Electric Cooker Company and Managing Director of Cannon Industries? His dad, whose startup company went on to turnover millions and who privately educated his son?

People sometimes praise Farage for taking lots of questions from the press. That seems irrelevant when he regularly responds to reasonable questions in insulting and Trump-like terms, often attacking individual journalists and their outlets. Collectively, the lobby shouldn’t stand for it.

The barrister Setu Kamal sued @danneidle.bsky.social for £8m for defamation. Representing himself in court, Kamal cited three cases that made Neidle’s case “untenable”. But, in a bizarre twist, it turned out that these cases were hallucinated by ChatGPT: https://goodlaw.social/n1cv

Wow.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd... Ratcliffe says sorry his language 'offended some people' after criticism of immigration comments - live updates - BBC News Sorry not sorry apology

Great walk through the horrors of South London

Exhibit A Reform UK Ltd. doing exactly the same thing in Caerphilly last year nation.cymru/news/decepti...

Women's cross country today, I could not run (fell on Thursday and old bones don't bounce) bit went to watch. Completely bonkers hundreds of women all ages and sizes sloshing through mud

I knew Matt Goodwin promoted the far right Great Replacement Theory but until @huwcdavies.bsky.social pointed it out, I didn't realise he'd actually interviewed the originator of the theory on his GB News show and plugged it like he's PT Barnum. A vote for Goodwin is a vote for white nationalism

I'm cooking @nigella.bsky.social basque cheesecake and it's always alarming smelling it "burn" and not doing anything about it. Going with blackberries as per the recipe but leaving out the liquorice

Indeed, thanks again -great work @petergeoghegan.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...

Stop telling women to smile. Here’s why we don’t want to.