“The real danger of Islamophobia? It rarely announces itself as hatred yet shapes how millions think” And dig deeper with into any major Islamophobe, and anti-Semitism is almost always there www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

An Amber heat health warning is in place in London until Wednesday 27 May. Please stay safe during the hot weather and check in on older neighbours, friends and family, young children and anyone who may find it difficult to manage in the heat. www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

Back wall roses - William Morris, Teasing Georgia, James Galway and A Shropshire Lad

Starting the afternoon off with www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_YA...

The former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on @Nigel_Farage's claims of Russian hacking.

Reviewers in two groups were given identical resumes for Emily Clarke and James Clarke and told they had used AI. Emily's was 2x as likely to raise doubts about competence. "She can't even write a CV herself." But James "just needed a bit of help." fortune.com/2026/05/10/i...

G’day! #MagentaMonday #Bloomscrolling

Foxgloves. Very much beloved of the big, fat, buff tailed bumblebee, but all parts of this biennial are highly toxic. These are 3 different colours of cultivated foxgloves called "Foxy." #Bloomscrolling

Hey baby, I hear the blues are calling

FYI: if you're playing a programme on BBC iPlayer in a web browser you can still turn subtitles on and off by pressing 888.

The Pomodoro Technique is one many students struggling with revision find useful. You can buy a cute physical timer, or use a Pomodoro app.

Stay hydrated. Wear a hat. Carry water. Wear sunscreen. Hay fever sufferers - take your antihistamines and carry tissues. Look after yourselves, everyone!

The Reform overtime pledge is a Trump administration rip-off. It’s already backfiring there. “Some firms are offering more hours at lower pre-tax rates, rather than boosting pay across the board. The US scheme is also proving to be a nightmare to administer.” www.cityam.com/reform-uk-ta...

Appreciate the allium. And the bumblebee.

Just an allium appreciation post. 📷Laurence Perry, James Dobson, Susan Guy

Sixty years ago last week, The Beatles recorded what is, in my opinion, the greatest song that Paul McCartney ever wrote. A two minute meditation on the end of love with a baroque melody and simple, beautiful, perfectly observed lyrics. youtu.be/hgJ7dmr_ysU?...

The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding? n.pr/4tXsSd3

A half-century ago today, Paul McCartney's new group, Wings, landed at No. 1 with "Silly Love Songs." And what's wrong with that? I'd like to know. 'Cause here I go with another Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review. Agaaaaaaain ....

Do not swallow the tracker

bringing this one back because they just keep doing it

The tendency for weak sentencing for violence and sexual violence by straight cis men against women and girls has always been thus. Back in the 80s, Ben Elton used comedy to shine a light on this. youtu.be/z01ztvq6rYU?...

If I’m not evolved enough to understand it, then why did they have to steal my writing to train it?

Dear newspapers, People, in general, and newspapers, in particular, have been chuntering on about young adults "indulg[ing] in hobbies that had traditionally been seen as exclusively for kids" for decades. Probably since the dawn of time. There are much better angles here!

Farage's Reform UK handed £15m by offshore millionaires, while patriotic Brits pay taxes Wealthy people, big business, foreign-linked money funding Reform, shaping UK politics. What have they been promised in return? End political corruption. Criminalise receipt/payment of all political donations

Nigel Farage's Reform is pocketing a fortune from people or companies linked to offshore tax havens, new analysis reveals.

Sexism, Covid conspiracies and trans slurs: Reform candidate’s ‘appalling’ social media condemned

Hallo me hearties! NEW RECIPE POST Roast Thai-ish Chicken Thighs with a Hot and Sour Salad (from Ed Smith's Peckish) www.kaveyeats.com/thai-roast-c... #foodsky #recipe

Public humiliation didn't work as a deterrent if stocks were an obvious feature in every town and village in England for centuries. Glasman is yet another reason why we need an elected upper house of parliament.

Perhaps this will help, Trish. I built this 13 years ago for the Orange County Register.

don’t forget that SPF

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Now I want some BFC 🍗

A Reform UK councillor who vowed to try and address anti-social behaviour and "people feeling unsafe" during her campaign was convicted of assault four months before the local elections. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A reminder to anyone else on any of these meds about how we are extra sensitive to heat. Take care and stay cool! #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmeds #antidepressants

Just finished Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. It’s not very original to observe this, but holy cow, it’s a masterpiece. It’s at once a very serious book about war and PTSD/trauma, and extremely funny, compassionate, and joyful. What an omission that it wasn’t in the Guardian best novels list

Vivien Mansbach is now a graduating senior at Oakland School for the Arts. Their dad Adam has a new book out called — you guessed it — “Go the F**k to College.”

Couldn't resist making Poha again. Rice flakes, potato, red onion, red pepper, cherry tomato, peas, garlic. Cooked with panch phoran, and turmeric. Roasted peanuts, coriander leaf, and bhujia/sev. Lime juice drizzle. #FoodSky

So much for a "Progressive Alliance". Keir Starmer, like his Blue Labour advisers Morgan McSweeney and Lord Maurice Glasman, hates the left more than he hates the right.

A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs. www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...

Would-be Reform councillor shouts racist abuse at passer-by and claims he isn’t a racist

We’ve spotted several posts circulating on social media claiming that no Muslim countries are taking in refugees. This isn’t true. The latest statistics from the UNHCR show Muslim-majority countries host millions of refugees.

The "I farted in yoga" graffiti guy goes west. East Londoners will be familiar with his work. This is what an Oyster card was made for. metro.co.uk/2026/05/21/h...

New Restaurant Review: Hiraeth in Cardiff's Victoria Park www.kaveyeats.com/hiraeth-kitc... #foodiesky #cardiff #restaurant #review

Always amazes me how little these 'great replacement' fans worry about AI and robotics. What do they think the tech bros who fund them will do when human labour is more expensive than machines?

There are some very nice looking meat based items in Lidl right now for Italian week. Great charcuterie items. But I'm going for these - the 'Nduja and Guanciale.

Three web browsers I recommend trying out and using to limit how much data you give away just by reading online. Mullvad (desktop) mullvad.net/en/browser DuckDuckGo (desktop+mobile) duckduckgo.com/browser Firefox Focus (mobile) www.firefox.com/en-US/mobile...

Is Matt Goodwin (AKA #MattBadloss) being racist again? Colour me shocked. Shocked, I tell you!

Do they expect his veins to be easier/healthier in one year when they try to execute him again? Or will they try another method? Tennessee execution called off after failed lethal injection - BBC News share.google/Bga844vkMgAF...