a serious q for the timeline: what's the best language to discuss the very real phenomenon of a bunch of mega-rich assholes, who in many cases legitimately want eugenics and slavery, dumping money into worldwide government takeover WITHOUT resuscitating anti-Semitic tropes?

A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms is just wonderful. Small in scale but huge in heart. Check it out if you can

Wild that these guys are getting arrested for financial crimes, and not sex crimes, in connection with Epstein The Al Capone accountability playbook strikes again www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...

underrated aspect of this: some kids might get to see special features about how movies are made

One of the greatest bollard walks in history. #WorldBollardAssociation

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Since I first heard of this via @tomnicholas.bsky.social I've not been able to get this out of my head (sound on 🔊🔊)

Yep, definitely worth hingeing the entire world economy on this

Trump Asks When He Gets To Kill Olympians Who Lost

what do you mean they didn't realize this before

Taylor Swift Arrested On Weapons Charges After Federal Agents Raid Tour Bus

Never rule out Charles taking a morningstar to the helm in defence of a chilvalrous knight, and William burning the rest of the family in a tragic experiment to hatch dragons eggs with wildfire. Harry having taken his vows at The Wall is no longer eligible.

Best ad link ever?

Statement from Virginia Giuffre’s family: “Our broken hearts have been lifted by the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty... He was never a prince. For survivors, everywhere, Virginia did this for you.”

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

every British historian rn frantically trying to find examples of British royals being arrested that don’t end with their execution

Fluoride is incredible

Every single speaker at one of these events bemoaning the state of this nation should be forced to wear a giant hotdog suit.

I’m so excited for you guys to read my new book

The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.

This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!

Reform are shouting “democracy saved” but here’s what they’re not telling you. The proposed election delay wasn’t aimed at a handful of political opponents. It covered around 30 councils across England undergoing local government reorganisation.

There are so many reasons these days where I’m feeling like this focus on generative AI might be one of the worst mistakes in recent human history. Whatever perceived value it could provide isn’t worth the damage it’s doing in so many areas.

AI is revolutionizing the world! A Playstation now costs $5,000 and this is the last phone you will ever own.

"why die on the hill of sports" look, in most of america where options for secular community are artificially limited as is, sports are one of the few ways for kids to have a social life. by denying trans kids a meaningful way to participate youre basically telling them to become a statistic

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

theres an entire generation of brazilians, now well into their 20s, who have seen their country win an oscar and a winter olympics gold, but not the world cup

If you see this, post a character that starts with S

Nigald Farump

We interrupt tributes to Jesse Jackson to bring you your daily dose of racism. Thanks, Beeb. Respectfully handled.

Vic Reeves & @bobmort.bsky.social made a very strong case for the BBC License Fee…

This is blackout poetry to me

YES youtu.be/gj_aHCpZl4k?...

I think there’s a strong argument that this is one of the best gags in the Simpsons

Leeds away! Happy with that. #ncfc

Won't be a revelation to anyone but the reason all the worst people on the right are pivoting to talking about race and culture rather than immigration is so they can keep banging the drum even as net migration figures fall (UK) and even reverse (US). This is the next step and it always was.

Probably my final point on BrewDog for today, but a lot of the coverage has their "rise" the wrong way round. They 'broke out' because they won a NATIONAL distribution contract in a Tesco craft beer contest. Tesco birthed BrewDog, not Watt's 'shock jock' marketing approach. That came AFTER.

The messages between the far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein reveal how Bannon worked with Boris Johnson and Farage to “overthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

There once was a head coach from Ghent. Who couldn't get Sarge to repent But Jovon & Mo Both gave it a go & We won every game during Lent #ncfc

Thank you for the exotic powder - really nice.

I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.

The odds of a UK F-35 ever firing a missile at a Russian jet are exceedingly low. Russia is mired in Ukraine, terrible at warfare, and not in any position to fight NATO. The odds of the UK having to fight for the hearts and minds of people all over the world against Russian propoganda are 100%.

Of course. Why would you invest in soft power? It just helps in the kind of warfare that: a) Russia has shown it's actually good at; b) Russia is waging on the West already; c) The UK/NATO nuclear deterrent is useless in preventing; d) Costs a fraction to fund compared to military hardware.

This image of an Amazon van abandoned in the Thames Estuary faintly evokes an impressionist painting. I am so moved.

Trump created something they call: "BABY JAIL" There are hundreds of preschoolers, toddlers & babies in this "BABY JAIL!" HUNDREDS! And it's all being paid for on your dime, with your taxpayer dollars & being done in your name! Imagine the trauma, the harm, the abuse! BABY JAIL! #ICELawlessness