Of all the things we are doing in MN, this one is just beyond. Imagine being released from hell alone in the cold. And a total stranger has waited all night with a blanket just to be ready to hug you and carry you home. Every job we do is crucial, but this one is what restores humanity and dignity.

I could add almost all the Covid profiteers; the estate owners granted legal immunity for the wildlife crimes their gamekeepers commit (by an estate owner!); the protesting farmers who can shut down the motorway network while green protesters are banged up for marching down the street ... etc etc

lacks that certain Banksy nuance but hey

"It's cataclysmic...it's unprecedented." @mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on his 66th birthday.

it's not without mixed reviews, but I'm finding this window on earlier times fascinating www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

On the whole James Talarico/Colbert/Christianity thing

2026 basically

Small Prophets! On iPlayer. Don’t read about it just watch the whole thing

this something is the shingles vaccine btw. evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing

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Third string Rob Walker is simply sport's most annoying commentator. He brings his cringe snooker introduction register now to the IG Langlauf team race, and is only outdone in the irritation stakes by cycling's overpronouncer Rob Hatch. Can't the #BBCSport get Steve Cram ...

The state that created 300,000 war-related injuries, some resulting in permanent physical disabilities such as amputations, hearing loss, and vision impairment back in the Paralympics is it

"EES formalities on both arrival and departure – at airports, land borders and ports in the Schengen area" which I understand to mean as any delays would affect all passengers returning to Britain (eg everyone on the plane including Schengen passport holders).

Oh come on @washingtonpost.com ... clickbaity crap over a jokey aside. No wonder I cancelled my subscription.

Speaking of drones, Düsseldorf had another one featuring Putin as a drone pilot (and the AfD's leader Alice Weidel as the drone). In no uncertain terms, it says "The country's traitors" on the side.

Bath has now won more Winter Olympic golds than Canada

Tethered plastic bottle tops are apparently 'the worst thing to happen to humanity'.... Hmm.

This is a fair summary from Sam on joining a customs union vs single market. I suspect the rule taker point has less importance for voters than for politicians/commentators. The FoM point is maybe tougher, esp if we now reach net zero migration. The case for immigration still needs to be made.

Accidental Partridge x Pet Shops Boys

vaping just isn't cool whatever they tell you www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Loud in Sochi, russia tonight 💥💥

Macron, "The EU was set up for peace and a Single Market" "But now, Europe has to learn to become a geopolitical power"

Sorry, kid, the government cancelled research into a cure for your disease. The man who swims in sewage and snorts cocaine in public restrooms said it's bad for you. Besides, there's no money now that we're locking up your friend's parents and the guys who mowed our lawn.

On almost every front, Reform UK hate and despise the views of the median British voter. Scraping into power on high 20s of the vote could see electoral politics fall apart altogether.

Challenge accepted.

I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.

Gordon Brown voice: “The Arctic Monkeys would certainly wake you up in the morning.”

This is a masterpiece!

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

I posted the below to twitter, the only time I’ve posted in more than a year, and look what it did. Slow handclap Musk, you took something and made it shit. The anti-Midas touch.

Ok, I know promised a thread on the fascinating and important new research explaining what happened with the rare, serious side effects of AstraZeneca's and Johnson&Johnson's Covid-19 vaccines. So, @science.org story is here and 🧪🧵 is coming: www.science.org/content/arti...

Oh, puh-leeeeze.

Here's a story I'd definitely by covering if Science in Action was still on air - the likely cause of the rare but dangerous bloodclots from some COVID vaccines. The question is how easy it would be to tweak the adenovirus carrier to avoid the issue.

[*Ring, ring*] "Hello, is that the Telegraph comment desk? Yes, oh great. I thought you should know - one of your opinion pieces from 2009 has escaped and is passing itself off as new."

They say “justice is blind,” but this is not what they meant.

What 1.4m emails reveal about Jeffrey Epstein's network. @economist.com data-team (et Jmail) effort on America's most notorious sex offender www.economist.com/interactive/...

It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

Throughout the rest of the week, there will be plenty of fresh snow across the Alps ❄️ 50-100 cm falling quite widely, with 200-250 cm over the peaks ❄️