Totally believable to me. I suspect that I have no idea of the scale of the funds tied up in my partner’s wool stash. #knitsky

The way you know Bluesky is not a representative sample is several people are livetweeting their reading of an encyclical

I did this last year. Dreamed that Pret sold a cookie called Hairy Man. He had a solid choc chest of hair and choc sprinkle body hair. Woke up, drew it, then baked it. Him.

This is completely deranged: Iran is required to play games in the US but ISN’T ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT. They will instead have to fly back to Mexico. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

34.8ºC at Kew Gardens breaks its May AND June records by OVER 4ºC for its May record set in 1922 and by 0.2ºC for its June record set in 1976. Unprecedented heat for the UK in late May, and likely to be bettered tomorrow. A rounded 35ºC temperature should not happen in May.

What some of us have been warning of for decades is happening, faster and fiercer than most imagined, even in the mildest and most temperate corners of the world. #ClimateBreakdown

I was responsible for this (it was literally my idea while I was Product Manager for Media Playout at the BBC) and it is still my proudest achievement ever

Pick a Bond villain from the photos you already have on your phone

Obviously there is aircon everywhere in Aus and the buildings are designed to be cool, but also life is different. When it hits 35C, Australians go out at 7am and then stay at home with the curtains drawn and the aircon on until the evening. I got invited to an outdoor unshaded lunch today at 1pm

I am reminding everyone that Danny Kruger joined reform because he wanted to use it to bring religious conservative family values politics to the British mainstream

I feel like the photographer could have gotten a little closer tbh

One of the many sources cited in the new papal encyclical is... Gandalf

Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈

Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.

Leaving everything else aside, the Solar Revolution is just an unbelievably positive development, we aren’t that far away from “people in the Global South can run A/C all summer with extremely cheap zero carbon energy” which would have been essentially unthinkable even like 10 years ago

The Times here describing Restore’s “deport, detain” line on immigration as “robust”. This is how this stuff gets further and further normalised, the ratchet cranking ever rightwards.

solar is so cool man. I climbed up on my shed roof last week and installed a panel to charge my yard tools and now I’m mowing my lawn with power I stole from a fucking star

I’m glad there is one (1) person who is truly using the opinion page as it should be used

Good thing Iran giving up uranium and opening the Strait is only 5% or I might be pessimistic about this situation.

In the representation of the people’s bill I will be supporting caps on donations to individuals as well as via third party organisations. Judging by this Nigel farage should be in the lobby with me to vote for them too and help clean up British politics. We shall see …

If you're still trying to figure it out after a decade that might be a clue....

A light in the darkness - EHRC draft Code says WI amd Girl Guides CAN lawfully choose to admit trans women / girls. Since the FWS Supreme Court judgment, we have seen multiple attempts to ban trans women and girls from womens clubs and association. The most prominent have been the WI and the GG.

Nothing at all fishy going on here over the weekend, I assume

Nice collision of the headline from one story and a picture from another on The Times website.

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...

“It is understood the National Cyber Security Centre is not aware of a report from Farage related to the alleged hack.” That’ll be because it’s all utter bollox. “Just how stupid would you like us to be, Mr Farage?” “Oh *that* stupid. Let’s see what we can do…” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I'm sure this event will have lots of varied opinions and won't just be a moanfest about how it's all the EU's and Remainers' fault. Morning.

Our church needs a better name for "if it's your birthday then Michael plays happy birthday on the piano in the coffee hour" than The Ritual.

When you post about the next PM of the UK on BlueSky dot app this is what is happening

A truly incredible article that seems to criticise Andy Burnham for not having parachuted behind enemy lines during wartime.

It's Bob Dylan's birthday, so here's your occasional reminder that this iconic slice of footage was shot in the alleyway known as Savoy Steps, just behind the Savoy Hotel in the Strand.

TOTTENHAM MOTHERFUCKING HOTSPUR

Fabulous clarification in today's Observer. Stonehenge!

This article by @polphilpod.bsky.social is outstanding. He is a must read and follow for anyone interested in trans rights (and indeed broader issues of social justice) in the UK.

Unsure which is more surprising, the fact that Finland had a pop magazine called STUMP or that the Fast Show's Jazz Club presenter (you know, the one who says "niiice!!") appears to have actually existed

Tempting to write off the Restore polling as sample bias etc. But my feeling is its real Even in Bristol we're encountering them on the doorstep. People coming back from Makerfield think 7% may be a underestimate. They're all over Facebook in particular and showing up in national polls Its real.

I’ve only just become aware of this glorious Basil / Clash creation by @sirpaintalot.bsky.social - magnificent work jimll.co.uk/products/bas...

That's why Ukraine will never be defeated.

Ten years as Mayor of the greatest city in the world. Through huge challenges and unforgettable moments, it's the honour of my life to serve London - a city that gave the son of a bus driver from a council estate every opportunity. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Never meet your heroes.

NHS data teams en masse: we bloody told you so.

Newly elected Reform UK councillor Andy Arnold has a swastika tattooed on his arm, but his wife claims the tattoo has been ”misunderstood” and is actually a Buddhist peace symbol. 🧐🙄

"WHAT HAS IT GOT IN ITS PANTSES" Taken at Manchester's emergency protest against the EHRC guidance, May 2026

He’s living in 3026 over here. What a life hack.

‘When the government replaces a New Zealand public servant with AI, what really happens is this: money that used to be paid to someone living in Wellington, Lower Hutt or Palmerston North gets paid instead to a tech giant in California or Seattle’ newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/21/b...

Farage now claims Russian spies hacked his phone to obtain details of his controversial £5million gift www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform's candidate Robert Kenyon said abortion was a "cowardly act of murder" and implied that people falsely claimed to have been raped He said: “Don’t dole out the ‘what if someone is raped by their brother’ arguement... don’t want babies? Use contreception! [sic]” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...