Christ, the sooner we move completely to renewable energy the better. Not because of climate change no, because I can’t imagine despotic psychopaths fighting over solar panels.

Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy

X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences

Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.

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It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.

Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible” "Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"

These people are out of their minds. They are endangering the whole world. This has to stop. This is the wife of the man who is currently running foreign policy for the United States:

Back in the chair tomorrow.

Chippy Tea, painting by Manchester-born Anthony Marn.

A mere one month from Trump winning the inaugural Fifa peace prize for his "exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace".

June Street, Salford, 1973, photo by Daniel Meadows and Martin Parr.

Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.

We can call out the sheer hypocrisy of Reform UK, Lucy Connolly and the Tories who literally gave Alaa Abd el-Fattah his UK citizenship. But it doesn’t change el-Fattah’s own very real extremism and it doesn’t change the fact that the government(s) have dropped a serious b*ll*ck here.

Supporters of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK held the most extreme views of any party backers, with 71% saying that having British ancestry was a prerequisite for someone to be truly British(Guardian 30.12). So that rules out the Royal Family

Herring girls gutting fish on the quayside, North Shields, 1930s, photo by Edwin Smith (1912-71).

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Former Tory councillor in court accused of drugging and raping ex-wife

Tory-run Slough has “lost track” of 500 people living in temporary accommodation, meaning it underestimated its spending by £10m. It blames staff turnover and incompetence, and a new IT system; but while the blunder was spotted in October 2024, officers have only just fessed up to councillors.

Our local Mosque is hosting an evening of Free Indian meals this Christmas in partnership with Tranmere Rovers🎄 Because they care about their community. I wonder how many free meals Farage is handing out over this Christmas? I wonder if he is working as tirelessly for his local community?

Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use

Again these people aren't patriots. They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too. Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them

Ten days until Christmas, 'Made in Manchester' is still number eight English history bestseller at Waterstones.

pleased to say that only around four hours stood between "alright, last week before Christmas, need to make an effort to eat healthily until then" and "hehe, spaghett :)"

Let’s get this beautiful song Lullaby to number one this Christmas 🎄 It’s sung by incredibly talented British and Palestinian artists, every penny raised will go to life-saving funds for people in Gaza 🇵🇸

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social why is this profile still available on the BBC website?

If @mrjamesob.bsky.social is going to give your website a shout out right before Christmas, make sure you have the servers ready to withstand the increased traffic 😂 Keep renspantry.com in your thoughts and prayers today 🙏🏼

It’s getting hotter mum

Farage had to come out hiding early because Tice tried to defend him earlier & libelled the target of Farage’s vicious anti-semitism. Rarely have two people deserved each other more.

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social probably tell your website colleagues to take this profile of Robert Cousen down off your website considering he’s just been done for sending inappropriate pictures to a colleague 😬🙅🏻‍♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism". These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.

Won’t somebody think of the landlords 🎻

Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.

Didn’t realise a turkey had taken part in the Jan 6 riots aswell.

‘You, Boy! Go and racially abuse everybody you meet …but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’

Farm labourers, Ireland, c.1857, attributed to Augusta Crofton, pioneering photographer from Roscommon.

And that's it. Overall impressions are - there's still a surprising lack of detail - lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground - refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate

Could prob accept some pretty draconian small boat policies if there was a genuine safe route policy alongside it. So far we have no details at all.

Without asylum: Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist Queen would have been without a front man The other queen wouldn't have had a husband Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc

Listening to the hour about London on @mrjamesob.bsky.social and always think of this absolute corker whenever London comes up in any context 🥹

Not sure if the Republican Party was wise to stake everything on a senile paedophile

it finally happened to me -- reviewing a manuscript that cites a paper by me that doesn't exist

A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.

Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.

Two donors to think tank of Nigel Farage’s partner convicted of fraud 😮 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time. I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.

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YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP. Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people ...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business" It's £10ph FFS! Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger DO YOU SEE IT NOW? Spread far & wide. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...