A logical consequence of UK policy toward foreigners.

FYI on this Starmer-Farage-ILR-Racist fiasco. I think Farage is a racist, but in my experience the Home Office mistreats white as well as non-white foreigners, making them all suffer years of stress and anxiety on their £15k journey from Entry Visa through Indefinite Leave to Remain to citizenship.

Thanks to Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona for making this very helpful photo available on @unsplash 🎁 (I can work with this)

Good article about one of the many ways in the failure of governments to effectively address cyber crime is negatively affecting the health of humans beings.

The horrific attack on a Mormon church in Michigan was deeply immoral, but anyone who calls it anti-Christian is either ignorant about Christianity or trying to foment a false narrative for political ends, or both. In fact, many Christians in the US don't think Mormons are Christians.

Need a break from doom scrolling? I know I do. Check out the host of things to do in October, thanks to the amazing Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry. #Arts #Coventry #Warwick #Movies #Comedy

Band concert/event at Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, Warks (GBR) on 26-Oct-2025: tinyurl.com/yru4o8qy #brassband

Pumped to be included in @aaaprods.bsky.social October picks! Check out the rest of the line up for awesome disbled-led shows. First stop of the Perfect Show for Rachel tour is next week - Warwick Arts Centre on 7th & 8th October!

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

No kidding it’d be really funny if they gave Obama the Nobel Peace Prize again

This is indeed uplifting news.

Best thing I've seen in the last 24 hours: Pete "Secretary of War" Hegseth expecting applause from the US military leadership but getting ... none. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEhq...

ICYMI: New UK AI investment comes with a cost - your bills and our climate www.context.news/ai/opinion/u...

Foxglove's @marthadark.bsky.social was at the UK's Labour party conference this week to warn about the environmental costs of Big Tech's data centres:

Justice arrives at last. Now strip her of her title A company linked to Baroness Mone breached a £122m gov contract by supplying personal protective equipment that was not sterile during the Covid pandemic High Court says firm must repay the gov £122m in damages, with interest, by mid-October

[email protected] tells it like it is, the UK faces: "the most powerful companies in the world, and their billionaire owners, working with the most powerful nation in the world to demand the UK government serves their interests." #AIEthics #AIRisk #ResponsibleAI #AIEthics

Trump is so right about naval aesthetics. During World War II, my dad was in the Royal Navy, doing repairs on battle ships like this one. He spent hours telling me how gorgeous they were. He used to say: Son, whatever you do, never go to war in an ugly ship.

Have a good evening blue sky people! Lola says: Wag 'em if you got 'em! #Cats

And it serves no purpose other than performative brutality to sate the far right. It will fail in that, instead it will only boost their appetite for more.

Another week, another 25-50 scandals, any one of which would have sank any pre-2016 administration or politician

I expect this will happen with the EU youth experience scheme. The youth will fall in love and won’t be able to return home. On the flip side, this outcome might encourage more UK citizens to support joining the EU.

5 years grim as it is. My brother went through it with his American wife. Not going to consider postions in the UK if my wife not welcome. Lots of other countries compete for high earning people. The UK is in a war on talent. You see it with overseas students too - like my kids and their friends

Yeah, I've been in Dubai 18 years and my wife is a kiwi. Four kids. Not going to bother with uk again for that reason

Love my governor @jbpritzker.bsky.social

Apart from the unnecessary hardship this will inflict on individuals, this will be bad for integration and social cohesion, bad for the economy, and will increase irregular migration. [And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]

OK, this is epic. Sound on.

A toddler controls the entire country.

Another way of looking at it

Vile doesn't even begin to describe what these white, elderly, male lawmakers want to inflict on young women and girls. "Victims of rape and incest would no longer have access to abortion in South Carolina if a bill set for discussion on Oct. 1 ever becomes law." #SouthCarolina

Pastor linked to Lutheran church group also linked to neo-Confederate movement John Eidsmoe, associated with Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, has history with public defenses of Confederacy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If I could convince carney to take on one national mega project, it would be to blanket the rooftops of Canada with solar panels. We’d automatically become an energy superpower.

The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?

Kings gonna be kingy.

Hey CON-VOTERS and the #TooLazyToVote, please know you elected a President who will use 24K Gold throughout his office, but will let you die without healthcare.

Happy Monday blue sky people! Hope you have a great week. Lola says: stay cool and maybe spend some time among the flowers and foliage.

Starting today, the journal will publish on Substack. This new platform allows our authors to share short articles inspired by their work in the journal. Our debut post features Dr Anne Irfan’s piece. open.substack.com/pub/journalg...

300 Northwestern students were blocked from enrolling in classes because they refused to complete a training that compares critics of Israel to former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke

Random piece of data that may be useful to anyone in the UK thinking of posting something to America: it took nine days for a tracked letter containing one sheet of paper to get from Coventry to a decent size town in Pennsylvania, at a cost of £11 (Royal Mail).

If you read just one paper about AI and existential risk this weekend, let it be this pioneering analysis from @atoosakz.bsky.social. Comes closer to addressing the inherent vulnerability of AI technology than anything I've found so far. Brilliant work! #AI #AIRisk #TechRisk #AIEthics #XRisk

If you read just one article about AI this weekend, let it be this. I've spent the last six years researching tech risk, existential risk, and AI. This is one of the best things I've read in that space. #AI #AIRisk #TechRisk #TechEthics #AIEthics #XRisk

Pure coincidence that that all three are deeply empathy-deficient devotees of hierarchy and individualism.

And in today’s breaking Dear Leader evil empire news: President Trump late Friday demanded Microsoft fire its head of global affairs, Lisa Monaco, over her work in the Biden administration. www.axios.com/2025/09/26/t...

Just this week alone, Trump’s tried using the federal government to put James Comey in prison, take Jimmy Kimmel off the airwaves, and get Lisa Monaco fired from Microsoft. Reminder: It isn’t HIS government to use as he pleases. The Tangerine Traitor works for US.

Dictator-wannabe Trump pressuring Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to fire Lisa Monaco is beyond the pale. It's time for corporate CEOs to summon the courage to stand up to this fascist authoritarian chucklefuck, lest we lose our republic. 😡😡😡👇

Trump demands that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco. Anybody from the party of small government have an issue with this or nah?

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Happy #Caturday blue sky people! You know you're a cat person if you: a) stay in bed to avoid disturbing the cat(s) b) get up earlier than planned to cater to the cat(s)

History shows that when democracies face crises, strengthening and reinvigorating democratic participation is essential to prevent democratic backsliding and the rise of authoritarianism. This is not that.