These platforms are now informational junk food.

The lost art of folding a broadsheet newspaper.

Great piece by Jill Rutter on the Mandelson-Starmer-Robbins fiasco 👇

Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers

Shorter @katie0martin.ft.com today bsky.app/profile/alda...

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to Volume 1 of A History of the Peninsular War by CWC Oman. A little dated but comprehensive and still very much worth reading #BookSky 📚 💙 app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/33da...

🎾 Alcaraz descarta jugar en Roland Garros: “Es un momento complicado para mí”

This was the whole point: we give assets and services to private interests to run, and create a state that can’t do much except crackdowns and handing out contracts. But it *wouldn’t have to*, because the system would work brilliantly via the agility, innovation and efficiency of private business.

“Periodisticidio”, escribió en su cuenta en X el veterano periodista de la BBC John Simpson, tras confirmarse la muerte de la libanesa Amal Khalil. Israel ha matado a 260 periodistas en Gaza, Líbano, Yemen e Irán desde el 7-O

💯 this. The UK needs more politicians talking this strongly about rent.

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ to Cities Under Siege by Stephen Graham. This is the book you need to read to understand the link between ICE in Minneapolis, Israel in Gaza, and the USA and Iran #BookSky 📚 💙 app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/22a2...

He was bad. Also, where's a Glaswegian when you need one.

At this point the only reason to call it the Labour Party is it lasts too long, hurts like hell, and people keep popping in and out to check on your genitals.

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention, 19-20 April 2026 Reform UK: 27% (+3 from 12-13 April) Greens: 17% (-1) Conservatives: 17% (-2) Labour: 16% (-1) Lib Dems: 14% (+1) Restore Britain: 3% (-1) SNP: 3% (=) Plaid Cymru: 1% (=) Your Party: 0% (=) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

It's going to be even worse the next time they appoint Peter Mandelson

imagine reading this note on political appt peril then installing Peter Mandelson as Ambassador given his history of convicted sex-trafficker affiliation + "financial irregularities" resignations "If anything goes wrong you could be more exposed as the individual is more connected to you personally"

NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos 📊Reform UK +6 point lead over Labour – down from +7 in March, +8 in Jan 2026 and +15 in Nov 2025 📊Lib Dems are up +5 since March 📊Labour and Conservatives are now both on 19% - a drop for Labour from March (-2) and an increase for the Conservatives (+2)

Gas generation was down 16 per cent in the first quarter due to the UK's latest wind power generation record. If it weren't for renewables this fossil fuel-induced energy crisis would be even worse. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528492...

Excellent view from Stephen Bush on Mandelson and Starmer in this weekend's FT. "Either Keir Starmer oversees an administration in which there is a culture of fear that prevents FCDO from adequately informing Downing St, or Downing St... is not telling the truth."

Nigel Farage has recorded his worst approval rating since becoming an MP. Meanwhile Keir Starmer is even more unpopular.

We need more baby goats 🐐 ♥️

It begins. An unholy army of cats and raccoons.

If something bad happens to any of us let’s hope our enemies come out batting for us like this civil servant has for Olly Robbins www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Excellent, nine 👇 What links a 1982 Prince song and a 1949 Orwell novel? The Saturday Quiz www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Jupiter - PJ33-29 - Detail - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2kUSbzw

Beyond anything else why would the civil service or indeed Number 10 advisors trust saying anything to the PM at this point given he has fired 2 cab secs, Foreign Office perm sec, 2 chiefs of staff and 4,762 communications officers. It’s like he’s running his own DOGE unit.

A related point I like to make: The act of riding a bike is inherently very safe. The danger comes from cars.

Not once in the 80s, 90s or 00s do I recall a politician urging the public to embrace email, mobile phones, texting, two factor authentication, online banking, air fryers, or to replace all their cassette collection with a CD collection. So forgive me if I smell a rat.

Keir Starmer in 2020: "I had 8,000 staff as Director of Public Prosecutions and when they had victories I celebrated on their behalf and when they made mistakes I carried the can. "I never turn on my staff. You should never turn on your staff"

An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate.

Companies are creating virtual-reality experiences for older users in senior living communities as a way to counter social isolation and share experiences. Some programs are specifically designed as part of physical therapy, particularly for rehabilitation after a stroke.

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

Kit McGodden says they cope with their discomfort by holding themselves to standards that would be unfair for any human being on Earth, let alone an autistic one.

The same people who are screwing the planet and your children's futures, are also screwing you Don't give them the opportunity - switch to heat pumps, solar panels and EVs now www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good this: www.cer.eu/insights/ene.... Calls for more military spending might be an example of the medieval doctrine of signatures. A better way to protect ourselves from people being dickheads in the middle east is investment in green energy rather than the military.

As I noted yesterday, if Labour had not lost so many votes to the Greens and Lib Dems they would be AHEAD of Reform in the polling and the narrative would look extremely different. I also suspect May will be Reform's ultimate peak in electoral success. But will Labour now be the beneficiaries?

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds

We're spending 2.3% on defence compared to 2.0% a few years ago - and 2.5% by 2027. This increasingly hysterical stuff from people employed in the defence sector is so tiresome. And especially when combined with reactionary nonsense about welfare spending. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They should produce a version of Hamlet where, every time a character dies, somebody in the Paddington costume arrives and walks them off the main stage.

Remember when Trump threatened to wipe out a whole civilization? And then backed out of that and talked about forming a deal with Iran? And then dropped that and went to a UFC fight as negotiations fell apart? And then unveiled a triumphal arch and a photo of himself as Jesus? That was this week.

Good. Get on the fucking bus and shut up about it.

Hard to believe those astronauts came back here willingly.

"Why bother speculating about the state of the President's brain when the politics provides the best explainer for his destructive behaviour."

Five and a co controversial two halves 👇 What links Althea & Donna, Sean Paul and Ken Boothe? The Saturday quiz www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...