Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square. Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files. Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

Happy milestone 75th birthday today - October 8 - to Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & The Gang)

I'll say his name... David Rose, HERO! RIP 🩵💔 @cwabadger.bsky.social @chantingcrow.bsky.social @jillyelli.bsky.social @habsmtlcanadiens.bsky.social @oceanlvr4ever.bsky.social @mimiwegs.bsky.social @docent1.bsky.social @chaserbaybe.bsky.social @stretch18.bsky.social @notdontrmp.bsky.social

There should be a word for a huge but pointless event, such as a leader making announcements in a conference speech that will never be implemented and which not even the faithful will pay any attention to because the leader will be gone in a matter of months.

Ursula von der Leyen: Europe must boost its defense capability to deter the Russian hybrid warfare "These incidents are calculated to linger in the twilight of deniability.This isn’t random harassment.It’s a coherent&escalating campaign"she said "To those who still doubt,look at what is happening

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

The world is literally mocking him for his stupidity, greed, hatefulness and being a pedo.

Music challenge for Halloween 🎃 Day 7 Promt "monsters" "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" a song released by British singer-songwriter David Bowie from the album of the same name in 1980. #MusicSky #Howl-A-Ween #80smusic #Bowie youtu.be/W_FPN-bttVQ?...

Keir Starmer has finally promised to meet the nuclear test veterans “hopefully by end of the year" That’s progress but still not good enough. These national heroes have already waited more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition. youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...

#SpottheScammer @peterschiff01.bsky.social impersonating American stockbroker Peter Schiff, using the text of his bio & posts stolen from his verified @X account, which has >1.2million followers. Account opened 9hrs ago and followed... me. x.com/PeterSchiff

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No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

The Convicted FElon has finally united the people on one thing. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

RIP Jilly Cooper, a great English eccentric with whom I once shared a champagne breakfast, which she paid for, on an early train to Cheltenham during the Festival. She had been to a book launch and was on her way home not having slept. Kind, funny and will be sorely missed, thoughts with her family.

Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

I went rogue, made a Bakewell tart with quince pulp rather than raspberry jam (tradition in this house at least). Served with whipped cream. #hobbybaker #homemade #foodiesky #foodie #Whatscooking 🍽️

In 2023, #Ukrainian veteran Artem Dudchenko lost both his legs during a combat mission.ln the first week after surgery, Artem already began doing exercises in his hospital bed. For 2 years ,Artem underwent treatment&rehabilitation at the TYTANOVI rehabilitation center

I made beef barbacoa tacos with lime crema & pickled radishes tonight. Slow-cooked the beef for 10 hrs, in my own spice blend. Pickled the radishes myself. Did the tortillas, Mexican rice, & a street corn salad, all from scratch. I spent the day cooking & thinking about only food. It was awesome.

The Israeli government's planned hosting of Tommy Robinson is a reprehensible betrayal of Jewish values and history. Robinson is a racist street thug. He is no friend of British Jews. We must never permit the far-right to exploit antisemitism to attack Muslims. Good to discuss on i24News.

Oh I like this idea 👍

October 5, 1945 Brian Connolly (lead singer for Sweet) is born in Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland. Sweet had the 1973 UK No.1 single 'Blockbuster', plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. Connolly died of kidney and liver failure on February 9, 1997. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll youtu.be/Y64211sjSko?...

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

At this moment, Ukrainian forces are attacking Russian military facilities stationed in Voronezh Oblast with drones.

Trump: "Portland is burning to the ground. You have agitators, insurrectionists... The governor, the mayor, the politicians are petrified for their lives."* *Not a single word of this is true.

Rubs eyes. Looks again. Rubs eyes. It's still there.

West Berlin, 2 August 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.). #Berlin

🚨This petition has now passed 72,000 signatures! Thank you so much for your amazing support 🙏 You can support the campaign to change the law by signing the petition here👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian. Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference. Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say? Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

The judge is a woman.

russia Is Openly Trying to Destroy Our Civilian Infrastructure Right Now, Ahead of Winter – Address by President #Zelenskyy 05.10.2025 Full address www.president.gov.ua/en/news/rosi...

THE ECHR PROTECTS US ALL We must protect it, not leave it

“Why are you leaving, we weren’t done cuddling yet”

October 5, 1970 Led Zeppelin III was released. The album, which peaked at No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic, featured a broad range of instrumentation and some of the band’s most recognizable tracks, including the fiery “Immigrant Song.” #ClassicRock #RockNRoll youtu.be/RlNhD0oS5pk?...

Fun Fact - Kemi Badenoch (formerly Nigerian) wants to send migrants back where they came from was born Olukemi Olufunto "Kemi" Adegoke 1980 in Wimbledon. Coincidentally her mother travelled from Nigeria to UK for medical treatment and gave birth here… So presumably she’d send herself to Nigeria 🤷🏼‍♂️

The English far-right is a mass of dumb-as-f*ck people, innit.

today was simply sublime - any day driving with friends is a good one but these roads and this gang is something special @maaronweber.bsky.social put together one heck of a day and I’m 100% for the next run, like, name the dates and I’ll but the tickets down

RIP, Dame Patricia Routledge.

Bear was my best shoulder cat. #Caturday #Catdad

Had lunch with a friend in Wakefield, Québec. Lovely Fall foliage. Beautiful day.

It's one thing to age gracefully into respectable irrelevance, but Bill Belichick has opted to be a conspicuous fool.

Odilon Redon, French (1840-1916), Le vase aux tritomas, pastel on toned paper, 56.2 x 45.4 cm, private collection

Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans. Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies. Folks, I think America First might be a scam.

How deep does Beijing’s support for Moscow run? Are China and Russia partners in war and destabilization? What are murky military ties, intelligence cooperation, supply chains, strategic signalling in China’s support for Russia’s genocidal, imperial war? youtu.be/0G4TLjkkXis

Just one of the best at her craft. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Zack Polanski has done the impossible… Made me feel hope in politics again. @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Leaving the ECHR is just another "cause" that right-wing lunatics can latch onto. It's Brexit 2. And like the original most people backing, it don't understand it, don't really believe in what they are doing and do not care one jot what havoc it causes.

Here's a sad statistic: Stevie Ray Vaughan was on the planet for 13,092 days. As of today, it's been exactly 13,092 days since he died. Tomorrow, he will have been gone longer than he was here. Today would have been his 71st birthday. Did you ever see him live? RIP Stevie Ray!

Just published: my new book "Forgotten Times" (Amberley Publishing). 180 photographs taken by me in the 1950s and 1960s on the streets of the UK, Ireland and the outer islands and depicting a world largely unknown to the present day. #up0410

October 4, 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival's LP Green River hits #1. It was their first #1 album, holding the top spot for four weeks The album featured two major hit singles, the title track "Green River" and "Bad Moon Rising". #ClassicRock #RockNRoll #ClassicVinyl youtu.be/QFISpbt5AV4?...