Watching black Americans call for the segregation of disabled people over on Twitter is not something I expected for 2026. Fascinating also seeing the difference between black British and black Americans, who've been on different sides (the Brits obviously far more educated about disability)

Tomorrow morning, instead of answering emails and dealing with brain-dead managers and broken data, I'll make a brew, smoke a fag, stick this on, and paint a bathroom: on.soundcloud.com/vPcwAFrTOZn6...

My wife has seen some old colleagues this week and mentioned that I quit tech and now spend my days mucking around doing up old flats by the sea on the Costa Brava. Every single one said "that sounds amazing". It really is. Wish I'd done it decades ago. Life without a boss is just about perfect!

This can't be real, surely? 🤣🤣

Good grief. Everyone knows they were just friends.

Hoy firmamos junto a los sindicatos un nuevo acuerdo de subida del SMI de 1.221€. No es solo una cifra: es dignidad, es libertad, es justicia social para 2,5 millones de personas. Subir el salario mínimo no destruye empleo, destruye pobreza.

If this was a poll of British journalists, that 8% would be 90%. They are desperate for Farage, or maybe even Lowe, to be PM

Apparently the canadian defence is that the swedes should never have filmed in such a way to allow people to see the cheating.

IVE's song Attitude is inspired by Tom's Diner as well. A lot of K-pop songs drawing on old 90s tracks

In a surprising turn of events, my wife was mildly impressed that I know the lyrics to "spice up your life" 😯😯 Blackpink's song Jump is inspired by it, so my daughter was mildly impressed too, if you want K-pop FACTS for your little ones 🤣

These guys made up the bulk of pro-Palestine supporters

Of course, the Tories managed 2 major ideological swerve in office with new leaders and we didn't get the same demands for elections from the right. For reasons.

Doing this for vague "special security reasons" is unprecedented since 2001, and should worry anyone focused on US, Western hemisphere, global security and migration issues www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

The big lesson for the media and political classes from Mandelson is to stop putting these banal characters on a pedestal. And here we are, with Cummings, saying nothing more interesting or insightful than the average X alt-right shit-poster. On a pedestal. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

I think one of the ugliest aspects of social media is how it traps some people into a 24/7 feed of watching content about crimes, abuse and violence

Pet take that counter-UAV rather than a now saturated drone sector is the next big investment opportunity in the European defence industry

The thing about the Epstein files (and Mandelson scandal) is it makes you wonder what is/was going on in all the messages between those in power that we can't see. Epstein may have been a monster, but this is surely barely the tip of the iceberg.

Pavel Durov, the owner of Telegram, disagreed with the Spanish government's decision to ban social media for under-16s. In response, he revealed his ugly Russian imperialist mug by attacking democratic institutions and violating the privacy of Spanish Telegram users by sending them a mass message.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. has issued "Leave Iran now" alert, urging Americans to depart immediately. Citizens are advised to leave without relying on U.S. assistance, preferably by land via Türkiye or Armenia, or shelter in place if unable to depart.

Are they really going to try and make this 'Türkiye' bollocks stick?

Que no había lawfare ni na.

“Brifín, esta gran empresa”: Feijóo visita la compañía Fribin y se equivoca de nombre ocho veces www.eldiario.es/rastreador/b...

There is something quite hilarious about various figures who have been hawkish on China bashing the EU over supposed weakness only for Trump to keel over...like this

Compare and contrast with that useless loser Starmer in the UK. We are so blessed!

Sanchez played a smart move here. Good for Spain, good for Spanish children, popular with parents, and now he's being attacked by Musk, who is hated in Spain (we all know what Musk got up to with Epstein)

Watching the Epstein atrocities continuing to expand, one of the horrors is knowing that many of these men feel absolutely nothing for their victims beyond annoyance - they are gross narcissists who see the world as FOR THEM and to hell with the rest whatever the destruction and pain wrought

Said it before, but The Apprentice did so much damage by making people famous just for DOING THEIR BORING FUCKING JOB! This clown is famous for going the office every day, for fucks sake!

Pedro Sanchez not dead yet! I imagine this will be pretty popular

‼️La Fiscalía de París registra la sede de 'X' en Francia y convoca a Elon Musk para interrogarlo

España prohibirá el acceso a las redes sociales a los menores de 16 años "Se han convertido en un lugar donde se ignoran las leyes, se toleran delitos, la desinformación vale más que la verdad y la mitad de los usuarios sufren ataques de odio" www.eldiario.es/politica/san...

317 years ago today, after being stuck there for four years and four months, Alexander Selkirk was rescued from Más a Tierra – now known as Robinson Crusoe Island, because he inspired Defoe’s novel. The book, though, omits to mention one of the ways he passed his time: by fucking goats 🧵

The most famous man you've never heard of!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_...

@aphclarkson.bsky.social Thinking last night about the incredibly niche community I grew up in, almost invisible to wider society, and I guess you must stumble on a few of these studying diasporas??

@almagroschool.bsky.social one for you!

Just saw a tweet that reminded me how mental it was growing up Reformed Evangelical in England. I saw churches split over whether to change from pews to chairs. Same thing happened over the introduction of modern songs as well as traditional hymns. So incredibly judgemental. Reformed Baptists....

As a massive nerd criticising Matt Goodwin, I want to assure him that the cool kids are only abstaining because they don't know who or what he is. Idris Elba is not sitting by the phone waiting for a dinner invite to discuss how he's not really British.

I see none of you have worked with dissidents before

😄👀 The situation in one of the Kyiv courtyards.

Why are the capitalists trying to make me cheer on Zak fucking Polanski? 😕

"Frankly, I inherited a mess, Rossus. My late rival, 'Sleepy Stilicho' I call him, what a low-energy loser, left a hell of a mess. Our borders were completely out of control. Criminal huns, looters, the worst anyone has every seen. But now we are the hottest empire anywhere in the world."

It's 410 CE, and I'm your podcast host, Rossus Douthaticus. I'm here with Alaric the Visigoth, who recently sacked the Eternal City. Alaric, why do you think people have lost faith in Rome? Is it a crisis of liberalism? Is it because of the feminization of the workplace?

pca.st/podcast/d25e... Fantastic interview about polling in Australia.

🇮🇳🇪🇺 India plans to cut tariffs on some imported EU cars to 40% from as high as 110% under a trade deal expected to be announced with the EU this week, - Reuters

Nobody is more angry about Burnham not being allowed to stand than our political ‘journalists’. They have been deprived of months if not years of drama and yet more grist for the mill of their tedious little podcasts.

It's amazing how accurate Willhoit's Law is. The in-group is allowed to do things that the out-group will be punished for. That's the essence of Trumpism.

>Mearsheimer says the IRGC defeated a CIA colour revolution in Iran Its wild to see someone radicalizing himself live. He's not paid, its pure audience capture. Only tankies/Tuckerites give him attention so he morphs ever more to fit these circles. Which lead to mainstream academic/public isolation

A regime that allows its forces to murder its country’s citizens is absolutely not going to allow democratic elections to reduce or remove its power.

Apparently my 7 yr old doesn't want to listen to Behind the Lines with @snellarthur.bsky.social No idea why. Maybe I didn't sell it well enough 🤷