well done, #brexiters, aided and abetted by history's most cowardly pm, #starmer...

World’s Oldest Known Pieces of Sewn Clothing Sat in an Oregon Cave for 12,000 Years gizmodo.com/worlds-oldes...

#BBCNews - Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage said in 2022 that MPs defecting to another party and then refusing to call a by-election was “no go, it’s not right, it is dishonorable” So where are the by-elections for all those MPs who have now joined Reform?

As expected, in the final rule, EPA's Endangerment Finding repeal backs down entirely from challenging the science, choosing to focus on statutory arguments regarding EPA's authority. Good work, everyone who contributed to the @andrewdessler.com review!

I am starting to suspect that making journalism an ad-engagement chasing endeavor concentrated in the hands of the planet's richest assholes might have been an ill-advised choice

#America is no longer an ally of #Europe #BoycottAmerica #BoycottAmerican #BoycottUSA

JUST IN: After Secretary Rubio declined a judge's suggestion to return illegally deported Any Lopez Belloza – a 20 year old Babson student who was sent to Honduras in defiance of a court order — Judge Stearns has orderd the admin to facilitate her return. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I wrote for the Guardian about why Jim Ratcliffe's talk of Britain being "colonised" by immigrants crosses the line between legitimate debate and inflammatory rhetoric. It fuses echoes of Powellism with great replacement conspiracies of "civilisational erasure" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

brave bloke

Doom scrolling is doomed ... if the EU gets its way. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/tikt...

The US regime isn't only trying to destabilise Canada via Alberta separtists, they are also trying to undermine democracy in Europe. Canada and the EU must collectively push back to protect democracy. #Trump #fascism #cdnpoli #abpoli #EU #democracy

Job alert for translators! @wasafirimag.bsky.social is seeking a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages. Applications are due February 15 - learn more at:

you'll still routinely see tech journalism that pretends Zuck isn't just an unremarkable chode who stumbled ass first into an ad monopoly and hasn't innovated on any front in decades (outside of right wing friendly lobbying and pushing new boundaries in unethical mass engagement)

Huda Ammori celebrates 'victory for Palestine' as top court rules proscription as a 'terror' organisation was unlawful https://aje.news/u2w8io

Russia's deeply unsuccessful Matryoshka fake news campaign has now started using Cameo videos to deepfake the voices of celebrities, here's a few examples featuring Bruce Boxleitner, Dolph Lundgren, David Yost, and Neil Newborn.

my, but #starmer is stupid

sounds like murder to me...

Farage is clearly misleading the public. The main reason that net migration fell by 445,000 (year to June 2025 it was 205k, having been 649k a year before) is that immigration fell by 401,000. The BBC should fact-check/verify and report that this was untrue.

This is striking: New Senate Majority PAC poll finds that GOP's advantage on immigration has been wiped out by unpopularity of Trump's agenda. Dems now at parity with Republicans. This is a Dem poll but it dovetails with what other polls are showing (see piece/thread below)

One of three shadow tankers lack flag, ie are lawless and fair game for any navy, anywhere. Journalists took a look at the entire shadow tanker fleet and found a whole third of them lack a flag. But, as EU states get laws and are about to act the ships are already re-flagging, many to Russia.

DHS is searching journalist Don Lemon's phone. Every journalist should be outraged.

I finally have a newsletter! It's called The Fine Print* and I'll be writing about tech, media, politics, consumer rights (and whatever else I damn-well please). It's free, but if you have disposable income, you can support independent reporting for just $50/year or $4/month.

Thanks a lot! And that's basically right: an Aramaic script gets adapted for Sogdian, which gets adapted for Uyghur script, which gets adapted for Mongolian, which gets adapted for Manchu!

and shame on the useless @nytimes.com for framing thus

well, I agree that is a serious problem; next thing people will be standing on the wrong side of tube escalators...

Here’s the thing… a dusty, used-up, gravel-sounding, lying, murderous eugenicist who snorted blow off a toilet seat *is* the best that MAGA can find to do the job. Nobody else is any better than this scumbag. That’s the problem, they’re all this venal. It’s a jobs program for the scum of the earth.

"The solution involved creating a list for terminals registered with Ukrainian authorities, the Defense Ministry said. Only those Starlinks would be enabled in Ukraine by SpaceX" www.wsj.com/world/starli... reality check

she has her own *blanket*????

now do the same for polio, because that is coming too one day...

The FBI’s apparent probe of Extinction Rebellion NYC comes as the Justice Department continues to dodge questions about the names on AG Pam Bondi's secret NSPM-7 domestic terrorism list theintercept.com/2026/02/12/p...

Voters in leading Western states broadly support higher defense spending, according to results from The POLITICO Poll. Yet they balk when faced with policy trade-offs. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/worl...

Old enough to remember when a developer proposed to add facial recognition to Google Glass and the mothership said hell no bro

we need this kind of forensic questioning; these people have no answers, only bigotry...

€249.00 for an ebook? I think not... #openaccess should be the norm

Labour factions vie for influence over Starmer’s reset after McSweeney exit

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

What motivates Ukrainian resistance to Russian occupation after four years of all-out war? @drjademcglynn.bsky.social explains how hatred — not hope — drives those still fighting behind the front lines. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

NEW: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Congress today that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked word of a raid, allowing gang members to clear out of apartments. Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier. Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.

he's right: #ukraine has the most uptodate and useful experience of fighting russia, so maybe learn from it...

Love this response to Ratcliffe's comments by @mrjamesob.bsky.social

terrible decision by #moderna's ceo; no more public funding for them, spend it on rivals

@gregsargent.bsky.social has intensely followed immigration issue for many years @cnewman.bsky.social is right that "skittishness on immigrants’ rights is the norm in Washington, D.C." That has to end Greg provides a roadmap for Democrats - who should learn from @gelliottmorris.com too

“Since the end of Roe, there have been over 400 pregnancy-related arrests that we know about; and a new Pregnancy Justice report shows that nearly half of U.S. states have laws that make these prosecutions possible.”

Wow! Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report. This is a *big* legal win. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Wait what this seems important

Boss of P&O Ferries owner DP World leaves over Jeffrey Epstein links

UK needs to learn from this, and throw out #palantir everywhere

Saudi Arabia’s Midad Energy has signed a letter of intent to acquire all of Russian oil producer Lukoil’s overseas assets, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.