How can the #ConservativeParty continue to prioritise profit and denialism over urgent reductions in emissions. It is well-established that climate change is making heatwaves stronger and more likely. It is beyond irresponsible to maintain an anti-net zero position in the midst of obvious effects.

Sean Austin delivered an excellent speech on why deep fakes should be banned. youtu.be/-gtNZZ5a3Bg?...

Well. This is grim indeed. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-202...

As it is so often the case, just read @samfr.bsky.social ’s substack and you know everything you need to know about this whole nonsense and its wider implications in the future. 👇

In addition to his many crimes and moral failings Donal Trump is a petty, petulant man child who has tantrums when people don't accede to his bullying and cajoling. After this latest one I will laugh very, very heartily if Spain wins the World Cup and he has to give them the trophy.

To quote my friend @karinschall.bsky.social 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Trump just burned $100 billion on a war with Iran. Imagine if that went to lowering costs, fixing infrastructure, or helping veterans instead. They said there wasn’t enough money for ordinary Americans. Turns out there was…just not for you. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/212846/...

Billionaire Warren Buffett, Withheld His Annual Mid-year Donation To The Gates Foundation, For 1st Time In 20 Years, Awaiting The Outcome Of A Review Into The Charity's Ties To Jeffrey Epstein.......👏🏻 (Wall Street Journal, Forbes)

Oh FFS, the bin is full of Farage. Count Binface, can you save us from this blight?!

So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - will Farage stunt backfire? (Looks like it so far) How much was media to blame for Starmer to do better and what does Burnham need to do to do better? Faith in politics and the little matter of who I will be supporting in ENG-NOR podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Nothing but a cheap conman. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Well! Having read about this more, it's really clear something is seriously badly off here: the bankers that moved the money reported it to the National Crime Agency (NCA) as they were legally obliged to do. However, the Guardian gave #Farage until 1pm today to comment, but instead he quit!

Can we please get ol' Lucky Trump to endorse Farage for the Clacton BS-election.

“Socialism is the Republican word for anything that helps the people.” ~Harry Truman

So the #IOC has obviously joined #FIFA in putting profit ahead of having any morals. If you're accepting Russian cheats back into the Olympics it's probably time for them to just merge with those drug abuse games and give up pretense of being a moral platform. bsky.app/profile/tsno...

If I was Rachel Reeves, I would offer #Farage a contract: you can continue your role as MP of Clacton until the Standards findings are published; or you can resign and become Steward of the Manor of Northstead — but under daily supervision you are actually doing 9-5 hard graft in the manor grounds.

100% this.

So you can't actually resign as an MP. The only way out is being appointed to the Chiltern Hundreds. Over to you Rachel Reeves.

A child who has never known peace because of Putin, but is old enough to comfort his mother as Russian missiles rain down upon a purely residential area. #FIFA and the #IOC may forgive Russia and their athletes but I do not.

I'm quite sure the majority of people reading this wouldn't have bothered to endure the rambling, arrogant self-important diatribe that was Trump's speech to mark #USA250. I certainly did not. But if you want to hear what it should have been, give this a listen. www.youtube.com/live/JztQx56...

Puh-leeeease, Labour, Libdems, Greens, even Tories... Stand no candidates. Just make this head to head vs Binface. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

Oh go on then...

Half a million flogging gold, a £5M reward for Brexit - and now reports say he’s been funded by a convicted criminal. Farage isn't fighting for Britain - he's fighting for the highest bidder.

The facade is cracking

I think it's fair to say that not since the downfall of the Soviet Union has so much of the world revelled in the failure of another country. #USABEL #FIFAWorldCup

Hopefully an outlook to US mid-terms: Can't win fairly, can't win cheating. #Trump #FIFA #MidTerms #Belgium #Corruption

This applies in the UK too. bsky.app/profile/deon...

Absolute piss-take! Donald Trump tells Infantino he 'didn't think it was a foul' (despite it being a classic ankle-breaker), so #FIFA just says: "Trump says no foul, so it can't have been a foul". Also FIFA: 🇮🇶 🇰🇼 🇧🇳 🇮🇩 🇵🇰 🇷🇺 🇰🇪 🇨🇬 🇸🇱 🇬🇹 You all faced #FIFAWorldCup bans because of 'Political Interference'.

#FIFAFairPlay? More like, for #FIFA, Money sways.

Well there is a particularly unwanted parting gift from Starmer. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

1919: Roosevelt dies 1946: Trump born 1999: Panama regains control of the canal 2026: Trump talks to Teddy about Panama Canal transfer. Nothing to see here. Definitely not 25A stuff.

The Art of the Steal. https://readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trump-bought-hundreds-of-stocks-the-day-before-he-paused-tariffs-and-sparked-a-historic-rally/

magazine.newstatesman.com/2026/07/01/b... It’s bleeding obvious to the vast majority of us; I hope Andy Burnham knows it too …

The grift goes on. Whether MAGA folk in the US or Farage and Tommy followers in the UK, supporters of the new far right think their wins mean "owning" the libs and the left. In reality they are invariably being owned and taken for a ride by their own leaders. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you're truly stupid, there appears to be no remedy for it. You continue in your blind stupidity. Alison Pearson provides the excellent evidence of this, supported by her foolish friends.

Gift link ;) www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...

If you haven't yet dumped Microsoft and Windows. Please ask yourself why. If you haven't lobbied your work management to dump Microsoft and Windows. Please ask yourself why. It has never been easier to escape #BadBigData like #Microsoft and switch to #Linux. www.fosslinux.com/18230/6-best...

Wow. Thank @philipncohen.com for reporting from the "State Fair" so no one else has to go near that crap.

A nation's 250th celebration. Having Donald Trump as president for this moment would be like having John "Goldfinger" Palmer as Prime Minister whilst organising the Queen's Jubilee.

This. All of this. bsky.app/profile/abil...

Mayor Mamdani volunteering to help World Cup visitors get to their matches. Can we have a Mamdani please?

Solar now outperforms coal in the United States. Only a total loser would back fossil fuels now. www.euronews.com/2026/06/28/a...

The Sun June 26 In May over 7000 Russian vehicles were destroyed by Ukrainian middle range drones. Today alone over 500 vehicles were destroyed on their way to supply Crimea There is said to be 70 Ukrainian drones for every front line Russian soldier in the battle today Remember Bucha!!

Or that the majority of the people who read them are border control guards... bsky.app/profile/gold...