Bill Gates has admitted making a "huge mistake" in associating with Jeffrey Epstein, telling staff at his charity foundation that he had affairs with two Russian women but denying involvement in the disgraced financier's crimes. u.afp.com/S6ye

@sainsburys.bsky.social Visit to Cheadle store for a big shop. 8pm, no check outs. Start self check out with trolley. After 3rd red and being looked through by the single member of staff there I just left the shopping and went home.

What they fail to point out is that the @greenparty.org.uk is on 30% in this poll. Voting @labouruk.bsky.social here is Not choosing unity, it is choosing division. Yes, it would be good to see Reform pushed to 3rd, but we cannot afford the risk, we must unite behind the party most likely to win

I'm pretty sure I've done more interviews & podcasts than any other party leader in the first 6 months. We hadn't spotted an invitation, @mrjamesob.bsky.social but happy to chase it up & look forward to chatting! (We're about to hit 200k members. We had 50k just over 6 months ago - happy to talk!)

@davidbowienews.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thomas Massie Republican Party representative for Kentucky

A reminder, one day ahead of a by-election in which the Greens are favourites to defeat Reform, that the Daily Mail owner's wife recently donated £50,000 to Nigel Farage's party

BBC News - Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Basant, Pakistan's famous kite festival, cautiously returns after 19-year ban - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so) The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%) www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...

Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months

They never seem to be familiar with the truly bad stuff.

British values

NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

useful summary of what Starmer knew and when via Times political team

🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

INBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.

This is a weekly go-to for me - and antidote to the dirge www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Celebration of "a warm, lovely human being" BBC News - Altrincham guitar shop opens one last time after owner's death - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

'Rajah quilt' ,1841 by English female convicts as they were transported to Australia, typically for petty crimes due to poverty, sailing from Woolwich to Hobart, Tasmania. The quilt was named after the ship in which they sailed #womensart

BBC News - After ICE raids... a once bustling Chicago neighbourhood has changed - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

ICYMI: Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign

BBC News - Sunken Thames barges create new Essex island for birds - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

I was asked to look at this post! And while the story obviously has important context that’s missing from the headline - which I’ll cover obvs 😜 - what’s more important is to question why this is being posted! And what to ask yourself when you see something like this… 1/12 🧵

Me returning from the pub aged 18: "I'm stealing these traffic cones for the sheer fun of it." Me returning from the pub tonight aged 45: "I'm stealing these traffic cones to put them on the double yellows by my kids' school to stop people parking dangerously."

BBC News - Scafell Pike hikers left Wasdale rescue team to pay hotel bill - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.

Blind man who fell on to the tracks at Manchester Piccadilly wins payout

If true, this would be worth a fortune.

Farage failed to declare over £380,000 in outside earnings on top of his MP's salary. He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain. www.parliament.uk/globalassets...

Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin. This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.

I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers. I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.