'we have created a youth wing and put Matt Goodwin in charge' is an idea so mesmerisingly bad that it approaches the level of art

Sky / ITV merger on the cards... ISkyV? SkiTV? What's the betting on how many UK broadcasters are left by the end of the decade. BBC and one/two others?

Two prosecutors are now going to have to deal with the question, “wait aren’t you the guys who lost the sandwich case?” for the rest of their lives.

your honor, it was a bit

Christ on a bicycle. Great reporting from Reuters and absolute failure in governments holding FB to account.

Good morning! Day 4 of the Sandwich Guy’s trial. He is finally wearing a suit (the rest of the week’s evidence suggests he seems to prefer pullovers in cooler weather). The jury has a note for the judge.

Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.

It’s a great piece

The battle over pay-per-mile road tax could destroy Keir Starmer's government – here's how Labour can avoid disaster (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/pay-per-mi...

lol

“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.” Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.

Turnout in the NYC mayoral election is the highest since 1993.

**solid snake voice** mentalhealth

BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty. “They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”

A part of me wonders if the investors are told that the robots are being piloted when viewing them.

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Life, laugh, louvre.

Mad example of this trend from real life though - we pitched an investigation to a commissioner at a major broadcaster, and they put the thing we were investigating and said “oh I’ve put it into ChatGPT and it says the answer is…” And then we’re confused when we said “thats not true”!

It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago. I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.

Remember when Farage talks *about* work he is largely talking *to* people who have retired from it

You can't do buisness with Trump's America.

Several months ago, actors made it clear that they were withholding work from Genshin Impact because of a lack of basic AI protections Hoyo fans told them it would/could never be an issue Last night, Hoyo posted several official videos promoting Genshin's new mode Here's what the VO sounds like.

Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament. But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside. Good night.

it’s time

Eminently beatable

This whale watching tour is HARDCORE They just started the onshore orientation by playing us this incredibly intense video where Harrison Ford plays the concept of Water and threatens the viewer with extinction

Halloween is the perfect example of how the time spent in or around cars are the most dangerous periods of any day for most Americans. And it is rarely acknowledged on a wide scale.

The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...

Art is often seen as inflation and recession proof. In this essay, i will argue that organised crime are therefore hedging their bets due to changing market conditions. Furthermore... *shots fire in the distance*

Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.

I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger

🗳️ 🇳🇱 The big takeaway from the 2025 Dutch elections (aside from the consolidation of the far right) is fragmentation. Only mid-sized parties remain: the largest wins just 27 seats (based on exit polls) - which is under 20%. Forming a majority government will, once again, be a challenge.

That smile says "people are going to be giving me, the Vicar of Christ, sports jerseys for the rest of my time on earth, and that is not a problem I thought I would have in my papacy."

Netherlands, 9:30 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll: Seat projection national parliament D66-RE: 27 (+18) PVV-PfE: 25 (-12) VVD-RE: 23 (-1) GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5) CDA-EPP: 19 (+14) JA21~ECR: 9 (+8) FvD-ESN: 6 (+3) BBB-EPP: 4 (-3) ... +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands

Younger people who voted Labour are going Green, young people who couldn't vote or didn't vote are going Green. Many uncertainties in politics but here's one sure thing: this group will be bigger at next GE than now - voting age going down and more people becoming eligible.

I suspect the first was a shadow layoff, getting people to quit without having to pay severance.

Timeline cleanse Photo from Nikon wildlife photography finalists.

Final Dutch poll before tomorrow’s vote: -Wilders’ PVV keeps losing ground; still on track for 1st place but 2nd is possible -D66’s strong performance continues, neck & neck with Timmermans’ PvdA -CDA and VVD holding steady at 4th and 5th But it’s very close - 4 parties all polling in low/mid 20s

Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

📊 Ref lead of 10pts ‼️ Grns 1pt behind Lab Westminster voting intention REF: 27% (+1) CON: 17% (-) LAB: 17% (-3) GRN: 16% (+1) LDEM: 15% (-) via @YouGov, 26 - 27 Oct Chgs. w/ 20 Oct britainelects.com

This is cringe tankie politics that makes no reference to Russia's repeated invasions of neighbouring countries, but rather echoes Russian propaganda lines. Deeply unserious.

Well.

Ah so it's like old Dota 2, once a match gets past a certain point the map starts getting odd visual bugs.

I wrote a piece last week about how the Far Right since Trump/Brexit have normalised discussing in public previously unacceptable things. Tonight’s Peston show: “Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black and Asian people a racist or realist?”