This is great. Do please watch it.

BREAKING: At least 71 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 56 people in Gaza City, hospital sources in the besieged enclave told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nu10uv

Me pondering whether to buy another keffiyeh, even though I only just got the last one I ordered:

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Today, Baron (Michael) Gove of Torry made his first appearance in the House of Lords. Perhaps we ought to consider his long history of saying and writing terrible things... #MichaelGove A 🧵

This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

It is over for the genocide deniers. Even the BBC is now splashing on the UN commission of inquiry concluding that Israel has committed genocide. Those who supported Israel's onslaught: You backed a genocide. You will never scrub the shame away.

Another compelling factor was Israeli troops’ “extensive and deliberate” targeting of Palestinian children, Mr. Sidoti said. Medical workers testified they had treated many children with direct gunshot wounds to the head and upper body.

Zoe Gardiner, "The saddest thing I've heard about Trump's visit, is that he is going to get his golden carriage ride, but in private, because the great British public would have given him the rotten tomato treatment if he dared to show his face in public"

How do we fix this mess?

Many shocking things about the last 24 hours; but the contrast between the Labour government’s response to peaceful protest against genocide, and its non-response to violent racist protest against liberal democracy, is high on the list.

Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them. This is getting very dark, very quick.

The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality. We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.

It CANNOT be left to only the Sikh community to fight against this. Every, Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, & other groups of brown women, men & children are at risk. Because it's not about religion, it was a racist and misogynistic attack designed to instigate fear amongst all of us.

Honestly can’t believe I’m in the timeline where a previously beloved children’s author now quotes Mein Kampf on Twitter. 🙃

Absolutely horrendous.

The X complaints system has now proactively (unlawfully) defended each of the Twitter users who used the p-word to racially abuse Labour Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Tory Shadow Foreign Sec Priti Patel, former Scots First Minister Humza Yousaf, indep MP Adnan Hussain & Zia Yusuf of Reform

"How long until Mandelson ends up in a high-paid consultancy somewhere? While another washed-up former Westminster insider ends up in Washington?" @zackpolanski.bsky.social reacts to the resignation of Peter Mandelson, appointed by Keir Starmer as ambassador to the US.

My PowerPoint presentation to Keir Starmer:

The best #macOS screensaver is already installed on your device. Look for "Macintosh".

No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain. The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services. That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.

This is what I mean, they're so fucking arrogant. They think the millions of people who have left Labour will just vote for them anyway in 2029 so they can keep moving to the right Sorry, I didn't vote for them in 2024, I won't vote for them in 2029. The Greens have my vote

Keir Starmer says Peter Mandelson "has repeatedly expressed his deep regret for his association with" Jeffrey Epstein. When asked about Epstein by the Financial Times in February, Mandelson said: "It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”

Does anyone think the BBC will report that a ship flying a UK flag was attacked by an unidentified drone last night? aje.io/e4f7v5?updat...

Actually no, Pride events are NOT meant to be inclusive. They are meant to piss off people like you. Pride is doing exactly what it is meant to do when enemies of the LGBT community are excluded by it. Time to get your big banner and stand at the side of the march telling us we're all going to hell.

another way to view this is as a *massive* failure of the secret service to allow unvetted people to be that close to the president and surprise him in a closed space

Last election 42% of lesbian, gay & bisexual people voted Labour. Now that stands at only 25% Labour has broken promises to the LGBTIQA+ community. From banning conversion therapy to gender self ID. Voters are choosing a better option: The Green Party

Every day, somewhere between 10 and 20 times as many Palestinians are slaughtered by Israel. It's not just that they don't get these messages of grief and condemnation from British politicians. British politicians continue to arm their murderers.

There's not even a pretence that Palestinian life has any meaningful worth at all. Imagine a British minister tweeting this humanising statement about Palestinians killed by Israel: "My thoughts are with the victims and their families at this awful time." You can't.

Just Peter Mandelson declaring his love for the most infamous sex offender on the planet. Nothing alarming here.

BREAKING: Six more Palestinians, including two children, have died of starvation and severe malnutrition in the Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, says Gaza’s Health Ministry. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g8ol3s

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

Decided what my “Make it so/Engage” command would be if I were a Starfleet captain: I’d just say “Go” in the style of Miranda Priestley at the end of The Devil Wears Prada.

"We’re not interested in congratulating Baillie Gifford for profiting less from human rights abuses than other asset managers...We are interested in stopping human rights abuses as urgently as possible...as governments refuse to intervene, investments worth billions become very significant indeed"

The strength of grassroots organising! 💪

I’ve written a long read for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social about happened with Baillie Gifford, @fossilfreebooks.org and all the festivals. A lot of fake news circulated at the time so, whatever side you came down on, I’d be grateful if you read and shared it. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/writ...

Worth a watch, especially if you're unfamiliar with the Green Party and Zack Polanski, and are looking for alternatives to Labour, and arguments against Farage's Reform Party:

I want us all, but men in particular, to really, really hear these words. "I thought someone was going to kill me." "I thought someone was going to kill me." "I thought someone was going to kill me." "I thought someone was going to kill me." "I thought someone was going to kill me."

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

I woke up early and saw these too. Seemed very strange. Is the organising of Pride London on the brink of imploding yet again…?

if you’re a domestic abuse victim and you have a hidden phone make sure it is turned off on 7th october.

Watching TNG and the fact they have a species called the Bynars who are non-binary is 10/10. 💜

I designed this poster which is going to be in the windows of every Lush store as they close business for the day today in solidarity with the people of Gaza. www.lush.com/uk/en/a/gaza...

Contrast and compare @zackpolanski.bsky.social with our current leaders

Margaret Calvert fans - new work on show in London next week. londondesignfestival.com/activities/m...

I’m assuming that Linehan was arrested by armed police at Heathrow because many/most/all police are armed at Heathrow…? I’m not saying I love that (it makes me super uncomfortable and is yet another reason I don’t like airports) but that’s surely the reason, right?

Was willing @zackpolanski.bsky.social to ask Ed Balls whether Labour refuse to field candidates in Green or Lib Dem marginal seats to avoid the Tories getting in. 🤔

Zack Polanski, "We have a failing Labour government: two child benefit cap, disability cuts, the genocide in Gaza" "Poor people have got poorer, rich people have got richer. We need a wealth tax, the redistribution of wealth, the funding of our public services" "I despise Nigel Farage's politics"

After 40 interviews, Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaks about his partner, Richie, on #Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Refreshing moment of humanity in the current race to be the most divisive and cruel; more of that on tomorrow’s edition, no doubt… 👋🏾 @vicderbyshire.bsky.social

In researching my latest video, I found a clip of dialogue cut from the first X-Men film: Magneto makes it much clearer why the Mutant Registration Act will lead to something worse than the act's "intention." I think it should've been kept in! (My full video's available now -- youtu.be/ZhtkT0IeavA)