Let's break down MAGA's favorite misinformation about the King of Latin Trap.

RFK, taking his dietary lesson from Lions and tigers, hunting the plains and jungles for a Petits Filous

Andre Ventura of Chega (change) running on anti-immigratiom slogans like "this isn't Bangladesh" and "Portugal is ours" has lost the Portugal presidential election in a landslide. He was second on 23% to 31% in the first round but losing about 30-70 in the run-off to socialist António José Seguro

Have to say… “uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism” sounds very appealing. Particularly in light of the fact that anti-woke, fossil-fuel-ist, brexitism has been such an exhausting and ruinous shitshow.

I'm not posting here as regularly as I should, but away from the headlines about Keir Starmer's fate, here's a smaller story about the Westminster Epstein fallout you may have missed. This isn't just a Mandelson scandal - it's about women's bodies and how we treat them observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market. Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply. A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.

#StoneworkSunday Cloister of #Medieval Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence (built over the #Roman forum) just has the most glorious array of 12th C #SundayStonework. All time favourite has to be the twisty one at the corner topped with #lion of St Mark the Evangelist though (pls click).

If you are using the phrase "full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist, rejoinerism", especially if you are of the left, a loved one should take your phone off you and send you to Baden-Baden or somewhere for a month.

'These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' features in the Financial Times' What to Read in 2026. Due out Feb 26th. Available for preorder from bookshops and websites.

Some Olympic athletes commonsensically and even eloquently distinguish love of country from approval of Trump administration actions that are a blight upon the country. Trump and MAGA squeal and whine. Bullies are the most fragile snowflakes.

Reupping this because a colonoscopy is no big deal and anyone over 40 should be talking to their doctor about getting one. Take care of yourselves, people.

52 percent of U.S. adults say Trump has made the economy worse, vs 28% who say we are better off because of him www.gelliottmorris.com/p/americans-...

Latest from me, including McSweeney's exit: Starmer more exposed, and the biggest question festering on: why is this PM's understanding of 21st century politics & the public mood so bad? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wrote this last year on the myth of Morgan McSweeney's supposed campaigning genius www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi...

Morgan Mcsweeney's departure from Downing Strret today opens this 90 day period for Starmer, in which any formal leadership moves are unlikely until May 8th.

This just sums it all up. The $360,000 statue, commissioned by cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and backers of then-candidate Trump, has waited more than a year to be erected, partly because the sculptor, Alan Cottrill, has yet to be paid. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Bad Bunny has actively supported Puerto Rico through financial donations and disaster relief. So besides singing about underage girls and focusing on protest and controversy, what has Kid Rock done for America? Seriously?

On 25 April, my choir will be singing the complete choral works of Thomas Tallis in one day - culminating in his stunning 40-part motet "Spem in Alium". Do come and listen if you're in Oxford, or watch the livestream. And we'd be hugely grateful for any donations! www.justgiving.com/campaign/tal...

The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.

The most frustrating aspect of this is the "prison of accounting conventions" (government edition) h/t @dsquareddigest.bsky.social . The need for these operations doesn't go away, they don't get cheaper to do by pushing them out into the future.

It's a matter of opinion as to whether immigration is still too high, about right, could go up a bit. The facts are less subjective. - net migration is *below 200k in 2026* So it is *now* - below the 2016 level (300k) - below the 2010-19 averages (200-250k) - below the post-1997 average (250k)

A square-headed Anglo-Saxon brooch from Warwickshire. Dating to the 6th century, the brooch is now on display at the Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon Museum at Wooler in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #AdGerfin

Rothbury Cross c. 800 CE Northumberland Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book. Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle #SundayStonework #SaxonSunday

For #SuperbOwlSunday a gorgeous armed #owl, depicted on a Greek vessel, dating 5th century BC. 📷Louvre, Paris

The One Where Alex Has Not Slept Since Time Began And So Keeps Talking About Willies

“In my end is my beginning…” Mary, Queen of Scots, executed #OTD 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle; reinterred 1612, at Westminster Abbey. Portrait 1558-60, by François Clouet, Royal Collection Trust Alabaster tomb effigy 1606-12 by Cornelius & William Cure, Westminster Abbey

Reform UK are seeking to fob off blame for their illegal leaflet on a printer error. That won’t stand up with the police - responsibility for making sure the law is followed lies with the party commissioning and distributing the leaflets.

🆕 PROMETHEUS: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire One man; several contradictory myths. Is he protector or disruptor? Genius or arsonist? Season 2 of Podyssey kicks off with an absolute belter. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0s0L... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

They're right: two years on it is a disgrace that compensation has not been delivered for so much pain and suffering. The Cumberlege report demanded justice, so has the Patient Safety Commissioner www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Really interesting from @sturdyalex.bsky.social on his podcast about far right money in uk politics etc. Such an important topic, and the amount of effort and money that already goes into systematically undermining our democracy is staggering as it is. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

John Ruskin, art critic and reformer, was born on this day 1819. His communitarian Guild of St George created a museum of art and other treasures in Sheffield. He bought Brantwood, a house by Coniston in the Lake District.

Agrivoltaics: "not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”

My first town hall this year was in Walden, one of the most conservative towns in Colorado. I found my proposal — to ban Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists & strengthen bribery laws —resonated there as much as everywhere else. Grateful to chat w/Heather Cox Richardson on the road ahead.

Tim Tyson, RADIO FREE DIXIE: ROBERT F. WILLIAMS AND THE ROOTS OF BLACK POWER

Someone has just told me that An Act of Love is on sale on Kindle UK for 99p. Let me transport you to the hills behind Nice in 1943. Cheaper than metro ticket!

Today I'm offering the complete bibliographical essay from the backmatter of "The First Tycoon" to assist historians working on the 19th-c United States. What I describe could not be done by AI. It's not just reading undigitized pages. It's judgment, interpretation, consultation—all creative acts.

Always an exciting moment when we see les grues (the cranes) flying north over our part of France… a sign that spring is on the way.

Part 1 - the setup. Four hundred years ago, London panicked about immigrants. Riots. Fear. “SEND THEM BACK" So a playwright was asked to respond. Stephen Colbert invited Ian McKellen onto late-night TV and let Shakespeare speak through his character Sir Thomas More.

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

Important work by @adrianramsay.bsky.social and colleagues oceanographicmagazine.com/news/uk-mps-...

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering. https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d

part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not

Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days

The Olympics is always a fairytale fantasy, but winter Olympics finding it increasing hard to prevent hard reality of the #ClimateEmergency intruding theconversation.com/what-olympic...

There's a presumption within the "former British Prime Minister" headlines that this person was PM AT THE TIME. This is deliberate gaslighting which is working on the Daily Mail. All believe it is Blair However, Boris Johnson was at Oxford University at the same time as Ghislaine. In the 1980s

One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.

How little we understand about our #microbiome, and the operation of our own bodies. We need to #Unlearn a lot www.sciencealert.com/surprising-f...

Great video. The homes are thoughtful, attractive and well designed. Khan is eloquent and considerate. Much more like this please.