Chaos with Ed Miliband remains my preferred outcome but...

Zelensky right now (I hope)

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

!! … ah

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...

Groundhog Day Meaning xkcd.com/3202/

Folks, have you seen Trump's cabinet? The 25th amendment is not in play!

In a quick scroll down my TL, I've seen lots of references to various right-wing nutters but none to intelligent leftist ideas. Which shows one of our problems. "Flooding the zone with shit" actually works - by stealing cognitive bandwidth from worthwhile things.

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye Ich do love Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich do love

Five (this one courtesy of @seanpdailey.bsky.social)

She's doing the shake and VAT?

If you’re going to have cameras everywhere and fine people for pouring coffee down the drain you can’t then let organised criminals dump hundreds of trucks full of waste in a 150m long disaster and be like “oh, sorry, didn’t see anything, not our problem.”

The great thing about delaying hard decisions is that you never have to make them and it all turns out fine in the end (Ed - pls check).

I started reading this with the assumption that the article can't possibly be as bad as the headline, but somehow it's worse.

So... I created a YouTube profile purely to subscribe to my son's Minecraft videos. If you're a middle aged guy in Britain with no watch history, this is the sort of content it recommends for you. Feels like YouTube promoting extremist content is at least as big a problem as Twitter promoting it.

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

BBC will no longer broadcast "high risk" performances.

Exeter, pursued by a bear

A huge, quiet success: violence has fallen 75% in a generation:

Courtesy of Christmas playbook – and Liz Truss – here is the absolute worst way to cook roast potatoes you’re ever going to see. Absolutely do not do what she says: the parboil is essential (and shake them before they go in the oil, which MUST be v hot)

Since the HS2 bat tunnel is back in the news (turns out it may actually kill the bats), time for one more story. Which came first – HS2 or the bats?🚄🦇🧵

CLAIM: Those on dependent visas "are not adding net to the economy; they are taking away". Minimum income, annual visa fee & health surcharge are set to ensure precisely the opposite. In fact, many spouse dependents also work, paying tax and NI, on top of those fees. ~AA 4/