Via @punchbooks.bsky.social - Today's PUNCH Cartoon Classic. "My family's all grown up now - except my husband, of course." 1987 Cartoon by John Donegan (1926-2009), more at magazine.punch.co.uk/image/I00004... | Tribute procartoonists.org/bloghorn-obi...

NEW: Dear Washington Post journalists, I’ve written this for you. Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked! But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊 1/

"Exploding Rocket Company Buys Company Best Known For Generating Child Porn" would have been an epic headline.

Story doing the rounds on Instagram that Fernando Torres advocates public execution of Epstein related child abusers. No evidence Torres even said it but the chorus of agreement and excitement in the comments reminds me how plausible it is that Trump will float public executions before 2026 is out.

I'd go for a walk on the beach, only I'd be fearful of rounding a corner and seeing the statue of liberty up ahead...

“Oh, we are just the first. This is the plan - to cause chaos, make the polls unsafe, militarise our voting” Fulton County Commissioner gives stark warning ahead of midterms after FBI raids Georgia office over 2020 election.

We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org. www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...

With Russia waging war in Europe and Trump undermining NATO, we must act now. Will the Deputy Prime Minister back our plan to issue defence bonds, raise £20 billion, and rebuild our armed forces? @libdemdaisy.bsky.social

A very worthwhile watch. #NoAIBailout

“At the time of publication, all seats remained available for the 28 screenings of Melania at the Blackburn, Castleford and Hamilton branches. The picture was slightly rosier at the Cineworld in Wandsworth, which had sold four tickets.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Just like Farage, Suella Braverman wants to turn Britain into Trump's America.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Come on Academy of Motion pictures. Dish out the gongs for #SentimentalValue. Okay, yes, it's a brilliant film with great performances and Oscars would be more than merited. But think too of how sweet it would be for the Norwegians to honoured, feted and medalled in this year of all years.

The Trump regime's position seems to be that Republicans have the right to bear arms and everyone else has the right to get shot by them.

Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways

CTA has "helped raise the bar for collaboration across the cybersecurity community, demonstrating that sharing does not weaken competitive advantage — it strengthens collective resilience" @reversinglabs.com tinyurl.com/6xtnck5y #CTA9Years #strongertogether #cybersecurity #threatintelligence

In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:

MPs ask who's responsible when AI crashes the UK finance system

As a kid at school, kids who were bullied - had their money stolen, were shoved around, punched, kicked - would often beseech their tormentor "oh don't muck about" or "stop mucking about." When I hear Americans say that things over there are "insane", it sounds exactly the same to me.

Meanwhile in Russia: pundits rejoiced about Trump's approach to Greenland, which they surmised is "delivering a catastrophic blow to NATO" and is "truly tremendous for Russia." www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThS...

I really wish it wasn’t but this was by far the best post on Bluesky during 2025 in my view.

My phrase of the week: #ethicalcollapse

Who said there's nothing but bad news out there? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“...when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.” - Trump on the midterms www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...

This is a very good piece. Some positive, practical recommendations for Europeans to realign themselves in the immediate and near term relative to the U.S www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit Wanna see? 🫣 New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...

And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.

I disagree with the suggestion in the NYT story today that rule of law is not working to stop Trump Yes the "Trump judges" have been disproportionately bad, but the overall win rate of over 60% or >320 wins is still EXTRAORDINARY And the wins in the most important areas have been even bigger👇 1/x

Strange isn't it... the people who actually live in London overwhelmingly think it's safe.... almost like everyone else is falling for a lie

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

This all has very “Mississippi Burning II: The Empire Strikes Back” vibes.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened Houston with a state takeover of its elections on Thursday — an escalation of long-simmering GOP threats to gain control of voting in the fourth-largest city in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Happy birthday to Kim Jong-Un. A reminder of our trusted alliance...

ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.

If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

A ruthless, expansionist Leviathan on Saturday. A banana republic on Tuesday.

I’m starting to think maybe they need to get rid of that damn peace prize. Seems like it causes more harm than it’s worth. We got peace prize recipients offering to trade it to imperialist regime changers who murdered her countrymen in exchange for political power.

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

“The practice of “phoenixism” – the art of liquidating a company and allowing the directors to rise from the ashes with a new entity, free of debts – is estimated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to have cost taxpayers about £800m a year.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This isn't getting enough attention in Western media: Ukraine is effectively imposing a civil aviation blockade on the most populous part of fascist Russia ahead of the Orthodox Christmas (Jan. 7) holiday. The air war could be decisive in 2026, and it's already intensifying.

At least 40 people were killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela early Saturday, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official.

Big question for NATO members. Realistically, to what extent can they defend themselves against Russian offensives WITHOUT U.S intelligence, weaponry and troops?

What gaslighting it is to centre his comments on the UK “wasn’t involved”. Of course it wasn’t. It’s pathetic, comical to think we might have been. Lee Harvey Oswald wasn’t involved either. Starmer needs to say something relevant. Does he approve or disapprove? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

FLASHBACK—Trump in 2023: When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil.

Europeans committed to democratic pluralism, the rule of law, an independent judiciary and a free press are hoping that national governments and the EU know what they’re doing by appeasing Trump. We’re hoping but we’re also completely blind as to what our leaders’ core risk assessments are.