We lost a giant in public health today. Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines. His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

Move all the games being held in this pariah state, to Canada and Mexico.

15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned. Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.

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.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Personally I'd consider the Afghanistan remarks to be justification enough for the BBC to tell him to shove his lawsuit up his arse.

Brit here. We are a polite and courteous people up to the point where you cross certain lines. a draft dodging narcissist diminishing the sacrifice of our young men and women who came to the aid of the US is one such line. We are furious. We are disgusted. He has shamed the whole US. Fuck off.

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

Aww thanks to the PLR, I’ve got a nice little cheque and a statement telling me 6,800 people borrowed my books from libraries this year, which is wonderful! Remember, you can also borrow audiobooks from libraries

Listen, if you put a song in a mix tape for one person and then reuse that song in someone else's mix tape that's unethical. These are just the rules, I don't make them. Two songs by the same band can never be back to back, it's the law. Shit is complicated.

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Everyone make this go viral please. Labour MP Louise Haigh.

10/10 for headline, FT, a++ No notes. www.ft.com/content/ad94...

JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community. PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

Before I plunge into the George discussion, another #TheArchers anniversary related thing. A couple of small factual mistakes, but nevertheless a very good article summarising some of the highlights of the last 75 years from a fan's point of view. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Help me out Bluesky: Canadian SFF author, 1990s, set in Toronto, hard boiled detective, but with a ray gun. My friend can’t remember the title or author.

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Right. I think Jazzer knows, or thinks he does - and is trying to protect - one of the young ones: Chelsea/Brad/Amber/Keira (and where was she?) #TheArchers

“[V]oters want contradictory things: low prices when they shop, high wages for themselves; not many immigrants but lots of cheap labour; rising house prices when they own and lower ones when their children want to buy.” economist.com/leaders/2025...

Just a reminder that the 1994 Budapest Memorandum saw Ukraine give up its nukes in exchange for a Russian promise to respect UA sovereignty. The US and the UK promised to meet and discuss in the event of a violation. The only country in violation of 1994 is Russia.

Quite the thread, this.

I’m looking for an expert that can determine how far an object is in video footage. Any experts I should be talking to? Many thanks! (And happy holidays.)

Top tier joke

A beautiful Ukrainian Christmas song from my amazing friend Olichka. She’s been singing to raise money for medical kits for Ukrainian soldiers since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. You can follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/olichka_musi... Or YouTube: youtube.com/@olichka_music

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry merry christmas xx

Merry Christmas to my mother, who got my toddler a toy fire engine that not only makes lots of noise, it also sprays real water

🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋 It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

Feeling alone at Christmas? Why not join an annual virtual party started by Sarah Millican on X but now here?! I’m doing my best to keep this tradition going. Use #JoinIn on Dec 25 if you need company or just want a chat. Like/Save this feed to see all the #JoinIn posts bsky.app/profile/did:...

Wishing a blessed Winter Solstice to all!

Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social.

The only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of is the Epstein files.

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Just FYI, our new funny children’s podcast is available worldwide on all podcast apps, so it’s not subject to the BBC’s usual 28 day delay

Imagine the world we would live in if the typical Formula 1 fan could fathom this level of nuance

1st Movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto as performed by cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic in 1967. 🎶🎧🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgd...

📣Calling writers: Gladstone’s Library is offering one funded place on The Six-Month Writing Course with @kitdewaal.com. For writers who would benefit from the course but may otherwise be unable to access it. We especially welcome those who feel marginalised within the industry. 1/3

Nigel Farage casually having out with a man who was banned from F1 racing for telling his driver to crash his car to fix the Singapore Grand Prix. He also used to fix card games for which he was jailed. He was once a fugitive in the Virgin Islands. And he’s in Epstein’s little black book.

Wow. Go Miami! (Did not envisage saying that anytime soon..)

If you’ve thought of supporting Bolts, now is a great time to do so: Our fundraising campaign, which runs through the end of the year, is crucial to secure the high-quality journalism you value.

Josh and Lily are better already? #TheArchers

I recorded this podcast 7 years ago, but every year it goes viral because people are still discovering the deranged weirdness of Victorian Christmas cards!

Still #free #books #murdermystery #freebooks #christmas #xmas #christmas2025 #advent

Musicals performer from top flight instructor training wins musicals week.. was never going to be any different... luckily the audience will ultimarely decide but wrong person left this week. That's the end of my watching this farce #Strictly