False claims - including this one - circulate on here and on Meta’s platforms. But it is strategically brain dead for the government not to be trying to move politicos away from X, where this stuff circulates straight into political commentary freely and where the owner hates and opposes you.

Arsenal playing really well tonight

From @damiengwalter.com

Ah, the games industry. Just doing business, you know?

Bluesky currently full of "racist or not?"; but of course the answer is invariably "yes"

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Farage recorded that clip specifically for social media - and those American terms (Antifa, Kirk) will make better tags.

well then stop using his website my good man!!!!!!! you can't hang out on someone's lawn all day every day then complain that he happens to also be on the lawn!

I hope the Riyadh festival kills the self-serving pretence that comedians are typically fearless truth-tellers, taboo-busters and champions of free speech. A few are. Most are just entertainers who like attention and money

Fork in the road

Lewis Paul Bremer III, effectively Viceroy of Iraq and one of the biggest villains so far this century. Apparently, Blair wants a piece of this but in Gaza?

Could do without the flag shagging, but the speech was good. Yes, he is bringing back Brexit as a problem (as opposed to ignoring it) which works well now.

Dropping the 50% university target is obviously right.

Starmer's on, flags out

"EA are being sold to investment group led by Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner for estimated $55 billion" I see no trouble on the horizon. Oh, wait, that's because there is no horizon.

@adamrutherford.bsky.social is this Steven Pinker and common knowledge?

Steve Coogan as a Doctor Who. It has come up in interviews before but seems strong now the series is hanging

Got my performance review.

It was quite funny seeing David Lammy introduce Mark Carney the other day, making the same point that it shows how a party can come back from behind to win. As I suspect he didn't mean by replacing the unpopular leader...

Marc Guehi's value creeps up again

Unless you are a West Ham supporter, you should not be using the phrase "legitimate concerns"

Graham Potter told to find Platform 9 ¾

The digital ID card debate is wonderfully low quality on both sides. The government supporters don't understand it, the opposition wheeling out arguments from the 80s.

Not sure I've ever used the term "supreme friend" at all. Just reminds me of chicken supreme too much.

So in the end Digital Id is probably not a great problem, and is probably sensible, but is unlikely to actually solve any one problem. There are many worse things the government could be doing.

Microsoft has terminated unit 8200’s access to select cloud storage and AI services, making it the first giant tech company to terminate any services to apartheid Israel at least since the beginning of its Gaza genocide. Read more: loom.ly/aS6eYUQ #NoTechForApartheid #NoTechForGenocide

The boycott works. Continue the boycott.

As usual identity cards are worried over too much, but their latest raison d'etre - immigration - seems a bit far fetched. Many better cases - like helping with NHS access.

Chris Mason always seems to be auditioning for Gríma Wormtongue

That most hated thing for game designers - updating design documents

"Software is no longer eating the world. It is demanding a new world"

Alex Schomburg

@acollierastro.bsky.social I'm hoping for a War on the War on Science video SOON

Four hours of a cartoon skull talking shit about Steven Pinker? Clear my schedule.

Very odd for anyone to put their head over the parapet who is so well lnked to Jeffrey Epstein

Ha ha, I used "thanks for reaching out" in a message. And I feel fine.

I've known @SadiqKhan for over 30 yrs. He's a feminist, a socialist & an LGBTQ+ ally. I'm so proud he's our London mayor. For the record, he's as interested in introducing Sharia Law to London as I am - and that's 0%. Those who suggest otherwise are deluded, or have a v sinister agenda.

JUST SAY NO (to all drugs, medicine and vaccines)

If you're not entitled to a free flu shot, you can get one privately from Asda for 60p(!!) as part of a promotional offer if you book online and can go before September ends. Here's the link: asda.cxmflow.com/OABS/Appoint...

The Bristol barge story is worth the entrance money alone.

Lib Dems want health warnings on teens' social media: THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON TWITTER

Finally watching the Blue Box, which describes the historic practice run for what will happen to Gaza.

Technically the premier league should be over with a 5 point lead, and winning at the last moment is just efficiency, but somehow Liverpool not quite convincing yet.

Funny hearing the West Ham fans protest outside singing, "we sold our soul for this shithole". Can't blame them, in honesty.

We try out Kiro, AWS's answer to Windsurf and Cursor, and discover it's a much different agentic tool than "vibe coding" alternatives.

@charliebrooker.bsky.social for some reason hearing you use "enshitification" feels uplifting as if you have pulled together all the nihilistic net factions into one nihilistic whole. (Can you talk to Zarah Sultana?)

You will live, forever, with a mark against your name

Zarah Sultana sends new message: It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

Got to love this ad. If you make rubbish chocolate, your best route to market is to attack the concept of chocolate (I think they hate us, @cubicgarden.com)

Graham Linehan must be delighted he has escaped to the free speech nation