Day 1551 of my 3 day war. I spent $25 million on an Oreshnik missile to blow up someone's garage. Ukraine spent $50,000 on a drone to blow up a key oil pump station. I remain a master strategist.

It's Bob Dylan's birthday, so here's your occasional reminder that this iconic slice of footage was shot in the alleyway known as Savoy Steps, just behind the Savoy Hotel in the Strand.

Satellite data shows oil spills from shipping happen far more often than reported, revealing high-density 'slick belts' that correspond with shipping lanes. Most spills are not investigated. The cost of cleaning up oil pollution is often paid by coastal communities. share.google/zjELnkfcKMpZ...

Cuba is not a nation of idiots. If they want to get rid of the regime or reform to a different style of government, then they should do so under their own terms, free of US coercion and meddling. Freedom is not defined by Miami; liberty is not a US export; it must be sought.

This. 👇

Increased russian and North Korean losses over the past day: >950 personnel tanks +5 armoured vehicles +5 artillery systems +68 multiple-launch rocket systems +1 air defence systems +4 ground robots +4 operational-tactical UAVs +1,819 vehicles +201 special equipment +5 mod.gov.ua/en/news/tota...

🤡Johnson inspired the same financial pity as Farage among his patrons. Donors paid for his wedding, his post-Downing Street accommodation, offered him a £800,000 loan, & funded a £150,000 tree house for his kids. He received a £1 million gift from Harborne. writesbright.substack.com/p/farages-bo...

Shut down Ridglan Farms. End Beagle Factory Farming! action.eko.org/a/end-beagle...

You definitely need to read Robin Robertson's "Mortification: Writers’ Stories of their Public Shame" with such luminaries as Margaret Atwood, Irvine Welsh, and Julian Barnes. My favourite is poet Simon Armitage's:

Our investigation into Reform's Makerfield candidate Rob Kenyon has prompted a strong response from Carol Vorderman. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, she called Kenyon "a disgusting online abuser" and warned that Reform does not stand for the safety of women and girls. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

. @benadamsmith.bsky.social's podcast is an excellent source of ideas of how to go about making some of the adaptations, including this one about external shading which might otherwise be tricky to find in the UK. share.google/tuzSmZnf5wfE...

Thank you! This amazing technology insulates in summer from heat and in winter from cold. It also protects insects from light pollution at night. Deploy this tech now!

Used in air con, HFCs are very climate warming. @projectdrawdown.bsky.social says switching from using them could avoid an enormous amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Alternatives to HFCs already exist. Let's not feed climate change as we adapt to climate change: share.google/b0qlICp9VZIc...

🔴 Wes Streeting has said that Palantir is “absolutely critical to the future of the NHS.” But Palantir’s £330m NHS platform is “slow an clunky” and eight to ten times slower at analysing data than the current NHS tool in use Massive scoop on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

After 3 years and 2 months in Russian captivity, Ukrainian Warrior Denys Yeromov has finally returned home to Kolomyia. Denys visited the "Wall of Hope" in a local church to remove his own photo from the display of missing and captured Defenders. 📹: Suspilne

The IRS has agreed to not audit Trump's taxes. In 2024, we found the IRS concluded in a long-running audit that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on a failed Chicago tower. That audit could have cost him more than $100 million. (From May 2024 w/ @nytimes.com)

🚨 Times Journalist Reveals Westminster Fake News Scam Stories quoting three sources can be nothing of the sort, according to the Times parliamentary sketch writer: they are all from the same person – a single Labour spin doctor

Planners are working with water to bring wildlife back to the heart of our cities, towns & villages - creating a cooler, more pleasant urban environment along the way: share.google/hDpVMc4Hr6rD...

Utterly unacceptable https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/reform-uk-councillor-shares-racist-and-islamophobic-content-and-backs-tommy-robinson/

I have a simple question... Why is Victoria Derbyshire not doing Laura Kuenssberg's job? 🤔 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/vic...

New Reform councillors off to a great start by refusing to vote on anything because they haven't a clue what anything means, how anything works or what the fuck they are doing. Vote Reform, get lazy, incompetent, ignorant morons.

Lotta people saying he said, "He's a person I've known for a long time," about his son. Which I wouldn't put past him, what with the dementia symptoms and all. But I think he actually said, "He's got a very person that I've known for a long time." Which is also bad!

Well, that was fast! Thanks all. Tbc I 100% trusted the jars were legit. Now I'm even more impressed with her knowing she went and got them herself. bsky.app/profile/ghos...

Absolute state of the Oxford Union for indulging and encouraging these disgusting people. How is this not a major story?

Folks. This👇 is a SPECTACULAR read. From the inimitable @sarahkendzior.bsky.social in 2016…. thediplomat.com/2016/03/trum...

Good work from Khan here www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Tech Policy Press fellow Petra Molnar highlights the AI Resist List: a global database documenting acts of resistance to the AI industry. From legal challenges and worker organizing to artistic interventions, the project seeks to challenge the “scale at all costs” development of AI.

Russian/North Korean losses, 24 Feb 22 – 21 May 26: 1,352,980 personnel 11,943 tanks 24591 armoured vehicles 42454 artillery 1797 MLRS 1389 air defence 436 aircraft 353 helicopters 1436 ground robots 302787 UAVs 4632 cruise missiles 33 ships/boats 2 submarines 98070 vehicles 4207 special equipment

🔥🔥🔥 Well said, Boss!

Reform UK’s ‘Meta Glasses’ Councillor Who Was Accused of Shaming Disabled Man and Dyslexic Colleague Is Put in Charge of Special Educational Needs Sam Journet has been accused of bullying, intimidation and filming residents and staff with Meta-style camera glasses

Russia is weaponizing Africa as a launchpad for troll campaigns targeting Europe. From troll farms in Nigeria & Ghana, pro-Kremlin networks flood European platforms with disinfo & election interference. Cheap & effective. The new front in hybrid warfare youtu.be/xZHOu-pbqwU?...

BBC's second top story at 6 o'clock was the Chancellor getting heckled by some shouty twat. Not even news. Let alone top news. Into the actual item, mentioned almost in passing, the fact gov't has frozen fuel duty. It is impossible to deny the bias. You have to REALLY not want to see it.

"According to almost everything I have seen and heard...the withdrawal of so much American assistance has left African governments and independent organizations less able to mount an effective response." To the third-worst Ebola outbreak ever.

Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas: "Canada is the most European of all the non-European countries in the world. And amid the chaos in the world, Canada and the EU can be a stabilising force for foreign policy and trade." #cdnpoli #eupoli 🍁⭐

Ukrainian intelligence says Russia is planning offensive operations on the Chernihiv-Kyiv axis and a new mobilization wave of 100,000 personnel, Zelenskyy said. Ukraine is tracking five Russian scenarios for expanding the war via the north euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/20/z...

Danny Sriskandarajah, "This should be the era for humanity, enough to survive, enough to thrive, supported by machines, not ruled by machines" "This should be the century of the citizen" Really interesting thought 👏

JUST IN: Top-ranking Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin has moved to subpoena acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and other officials involved in the creation of "one of the most brazen acts of public corruption and self-dealing in American history." trib.al/lrUwnqu

Farage has devastated our country. His Brexit campaign has crippled our growth, our businesses, and our opportunities. His rhetoric on immigration has poisoned our political debate and sowed deep division in our nation. He can never be allowed to enter Number 10.

Excellent read-exposing the absolute "pond-life" that is the #FarRightRacist,#Fascist"plucky plumber" #RobertKenyon!🤮 Read his hate-filled,incendiary,tweets (before his #X account was suspended) and if THAT is what #Makerfield-Voters want as an #MP- SHAME on them!🤦🤬 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/r...

119 chemicals + human medicines detected in honey. One possible source? Sewage sludge spread on fields as fertiliser - which is treated to remove most pathogens but not chemicals + meds. @ceh.org @universityofleeds.bsky.social @fightingdirty.bsky.social share.google/trXhGuo7un0Z...

Once in the sea, wildlife such as dolphins, fish, birds + otters can become exposed to PFAS: share.google/1Adz9P0NJ3v6... 4/6

High levels of PFAS - linked to cancers, liver, kidney + thyroid disorders - found in the sea in the Solent strait. The main source is thought to be treated sewage. They're present in sewage because we're surrounded by them in our daily lives. share.google/yLF9gGRNyKok... 🧵 1/6

“Lost Science is an ongoing series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration.” Scroll down for the array of defunded scientists. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/s...

Thank you @laylamoran.bsky.social for pushing back against a deal which will only profit faraway creditors, at the expense of households. Layla Moran has signed our open letter rejecting the Thames Water creditors' takeover attempts. Has your MP signed? 👇 www.itv.com/news/meridia...

Why Rejoin cannot be Labour's answer Labour keeps learning the wrong lessons from Brexit. Burnham has something which Labour has lacked- a theory of power. Something Rejoin would fatally undermine. Latest piece from me. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/why-rejoin...

"Scientists in Australia are using cutting-edge DNA techniques to help save one of the world’s rarest marsupials — the critically endangered Gilbert’s potoroo, with fewer than 150 left in the wild."

Day 1546 of my 3 day war. Russia never loses wars*. Ukraine is Russia and Ukrainians are Russians. Therefore, Russia is winning this war whilst losing it. I remain a master strategist.

Selma native @repterrisewell.govpeeps.us tonight on @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: "Make sure we pass the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act." This is the fight, Lewis said, not of one day, or of one lifetime. It's a fight to the end. #BlackVotesMatter www.ms.now/the-last-wor...