Little bit of ye olde Norf Lunnun poking through the tarmac and fag butts

C’mon subs, that headline really doesn’t reflect what she actually said, as the first paragraph reveals…

The Epstein Files release is just a straight Trump cover up. As expected I guess. But it’ll backfire… #good

Old pic, don’t know where it’s gone

M’youngest after a gig at Koko.

M’youngest thought this was a mobile phone (left) bolted to a pillar (right)

Excellent piece from @barneyronay.bsky.social on racism and Jofra Archer.

New Zealand's libertarian/ populist/ right wing coalition Government is trying to follow Wesley Streeting's lead in banning puberty blockers. This is what the New Zealand High Court has just decided (www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...).

Lottery winners for second time. “We knew the odds of it happening again were outrageous, but we’re proof that if you believe, anything is possible,” Faye told the BBC. ‘Proof’

Possibly the only newsletter on LinkedIn that gives you copyright, robot overlords & Bukayo Saka? www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-pol...

good morning holy shit www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

You hang up. No, *you* hang up… m.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEH...

Who should we bump into after Babyshambles gig at Koko? Hak Baker!makes m’son’s night!

View from Koko

Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night

Gordon bloody blinking bennet, find myself pretty much agreeing with a Simon Jenkins piece (not every word of course). #insupportoftranspeople

‘Deja flu’ vg!

Arsenal players striding up Tufnell Park road in 1936

Pic by Linda McCartney of Paul driving up Tufnell Park Road (from Holloway Road)

Despicable.

Trying to book online for flu jab and these are the choices on the Virtually app presents for reason for an appointment- useless.

Looks like a great opportunity for a policy-oriented health economist

📻 Coming up on Radio 4 at 4pm, hear from our Policy Analyst @markgdayan.bsky.social on #TheBriefingRoom. With more strikes planned and a new offer on the table to try to end the dispute, this episode will unpick some of the key issues for resident doctors at the moment.

Really enjoyed the @sodajerker.bsky.social guys talking to Suggs about Madness and song writing. Made me grin! www.sodajerker.com/podcast/

"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Telegraph headline: Employment slumps to 14-year low Reality: employment today is 75% vs 70.3% in 2011 www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

#ADHD 'activists'? What, the people with the attention spans of Wotsits? The people who suffer anxiety and executive dysfunction, which causes debilitating procrastination and the inability to make decisions, the polar opposites of activity?

Friends, Yesterday and today, I watched many hours of the CDC’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). It was painful. But we learned a lot. That bad news is that our kids are going to pay the price for RFK jr’s views. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/analysis-o...

He’d effusively receive Birdseye’s Peas prize

Farage’s defence of his persistent, malicious and directed racism seems now to have reduced to ‘others did it too in the 70s’. I’m no lawyer, but a defence that others also do bad things is much of a defence for doing bad things.

Moon over north London tonight

Is it too simple to suppose that Trump’s presidency is just a money making opportunity for him and his cronies?

My tribute to the Englishness of Sir Tom Stoppard www.britishfuture.org/on-the-engli...

#QTWTAIFA www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Why is Belgium holding up use of Russian cash to help Ukraine? Fear of legal reprisal from Russia? So what? What court is going to side with russia? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Is Reform Party racist? QTWTAIY www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Spotify say my listening age is 78. Fair enough. But top album/songs goes to the adults are talking from the strokes latest album.

The power of a good data vis

Interested to know if any male only organisations have banned trans men. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

If you think you’re hard enough. Ffs, bully threats from someone who’s failed to overrun Ukraine in 3 years. It’d be laughable if it wasn’t so serious

The whole interview is something of a car crash for Polanski. As he says, ‘I’m an actor’.

Pinched this video from @cjsnowdon.bsky.social on Twitter because Bluesky has to see it. Nothing can prepare you for the punchline here.

Hey! If you listen to @resonancefm.bsky.social please take a few mins to complete our audience survey (and possibly win a Ruark smart radio!). Data will be really helpful to us.

Trump complains that part of high drug cost to US citizens is NHS paying less. Now drug costs set to increase for NHS. Looking forward to reduced US drug prices as a result. Am I holding my breath? #QTWTAIN

I feel for Richard Hughes. Fallen on his sword. Any other resignations from OBR - such as IT/web manager?

No one should publish a regression without accompanying stats (Rsq, CIs). The FNs to chart essentially say, ‘Don’t read anything into this chart’!