BREAKING: Just 20 minutes before Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open, massive trades hit the market. Investors sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, ​a $760 million bet that oil would go down. These orders were much larger than anything else at the time. Unusual.

It's the CAMRA Members Weekend in St Albans. CAMRA needs to have a presence here! @rogerprotz.bsky.social is doing a great job, and my branch @camrapotteries.bsky.social is there. Time to ditch X and come to where the sky is blue.

The wait's nearly over, folks! Just one week until StageCraft cracks open the beer and the revels truly begin! With 14 great breweries, 2 awesome street food vendors & a South Street Bar stocked with wine, cider & more, it's going to be a top time. Don't miss out! whatsonreading.com/stagecraft-2...

Sharon Osborne was ▶️an immigrant into the USA in the late 1970s ▶️an immigrant into Ireland in the mid 1990s ▶️an immigrant into the USA again from 2002 to 2005 ▶️and then again from 2010 to 2020 She has been an immigrant for approx 48 of her 73 years www.nme.com/news/tv/shar...

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Over the next few months we'll be: - Publishing our Top 100 Bars in Europe 2026 🌍 - Unveiling a new function to browse bars by style/category 📖 - Publishing an e-book about our travels and memories 📚 - Writing up 120 currently outstanding bar profiles ✍️ Exciting times ahead. Watch this space!

Hello. Here’s a project I started two years ago and have finally just finished! It’s a 635mm wide pencil drawing of the 1987 Le Mans 24 Hours winning #Porsche 962C of Derek Bell, Hans-Joachim Stuck & Al Holbert. In total, this was 90 hours of drawing! I hope you like it. For details, please pm me

I arrived in Kyiv last night, a couple of hours before Russia's latest massive drone and missile attack. Seventeen people were killed. I'm proud of the fact my newspaper, the Guardian, continues to cover Russia's bloody war against Ukraine. We are still here www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Released 49 years ago Rattus Norvegicus, the debut studio album by the Stranglers, featuring the single "Peaches" The Stranglers - Peaches (Live at Battersea Park, 16/09/1978) #punk #punkrock #TheStranglers #rattusnorvegicus #history #punkrockhistory #otd

49 years ago today Rattus Norvegicus (alternative title The Stranglers IV) is the debut studio album by the Stranglers, released on this day in 1977 includes the singles "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" and "Peaches" #punk #punkrock #rattusnorvegicus #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Many thanks to the people of Shetland for their warm welcome. Photo from @hughharrop.bsky.social

Terrorists

This is exactly the level of stupidity we need to get Reform into power.

Overdue 😍 Post-punk icons Joy Division and New Order have finally received the recognition they deserve: Both bands have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2026. After three nominations—the first two of which failed—they've finally made it. #postpunk #joydivision #neworder

Should be part of his next test.

And, for the record, this was also very obviously Trump depicting himself as a doctor. About to do a prostate exam.

Turns out this picture is real A federal judge has now dismissed a lawsuit brought by Trump against the Wall Street Journal over Jeffrey Epstein's birthday book. This is a big defeat for Trump in court. It was the first time a sitting U.S. president sued a news outlet over a story he didn't like.

We're in peak tree pollen season with birch and ash pollen particularly prevalent at the moment 🤧🌳 The highest pollen counts will be across England through the coming days, especially during any sunnier and warmer periods 🌤️

Half of America has embraced a criminal. #USDemocracy #Pinks

Trump, Putin, Farage… your boy took a hell of a beating. Congratulations to the people of Hungary for showing that populist extremists can be defeated – even despite Donald Trump’s best efforts.

Orban had conceded. It’s a bad day for populism. Farage, Goodwin and Orr were all knee deep.

Following Trump’s example of how to return traffic to the Strait of Hormuz, I’m going to unclog my kitchen drain by stuffing it with chewing gum and anything I find in my hairbrushes.

If you're tidying the garden this spring, remember to carefully check for #hedgehogs & other #wildlife before mowing and strimming or tidying wild areas and under hedges - as they're ideal places for a #hedgehog nest! 🦔 buff.ly/3WQTnSJ #ShareToMakeAware #ShareSunday

Sunday Girl 🎼 I know a girl from a lonely street Cold as ice cream, but still as sweet Dry your eyes, Sunday Girl Hey, I saw your guy with a different girl Looks like he's in another world Run and hide, Sunday Girl 🎼 Debbie Harry photographed by Chris Stein 1976 #debbieharry #punkrockhistory

Spain PM Pedro Sánchez: “What we’ve witnessed in Gaza is a human catastrophe that has already been etched into the conscience of our history— We cannot allow that same pattern of massive destruction, of innocent civilian victims, & of disregard for international law to be repeated on Lebanese soil”

The extent to which Netanyahu has detroyed Israel's global reputation is hard to overstate.

BMAN Brewery has opened today. 12 taps and "some delicious scran, and maybe if we're lucky, some sunshine"* according to their instagram. Closes at 9pm tonight. Have you been? Let us know and send photos. We love a new indie. *as we typed this it started to hail. It's our fault. Sorry.

You're a foreign official campaigning in a foreign election for one preferred side, JD. Think about it. Take all the time you need.

Obviously it's completely unseemly that they're hoping to bribe Hungarians to vote for Orban. But it's also just bizarre - Orban does nothing for America, but he does a lot for Russia. Why is this Trump's priority? (It's okay, you don't need to answer.)

Lewis.

The Annual General Meeting of the CAMRA White Horse branch will take place in The Royal Oak in Wantage at 7.30pm on Tuesday 14th April 2026. All are welcome.

Trump is overhauling the United States Forest Service. Dozens of research sites, including 6 in California, are shutting and offices merging. That means less science, fewer people on the ground, weaker planning, and potentially slower, harder-to-manage wildfires.

Israel bombed Gaza on 36 of the past 40 days while the war raged in Iran https://aje.news/udp489

Tragedy underscores failure to create safe routes for asylum seekers, say campaigners.

🚨 The emperor penguin is now officially endangered. Climate change is shrinking the sea ice they depend on to breed, and when it breaks too early, chicks drown before they even have a chance. Some colonies are collapsing completely.

Israel's continued strikes in Lebanon are undermining any hope of peace. The UK must act now: sanction Benjamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet, and halt all UK arms exports to Israel. We must also finally proscribe the IRGC and support multilateral plans to disarm Hezbollah.

Horrific

Is anyone surprised? We have a madman in the White House and masked thugs in the street who aren’t being held accountable even for murder.

Pro-peace my Asian ass.

Nothing will be OK until we have a sane person running the world and no good purpose is served pretending otherwise.

On the anniversary of the death of Margaret Thatcher, let us take a moment to reflect on what a cruel, heartless sack of shit she was.

What Trump wrote yesterday and what his actions did to real people around the Gulf, even with the last minute reprieve, are a huge stain on the United States, on top of a humiliating strategic defeat. The US might (maybe!) cut its losses, but the losses are enormous. As are the Iranian people’s.

So the same Islamic ruling class in Iran now gets to put a toll on a Strait that was open and free before America intervened in the first place. Masterful gambit, sir

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

Call me Nostradamus.