@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social is the new Tron pronounced Tron: Aries, Tron: Airs or Tron: Arse?

No worse and no better than what you'd normally use?

i will vote for anybody who fixes the headlight brightness situation

"This event was called the second defenestration of Prague, because this wasn't the first time. "

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

NEWS! Woman whose party couldn't spell 'Britain' decides English degrees are a 'rip-off' newsthump.com/2025/10/08/w...

Michael Heseltine tells @europeanmovement.co.uk event that the Farage's Reform and European populist far right parties are “equivalents to the fascists of the thirties” and adds: ”We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. We don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near No.10.” ~AA 🔥

This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Immune system being a buzzword is really frustrating when you've got an autoimmune condition. It makes finding stuff out really difficult because every supplement seller under the sun talks about how X thing they sell "strengthens the immune system" Do I even want a stronger immune system? 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

You have to hope that these errors are deliberate political factions squabbling.... BAD Badenouch! Bad! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

And so it begins www.freightwaves.com/news/u-s-pos...

It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.

Hopefully the peer reviewer did a good job :)

Wow. I‘m not sure which part of this is weirder: that they think Starmer’s rep might be worse than theirs, or that they might be right.

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

What is about the right wing that attracts so many grifters? It's because the entire purpose of the right wing is to secure the privilege to abuse people they consider lesser. They think we are stupid and they have a right to abuse people. They are waiting to be made to stop.

If you're not sure how far the country still needs to go on fixing misogyny, this is one good indicator for you:

Jews are not responsible for the genocide in Gaza. It is the act of Netanyahu and his far right government. Muslims are not responsible for the acts of a terrorist in Manchester. Mistrust people who stoke fear, anger and division, who sell easy answers and satisfying blame.

Once again, her insistence that she *never* makes gaffes makes every gaffe she makes much, much worse than it would otherwise have been… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hold on, are green day still asleep?

I'm celebrating by saying one of the most blasphemous things possible: The Force isn't with us.

Sums up this most dismal moment.

Happy Wake up Green Day day.

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These are some of the most extreme restrictions on immigration in years. We're told to see them as benign because they're less bad than Farage's far-right extremism. But they are still terrible.

The far right presents Islamist extremism and Christian Nationalism as a binary choice. Reject that lie. These movements mirror & feed each other. The answer is for people of goodwill, religious or not, to unite around shared values in defence of a society where everyone's human rights are protected

I do think we sometimes forget: 1. We need high-skilled migrants to keep the NHS working, and to grow the economy 2. High-skilled migrants have a *lot* of choices over where to go And 3. We’ve been getting less attractive as a destination for years anyway (wages here famously suck)

Does this take into account the successful Pharmacy First scheme, that means simple infections can be managed by community pharmacists, are reducing the need for GPs to prescribe?

It is possible that Russian provocation and American isolationism forces Europe to transform itself into a major military power. Both of them may come to regret this.

#Starmer says digital #IDcards an 'enormous opportunity' for UK and will make working illegally tougher - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... yes, an enormous opportunity for total #surveillance

Over 620k signatures already. Gotta hand it to Labour - just when you think they’ve peaked, they always find a bigger rake.

ID cards are generally a solution in search of a problem. They double up as a way to make basic infrastructure work – like joining up government data and having shared logins across systems etc – contentious. They can turn into huge outsourced IT projects, that the UK is traditionally awful at. 🧵

Left: Richard Tice says Dr Aseem Malhotra has nothing to do with Reform UK's health policy Right: Dr Aseem Malhotra being introduced as the person helping advise on Reform UK's health policy at a Reform UK conference

A 💯 fake-uncertain response, 💯 aimed at making people question and then lose trust in scientific expertise & authority. Farage and Reform telling everyone exactly who they are, perfectly OK with the prospect of dead children bc that's what happens when you make parents distrust safe medicines

A nationalist utterly colonised by foreigners.

Stop calling it “white supremacy” and start referring to it as what it really is: “white inferiority complex”

Seems like an appropriate time to share my favorite palindrome LONELYTYLENOL

Anyone here from #ukcpaessentials?

The way Thiel deploys the Antichrist in arguments is deeply bizarre, as it has little to do with Christianity. For the subset of Christians who believe in it, the coming of the Antichrist isn’t strictly a bad thing, as it’s necessary step on the path to Jesus’s return.

Which is ironic until you remember that nationalists have always been bizarrely dependent on international allies. Franco was a client of foreign nationalists. Mussolini was a puppet after ‘43.

The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly

The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s. Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!

People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".

Facts don't care about your feelings. (did I do that right?)

I have a new landline number for emergencies. I don't know what the number is, I haven't told anyone about it. But still the scammers know about it. Might disconnect it again.

Co-pilot doesn't help efficiency: UK Gov trial. news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/...

Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.