Anti-asylum protesters out for trouble, one with a black eye, taken near the Laing Gallery in Newcastle. From my Rebellion! series.

I've been trying to think who Altman reminds me of and he's the spitting image of Burke from Aliens

faith in humanity restored

The BBC is using Tommy Robinson's own extremely charitable description of today's hate march – and whitewashing him as an "anti-Islam activist." But his politics are actually about race. And the media here is helping Robinson launder his extreme views. 🧵/14

If this isn't "designed to stir up hatred" against Jews, what is? Why are the Met not arresting them?

Beautiful aurora on the SFO-DUB flight last night. Everyone else sleeping. I decided to see where we were, not thinking it would be dark enough for an aurora or that we'd have a decent one, and wow. I missed getting the initial massive curving arcs over the plane. Very very active.

This is a fun account to follow to watch Reform councillors implode. Reform RATHER OBVIOUSLY can’t/won’t/doesn’t want to govern & despite all UK media mutually masturbating themselves raw over a potential PM Farage, merely *observing their new councillors from a safe distance* gives the lie.

The far right try to claim our flags but in truth hate our country. They despise what makes the rest of us proud & makes us British, from the NHS to our BBC. They peddle anti-British propaganda globally. Thousands may march today but millions more stand against hate & for Britain

Have you checked out Earworm yet by @mostlymarknixon.bsky.social - @shadowsatthedoor.bsky.social - Earworm - Act 1 - “An audio drama musical infused with hip hop, jazz and ghosts” plus a fabulous cast to bring it to life. Don’t miss out 💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

If you totted up the sums for every financial scandal in British politics (£2k per parliamentary question for cash-for-questions, £200k for Johnson’s No 10 renovation, the cost of that very nice campervan) even with second tier stuff like Rayner and Polanski, would you get close to £5mn *in total*?

I know there’s a lot going on in the world, and we don’t have enough attention to pay to any of it. But the throttling of Cuba by the US should be a bigger story than it is. There are about 10 million people in Cuba, subjected to horrendous collective punishment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

SCRATCH MOSS is a folk horror novel set in a northern mining town which goes from the present day back in time to the founding of the coal mine, then claws back through the years to today… dragging with it the truth about what lurks beneath. Currently 99p on Kindle. www.amazon.co.uk/Scratch-Moss...

If Wes Streeting becomes PM he will lead Labour down the road to political oblivion. If Burnham becomes PM (unlikely) the media will do everything in their power to discredit and then destroy him. I can’t see any happy ending to this saga.

NEW: Secret Handshake installed working arcade games called Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell at the DC War Memorial. The game features "furious tweet battles against Iranian schoolgirls, low-flow shower heads, and other threats to American freedom like DEI and The Pope..."

OK, this is kind of amazing?

If you'd like to find out more about Palantir please listen to our critically acclaimed podcast, The Shadow Contract.

Local newspapers like @liverpoolecho.co.uk doing the work, the national press shy away from. Thank you @liverpoolecho.co.uk. In other news Nigel Farage has been invited to a Downing St rally about combating antisemitism, Zack Polanski has not been invited. Make of that what you will!

It's Saturday, and you need some folk horror in your life. My first three books can be read in any order, but if you want to dip your toe into the murky waters, the latest, SCRATCH MOSS, is currently 99p on Kindle and from other ebook providers including Kobo. www.amazon.co.uk/Scratch-Moss...

Passing moments

Global Counsel, the consultancy founded by Peter Mandelson, collapsed in February owing £4.3m to creditors, including almost £650,000 to HMRC. Luckily, though, its top brass continue to find plum positions elsewhere. Full story by In The Money columnist ‘Gold Digger’ in the latest issue.

Merlin Bird ID app is addictive. Birds identified walking the dog yesterday by lake nearby. #donegal #merlinbirdid

This morning's bird chorus at 6:30 #donegal #birdcallls #dawnchorus

Getting slightly obsessed with this #Merlin app of seeing what birds are out there- 5 mins ago list. Willow Warbler has been sounding off all day.

Uggi is not the only Hlöllabátar-loving dog. Our neighbour Jakobína stole out of her home yesterday and was found here:

BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists

New Lego video for Hegseth. 😂

A trip to Lindisfarne- castle, priory, church and statue. Not been there in years... #photography #nikon #northumberland 📸

Wait... this is real? Reform actually did this in... Leeds? Did everyone get a badge with a ribbon?

For those of you who were worried that the spike in oil prices were going to mean that Russia was suddenly going to make a lot more money... just remember that Ukraine has something to say about that.

Errigal seen from the Poisoned Glen in Donegal 📸 #donegal #errigal #blackandwhite #photography #nikon

Gold mist - Sunrise and mist rising in Donegal #ireland #photography #nikon 📸 #donegal

As a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam, Mueller was shot and later returned to lead his platoon after his recovery. He received a Bronze Star for valor, a Purple Heart, 2 Navy/Marine Commendation medals, Republican of Vietnam Cross of Valor, and numerous other medals.

Mood for 2026, (the artist is Ainsley Drew, on Instagram)

Financial literacy is a myth used to punish poor people 🤑

If you can spend $80bn, fail and still be a rich fucker then we don't operate in an economic system that follows any logic

It's that wonderful time of the year when the trees and bushes sprout bikes (Saw this at 7am when out for a run- no one around)

Radical extremist cleric issues angry new fatwa -->

SCRATCH MOSS has hit 100 reviews on Goodreads. Out now in the UK, September US. You might like it if post-industrial, multi-timeline folk horror is your thing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Good morning sports fans 🌅

Stephen Miller Reassures Sick Wife He Knows What It Looks Like When Woman Dying https://theonion.com/stephen-miller-reassures-sick-wife-he-knows-what-it-loo-1843398299/

Can call it the Paedofiver

i don’t know how this is supposed to work in terms of intelligence but whatever these guys do is taking stuff that is not theirs to take and then sell it for the highest possible price electricity water clean air knowledge you name it they should be treated like the common thieves they are

Wallsend in 1963 by Colin Jones. If you are a young photographer who is just starting out remember to photograph the ordinary things in life and photograph them well. Eventually time will make those photos extraordinary. #Photography

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of 'highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat' while increasing the power of working-class men." Remind me again why Labour is shoving vast public contracts down its throat?

Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an NHS directive to use software operated by controversial US analytics software company Palantir www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️

Oh my god.....I can't breathe!!!🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🐾🐾🐾 @cheshiredoglady.bsky.social #BigAndy