🚨🚨 This will not end well. What's the bet on oaths of loyalty to Trump? @chrischirp.bsky.social

A+. No notes.

Farage asked on @lbc.co.uk whether he agreed with on the unproven link between paracetamol and autism “I have no idea... We were told thalidomide was a v safe drug and it isn’t. who knows. I don’t know, you don’t know…when it comes to science I don’t side with anybody. It’s never settled.”

IMPORTANT 🧵 We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US. But it could happen in UK too. It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim. Read on! 1/11

Strands #570 “Lip service” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵💡🔵💡 🔵💡🔵🟡

Connections Puzzle #836 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Wordle 1,558 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot beat ✨

If you've never followed Fat Bear Week - treat yourself & give it a go. 12 adult brown bears in an online competition to choose your fav chonky bear from Katmai National Park in Alaska as they layer on the fat prior to hibernation. Live bearcams across the park. It's brilliant! 🐻

OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK: Trump declined to send $400m in authorised aid to Taiwan saying they should pay for their own weapons and they can afford it. They can, but Parliament is stuffed with pro-Chinese opposition who actually cut the defence budget. Another small win for China in

LARGE RECON DRONES OVER. COPENHAGEN As many as three large drones have been causing mayhem over Copenhagen airport In Denmark causing all flights to be cancelled in or out. The drones have not been identified but it would be no surprise if they had something to do with Russian intimidation,

Wordle 1,557 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections Puzzle #835 🟪🟩🟦🟨 🟪🟩🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fantastic to see our TrumpActionTracker featured in this @yorkshirebylines.co.uk article! @sandylaping.bsky.social @peteduncanson.bsky.social Do have are read. Tracker is here: www.trumpactiontracker.info

Strands #567 “Stand by me” 🟡🔵💡🔵 💡🔵🔵🔵

Latest from me: last week was a big one for our fight for educational rights. Here's why www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Acosta was reportedly told that Epstein "belongs to intelligence" and to stand down. Was he really told that? By whom? That's what we need to find out today. Very interesting that this is a closed-door hearing... gift link: wapo.st/3Vpo41r

Attempted murder: 30 years in prison Attempted rape: 30 years on the Supreme Court

Connections Puzzle #833 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,555 3/6 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the Wordle bot - huzzah!

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From theonion.com/trump-spends...

Yep... we don't have "news" organizations... we have state-approved businesses feeding us the party line... wapo.st/4nwhz92

"Mr. Carr (Chair of FCC). . . said that Mr. Kimmel’s remarks were part of a “concerted effort to lie to the American people,” & that the F.C.C. was “going to have remedies that we can look at.” Will the FCC now hold Fox to the same standard? Presumably not! 😨🤬 Gift article.

Free speech my arse!! Only free if you agree.

Wordle 1,551 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Astonishingly, a party with 18 times as many MPs as Reform has received one-third less coverage on BBC News at 10.

Hundreds of content moderators are being laid off by TikTok. Now they're unionising and speaking out. @cwunews.bsky.social

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Danny Kruger has all the charm of an angry weasel. His natural home is the Reform Party and I'm sure he'll be very unhappy there too.

Anyone surprised?!

Labour MP Noah Law: "UK Government departments would do well to recognise...that Twitter is not an impartial platform, nor, given its increasingly narrow user base, a place where our Government needs to be." bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...

Friends, once again: working on the ground, I have no time to edit videos to this platform's format, sorry! I have restarted my YouTube channel, do follow/catch up there. SBS Ukrainian interview (in Ukrainian) Today, Kherson HumanSafari premieres in Melbourne www.sbs.com.au/language/ukr...

This is great stuff - a rallying cry. We do not want, and will not accept, Trump's fascism here. #r4today

Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson. Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word. This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

Connections Puzzle #827 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,549 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The Eurovision Song Contest will respect countries' decisions on participating in next year's competition, its chief has said, after several European broadcasters, including RTÉ, said they would boycott the contest if Israel took part.

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

Connections Puzzle #825 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Wordle 1,547 5/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections Puzzle #823 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,545 2/6 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😊

Glad the WSJ didn't rush to report inflammatory claims backed by no evidence whatsoever at an incredibly sensitive time.

Mandelson telling his paedophile Epstein: "I can still barely understand it. It just could not happen in Britain,” Mandelson wrote. “You have to be incredibly resilient, fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can. Raises a lot of questions.

Really important questions in here - at different times he's given flatly contradictory answers. Cannot both be true, so some appear to be lies. Following his idol Trump - lie and bluster out of anything tricky.