This is real. www.whitehouse.gov/aliens/

That interview is available here for all to listen. This is a gift link. Would greatly appreciate your help in getting it to a wider audience. Perhaps it will get more coverage! 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I bought a book from eBay. It is from 1995. It smells of book.

To be honest, I am not sure why so many in the climate science community seem to be so shocked by 35C in May We know that under the current climate 3 - 4 days of 40C+ is possible in summer, and we are only a week away Let's face it - all bets are off now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#petermurrell of the SNP spent £4,225 on a fountain pen (without his wife know which is totally ridiculous). I love a fountain pen. I always have, but even expensive ones leak over your hands. I tried these, in purple, and they are fabulous. A bit cheaper too at £2.50 each.

This does require police action now. Somebody is going to get hurt. These plastic patriots need to stop this behaviour. The council also need to step up and enforce the Highways Act in relation to this behaviour.

So, Andy Burnham might stand in Makerfield. I'm Labour through and through. If I were a constituent, I'd be pretty damn grumpy about being used for one man's leadership ambitions. What then happens to the Manchester mayoralty? This is a terrible idea.

Full statement here:

So, this is what the rather bland phrase "No overall control" looks like. This is an unholy mess that I fail to see how you create a working administration from. The coming weeks will be interesting.

I'm not a fan of using fines as operational revenue as you'd hope offences would drop off as people learn. But £56k to buy and equip this vehicle and it's earned double that investment within ONE month. Why aren't all councils doing this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

George Abaraonye, was the first Black president-elect of the Oxford Union. White mum, Black father, from very humble beginnings in London. He worked hard at school and earned his place at Oxford. A vote of no confidence was held to oust him, because of comments he has made about Charlie Kirk 1/3

If you situate detention centres in non-Reform voting areas then you'll create construction jobs, catering jobs, management roles, fencing, groundskeeping, guards, admin jobs and so on. Huge investment in an area. Don't vote Reform, get investment.

The Oxford Union has secretly booked Tommy Robinson to speak at a debate on Islam on 28 May. His involvement has been deliberately concealed, for fear of a backlash among students. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/05/oxfo...

WOW: The UAE’s decision to quit OPEC looks like one of the biggest crude producers joining the “peak oil demand” camp. Here’s why: 🧵

Looks like our bin strikes are coming to an end. That said, it won't be the end of it. The job evaluations are just booted out for two years meaning we'll have more strikes then. Labour setting a trap for whoever we end up with in a couple of weeks.

This judge’s ruling is hilarious

For those like me who can’t do with her whiny voice, here's a slightly cut down version of Zara Sultana being kicked out and suspended from the House of Commons. This performative nonsense gets on my wick. She’s no better than Lee Anderson, Labour was right to get rid of both of them.

Our new report: Richard Tice signed accounts wrongly claiming £98,000 of tax exemptions A 🧵 with the evidence:

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT. From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't. A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread: Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.

Boring, competent people are so important in an organisation. The US failed to have them in the room to write the deal down and get signatures on the bottom of the page. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Waiting at Emergency with a broken thumb because some asshole doored me, and because the powers that be in this city believe that parking for car owners matters more than safety for everyone else. #UKCarCulture is a pestilence upon Birmingham.

"Criminology has a blind spot concerning road safety" - the opening line of @ianloader.bsky.social's fascinating new analysis, looking at traffic crime through a #motonormativity lens You're going to like this academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

This is the most beautiful, inspiring hour of TV I've watched in a very long time.

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

Currently on France TV, the new mayor of Paris Grégoire celebrating his victory by biking around on a bike share. He’s now taking an interview while riding.

This could ve big: DfT have a new tool showing how well-connected every 100x100m cell in England and Wales is to work, shops, leisure, health etc, broken down by mode connectivity-tool-lite.dft.gov.uk/app

Another great article from @kirkkorner.bsky.social about the SJP and the awful decisions made in some cases. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Watching the @sixnations-rugby.bsky.social England are playing in white. France are playing in pale blue. @itvx.com are broadcasting in 8 bit.

why are bees doing brutalism

Has someone got a cute photo of their cat(s) that they could share? My timeline is a bit grim at the mo. Cheers. x

Good to hear Rachel Reeves setting out that the government is loathe to subsidise the petrol price come September.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social 10:24am to go to the ads. Is this a new record?

The guy who filmed Andrew Tate dancing in Dubai

I'm reading some old Judge Dredd. So much of it is strangely relevant. (Booth is the president)

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Hi James, I'm sorry to correct you but you are wrong about the only drink you can have with fish and chips. It's not Vimto, it's dandelion and burdock.

My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it. open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

I don't get why references to Trump in the Epstein files like this are not getting more traction. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

We've updated our key documents and links - a hub of over 50 links to help you get around the policies, strategies, funding and delivery for transport in Birmingham, the West Midlands region and in Parliament.

If so many Epstein documents have been released, why am I seeing not one reference to Trump?

This is killing me. #thetraitors

Has Stephen just saved Rachel?

This from the News Agents team is as good as reporting gets. Taking the time to really talk to people to paint a vivid picture of what is happening in Minneapolis. @lewisgoodall.com open.spotify.com/episode/2bXy...

I saw this headline "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor offered temporary home to speed up Royal Lodge exit" and was optimistic.

✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️

Old tweets being deleted now

Just listened to an absolutely brilliant episode of More or Less with @timharford.ft.com . It takes a look at Venezuelan oil and the value of it. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The DPD guy got stuck on our hill today as it's a sheet of ice. The neighborhood turned out with a variety of garden implements to dig him out so he could go about his essential work.

In Birmingham. Yes, it snowed!

In Birmingham. Yes, it snowed!