Andrew Howard

20h

WTF Ireland?

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social

🧊🛩️ EUROPE 🌏⛓️ 😲 An ICE-chartered Journey Aviation G5 (tail: N62FF) departs Arizona, trafficking a load of chained humans across the Atlantic to a refueling stop in Shannon, Ireland 👀

This is very well done. Tommy is deservedly served his own arse on a plate.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

I really don't know where the US goes from here. Democracy and government can't function if the opposition (whoever they are) commits to prosecuting and jailing the incumbent. The issue is that the Dems don't have quite the same appetite for following through as the GOP - hence Trump avoiding

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sen. Marsha Blackburn: "Jack Smith should be jailed. This Biden DOJ should be held to account for what they have done."

any punishment for inciting an insurrection on Jan 6.

Simply fucking outrageously piss poor refereeing #LIVMCI

theguardian.comMy latest discovery? You can eat the skin of a kiwifruit – and the benefits are myriad | Adrian ChilesIt turns out all that time spent peeling and paring was entirely wasted, writes Adrian Chiles. Now I’m gobbling them like apples and putting the extra fibre to good use

"I promise you, a lifetime’s fear of the fur evaporates in an instant" "when I talked my mum into giving it a try, she gagged alarmingly and swore at me with some venom as she fought to expel bits of skin from her mouth." Context is very important.

Fuck me you're the ugliest child I've ever seen.

General Boles@generalboles.bsky.social

I'll say this for Laura Trott, she fully commits

Such a soft BS penalty for Horne. If his knee is down and the tackle is over than surely the tackled player also has to release the ball? #GLAvULS

Hasn't got the balls to defend his shitty Brexit though, does he?

Sun’s out and we’re going for the unprecedented combo of outdoor cooked pizza followed by Strictly.

This whole thread makes me very angry.

Emma Yeomans@yeomans.bsky.social

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

20 Sept

Carra at his one-eyed worst today - so down on Wirtz that he couldn't bring himself to admit that he had an assist for the Isak goal. Then tells us that there is no right winger in the whole Liverpool squad, about 10 minutes before Munoz trots on #LFC #YNWA

theguardian.comJonathan Franzen: ‘It’s still mysterious to me that I was angry for so long’The author of The Corrections talks about a new TV adaptation, the future of reading and why creating new work is ‘horrible’

19 Sept

I know some people *really* hate him, but I’ve enjoyed his bug four Great American Novels and I don’t think the description is really as trite as he seems to suggest. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

18 Sept

Tooical

Robin 🦋@robinh2.bsky.social

Belle on her way to be an FBI agent now that Kash Patel changed the rules.

17 Sept

I thought we'd settled this when we repealed the Corn Laws. But Trump knows better than 180 years of global economic progress.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"

11 Sept

If this doesn't make you giggle then we can't be friends.

Olaf Falafel@ofalafel.bsky.social

How Mr Miyagi eats his Babybel

9 Sept

Simeone jnr: nepocunt #LFC

9 Sept

Phwoar.

Paul Byrne@theplanetaryguy.com

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

4 Sept

This is the bit where Farage will be seen on tonight’s news saying something like ”I’m not an expert on family trust law, are you?”. It’s got nothing to do with Trusts, the rules are crystal clear.

Phil Brickell MP@philbrickellmp.bsky.social

11/ The purported donor then explains the proposed £500,000 arrangement directly to Nigel Farage: “I'll be the registered donor.” And: “Dad will send the money to me...” Farage replies: “Thank you.” “Very important. Thank you.”

@channel4news.bsky.social

4 Sept

Well I just don't understand why Dukes and Orr have had to go in this case.

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Channel 4 News

3 Sept

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

theguardian.comPet owners at risk of being ripped off by private equity firms as vet ownership rules changeCritics say changes by CMA will allow multinationals to obscure their ownership of vet practices

30 Aug

UK vet practices need to have a system of fee assurance (like private medical providers). The prices are ridiculous and the involvement of PE is hardly an assurance of fairness. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

29 Aug

Make your favourite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title. Man goes on and on about the risks of inadequate AI governance.

Brian Honan@brianhonan.bsky.social

Happy Skynet day to all those who celebrate

28 Aug

Dimpse Wilco

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Lake Epstein would be *cold*

David Simon@audacityofdespair.bsky.social

Time for Canadians, as polite as they are, to jump the boards, toss gloves and throw punches. Lake Michigan becomes Lake Inferior. Lake Erie becomes Lake Epstein. And so they remain until someone has the grace to apologize for this prolapsing asshole.

theguardian.comPakistan complain to Sky after interview with Imran Khan’s sons over father’s treatmentThe Pakistan Cricket Board has made a formal complaint to Sky Sports after it broadcast an interview with Imran Khan’s sons, Kasim and Sulaiman, during its coverage of the first day’s play at Lord’s

With all due respect, the PCB can go fuck themselves. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

Not least because Sulaiman and Kasim are British citizens.

theguardian.comDoes Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it | Aditya ChakraborttyAn anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be tricky, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

@bestforbritain.org is this substantially any different from your report a few months back? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Gillian Brockell

@gillianbrockell.com

25 Aug

This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.”

19 Aug

@jamesdaustin.bsky.social Jamie T at the Scala next week, new music incoming???

19 Aug

Cursory research …. New album 9 Oct. Yay!

14 Aug

Re the emergency alert about wildfires, not comforted to advise that my youngest just asked the family WhatsApp “what’s it about?”

3 Aug

Supper.

Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social

Is there a more overtly middle-class word than "ramekin"?

3 Aug

The replies. Oh my.

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social

Possibly the greatest single male athletic performance of all time Original post

2 Aug

This suggests that Australia is quietly going about its business to ensure that they will be having a moot of fun at their own party in 2032

20 July

Some of us have really disliked Enzo Fernandes since the Qatar WC. Just sayin’

19 July

Oh bad luck Simeone

19 July

Ferran Torres: Man City, Barça, PSG. The people’s hero

19 July

I’m boycotting Malbec #EspArg

15 July

It’s about the urinal, isn’t it?

theguardian.com‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate peopleShe has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it. It can take months building trust with a stranger, before she and her boyfriend go in and transfo...

13 July

Social media can be thoroughly destructive but occasionally, it has been the enabler for extraordinary people to do extraordinary things. I am full of admiration for Bea Elton. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

12 July

I know there's a massive Erling Haaland love-in and I am all for it. But his old man is whiny little bitch

7 July

There is no football tomorrow 😱

6 July

Hydration break So it’s time to hear about Danny Murphy’s fucking cat.

2 July

I’m at the #TheCricket. What a beautiful evening.