David Oakley

Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Ukraine is winning, Musk and Trump are losing.

A definite sign of ageing is that you cannot impress me with "over 20 years" anymore. Am I expected to think this sauce is ancient, because it's as old as Nelly Furtado's Maneater?

Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

This was, certainly for me, the internet's first big launch. My last year at @unibirmingham.bsky.social Computer Science and we excitedly gathered round the one colour Sun Workstation to see what it looked like ☺️

Lovely interview, great to hear they get on so well in real life www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

All carers need a break sometimes – and far too many carers don’t get them. This week, my wife Emily and I are taking our first two nights away as just us for over 18 years. When we’re back, I’ll keep fighting to guarantee respite breaks for every carer.

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

Thank you everyone for your happy birthday wishes especially from my #Playschool Babies. I feel truly blessed. Sending virtual hugs to you all full of joy and happiness. Keep smiling ❤️❤️

chat is this good www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published

As we approach #Skyblivion's launch, we’re looking for volunteers to join our communications team! If you have experience in video production or social media, we’d love your help collaborating on everything from trailer creation to developer interviews.

My heart goes out to the Prime Minister on the loss of his dad. From our conversations he sounded like a wonderful man. My prayers are with his whole family as they mourn together.

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION was released 32 years ago this week. One of the most popular films ever made, and among the greatest Stephen King adaptations, the making of story has as many secrets as a Rita Hayworth poster… 1/51

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

Today, September 8, 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Star Trek’s premiere on American network television. From the beginning, there was something special about this show. >> [more]

Can't believe that so far I'm the only person to vote for @stephenmcdonell.bsky.social - come on, man's a legend! 🇦🇺🇨🇳

Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.

Count Binface, presumably:

BREAKING: The former prime minister Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as an MP, prompting a byelection in his North London constituency. Story in the great Camden New Journal www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/excl...

This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

Poorly timed notification from the range there 🤦🏻‍♀️

For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton

My summer reads.

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface

This thread from the Spanish Foreign Office is really useful for anyone faced with mis/disinformation about the situation in Ceuta. There is one hell of a lot of that about at the moment!! Please use it to counteract ignorant claims, wherever they're from. It's available in French and Spanish too.

Oh man. I'd completely forgotten about the BBC2W Ivor The Engine promos. All new, with Oliver Postgate and Anthony Jackson returning. They're up there with the Palin-voiced Clangers series in terms of bringing something back and it being just *right*. Here's one.

Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton

more good content! imagine publishing content that's just nice! reveals a little bit about having fun on the internet! people just doing things because they can and the internet was nice!

✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton

the f'kng highway code

Been a bit but this one is for the #ZOSFam

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

Zelensky is a comedian who ran as a joke and ended up fighting a superpower in the bloodiest war since WWII. I hope Count Binface is ready for that responsibility.

The end of an era - After almost a century we said goodbye this morning to our great companion of the airwaves Radio 4 198 LW. I shall miss her warmth and crackle. Here’s the final sign off at the end of #theshippingforecast before she fell silent… ❤️

Pass this on. You never know who might need it and it could make a huge difference if someone is struggling for whatever reason

My iPhone is suggesting I might want Fish & Chips for lunch 🥵

Nice one @libdems.org.uk 👍

Britain's next Prime Minister.

One question I get asked is: you say you're bringing back Ceefax, but what about the Bamboozle quiz? Well, worry ye not. To celebrate the by-election and the wonders of democracy, I'm delighted to present all-new #Makerfield BINBOOZLE. Can you get them all right? #VoteBinface

Today, we remember Jo Cox, who was murdered ten years ago. In her maiden speech, Jo famously said: “We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us.” Ten years on, those words are a powerful reminder to us all: We have far more in common than that which divides us.

letter to the Times today