Gary Maltby

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

This admission alone is an impeachable offense

RIP to the world's first software engineer news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

bsky.app/profile/nbcn... Great to see Fox News bringing some balance to their broadcasting.

We need Dan Rather in our main stream media again. He was not a coward in his reporting.

"They aren't really shooting at us."

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

Leeds City was disbanded due to financial irregularities, including illegal payments to players which led to their expulsion from the Football League in 1919. The club's directors failed to cooperate with the subsequent inquiry, resulting in their dissolution later that year. Just saying…….#lufc

Farming is one of the most destructive human activities. Columnist Michael Le Page is excited about developments in electro-ag, in which we can instead turn renewable electricity directly into food

LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

Ed Sheeran announces new support act.

Kinda seems like they’re trying to tell us something 😕

Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe

If hell exists, those who profit from logging ancient forests deserve it.

Downfall (2026)

This is part of the plan to starve universities and keep the one that remains beholden to the state. "The loss of 111,000 intl. students in the school year that has just begun will cost the US $3.4 billion and almost 40,000 jobs, says a new study" www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination. #HealthForAll

Nigel Farage is very lucky that he didn't know what was being discussed at the lunch where he was discussing it

Trump will die soon but most of his enablers and apologists will live for decades. They deserve to live in shame for the remainder of their lives.

Congo’s authorities said Monday that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6,000 cases with 2,911 deaths. apnews.com/article/cong...

The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan

In a world full of the destructive kookiness of people like RFK Jr, strive to fill it with a little of the restorative kindness of Dolly Parton.

Mark Carney: "This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership"

Playing in our faces

@jk001-ie.bsky.social Congrats and commiserations. You must be delighted and devastated. bsky.app/profile/news...

A Co Wicklow artist with Down syndrome has credited an inclusive arts programme for boosting his confidence - and his sales.

Lee Anderson showing his tender side: “Here’s 30p son, treat yourself to a slap up meal.”

BASH: You have been one of the leading voices questioning the efficacy of vaccines. Do you accept some responsibility for this measles outbreak? RFK Jr: Absolutely not

Vincent Pastore appeared in movies dating back to the 1980s and had roles in big movies including "Goodfellas" and "Awakenings," both in 1990. n.pr/4fzrl9t

"This is an attempt at a show trial, and an ongoing contestation in American politics about the role of institutions, political authority, and expertise." Why does MAGA want America's Covid-19 expert behind bars? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

i've run the numbers three times now and it's always the same

In 1984, we visited Bastogne in Belgium. We met a group of four ex GIs there to mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. They were a delight. Charming and immaculately polite. They addressed my wife and me as mam and sir even though we were in our 20s. What has happened to the USA?

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?

Makes a change, someone getting white folks mixed up

Shoutout to the ABSOLUTE LEGEND who relentlessly mocked Trump at his rally in Georgia yesterday. Here are some highlights.

Holy shit! Sen. Peters had enough of Hegseth’s bullshit. Imagine asking taxpayers for billions more during an “utter and complete failure” of a war. When Hegseth couldn’t defend it, he acted like criticizing the strategy was insulting the troops. Peters called him out.

Commander Neil Armstrong & pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the US crew that landed the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle on 20th July 1969 at 8pm. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours & 39 minutes later on July 21; Aldrin joined him 19 mins later. #NeilArmstrong #Apollo11

For those who can't face more of this nobody-is-going-to-score especially-you-Spain, Celebrity Gogglebox is on C4 now. #spaarg

The Economist reports on climate data being deleted, discontinued, defunded: www.economist.com/science-and-...

If the country had used its subs as badly in 1982 as England did tonight the Falklands would be now known as the Malvinas. #ENGARG

"We tried our best - but never forgot to have fun" sums up sport perfectly.

Cartoonists Are The Only Real Journalists Left In The USA.

Game on, Nige.

Ruth loves Apple Pie