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After the Budget, millions will use online tax calculators. But there's a privacy catch: we tested the seven most popular, and every one sends your income to a server. Here's what MoneySavingExpert sends:

Good thread. So many using him as a prop, even now.

It's publication day! An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class is published today, 27 October 2026, by @versobooks.bsky.social. My book is a new history how Britain's formerly powerful working class was pushed to the political margins. Order🔽 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Did he sound anything like that!!!

The cuts being made at the BBC are unforgivable. They are putting it into a death spiral. The weaker it gets, the less people will want to support it. And yes, this is an issue for the Government, which likes to pretend it's not their problem. It is.

26 October 1973, English rock legends The Who released their masterpiece double-album rock opera, Quadrophenia. The album explored 1960s Mod culture through the fictional character Jimmy, and was later adapted into a classic 1979 film. #TheWho #Quadrophenia

There was a long discussion of pedestrianisation on Radio 4 earlier with not a single mention of Norwich. Outrageous oversight by the national broadcaster once again.

Blue sky has four types of users.

Name two characters you think are the same person.

Aw no!

I had such a lovely time at Norwich Book Festival — thanks to everyone who came! Also, Norwich is beautiful! So many gorgeous old buildings

🆙 It’s the anniversary of the release of Up, the band’s 11th studio album (Oct. 26, 1998). Produced by Pat McCarthy and the band, Up included singles “Daysleeper,” “Lotus,” “At My Most Beautiful,” and “Suspicion.” Share your favorite track below.

This is great, because most parents think of their children as callous dullards who hate animals, so it's really picked out the traits that makes her daughter unique, here.

Saw it. Cinema packed with people of all ages. Lots of laughs: these guys really know what they're doing. Definitely not one of those disappointing TV spin-offs. Ideal half-term fare, I'd say.

Sadly tonight, in the Amazon rainforest, an area the size of Wales has, over the last half hour, been burnt down to fuel all the ChatGPT prompts that have been cut and pasted on to Bluesky by people desperate to look as though they know something about the Brazilian election.

It'd be a great night for being an expert on Serbian and Brazilian elections if only it wasn't such a ferociously crowded market.

USA No.1 on this day in 1967: Lulu- To Sir With Love youtu.be/0_UpW8V6B3c?si… via @YouTube

First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

I may not have mentioned this, but the new series of Highland Cops has just started on the BBC Scotland channel is anyone’s looking for something to watch this evening.

Show a pic on your phone that has your energy but isn’t a selfie

Sunday night

Utterly odious.

Finding some of the reaction on here to the 'stockpiling' stuff a bit odd. The Russians successfully firebombed the last prime minister's house! There was a cyberattack on a French supermarket a few weeks ago!

I'm not joking when I say the best move the Government can make to reduce cocaine use is explicitly linking it to the far right. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

It’s that time of year again! When a new Highland Cops series begins!

Personally I wouldn't have blurred out the pins on UC but maybe those people losing their shit at the BBC might want to tune into Strictly and see who they made co-presenter of a primetime Saturday night show.

24th Oct 1979 - Paul McCartney received a medallion cast in rhodium after being declared the most successful composer of all time. Between 1962 and 1978, McCartney had written or co-written 43 songs that had sold over a million copies each. #PaulMcCartney

Just back from seeing the Ghosts movie. An absolute delight. Warm, witty and full of brilliant moments. Great to enjoy it with all the family. Well worth a watch.

From Gaming to Murder: The Killing of Breck Bednar is out now on Prime Video. For the first time, a documentary explores Breck's legacy: why Lorin started the Breck Foundation and how our work in schools helps young people stay safe online. www.primevideo.com/detail/0MCUF...

The family and friends of 14-year-old Breck Bednar share heartwarming memories in a new doc examining the online grooming that led to his murder

All that cloud but I’m pretty sure I can still see that new building in Edinburgh that looks like a jobby.

In other news

My looks.

I had a look at the IPhone Duo yesterday. I had an instant, almost visceral, hate towards it. Awkward shape. Ugly design. As a screen when it’s open it’s impressive. But when closed it’s just cheap looking. It’s like an eighties make-up compact that you might have won at a fete. An Apple misfire

Oh Christ almighty the poppy chat has begun.

Exciting news in the world of telly, as the brilliant new series of Highland Cops begins! Tune in on Sunday at 9pm on the BBC Scotland channel or at 8pm on Tuesday on BBC 2. In the first episode, cops have to solve a murder in Inverness where the main witness may not be telling the truth.

My hilarious banter.

#nowlistening

Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."