🇬🇧Alice Lankester🇬🇧

I’ve now become dependent on AI just like I am on SatNav in my car. But it’s happened so quickly. And I feel my brain is being hollowed out like Swiss cheese. Losing so many skills. Terrifying.

38d.gsThames Water: Put customers before bosses£1 MILLION. That’s what Thames Water has handed its new finance chief while customers face rising bills, the company drowns in debt and they dump sewage into our waterways 😡 Sign the petition demandin...

17 Sept

Please sign thanes Water a shambles 38d.gs/vqro

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M Meerkat

@kackbro.bsky.social

16 Sept

Indeed, We The People Should Be Getting The Same Healthcare And Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢

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Mark Carney

@mark-carney.bsky.social

16 Sept

The EU has delivered greater stability across the continent, greater mobility for its citizens, and a single market that gives Europe global economic weight. An honour to hear President von der Leyen address the European Parliament today as we build a deeper partnership for the future.

23 Aug

“I’m saying you take everyone on the religious right, put them in one big bucket and label it stupid.” Leo McGarry. Series 1, Episode 1 “West Wing.” Decided needed to watch it again. Start to finish. Unmatched TV.

eastangliabylines.co.ukAs Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carportsMinisters have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations

15 Aug

Write to your MP. Any response @libdems.org.uk ?

Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?

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Count Binface

@countbinface.bsky.social

13 Aug

Checkmate, Nige.

6 Aug

Bloody marvelous. Wish I could vote in Clacton for @countbinface.bsky.social A more profound and humiliating message to Farage could not possibly be sent.

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social

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

open.spotify.comClassic Chats: Count Binface (Bonus episode)Instant Classics · Episode

4 Aug

Just heard a fab interview with @countbinface.bsky.social and Mary Beard / Charlotte Higgins. The Count advises that you can judge someone from how graciously they lose. Viz Argentina football team or Liz Truss vs Tim Henman or, indeed the Count himself. ABSOLUTELY! open.spotify.com/episode/60xt...

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#VoteBinface www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au...

theguardian.com‘A 99 with a Flake? That will be £7, please’: what’s behind the surge in ice-cream van prices?From the cost of milk and chocolate to diesel and electricity, every part of producing the summer treat has been hit by the climate crisis and other shocks

europeanmovement.co.ukOur 5 Asks for Andy BurnhamAndy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.

4 Aug

A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...

17 July

Actually impressively wry.

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15 July

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nytimes.comF.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry (Gift Article)A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.

11 July

In the “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” department this is one of the worst I’ve seen. Imagine what this will do to the circadian rhythms and cycles of, well, every bloody thing in its path? Approval no doubt instant. Prob a Trump family investment www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙

@dovewoman.bsky.social

10 July

bbc.co.ukBayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of nightThe famous artefact depicting events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England will go on display in September.

10 July

I’m irrationally excited. My tickets booked. Bring it on. @britishmuseum.bsky.social thank you!!!

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk

Nearly 1,000 years in the making. The Bayeux Tapestry is in London, back on British soil for the first time in almost a millennium. We can't wait to welcome thousands to the capital for this once-in-a-generation event.

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Ed Davey

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk

8 July

The Chancellor has the power to stop Farage's cynical ploy. I've written to her this morning urging her to act. Farage should not be allowed to resign until the investigation into his dodgy dealings has concluded. The people of Clacton deserve the facts first.

7 July

Absolutely absolutely absolutely. Don’t let him slip and slither out from the scrutiny. He knows there’s dirt to be found. Thanks @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Ed Davey@eddavey.libdems.org.uk

The Government must block Nigel Farage’s resignation until the Standards Commissioner finishes investigating him. The people of Clacton deserve the full facts. If a by-election does go ahead, all parties should stand aside. We cannot give oxygen to this vanity project.

The British Pilgrimage Trust

4 July

“The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.” George Bernard Shaw

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@pilgrimtrust.bsky.social

2 July

Three guided pilgrimages left this July — and tickets are going fast. Full details + booking here: britishpilgrimage.org/events Sun 5 Jul — Frome Market Day Pilgrimage (4 miles). A many-layered walk through storied landscape with BPT's Guy Hayward, on Frome's bustling market day.

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Mike Galsworthy

@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

1 July

🔥 Europe is starting to push Palantir out. Things are looking rough for Palantir in Europe… …as they are increasingly seen as a danger to sovereignty with a high risk of structural lock-in and major ethical concerns. Please share.

youtu.beEurope is pushing Palantir out. YouTube video by Scientists for EU

26 June

britmonkey.com/2020s-politi... A decent result.

24 June

My reflection on the Brexit anniversary is that I moved home to the UK in 2015 to establish a beachhead and then bought over the rest of my dual national family a year later. “Don’t like the direction of politics in the US. Get over here. It’s great. We’re part Europe!” Then…

20 June

Hydration break.

20 June

Happy to be on beautiful Dorset coast for our family summer hols this year. Taken my American born (and now British citizen) children and husband to all parts of GB to discover how amazing it is. We’ve done Cornwall, Peak District, Lake District, Wales and now Dorset. All fab. Happy.

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Barack Obama

@barackobama.bsky.social

7 June

It was great meeting with the talented folks who’ll be working at the Obama Presidential Center. We're excited to welcome everybody here soon!

2 June

The end of my street looked like an episode of Storm Chasers today. I was expecting apocalyptic frogs falling from the sky.

1 June

This made me feel so so much better. It can’t be that hard to be a politician like this. Or actually maybe it is. Because vanishingly few manage it.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks.

29 May

My 30 year old liberal daughter in London got this actual ad in her Instagram feed. She’s a honest woman. She says it was real. I mean really? This would not be the home decor I would have pegged for her. Or any of her friends. Or any of her family.

thetimes.comIan McEwan: It’s harder to write now that phones have killed thinkingThe author of Atonement says that while AI and the internet have made researching easier, a generation have forgotten how to ‘pace up and down in our thoughts’

26 May

I really do think this is a thing. I go for a long walk with no one and nothing in my ears to sort out my thoughts. It’s bloody hard! — Ian McEwan: It’s harder to write now that phones have killed thinking www.thetimes.com/article/d1eb...

23 May

I’m halfway to my £5,000 goal. 🙏 •⁠ ⁠£200 subsidises a place for a pilgrim who is suffering but otherwise couldn’t afford it •⁠ ⁠£450 trains a new Grief Pilgrim Guide •⁠ ⁠£5,000 — my goal — creates a whole new three-day bereavement journey, including design givestar.io/gs/100-miles...

23 May

Thank you so much to everyone! I completed the first 60 miles from source to Oxford. Next stage starts soon!

19 May

That Pitt Rivers. Must have been quite someone to share a house with.

I’ve reached Oxford! Alone. Just me, my backpack and a lovely hazel staff. Stage one of my Thames Pilgrim Way walk — source to Oxford, the first 55 miles — is done. I began last Thursday to raise funds for the British Pilgrimage Trust 🧵

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What that does: • £200 subsidises a place for a pilgrim who couldn’t otherwise come • £450 trains a new Pilgrim Guide • £5,000 — my goal — creates a whole new three-day bereavement journey Practical, low-cost, nature-based support rooted in real human connection.

I know it works — it worked on me. If this resonates, please donate: givestar.io/gs/100-miles... Learn more about the charity: Www.britishpilgrimage.org

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I was born in Walton-on-Thames, grew up on the River Mole, and now live beside the Thames, so this walk is a homecoming. It’s also personal. In 2023 I abruptly stepped away from a 40-year corporate career — a profound, difficult reset.

A guided pilgrimage with the Trust showed me that a deliberate walk, with intention, away from digital noise could have an immediate and lasting effect on my wellbeing. You’ve helped me raise £2,200 of my £5,000 goal. Thank you!

I care about this charity so much I became a Trustee in 2024. The Thames Path is one of Britain’s best-known footpaths, but this whole landscape is a holy place — the river flowing east toward the dawn, once given offerings of treasure by the ancient Celts.

This is Radcot Bridge, precisely where the eponymous battle occurred in 1387 between the supporters of King Richard II (boo) and an army led by Henry Bolingbroke, who later became King Henry IV.

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But really not. It’s just a fancy of mine… but I did think of De Vere who had to strip off his armor, swim across the river to escape the deadly archers and hide in the woods. Must have been pretty bloody cold. And bloody.

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This is Radcot Bridge, precisely where the eponymous battle occurred in 1387 between the supporters of King Richard II (boo) and an army led by Henry Bolingbroke, who later became King Henry IV.

It’s now such a peaceful place. Hilaire Belloc said in his 1907 book The Historic Thames that along this stretch, a man from the 15th century could walk here and think he was in his own time.

There are many places to sit, and if you’re quiet, and close your eyes, you can pretend you can hear the screams of the horses and the 800 men who drowned in the marshes...

From the last time we had to fight off the fascists… Second World War pillboxes along the River Thames between Lechlade and Newbridge… so if Farage makes it this far… They’re full of fag packets and beer cans now. givestar.io/gs/100-miles...

15 May

A glorious second day of my pilgrimage from the source of the river Thames to the sea to raise money for mental health programs at the British Pilgrimage Trust. 30 miles done. Only another 150 or so to go!! givestar.io/gs/100-miles...

theguardian.com‘London is a case study in hope’: Sadiq Khan on 10 years as mayorLondon mayor talks up coalition-building, highlights his environmental record, and worries national Labour party is on the wrong track

13 May

Mamdani is delivering. Across parties. Khan is doing the same. Both in the face of horrible horrible racism and trolling. He got my vote here. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Mayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcry gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...

gothamist.comMayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcryMamdani, who praised the importance of libraries, faced criticism for slashing library funding earlier this year.

12 May

#Legends on Netflix. A lot of TV sucks. This doesn’t. FWIW.

12 May

I'm packing light, but with a weighty and determined heart full of hope. I leave this week for my pilgrimage to support mental-health programmes w/ @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social. Those I love deeply struggle. This is now my post-career focus. Please support me. givestar.io/gs/100-miles...

10 May

Support me? It’s a good cause ❤️❤️ givestar.io/gs/100-miles...